BBBD Finalists Announced
Baylor’s Center for Professional Selling launched the academic year with the Baylor Business Business Development (BBBD) competition, an experiential learning exercise designed to engage students in the pre-call planning and business development steps of the sales process. The competition engaged 66 individual competitors who were required to establish strategies for contacting prospective buyers and initiating contact with these buyers via telephone and email. Their goal in the process was to obtain a face-to-face meeting.
This year’s top BBBD finishers include:
1. Melanie Moore
2. Scott Thomson
3. Abbi Armstrong
4. Westin Pruski
5. Bailey Eastman
6. KC Fox
7. Lauren Rosen
8. Shelby Stewart
9. Bret Hausmann
10. Ben Hooper
“After competing in the BBBD competition with my fellow ProSales colleagues, I feel much more prepared to make phone calls, leave voicemails, and send emails. Overall, having the opportunity to compete was a very beneficial experience,” noted Melanie Moore, the first-place finisher and a Senior in Baylor’s Professional Selling program.
Sixty-seven business executives participated on-campus as judges, examining voice mails and emails, and 18 Ambassador Board members participated as virtual email judges. The corporate judging process allows students the opportunity to gain valuable feedback from the Center for Professional Selling’s Corporate Partners and Boards.
The BBBD allows Baylor’s Professional Selling Partners to view talent as they prepare to enter the job market, while allowing Baylor students to see how they stack up against their peers in business situations. Cash prizes are awarded to top performers.
“This BBBD competition challenges our Professional Selling students to focus on their business communication skills,” said Dr. Andrea Dixon, executive director of the Center for Professional Selling. “Through the process of participating each year, students develop their ‘voice’ for business conversations. We are extremely grateful to 3M for providing generous financial support for our sales competition strategy.”
About the Center for Professional Selling
Dedicated to excellence in sales education and based in the university’s Hankamer School of Business, the Center for Professional Selling is recognized as one of the premier global information resources for the sales profession. For more information on the Center for Professional Selling, visit https://sites.baylor.edu/prosales/.