Business topics & the Rules of Thumb

A.C.E.Rules of Thumb are a series of practical business principles that are both timeless and worthy to remember. Some of them are listed here. When I finished the 2 month course in the year 2000, we were given a shirt which looked like this:

Nifty, isn't it?

Now we are poised to run our local chapter in Cagayan de Oro City where I am based right now. As we held our first official meeting last April 13, with a coincidental 13 members in attendance, there was a clamor to review certain business topics on a regular basis.

So aside, from the regular monthly meeting set every 3rd Friday of the month, there was a consensus to run a weekly intensive mini business course for at least 6-8 weeks. Everyone voted to have such a course, a sort of review of the financial principles that were taught by both the regular 2 month course and the OTP format.

It was quite a good thing that James Fantone, the Director has cascaded a plan to provide the chapters with ready materials to deal with these kind of training needs. When these materials are available, our lives will be much easier since it will include multi-media videos and other innovations.

Since the materials are still being produced, I will have to refer to my old notes, experiences and do chalkboard classroom instruction for the participants. The draft of module 1 is almost complete in my notes but I am still searching for activities and games that can teach these business principles faster. If you have keen ideas on what to include in this outline, then please feel free to email me.

I feel for the participants, they are all willing and eager to learn. This training will be available to the local ACE Alumni Chapter in the Cagayan De Oro Chapter for all Saturdays starting May 12. Participants do not need to pay any fee except for the training materials (if they can be produced on time).