Entrepreneurship Everywhere National Entrepreneurship Training Programs/Organizations Use this quick alpha locator... [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ] [ F ] [ G ] [ I ] [ J ] [ K ] [ M ] [ N ] [ R ] [ S ] [ W ] [ Y ] BizKids.biz Tom Thoms 981 Patriot Square Dayton OH 45459 (888) 689-3545 Web site: www.BizKids.biz Email: info@BizKids.biz Focus: BizKids.biz is a directory of business week summer programs for high school kids in the U.S. and Australia. Business Week programs, run by 503(c)(3) non-profit organizations, introduce high school students to entrepreneurship, the free enterprise system and the world of business. Geographic area: Australia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania (ACES), Pennsylvania (PFEW), South Carolina, Washington and Wisconsin. Age Level: High school kids Abstract: The International Business Week Summer Program Directory is a compilation of business week programs in the United States and Australia. Each independent program teaches entrepreneurial skills with hands-on, interactive participation. Kids spend a week on a college campus where they and their teammates develop a business plan for their "company." During the week, each team of ten, or more, kids creates and develops an imaginary product or service. Participants create print and electronic media commercials as well as the preparation of the financials for their company - a profit and loss statement, and a cash flow analysis. At the end of the week, each team makes a formal presentation of their business plan to a panel judges who evaluate and critique the plans. The panel of judges is comprised of local area business professionals. Interested in establishing a Business Week program in your state? Send an e-mail to info@BizKids.biz for information. BIZWORLD Real-World Entrepreneurship through A Fun Business Simulation Catherine Hutton, Executive Director BizWorld Foundation 444 De Haro Street, Suite 203 San Francisco, CA 94107 415-503-5880 Email: catherine.hutton@bizworld.org Web site: www.bizworld.org Focus: Elementary and middle school (grades 3-8), standards based program, for use in both public and private schools. Abstract: BizWorld - Business and Money Management Program Students work in teams to start and run their own small businesses in a simulated friendship bracelet industry. Taking on different leadership roles, students learn the basics of business and money management as they apply for jobs and design, manufacture, market and sell their products in the BizWorld marketplace. Business Pipeline Inc Jacquéline Edwards Business Development Specialist Business Pipeline Inc PO Box 2688 New York, NY 10185-2688 Tel: 212-281-3295 Email: info@businesspipeline.com Web site: www.businesspipeline.com Focus: To establish a collaborative partnership with organizations and or institutions who want to strengthen and or enhance the training and development programs they offer to micro-enterprises, entrepreneurs, existing small businesses. Included in the focus of these partnerships is: what are the proven and successful strategies to help disadvantaged business owners become profitable, stable and poised for growth; what is required (tools, training, etc) to re-orient and perhaps re-educate business trainers to working with businesses in this way. Geographic Area: United States Services: Training & Development Consultations covering: Development Planning Comprehension Strategic Behavioral Management Marketing Communication Entrepreneurial Training Follow-up Listening Application Creative Execution Abstract: Business Pipeline, Inc. was founded in 1992 to help individuals understand what it takes to run a business and how to manage growth. As a national business development and consulting firm, Business Pipeline has developed many successful training programs designed to teach entrepreneurs techniques to run a multi person business and to create business flow in a healthy productive manner. In our consultations, the first few sessions are dedicated to the entrepreneurial life assessment followed by sessions created for each client to achieve his or her business and personal goals. Our assessment covers the evaluation of an individual's aptitude for self-employment and the business development evaluates the viability of ones business in today's marketplace and furnishes the necessary applications to achieve profitable growth. We help people formulate the plan to live out goals successfully, supplying the necessary knowledge, methods, and strategies to gain the resources and achievement desired. Lectures and workshops are constantly furnished to keep one abreast of opportunities and trends in the marketplace. Our approach to consultations and coaching grew out of a need to help micro-enterprises, small businesses and entrepreneurial based companies deal with change more quickly in a sustainable way. It focuses on the integration of learning into powerful action by delivering the necessary knowledge in real time or precisely the time that the client needs it - often called "just in time" learning. "Just in time" learning is especially powerful in that it teaches businesses to help themselves by showing them "how to" and not "doing for" them in their greatest time of need and growth (which is in the middle of the situation at hand to grow, maintain and or manage the business). This approach motivates the business owner to think through the answers since the consultant adopts the position of "we have the questions, not the answers" position, which is more a coaching technique than pure advisory consulting. This approach tends to unleash the full potential of the business owner. We start with the premise that in order to run a business you must be a leader or at least leadership material. In getting the business owner to acknowledge the need for this level of responsibility, we then introduce to them generalized concepts and distinctions of several different type of leaders (clearly acknowledging no one style is better than another). Also, based on the initial needs analysis we determine the business owner's leadership style. We then get the business owner to start "leading themselves". Once they take responsibility for their actions, they can then begin to assume responsibility for their current and or future staff. By "leading themselves" they learn to start "leading their team" (staff or vendors). Business Professionals of America (BPA) Kirk W. Lawson, Executive Director 5454 Cleveland Avenue Columbus, OH 43231-4021 614-895-7277 Fax: 614-895-1165 Email: KLawson@bpa.org Web site: http://www.bpa.org Focus: Business education in high schools Geographic Area: National Age Level: Youth in business education programs Abstract: Business Professionals of America is a national student organization for students enrolled in business, office, and technology education programs at the middle school, secondary school, and post-secondary-school levels. Business Professionals of America has a history as a student organization that contributes to the preparation of a world-class workforce through the advancement of leadership, citizenship, academic, and technological skills for students at the secondary and the post-secondary levels. Through co-curricular programs and services, members of Business Professionals of America compete in demonstrations of their business technology skills, develop their professional and leadership skills, network with one another and with professionals across the nation, and get involved in the betterment of their community through good works projects. One of the vocational student organizations, it comprises state associations and local chapters in middle schools and secondary and post-secondary institutions for individuals pursuing careers in business and office occupations. The organization provides the opportunity for both the development of leadership and career-related competencies and personal and professional growth. BPA holds contests at the local, regional, and national levels, one of which is on entrepreneurship. The student develops an organizational structure and operating plan to initiate a small business. The operating plan is reviewed by a panel of judges who then hear a presentation from the student. Some of the National Leadership Conference competitive events are: Administrative Assistant Administrative Specialist Financial Assistant Financial Specialist Entrepreneur Financial Analyst Team Small Business Management Team Banking Concepts Legal Concepts International Business Communities in Schools (CIS) Youth Entrepreneurial Project Daniel Cardinali, President 277 South Washington St., Suite 210 Alexandria, VA 22314 1-800-CIS-4KIDS 703-518-2542, Fax: 703-519-7213 Email: cis@cisnet.org Web site: www.cisnet.org Focus: Improving the schools. Geographic Area: National Abstract: The aim of Communities in Schools, Inc., (CIS) (formerly known as Cities in Schools) is to keep youths in school through connecting schools and communities. Local CIS programs are independent, nonprofit, community, city, or county-wide public/private-partnership organizations. Local projects are the individual sites that compose a local CIS program. Because CIS encourages local empowerment, CIS programs differ from city to city, community to community, and site to site, although core aspects are constant throughout the network. Communities in Schools achieves its objectives by supporting a nationwide, independent network of more than 141 local and 17 state CIS offices. CIS operations currently serve 1,100 schools across the country. When affiliate programs are added in, the network reaches 1,700 schools. CIS provides training and technical assistance, a national identity, national, regional, state and local partnerships, and rigorous standards for emerging CIS efforts. In 1998, Communities in Schools programs reached more than 500,000 young people and their families. Kids need to know that they're cared about, safe, and secure, and expected to succeed. They also need skills and technology that will lead to a lifetime of learning and reward. The Communities in Schools network believes that every child needs and deserves: A one-on-one relationship with a caring adult A safe place to learn and grow A healthy start and a healthy future A marketable skill to use upon graduation A chance to give back to peers and community Each CIS operation surrounds young people with a community of tutors, mentors, health care providers, and career counselors—caring adults who can help them help themselves. Some 18 sites offer youth entrepreneurship or youth enterprise as part of their programming. Each one of the sites has been given start-up dollars from national CIS. Each entrepreneurial site operates differently. For example, in one site entrepreneurship is curriculum-based and being offered in schools. At another site, youth enterprises are developed as a group. A few sites offer start-up funds to individual youths for their business. DECA, Inc. Edward L. Davis, Executive Director Priscilla McCalla, Director, Professional and Program Development DECA, Inc. 1908 Association Drive Reston, VA 20191 703-860-5000 Fax: 703-860-4013 Email: ed_davis@deca.org Email: priscilla_mccalla@deca.org Web site: http://www.deca.org Focus: Marketing, management, and entrepreneurship education Geographic Area: National Products and Services: Support services for state and local programs Age Level: High school and post-secondary students and their instructors Abstract: DECA, a national association of marketing education students, provides teachers and members with educational and leadership development activities to merge with the education classroom instructional program. DECA is not extracurricular; it is an integral part of the classroom instructional program. DECA, a national association of marketing education students, provides teachers and members with educational and leadership development activities to merge with the education classroom instructional program DECA chapters attract students who are interested in preparing for entrepreneurial, marketing, or management careers. DECA has 180,000 student members. It uses on-the-job experience, chapter projects, and a program of competency-based competitive events in specific marketing occupational areas, including entrepreneurship. Each year more than 60,000 students participate in the competitions on the local, state, and national levels. Business plans are presented both orally and written and are judged. While DECA membership consists primarily of students in marketing programs, membership extends also to alumni and to professionals in marketing education and in marketing teacher education. Their Web page is designed to inform their members and encourage new membership. DECA leads the vocational student associations in developing competitive events for entrepreneurship education at state and national levels. DECA reaches high school students through the work of 6,000 high school teachers in 4,000 schools in all states of the United States. DECA has initiated four competitive events in response to the high priority given to entrepreneurship training by various governmental agencies and by business leaders from the private sector. High school students participate in these and many other marketing-related events at local, state, and national levels. DECA competition is designed to show the expertise students have gained in the marketing education classrooms in high schools across the country. The Entrepreneurship Written Event: Students develop a business plan based on a self-analysis, an analysis of the business situation, a description of the way the business will operate, and detailed plans for financing the business through the first three years of operation. At the contest the students meet with a businessperson who judges the business plan and the student’s ability to answer questions and request a loan. This event is sponsored by the Education Foundation of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). The Entrepreneurship Participating Event: The student will prepare in advance a nine-page prospectus on a business idea in preparation to presenting the business idea to a business person/judge. They will role-play, asking the "judge" for financing for the business. Winners will demonstrate mastery of essential competencies as they apply to the analysis of a business opportunity. Student awards are sponsored by the NFIB. The International Marketing Event: A team of up to three persons investigates and develops a business plan to either import or export a product and/or service with a country of the students’ choice. The student team prepares its proposal (30 pages maximum) in advance and presents the idea to a business person/judge. The winning team best describes its proposed business venture and requests funding for the project. The Learn and Earn Project: A project for the whole chapter to conduct a sales/service activity using business expertise. Students demonstrate planning, organization, implementation, and evaluation of a real business activity conducted by the chapter. Results are presented in written form for the judges to evaluate their business skills. For additional information contact Priscilla McCalla, National DECA, Reston, VA. 703-860-5000. EcoVentures International Margie Brand Founder & Executive Director EcoVentures International 5437 Connecticut Av, NW Suite 807 Washington, DC 20015 202-237-7247 Email: margiebrand@eco-ventures.org Web site: www.eco-ventures.org Focus: Introduce young people to the changing business world. Geographic Area: Worldwide Abstract: Large and small businesses alike are receiving increased pressure to start operating in a more environmentally and socially supportive context. To introduce young people to the changing business world and prepare them for when they themselves are employed or start their own business, we believe it is important to expose them to environmental and social business practices while still in the classroom. At EcoVentures International we introduce youth to the concept of entrepreneurship through close integration with social and environmental education. We allow students to identify environmental and social challenges in their area and lead them through a process whereby they find appropriate business solutions. The methodologies we use are fun, participative and fully experiential. Youth become practically involved in running their own group-based and individual environmental and social business initiatives. We are continually piloting new methodologies, curricula and models to discover best practices in running environmental and social enterprise education programs, and disseminating lessons learned to practitioners in the sector. Economics America Executive Director Council on Economic Education 122 East 42nd Street Suite 2600 New York, NY 10168 212-730-1108 Geographic Area: National Abstract: The Council on Economic Education developed Economics America. Each year, through a network of state councils and university-based centers, Economics America trains approximately 120,000 teachers. These teachers, in turn, teach basic economics to over 7 million students. Economics America outlines a core curriculum as well as recommended materials. The curriculum is designed to accommodate variations in school organization. Economics America also offers a series of nationally-normed tests of economic understanding and a developing array of instruments to assess student performance. Choices and Changes is an economic education program designed to help young people play a productive role in the economy. Choices and Changes demonstrates the critical link between education and future productivity in society through innovative lessons and fun-filled activities that teach key economic understandings. The four units of the program span primary- through junior-high-school levels. Each unit provides a cognitive test and an attitudinal survey. Primary-level students discover what being a worker means by interviewing workers from the community. These interviews teach them about goods and services and what skills, knowledge, and capital resources workers need. Students apply what they have learned in activities such as making learning puzzles (producing goods) and teaching what they have learned to other students (performing services). In the process, students begin to understand what it means to set a goal, make a plan to reach it, and follow through on the plan. A nationwide, comprehensive program for economic education in America's schools that: develops national and state content standards in economics. assists in development of national, state, and local standards-based curricula. publishes classroom-tested materials. provides university/college-based professional development for teachers. conducts evaluation, assessment, and research. The network is composed of: The Council on Economic Education State Councils on Economic Education University/College-Based Centers for Economic Education EDTEC, Inc. Aaron Bocage, President EDTEC, Inc. 313 Market Street Camden, NJ 08102 Email: abocage@edtecinc.com Web site: www.edtecinc.com Abstract: EDTEC, Inc., has a highly respected national reputation as a quality provider of innovative programs in entrepreneurship, management consulting, training, education, economic development, and information technologies. EDTEC specializes in using technology and innovative development methods to help organizations reach full potential. In the process, we focus on involving people most often excluded from economic development. The New Youth Entrepreneur (NYE) is EDTEC's highly acclaimed complete entrepreneurship curriculum that takes students from spotting business opportunities to creating their own business plan. NYE was developed by EDTEC in conjunction with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The curriculum is designed for the transition years from middle school to high school and is available in English and Spanish. Over 12,000 sets have been sold in over 40 states and 10 countries. The NYE curriculum covers: Module 1: Entrepreneur? Who, Me? YESS! You Module 2: Opportunities—They Are All Around You Module 3: Business Ideas for All Communities Module 4: How to Sell Your Idea—The "What’s in It for Me?" Factor Module 5: Money to Get Started Module 6: Where to Do Business Module 7: Types of Business Ownership Module 8: Where to Get Help Module 9: Records and Books—Did You Make Any Money? Module 10: The Rules of the Game Module 11: How to Mind Your Own Business Module 12: You Can Make It Happen—YESS You: The Business Plan EDTEC also offers the following products and services related to youth entrepreneurship: New Youth Entrepreneur Instructor’s Guide: Developed in conjunction with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, this 239-page companion guide to the New Youth Entrepreneur curriculum provides information on implementing the curriculum, module overview, supplemental learning activities, and handouts. Making Money the Old-Fashioned Way: Chronicles the entrepreneunal accomplishments of blacks in America, citing examples of successful ventures launched years before slavery came to an end. Training for Trainers: EDTEC provides customized training for instructors. For details and pricing call 800-963-9361. EnterprisePrep™ A Taste of the American Dream Scott Reznick, Executive Director Kathleen Weber, Associate Director Small Business Training 7A West 82nd Street Harvey Cedars, NJ 08008 800-853-5010 Email: info@enterpriseprep.net Web site: www.enterpriseprep.net Focus: standards-based business ownership experience that enriches high school and middle school curricula and programs; building the cultural foundation for entrepreneurship Geographic Area: United States Materials and Services: CEO's Guide© for teachers and Owner's Manual© for students, professional development, management assistance, evaluation Abstract: EnterprisePrep™ is an experience in business ownership. It motivates teens, especially low-achieving, at-risk teens, to stay in school, engaged in learning. The curriculum makes teaching entrepreneurial values and skills in school practicable, fulfilling, and inexpensive. Active, Collaborative Business Ownership: Students invest in, own, and run a simple, mom-and-pop Kiosk in school. They contract among themselves to work hard learning to work smart; meet standards for customer satisfaction and operating efficiency; want to learn and use literacy, math, reasoning, and business skills; and take home profits they earn. Closing the Achievement Gap: Over two years, 404 low-achieving students invested in and ran businesses, stayed in school, and outperformed their peers. Their attendance was 7.5% above average. Passing rates were 6.6% above average in English and 4.5% above average in math. NONE DROPPED OUT of schools with a 10.9% average annual dropout rate. Profit motivates. Ownership engages youth emotionally and cognitively. They see they have what it takes to learn, compete, and prosper, and learn to believe in opportunity. They develop a positive perspective on education and ambition. Fulfilling challenging "bottom-line" responsibilities fosters feelings of competence and confidence, giving teens a "can do" attitude. EnterprisePrep™ helps fulfill No Child Left Behind goals and state curriculum standards. Equality of Opportunity: Owning a business in school provides all young people with the cultural foundation for economic success handed down to more privileged children at home: two-thirds of America's entrepreneurs are children of entrepreneurs; yet, 60% of America's teens have never spoken with a business owner. Straightforward, Easy Implementation: The CEO's Guide© and Owner's Manual© make owning and running a Kiosk fun to teach and learn. No prior business experience is required. Business management and operations are set out in step-by-step checklists. Research-based methods proven effective with low-achieving students are built into daily learning and earning activities. Flexibility and Adaptability: The curriculum works in diverse settings and applications: academic, vocational, special education, and alternative curricula social studies, math, business, economics, finance, marketing, life skills, career planning classes clubs and extended-day, supplementary, and summer programs in-school alternatives to structured workplace learning activities school-based enterprises, virtual businesses, and entrepreneurship education courses dropout prevention programs Cost-Effectiveness and Community Development: Student businesses pay schools rent and taxes. Kiosks can become Markets as Owners grow new retail businesses. Entrepreneurial Owners plan and start school- and community-based microenterprises with local financial and management support. ENTREPRENEURTRAINING.COM Denise Kirk-Murray, President EntrepreneurTraining.Com 545 Eighth Avenue, Suite 401 New York, NY 10018 Tele: (888) U-SMALL-BIZ or (888) 876-2552 Fax: (320) 514-9906 Email: info@entrepreneurtraining.com Website: www.EntrepreneurTraining.com Focus: Jumpstart small business start-up and growth through entrepreneur training, business coaching, seminars and key resources. Geographic Area: National Products and Services: Small business training home study course, business coaching, seminars, resource guide and newsletter Abstract: EntrepreneurTraining.com helps small business owners have more money, time and fun as they start and grow successful businesses. With a national presence, we are able to give business owners the opportunity to learn from an expert team of advisors. EntrepreneurTraining.com provides entrepreneur assistance through our home study course, "Steps to Business Success," weekly telephone seminars, business coaching and online resources including business calculators. The 15 lesson small business management home study course, "Steps to Business Success," guides the entrepreneur step-by-step through the fundamentals of starting a business. At the end of the course, the entrepreneur will have a complete business plan which can be used as the business roadmap. Support is provided during the training, but a very important piece of the growth is what happens after the training. That is why we make available much needed coaching and support after the training as well to keep the business owner moving forward. Weekly, one-hour teleseminars provide additional learning and support on topics critical to the success of the business. Entrepreneurs learn about issues such as pricing, cash flow, hiring employees, business plans, sales, marketing, ecommerce and time management. EntrepreneurTraining.com partners with organizations to provide technical assistance, workshops and business coaching. We have been a partner in the National Entrepreneurship Week celebration. FINCA USA Marlene Maria Leon, Assistant Director FINCA USA 1101 14th St., NW, 11th Floor Washington, DC 20005 202-682-0404 Fax: 202-682-1535 Email: mleon@villagebanking.org Web site: www.villagebanking.org Focus: The ABCs of microfinance. Community-based organization and private-sector partnerships Abstract: We believe that entrepreneurship educators should recognize the importance of developing and implementing a microloan segment into their existing programs. While training is a key element for entrepreneurs, not having access to initial capital to begin a business can be a hindrance to the success of any business. FINCA USA has successfully provided microloans to over 250 clients in the Washington/Baltimore metropolitan area, with a 92 percent repayment rate of loans and 250 clients. This makes FINCA USA one of the largest microloan programs in the country. FINCA USA has a five-loan-cycle program, with loans ranging from $500 to $6,000. We also provide a savings program as well as technical assistance. We also provide ways for our clients to improve their credit. Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Michael Benjamin., Executive Director Family, Career and Community Leaders of America National Headquarters 1910 Association Drive Reston, VA 20191-1584 800-636-8646 703-476-4900 Email: natlhdqtrs@fcclainc.org Abstract: Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA)—formerly Future Homemakers of America—is a dynamic and effective national student organization that helps young men and women become leaders and address important personal, family, work, and societal issues through family and consumer sciences education. The organization has nearly 220,000 members and 8,000 advisers from all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Career Connection: A National Program that Helps Students Link Learning to Life. Demonstrates how family and consumer sciences education and FCCLA prepare students for careers. Focuses on the relationships among careers, families, and communities. Provides an ongoing process students can use to explore and prepare for career success now and in the future Pulls together students' career-related experiences through fun, hands-on projects. FCCLA National Programs cover a great variety of areas related to family, career, and community including: Community Service Award: Students develop a project that uses family and consumer sciences skills to address a community need. Financial Fitness: Students develop projects to educate their peers in money management areas. Power of One: Students develop individual self-improvement projects. STAR Events (Students Taking Action with Recognition): Students participate in competitive events that build proficiency and achievement in leadership and job-related skills. Events include: Applied Technology Chapter Service Project Entrepreneurship Focus on Children Food Service Skills for Life Others Entrepreneurship is one of the career connections that is applied to many of the career areas developed in this nationwide program. First Step Fund Dorothy Browning, National Curricula Manager First Step Fund 4747 Troost Avenue Kansas City, Missouri 64110 816-235-6598 Email: dbrowning@firststepfund.org Web site: http://www.firststepfasttrac.org Focus: Fostering the development of underserved communities through entrepreneurship. Geographic Area: National Distribution - Certification Required Products and Services: First Step FastTrac® program Abstract: First Step Fund, a nonprofit agency, is the national distributor for the FastTrac® Family of Products - interactive business development curricula designed for low to moderate entrepreneurs. First Step FastTrac® provides the framework and tools to explore business concepts and develop a feasibility plan. Developing Your Family Child Care Business™ assists organizations in helping home based child care providers plan and run the business side of their family child care home. Developed in partnership with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the training curricula are designed with the adult learner in mind. Written on a fifth grade reading level (daily newspaper) for traditional and non traditional learners the curricula is user friendly and thoroughly takes the participant through the steps of determining whether or not their idea is a 'Go" or "No Go". Both curricula are available in Spanish. Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, Inc. (FBLA-PBL) Jean Buckley, President and CEO Becky Grant, Programs Coordinator FBLA-PBL, Inc. 1912 Association Drive Reston, VA 20191 Phone (Becky Grant): 800-325-2946, ext. 120 Fax: 703-758-0749 E-mail: jbuckley@fbla.org E-mail: bgrant@fbla.org Web site: www.fbla-pbl.org Focus: Our mission is to bring business and education together in a positive working relationship through innovative leadership and career development programs. Geographic Area: National Age Level: Students (middle, high school, and college) pursuing a career in business or business-related fields. Abstract: FBLA-PBL is the largest student organization in the country for business and business education students. Our four distinct divisions are: FBLA for high school students FBLA-Middle Level for junior high, middle and intermediate school students PBL for college students Professional Alumni Division for alumni, business people, educators, and parents who support the goals of the Association FBLA-PBL is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, and organized on local, state, and national levels. Business teachers/advisers and advisory councils (including school officials, businesspeople, and community representatives) guide local chapters. State advisers and committee members coordinate chapter activities for the national organization. Membership in FBLA-PBL provides exciting ways to learn and practice entrepreneurship in a co-curricular format. Through their local school chapter students have an opportunity to use FBLA-PBL materials to study the various facets of entrepreneurship and the American Enterprise System. They can use their knowledge to compete as a group in our Entrepreneurship and Business Plan contests and individually in Business Plan. Several other competitions are available such as Economics, Business Procedures, Business Law, Business Math, Business Communications, and others that will enhance their entrepreneurial skills and give them the ability to compete at district, state, and national levels. FBLA-PBL also heavily emphasizes the role of leadership in becoming a successful entrepreneur. Students have an opportunity to participate in leadership programs at all levels of the organization. Our premier training program is our Institute for Leaders, which is a two-day extensive leadership program divided into six tracks-one of which is the Entrepreneurship Track, which features business plan competition and mock venture capital presentations. Helping to round out the overall experiences of our students, a priority is placed on giving back to the community through various service programs, the largest being the March of Dimes, our community service project. A service learning curriculum along with other curricula and lesson plans are available free of charge for use by our chapter advisers.. Global Institute for Developing Entrepreneurs Bret Rios, Director Global Institute for Developing Entrepreneurs 800 Welcome Way S.E. Salem, Oregon 97302 800-211-0826 Phone/fax: 503-315-8262 Email: brios@teleport.com Focus: Summer camp for youth Age level: Co-educational, ages 15–18 Abstract: IN2BIZ Entrepreneur Camp is conducted on the campus of Willamette University, located in the center of Salem, Oregon. Salem is the state capital, located in the heart of the lushly forested Willamette Valley, 50 miles south of Portland and an hour's drive from Pacific Ocean beaches. The tree-lined Willamette River courses through the center of the city, just blocks from the campus, and the Capitol building is literally across the street. IN2BIZ travels beyond traditional academic education by immersing teenagers in the real nuts and bolts of living a successful life. Success is defined as a life that fulfills a healthy balance of human needs: the need for financial strength and independence, the need for supportive and loving relationships with family and friends, the need for respect and esteem from co-workers and colleagues, the need for excellent mental and physical health, the need to feel valued and productive, and the need for spiritual growth, regardless of the individual's religious orientation. Camp activities are designed to help campers explore their individual goals in life and make plans for achievements. Experienced entrepreneurs from a wide range of enterprises coach participants in the development of real business plans, while they share firsthand knowledge about starting and running a business and managing a self-directed life. The camp intends to be a life-changing experience. Graduates will leave with their own customized business plan, and a personalized life plan. The business plan will prepare them to launch a money-making business, an enterprise capable of generating significant spending money, or possibly supporting a college education, or maybe even blossoming into a substantial and lucrative career. Goal setting and individualized time management are emphasized as critical tools to becoming an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs are most often highly individualistic people who thrive on taking charge of their own lives and activities. They are often non-conformists, creative thinkers, or even dreamers, and may tend to resist tradition, bureaucracy, or formalized structure. Most are driven to achieve by some intense interest or desire. Our camp shows young adults how to channel that drive. Plus, they learn effective leadership and team-building techniques. We believe that every teenager hopes to ultimately grow toward economic and personal independence and freedom; those capable of becoming an entrepreneur can choose from an unlimited range of opportunities to achieve such success. We help teens learn to make a career out of doing what they love, how to have confidence in their ability to achieve success, and the importance of a positive attitude. Entrepreneurs are optimists! They have to be in order to see opportunities where others only see problems. IN2BIZ is interactive, hands-on learning that is totally customized for each camper. And we make it fun! Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship Education Educating Educators for Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century Ida Manning Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship Education 409 N Racine Chicago, Illinois 60642 312-587-9296 Fax: 312-587-9483 Email: IdaB@aol.com" Web site: www.iiee.org Abstract: The Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship Education (IIEE) provides college-level entrepreneurship education courses to K–14 teachers and to the staff of nonprofit organizations. The mission of the Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship Education is to spread the message and potential of entrepreneurship to citizens of Illinois, primarily through providing two college-credit teacher-education courses to practicing classroom teachers and agency staff. IIEE is funded by the Illinois legislature and private foundations to impart knowledge of, information about, and assist in development of skills for entrepreneurship, to serve the citizens of Illinois. All K–14 teachers are invited to participate in two college courses taught by staff of IIEE, earning six credit hours at no charge to the teachers. The institute works with schools and other organizations to develop proposals and programs that further its mission to foster self-sufficiency and economic development for residents of Illinois. Students in all levels of education in the United States are entitled to learn how to create work for themselves if they do not get hired into traditional employment. Unfortunately, school systems continue to foster the notion that "someone else" will be accommodating enough to take the all risks to create a job for their students to work in to support their families and their needs. Independent Means, Inc. (IMI) Joline Godfrey, CEO Independent Means 126 Powers Ave. Santa Barbara, CA 91506 800-350-1816 Web site: www.independentmeans.com Focus: IMI offers programs, information, products, and services for the financial novice, with a special focus on Y-Generation girls ages 13 to 18. Geographic Area:International Products and Services: IMI is a "one-stop shop" with a comprehensive array of multimedia products, programs, and services covering entrepreneurship, personal finance and investment, and philanthropy that entertain and educate. Age Level: 13–18; adults who work with girls (educators, mentors, parents, etc.) Key Partners: Certified as a National School-to-Work provider, IMI also partners with girl-serving organizations, a coalition of independent girls' schools, public schools, corporate partners, and Internet providers. Abstract: IMI participants acquire knowledge, power, and voice to earn, save, spend, invest, and give their own money wisely and efficiently, enabling them to achieve financial independence—key to eventually controlling their own futures. IMI offers content in the following areas: Entrepreneurship Personal finance/Investment Philanthropy Tools for independence (first car, first bank loan, first home, etc.) In addition we offer training and materials for adults focusing on: Parenting Strategies Mentoring Teaching and Training Independent Means offers: www.independentmeans.com An Income of Her Own Conferences: one-day workshops that introduce teen women to their own economic power Camp $tart-Up, a residential program for high school women that offers entrepreneurship activities and training The National Business Plan Competition, an annual national competition for high school women Club Invest, a residential program that introduces participants to personal investing fundamentals Workshops for educators and parents Products and materials for women of high school age, parents, and educators. Junior Achievement Director Junior Achievement, National Headquarters One Education Way Colorado Springs, CO 80906 719-540-6248 Fax: 719-540-6175 Web site: http://www.ja.org Focus: Business management skills Geographic Area: National and international Products and Services: Materials and support services Age Level: youth Abstract: Junior Achievement is a 75-year-old volunteer-based group that educates young people from elementary school through high school about business and economics. It is the oldest and largest nonprofit business and economic education organization in the world. Approximately two million students participate in Junior Achievement programs. All programs are taught by volunteers from the business community. Junior Achievement is the world's largest and fastest-growing nonprofit economic education organization. Their purpose is to educate young people to value free enterprise, understand business and economics, and be workforce ready. Junior Achievement reaches more than 2.6 million U.S. students each year in cities, suburbs, and rural areas. Junior Achievement programs give young people practical, engaging, and informative lessons that educate them about business and economics and help prepare them for fulfilling professional careers. Programs complement the class curricula and are easily integrated into the lesson plans of each grade level. Programs include Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, High Schools, Exchange City, JA B.A.S.E., and Groundhog Job Shadow Day. The Junior Achievement Elementary School Program includes seven grade-specific curricula for students in kindergarten through sixth grade. The Junior Achievement Elementary School Programs include: Ourselves: A basic introduction to personal economic issues. Our Families: An overview of families and their economic responsibilities. Our Community: A study of the responsibilities of, and opportunities available to, community members. Our City: An examination of career opportunities and the interdependence of businesses in a city. Our Region: A study of state and regional economics, businesses, and resources. Our Nation: An analysis of business operations in the free enterprise system. Our World: An examination of international trade. The middle school programs build on Junior Achievement’s Elementary School Program and include: Personal Economics: A program that helps students assess their personal skills and interests, explore career options, learn job-hunting skills, and discover the value of an education. Students also learn about budgets, personal and family financial management, and the use and abuse of credit. Enterprise in Action: These lessons teach students the principal characteristics of the American economic system and the role of business in this system. Students learn the steps of organizing a business and producing and marketing a product. They also study the social responsibilities of business and the role of government in the U.S. economy. The International Marketplace: This program helps students appreciate how they are connected through trade to people and cultures throughout the world. The program illustrates how resources of selected countries affect their cultures, governments, and economic systems. The Economics of Staying in School: With a series of powerful lessons, at-risk students are introduced to the benefits of education through activities including a board game, household budgeting, and role playing. The program will take a look at career opportunities and the skills required for each type of job. The Junior Achievement High School Program includes: Economics: A one-semester course for 10th-, 11th-, and 12th-grade students. It is taught by an economics teacher in partnership with a business consultant who visits a class ten or more times during the school semester. This program meets the guidelines of those states and school districts across the nation that require a course in economics for high school graduation. Company Program: Students learn about the role of business and operate their own company as part of a school-based organization, club, or classroom enterprise or as an after-school activity. During a semester or over 15 weeks, they sell stock to raise capital, elect officers, buy materials, market a product or service, pay a dividend to stockholders, and liquidate their company. Success Now: This program takes students through an assessment of personal and academic skills. Students explore the relationship between their current personal and academic accomplishments and future employment and academic goals. Globe: Through an international enterprise, students learn the basics of foreign trade, set up and operate a company, work with students from other nations, and begin to appreciate the diversity of business cultures worldwide. Making Cents Fiona Macaulay, President Making Cents 1155 30th St., NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20007 202-783-4091 Email: info@makingcents.com Web site: http://www.makingcents.com Abstract: The Making Cents Business Ventures entrepreneurship curricula and BEST Game business simulation games are being used by thousands of teachers in 14 different countries around the world. Making Cents curricula have been developed to build essential business skills and life skills while simultaneously developing personal and business confidence to effectively equip students with the skills and confidence to set up a business or to work as 'intrapreneurs' within an organization. The Making Cents course is designed for teachers and youth leaders who are: Thinking about offering an entrepreneurship class and need a dynamic curriculum and the know-how to get started. Already teaching entrepreneurship courses and are interested in enhancing their skills and learning proven techniques for entrepreneurship teaching success. Making Cents offers 2-day teacher training courses which enhance entrepreneurship instruction and the use of Making Cents' curricula. Making Cents Teacher Training Courses are offered throughout the United StatesA and Canada. We also provide training courses that are tailored for specific groups. The content covered in the 2-day course includes: Highlighting goals and objectives of entrepreneurship education. Building facilitation skills. Developing skills for teaching in an interactive way. Discovering how to develop a creative learning environment. Implementing Making Cents' Business Ventures in your entrepreneurship curriculum. Learning how to integrate practical, theoretical, and simulated business teaching. Course participants receive: 15 hours of high-level, hands-on, interactive training. Teacher's training course manual. Youth entrepreneurship teaching certificate. Resource guide. The Making Cents Youth Entrepreneurship Teacher Training course will leave you prepared to run a successful, dynamic, and fun entrepreneurship course for your students. MicroSociety, Inc. Pamela Rainey Lawler, Director of Outreach and Development MicroSociety, Inc. 13 South 3rd Street, Suite 500 Philadelphia, PA 19106 215-922-4006, ext. 160 Email: plawler@microsociety.org Website: plawler@microsociety.org Focus: MicroSociety® is an innovative educational design where children create a microcosm of the real world inside the school house. Geographic Area: Nationwide Products and services: Encourage motivating learning environments by providing curriculum, professional development, and coaching Age Level: Teachers for grades K-8 Abstract: It's a mindset - a way of thinking that breeds success and sustainability throughout an entire school culture. From the way teachers teach to how students learn to how parents, business and community partners become involved. Learn key principles of entrepreneurship education at the elementary and middle school through the lens of a MicroSociety® program, and how to start after-school, summer, or a special project before going big. Each student has a role in running that world. Young entrepreneurs produce goods and services, elected officials establish laws, Peacekeepers keep the peace, judges arbitrate disputes, reporters track down stories. Typically, students attend classes in the morning and apply what they learn 'on the job' for one hour in the afternoon. In addition, the program can be implemented during school, after-school, or summer camp. In grades K-8, entrepreneurship education becomes more than teaching kids the mechanics of a business start-up. The MicroSociety model exemplifies how entrepreneurship education can be used with great success as an experiential learning approach that helps to build the skills needed to survive and thrive in a 21st century global workforce. These skills include communication, teambuilding, critical thinking, and financial, civic and technological literacy. Also, in their formative years, children unlock their passions when they have a preview of real-world like that is hopeful. This is the key to preparing students to work and thrive in the global economy. Using the MicroSociety model as a sample of entrepreneurship education at its most comprehensive, participants view a variety of roles that students in grades K-8 can assume. They will also draw specific comparisons and outline how entrepreneurship education helps foster 21st century learning skills, as defined in Learning in the 21st Century, a landmark report published by Partnership for 21st Century Skills. MICROSOCIETY, Inc. is a non-profit educational services organization with a 15 year track record of success. We help create motivating learning environments by providing curriculum, professional development, and coaching to teachers and innovative education programs to students through authentic, hands-on learning aligned with classroom curricula. MICROSOCIETY's programs are supported by 30 years of programmatic research, refinement and implementation in hundreds of schools across the nation. Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) Ronald N. Langston, Director United States Department of Commerce 14th St. and Constitution Ave., NW Room 5055 Washington, D.C. 20230 202-482-4883 Office of Public Affairs Email: opaosec@doc.gov Web site: www.mbda.gov Abstract: The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) of the United States Department of Commerce is the only federal agency specifically created to encourage the creation, growth, and expansion of minority-owned businesses in the United States. The agency was established in 1969 by executive order, and its role was expanded in 1971. MBDA was originally called the Office of Minority Business Enterprise. The name was changed in 1979 to the Minority Business Development Agency. MBDA's headquarters is in Washington, D.C., where all activities are planned, developed, coordinated, and evaluated. There are five regional offices (Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, New York, and San Francisco ) and four district offices (Miami, Boston, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles) where staff members oversee assistance services in multi-state regions. Assistance is provided to socially or economically disadvantaged individuals who own or wish to start a business. Such persons include: Asian Pacific Americans, Asian Indians, Black Americans, Eskimos/Aleuts, Hasidic Jews, Native Americans, Spanish-speaking Americans, and Puerto Ricans. MBDA provides funding for Minority Business Development Centers (MBDCs), Native American Business Development Centers (NABDCs), Business Resource Centers (BRCs) and Minority Business Opportunity Committees (MBOCs) located throughout the nation. The centers offer a wide range of business services to minority entrepreneurs. The MBDCs, NABDCs, BRCs, and MBOCs are centers operated by private firms, state, and local government agencies, and Native American tribes and educational institutions. The centers provide minority entrepreneurs with one-on-one assistance in writing business plans, marketing, management and technical assistance, and financial planning to assure adequate financing for business ventures. The centers are staffed by business specialists who have the knowledge and practical experience needed to run successful and profitable businesses. The MBDA network offers assistance in identifying sources of financing and in the preparation of financial and bonding proposals. The agency and its network, however, have no authority to make grants, loans, or loan guarantees to any individual or organization wishing to purchase, start, or expand a business. Business referral services are provided free of charge. However, the network generally charges nominal fees for specific management and technical assistance services. The centers are located in areas with the largest concentration of minority populations and the largest number of minority businesses. Minority Enterprise Development Week is an annual celebration each October to honor the contributions of America's minority entrepreneurs and those individuals and organizations who actively support minority business development. My Own Business: A Free Internet Course On How To Start A Business Phil Holland, Founder and Chairman My Own Business, Inc. 13181 Crossroads Parkway North, S. 190 City of Industry, CA 91746 562- 463-1800 Fax: 562-463-1802 Email: pholland@myownbusiness.org Web site: www.myownbusiness.org Abstract: My Own Business, Inc., a nonprofit 501(c)(3) seeks to help foster, support and sustain the important and dynamic contributions of small businesses by helping entrepreneurs gain valuable knowledge. The organization provides a free comprehensive online Entrepreneurship course for small business owners, prospective entrepreneurs and other students of enterprise. Too often people fail in business because they make avoidable mistakes. This eleven-session virtual business seminar focuses on the most important areas of business for start-up and already operating businesses to achieve success. The course is interactive with audio sound bytes, quizzes, feedback and an online tool to create your own business plan. The course can be pursued in sequence, or each of the eleven topic sessions can be studied independently. Topics vered include: Deciding on a Business The Business Plan Basic Computer and Communication Tools Organization and Insurance Location and Leasing Accounting and Cash Flow How To Borrow Money E-Commerce Buying a Business or Franchise Opening and Marketing Expanding and Handling Problems How We Got Started In response to the 1992 Los Angeles riots, successful entrepreneur Phil Holland founded My Own Business, Inc. to share his expertise and experience in creating businesses with the people whose neighborhoods most required rebuilding. The first classes were held in Compton, California. Over a span of ten years, MOBI has improved, updated and refined the course to support the development of new businesses. In response to interest in and demand for the course, it is now offered worldwide via the Internet. My Own Business, Inc.'s Board of Directors is composed of a team of eminently successful entrepreneurs and professionals who share their expertise and practical know-how in topics covered by the course. Phil Holland, Founder and Chairman, founded Yum Yum Donut Shops in 1970, which grew from a one-shop operation to the largest privately owned chain of donut shops in the United States. He now operates shopping centers. He is the author of "How to Start a Business Without Quitting Your Job," (Ten Speed Press, 1992), and the Book-of-the-Month Club selection, "The Entrepreneur's Guide," (G.P.Putnam's Sons, 1984). National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Reginald F. Lewis Youth Entrepreneurial Institute Tiffany D. Hansbury, National Coordinator National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Reginald F. Lewis Youth Entrepreneurial Institute 4805 Mt. Hope Drive Baltimore, MD 21215 410-580-5745 Fax: 410-358-3386 Email: thansbury@naacpnet.org Web site: www.naacp.org Focus: Teaching entrepreneurship to high school students ages 14 to 18; leadership development; mentoring; and alumni services Geographic Area: National Age Level: High-school-age youths, 14 to 18 years old Key Partners: Reginald F. Lewis Foundation and National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship Abstract: The NAACP Reginald F. Lewis Youth Entrepreneurial Institute (YEI) is committed to providing meaningful opportunities for minority youth to excel in Entrepreneurship. YEI provides young people with practical, economic and educational programs, which foster leadership, and teach valuable skills in the cooperative free enterprise system. Participants learn real-world business skills, team building, financial management, verbal communication skills, and business etiquette. As the YEI prepares young people to become entrepreneurs, the program also prepares them for traditional career opportunities in other areas. When young people go through the process of starting a business, they actually become superior candidates for employment. YEI participants develop initiative, perseverance, creativity, and teamwork-traits that corporations are searching for. Through the Youth Entrepreneurial Institute, participants have an opportunity to develop their entrepreneurial talents through several program components. Summer Institute Fundamentals of developing and operating a business Calculate the Return of Investment Develop income statements and balance sheets Create a business plan Register a business Open a savings account at a local bank Saturday Business Institute Interactive sessions with business leaders Learn innovative strategies to enhance business plan Networking Additional business development and support Alumni Mentoring Internship Students must successfully complete YEI Alumni engage in peer-to-peer mentoring Alumni will serve as YEI Local Coordinator assistants Community Service Credits (where applicable) Limit 2 per site The NAACP Reginald F. Lewis Youth Entrepreneurial Institute is currently located in nine cities and hosted by the following universities: Huston-Tillotson University - Austin, Texas; Clark Atlanta University - Atlanta, Georgia; Morgan State University-Baltimore, Maryland; Benedict College - Columbia, South Carolina; Johnson C. Smith University - Charlotte, North Carolina; Florida Memorial University - Miami, Florida; Indiana University Northwest - Gary, Indiana; Virginia State University -Richmond, Virginia and Howard University-Washington, D.C National Education Center for Women, Seton Hill University E-Magnify - Opportunities for Women In Business Jayne H. Huston Director, National Education Center for Women Seton Hill College Box 389 F Seton Hill Drive Greensburg, PA 15801 724-830-4625 724-834-7131 Email: info@setonhill.edu Website: www.e-magnify.com Focus: Resources with a focus on entrepreneurship to help women of all ages learn, network, grow and succeed. Geographic Area: National/International Products and Services: Offers convenient access to a unique mix of business resources, educational offerings, news, and practical advice. Free membership offers access to online education and a reduced price on iMeet web-conferencing software as well as delivery of the weekly newsletter, e-magnify Extra!. Age Level: College age students Key Partners: Women business owners, Small Business Development Centers, small business owners Abstract: Small Business Internship Training A training program developed in collaboration with Seton Hill University's National Education Center for Women in Business and Seton Hill University's Office of Career Development to make internship training available for small businesses and entrepreneurs. The training modules are are intended to teach, guide and assist the small business individual through the internship process. This includes developing, implementing, maintaining and evaluating a quality internship program. The goal is to help the small business individual have the same opportunities as larger companies when establishing and utilizing interns. 'CareerWorks' - Build Careers with Entrepreneurial Skills and Internships CareerWorks, designed to build careers with entrepreneurial skills and internships connects students to programs and experiences that will assist them in developing entrepreneurial skills such as goal setting, team work, flexibility, sound decision-making, transferring knowledge into behavior, and learning how to learn as a life long professional. The program is uniquely designed to integrate entrepreneurial skills within the internship program for all disciplines and consistent with the National Content Standards for Entrepreneurship Education. Seton Hill University's National Education Center for Women in Business is prepared to provide the support, education, and encouragement essential for the continued growth of women-owned businesses through its services. Working "to strengthen the economic impact of women business owners as a collective force and to advance their growth through innovative programming in entrepreneurship and new venture creation." the NECWB has a long-standing tradition of supporting and encouraging the advancement of women. Since its inception in 1992, the organization has reached thousands of women (of all ages) through its initiatives for entrepreneurs. An innovative program for learning, The NECWB offers a variety of entrepreneurial resources, educational programs, advocacy initiatives and networking opportunities to women entrepreneurs, the fastest growing segment of the small business market. During the past decade, The NECWB has established a solid foundation of initiatives supporting this market and is working to build and further its commitment to entrepreneurship. As the official website of the NECWB www.e-magnify.com offers convenient access to a unique mix of business resources, educational offerings, news, and practical advice to help women of all ages learn, network, grow, and succeed. Free membership offers access to online education and a reduced price on iMeet web-conferencing software, as well as delivery of e-magnify Extra!, an electronic newsletters that focuses on entrepreneurship. Nationally, the work of the NECWB has been awarded the prestigious "Vision 2000" State Model of Excellence Award by the Office of Advocacy, US Small Business Administration; the Leavy Award for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education, First Place in the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Education Foundation's National Awards Program, and the Award of Excellence in Innovative Educational Programs from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). Under the direction of Director, Jayne H. Huston, the NECWB's initiatives have been featured in numerous local, state and national media including CBS Saturday Morning, Teen Court-TV, The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Inc., and Entrepreneur Magazine. She is the 2001 recipient of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Region III "Women Business Advocate of the Year," Award and has been profiled as a "Pacesetter" of the Pittsburgh region by Smart Business Magazine, a distinction that demonstrates The Center's commitment to women entrepreneurs. National FFA Organization Director 6060 FFA Drive P.O. Box 68960 Indianapolis, IN 46268-0960 317-802-6060 Fax: 317-802-6061 Email: webmaster@ffa.org Web site: http://www.ffa.org Abstract: FFA is a school-based part of agricultural education programs in public schools and is federally chartered by Congress through the U.S. Department of Education. The FFA's 450,752 members and 7,503 chapters represent all 50 states, as well as Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and Rota. FFA is a diverse organization, operating in rural, urban, and suburban schools. Students age 12–21 enrolled in agricultural education programs are eligible for membership. Chapters are organized in schools with agricultural education programs. There are 7,241 FFA chapters across the country. Members are junior high, high school, and post-secondary students age 12–21. Ninety percent of the 449,814 members are in grades 9 through 12. Student officers work closely with their advisors to conduct business at the chapter, state, and national levels. Advisors are agricultural education teachers in public high schools. There are more than 11,000 FFA chapter advisors. Like other student service organizations, FFA holds competitions. The FFA’s National Agri-Entrepreneur Award Program recognizes students’ business plans. Entrepreneurial education in FFA is provided in partnership with the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at the Kauffman Foundation. The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) Steve Mariotti, Founder and Amy Rosen, President The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) 120 Wall Street, 29th Floor New York, NY 10005 212-232-3333 Fax: 212-232-2244 Email: nfte@nfte.com Web site: www.nfte.com Focus: Teaching entrepreneurship to youth from low income communities, training teachers, developing curriculum, and providing alumni services Geographic Area: International Products and Services: Teacher training certification courses, textbooks, BizBags, workbooks, videos, teacher resource guides Age Level: School-age youths (elementary through high school, with emphasis on 12-to-18-year-olds) Abstract: The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), founded in 1987 and based in New York City, provides entrepreneurship education to young people from low income communities by creating curriculum, training teachers, and providing alumni services. Since its inception, NFTE has reached over 186,000 youth , and currently has more than 1,000 certified entrepreneurship teachers in 21 states and 13 countries. NFTE was founded as a dropout prevention and academic performance improvement program for students who were at risk of failing or quitting school. NFTE's intention was, and still remains, to teach and directly impact students' basic academic and life skills through a hands-on entrepreneurship and business ownership curriculum. NFTE's intensive "mini-MBA"-style programs not only train participants in the basics of starting and operating small businesses, but also teach math, reading, and writing, and develop critical thinking and workplace readiness as well as teamwork, planning, organization, communication, and decision-making skills. By mastering these essential academic and life skills, young people of all backgrounds are able to learn how to become successful entrepreneurs and economically self-sufficient. NFTE has program offices in: Baltimore, Boston , Chicago , Dallas, Fairchester (Fairfield County, Connecticut, and Westchester County, New York ), Los Angeles, New York City , Philadelphia, Pittsburgh , San Francisco , South Florida and Washington, D.C . NFTE also runs summer BizCamps in multiple cities throughout the country , and internationally has licensed programs in Belgium, Bermuda, China, El Salvador, Germany, India, Ireland, Israel, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, South Korea and the United Kingdom. National Veterans Business Development Corporation Jim Mingey, CEO John Madigan National Veterans Business Development Corporation 1625 K Street, NW Suite 750 Washington DC 20006 202-449-4682 Email: jmingey@veteranscorp.org Email: jmadigan@veteranscorp.org Website: www.veteranscorp.org Focus: Created by Public Law 106-50 to provide training and resources to Veterans and service-disabled Veterans, Guard and Reservists who seek to start or expand their own small business. Abstract: The National Veterans Business Development Corporation (TVC) provides face-to-face and online training to Veterans who seek to start or expand their own small business. Currently, there are 8 educational hubs across the U.S. and 72 clusters of courses online. Each cluster consists of 1 to 30 courses in Entrepreneurial Skills, Career Skills and Basic Skills. Online courses are learner-paced with 120 days given to complete a cluster. The online courses are open to TVC members, their families and employees of Veteran-owned businesses. Entrepreneurial Skills (Business Start-Up/Expansion) Career Skills (Employers/Employees) Basic Skills (Academic Brush-Up). NxLeveL Training Network Director NxLevel Education Foundation Corporate Offices: 63 East 11400 South #322 Sandy, UT 84070 800-873-9378 or (801) 446-6162 Email: mikef@nxlevel.org Web site: http://www.nxlevel.org Focus: Entrepreneurial training programs for start-ups, existing entrepreneurs, alternative agriculturists, microentrepreneurs, and youths. Purpose: To provide local training organizations with quality, affordable curricula, and a network environment to share best practices, successes, etc. Geographic Area: Nationwide Age Level: Adults and youths (14–18) Key Partners: The NxLeveL Training Network, housed at the Salt Lake Community College is a group of organizations engaged in entrepreneurial training, including Small Business Development Centers, chambers of commerce, business incubators, councils and associations of government, private industry councils, planning districts, community development corporations, Native American groups, USDA agencies, SBA-funded training organizations, Community Development Financial Institutions and loan funds, and others. The purpose of the network is to develop the best training curriculums possible and to share best practices among network partners, including effective operational, funding, and management strategies. Abstract: The NxLeveL Training Network is a clearinghouse for many diverse groups involved in various aspects of assisting businesses and promoting community and economic development. The goal of the network is to share ideas and promote the efficient use of community resources though the building of effective community networks, while providing cost-effective training materials and helping develop training teams. NxLeveL Curricula All NxLeveL curricula are developed and ultimately refined using input from both instructors and participants. By building its curricula from the "ground up," the network has been able to create effective, practical, and participant-based entrepreneurial materials. Programs: NxLeveL offers five programs: NxLeveL for Entrepreneurs NxLeveL for Business Start-Ups "Tilling the Soil of Opportunity" NxLeveL for Agricultural Entrepreneurs "Get the Buzz on Biz!" NxLeveL Youth Enterprise Academy "Exploring the World of Self-Employment" NxLeveL for Micro-Entrepreneurs All NxLeveL programs revolve around the participant. Graduates of the NxLeveL training leave with not only the benefit of sound business training, but also a written planning document—a comprehensive business plan—for their future business endeavors. All NxLeveL curricula center around three important teaching tools. Participant Materials—text, workbook, and resource guide leading to a written business plan. Instructor’s Manual—session-by-session teaching guides, complete overheads, and other classroom and instructional aids. Program Manager’s Manual—a complete guide to developing, marketing, and operating the NxLeveL entrepreneurial programs. Additionally, NxLeveL offers instructor certification and program manager training Where Is NxLeveL Offered? NxLeveL is offered in communities throughout the country. Contact us to find: State contacts Program descriptions Instructor resources Program manager resources Sample business plans Other NxLeveL Resources: Establishing a Shared-Use Commercial Kitchen NxLeveL is pleased to announce a new resource for community and government leaders, incubator managers, and those interested in kitchen incubators. NxLeveL has created a complete "how-to" manual for any group or individual contemplating starting a community resource of this type. Establishing a Shared-Use Commercial Kitchen has chapters on planning, budgeting, design and equipment, operations, business and legal considerations, HACCP, and the marketing of specialty foods. Additionally, the manual contains sample forms, policies and procedures, marketing plan resources, case studies, and copies of feasibility work performed on a rural and an urban kitchen, as well as a gourmet/specialty foods market primer. These are all important concepts to understand for anyone considering a multi-tenant commercial kitchen incubator. Community Tourism Training Programs: Community Leadership Development Training Guide Community Tourism Action Guide Multi-Cultural Tourism Development Workbooks Rural Community Tourism Development Hospitality Training Northeast Entrepreneur Fund CORE FOUR® Business Planning Course Northeast Entrepreneur Fund 8355 Unity Drive, Suite 100 Virginia. MN 55723 (218) 749-4191 Fax (218) 749-5213 E-mail: corefour@entrepreneurfund.org Web site: http://www.corefouronline.com Focus: Business Planning course created by a microenterprise development non-profit organization. Instructor manual and training available to compliment curricula. Purpose: Entrepreneurial development curriculum with a business planning focus designed to help any business idea or owner develop a plan for success Geographic Area: Nationwide Age Level: Adults, college and high school students. Plus, can easily be adapted to target any group Products and Services: CORE FOUR® Business Planning Course student/participant manual. CORE FOUR® Instructor manual And CORE FOUR® Instructor Certification Training and Support Abstract: CORE FOUR® Business Planning Course completely presents the essential tools and concepts for planning any business. Developed by the Northeast Entrepreneur Fund for use in microenterprise development and SBA micro loan assistance, this program has helped start, stabilize or expand over 740 businesses to date in our region of Minnesota alone. CORE FOUR® quickly became accepted throughout America and has been adopted as the program of work for many organizations to help build entrepreneurial spirit. The easy to use format of CORE FOUR® Business Planning Course provides students with a workbook style manual. The manual is complete with worksheets that provide students the information needed to complete the business plan. More importantly, CORE FOUR® carefully explains what is needed for the business to be feasible, desirable and viable. This proven course is very flexible in presentation and can be easily enhanced to fit into any course objectives. NC REAL Enterprises, Anna Koltchagova, Director Malinda Todd, Assistant Director NC REAL Enterprises 3739 National Drive Raliegh, NC 27612 919-781-6833 x126 Email: info@realenterprises.org Web site: www.realenterprises.org Focus: Experiential entrepreneurship education in schools (K–16) and community organizations Geographic Area: 400+ schools and community organizations in 43 states nationwide, with 65 active elementary/middle school, high school, and post-secondary programs in the Appalachian Region. International programs active in Australia, Norway, Brazil, East Africa, Thailand, and the United Kingdom. Serves predominantly rural areas, but also a growing number of urban sites. Ten state-level or regional member REAL organizations provide support to local programs; seven are in the ARC region (Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia), others include Michigan (Upper Peninsula), Vermont, and Washington.Predominantly rural, but a growing number of urban sites. Thirteen state-level or regional member REAL organizations provide support to local programs; six are in the ARC region (Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia).Others: Maine, Michigan (Upper Peninsula), Oklahoma, Texas, South Dakota/Nebraska, Vermont, Washington. Products and Services: Comprehensive professional development program for instructors (institutes, in-service seminars, site visits); experiential, activity-based entrepreneurship curricula with integrated technology and student workbooks for high school/post-secondary ("REAL Entrepreneurship") and elementary/middle schools ("Mini/Middle REAL"); . Products and Services: Comprehensive professional development program for instructors (institutes, in-service seminars, site visits); experiential, activity-based entrepreneurship curricula with integrated technology and student workbooks for high school/post-secondary ("REAL entrepreneurship") and elementary/middle schools ("Mini/Middle REAL"); targeted entrepreneurship development modules; materials and support for establishing successful local and statewide programs; evaluation and documentation of student demographics, learning outcomes, and business development results; school-based enterprise module/training Age Level:children (Grades K–8), youths (Grades 9–12), and adults of all ages Key Partners: Our ten state member organizations. At the local level: entrepreneurs, small-business assistance providers, and community development advocates through a Community Support Team created by each local program. Organizational Partners: Association for Enterprise Opportunity, Rural Policy Research Institute, Rural Governance Institute, Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education. Abstract: Founded in the early 1980s, REAL Enterprises' mission is to help individuals, schools, communities, and rural America grow through hands-on entrepreneurship education. REAL is committed to preparing youths and adults to be active, self-sufficient, and productive citizens and effective contributors to community and economic development by: creating and sustaining a national network of dynamic entrepreneurship educators supported by effective member organizations, providing high-quality hands-on entrepreneurship curriculum and training for K-16 educators, advocating for experiential education and entrepreneurship, and documenting REAL's effectiveness for students and teachers. REAL serves and supports schools and teachers through nonprofit national and member organizations. REAL has been taught in 43 states by over 1,200 REAL-trained educators to more than 10,000 students annually. How it works: At the high school/post-secondary level, REAL guides students through the process of creating small businesses of their own design. The process includes: self-assessment to determine students' potential and existing marketable strengths, community analysis to identify needs and trends in the local economy, and researching/writing a comprehensive business plan for a student's chosen enterprise. A community support team of entrepreneurs and others from the local community assists each local program. REAL has been successfully integrated into existing post-secondary-degree/certificate programs and has demonstrated its ability to create successful businesses. In elementary and middle schools, Mini/Middle REAL helps students explore entrepreneurship in the context of a fully functioning in-school community (with a "Merchant's Mall," government, revenue, and court system), understand the economic implications of career and lifestyle choices, and apply entrepreneurial practices to school-based enterprises and community needs. Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship Curtis L. DeBerg SAGE Founder and Professor California State University, Chico College of Business Chico, CA 95929-0011 Phone: (530) 898-4824 Email: CDeBerg@csuchico.edu Web site : www.csuchico.edu/sage Focus: To encourage entrepreneurship and community service among high school youth, with assistance from consultants from nearby colleges and entrepreneurial and business leaders. SAGE has a local focus and a global perspective. Geographic Area : Seven U.S. states: California, Nevada, Texas, New York, Florida, Pennsylvania and Idaho; 10 countries: Chile, China, Russia, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Mexico, Tajikistan, Philippines, United States, Poland and Ukraine. Key Partners: Teams of Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE- http://sife.org), Virtual Enterprise Abstract: SAGE's mission is: To advance entrepreneurship education and community service-learning across the world, emphasizing ethical business practices, social responsibility, civic engagement and environmental awareness. An existing high school organization or a business academy can form a "SAGE" team. SAGE is an acronym for Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship. SAGE is an international organization that links teams of high school students to nearby university students. At the end of each year, all high school SAGE teams in a participating state compete in a "State SAGE Tournament," hosted by a college or university has been identified as State SAGE Host. Judges are leaders from the business, civic and education community. Winners of the regional competition advance to the "USA SAGE Competition," and the winners of the national competition advance to the "SAGE World Cup." State and national competitions take place between February and July each year. The National Champions advance to the SAGE World Cup in August, which will be held in San Francisco. To participate in SAGE, a team of high school students from a high school is organized, and then this group must complete at least one entrepreneurship project and one community service during the academic year. The size of team can be as few as five or six members, all the way up to 40-50 members. SAGE in not a competitor for existing high school business organizations. Rather, SAGE is a new avenue to showcase your high school's projects in front of influential leaders and to develop a direct connection to your nearby college. The high school SAGE team may be part of an existing class, such as an economics, accounting or general business class, or it can be an active student organization (e.g., FBLA, DECA, Junior Achievement, Rotary Interact, Virtual Enterprise, FFA, SkillsUSA, Technology Student Association). The key to starting a team is to find an enthusiastic group of student leaders who are interested in entrepreneurship and community service, along with a teacher who is willing to encourage and support their participation in SAGE. Once a high school has decided to participate, the teacher must contact SAGE headquarters to notify us of its intent to compete. There is no fee or cost to join the SAGE network. Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) Jerad P. Boyd, Director Marketing, University Relations Students in Free Enterprise 1959 E. Kerr Springfield, MO 65803 417-831-7734 Email: jpboyd@sife.org Web site: www.sife.org Focus: Technical/community colleges and four-year colleges/universities Geographic Area: National Products and Services:Programs and competition Age Level: College students Abstract: Students in Free Enterprise is a nonprofit, collegiate organization. Students form a team on their campus with the guidance of a faculty advisor and then teach the values of business, free enterprise, leadership, self-esteem, ethics, and more. The students then take their projects, once a year, to a regional competition, where they present before a panel of CEOs, executives, and local area business owners. If the team is selected as a regional champion, team members then have the privilege of traveling to Kansas City for the International Exposition, where they present again, this time before a panel of judges made up of CEOs and executives from many of America’s leading companies. If SIFE brings any one organizational truth to light, it is that strong leadership is an indispensable key to success and growth. SIFE’s competitions cast a spotlight on many young men and women who will undoubtedly shape the future of our country and whose SIFE projects teach free enterprise in order to better individuals, communities, and countries. SIFE’s purpose is accomplished through the SIFE Team’s outreach projects, in which students and faculty involve the community in the free enterprise system, providing the students with an opportunity to teach what they have learned in the classroom. By accepting the responsibility of teaching others about free enterprise, the students gain a deeper knowledge of how the free enterprise system works. This unique experience provides the SIFE students with better communication, team-building, and management skills, and enhanced creativity, to help them become the leaders of the future. The vision of SIFE is to help people achieve their dreams through free enterprise education, and it is that vision that has inspired more than 400 companies across America to stand behind the Students in Free Enterprise organization. The values, work ethic, and teamwork taught through SIFE have also inspired corporate leaders such as Leonard Roberts, president/CEO of Tandy Corporation and president of RadioShack, to say, "We have set a long-term goal at RadioShack to fill all of our new management positions with SIFE graduates. This is evidence of our belief that the leadership learned through SIFE is the kind of leadership we want our executives to experience." Wilderness Technology Alliance Lou August, President Wilderness Technology Alliance Pacific Northwest Office: 2769 152nd Ave NE Redmond, WA 98052 Washington DC Office 13605 Mills Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20904 301-879-3331 Email: laugust@wildtech.org Web site: www.wildtech.org Focus:A model for self-supporting student-run technology enterprises Geographic Area: Washington Abstract: The Wilderness Technology Alliance (WTA) is a non-profit corporation pioneering character and technical education through service learning. Students learn technology skills then provide valuable technology products and services to their school and community. The WTA's technology programs are centered on project-based curricula and student-run technology companies called "WildTech Student Enterprises". To implement its programs, the Alliance typically partners with state education agencies, school districts, and other formal or informal teaching institutions. WildTech utilizes youth's tremendous ability to learn technology and applies it to improving their lives, their schools, and their communities. Its project-based methods make learning relevant and highly motivating. It also positions high schools at the center of their communities. Successful students return in their senior year to assist teaching technology classes. Adult teachers take on the primary role of facilitating self-supporting student-run technology enterprises. WildTech is effectively "Bridging the Digital Divide" in communities, all while providing important citizenship, job skills and confidence to students. Let the WTA teach you how to establish a curriculum-based computer hardware service learning program that acquires and re-deploys thousands of PCs to needy schools and families. Some advanced students lead evening software training classes for local low-income adults. Other students serve as support technicians for the school district and community. Let the WTA teach to how to establish a curriculum-based multimedia service-learning program that produces web sites for your school and local organizations. The WTA partnered with Macromedia and Washington's Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to create a "Digital Design" curriculum in web technology. This curriculum is targeted for high school age students and is matched to state technology learning standards and career pathways. The first semester is devoted to teaching broad web technology skills based on Macromedia "Fireworks", "Dreamweaver", and "Flash". It also introduces key "soft skills" designed to prepare students for working with real customers. The second semester is devoted to teaching more advanced web skills, project development skills, and additional soft skills. Students then tackle live web development projects for local organizations. The WTA even assists schools in acquiring these "live" projects. The WTA has entered into a cooperative agreement with five federal agencies to do web development for all of America's federal lands & historic monuments. It will involve schools across the country. Youth Credit Union Programs: A New Branch of Community Development Dr. Sandra Taylor-Griffin, Deputy Director National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions, Inc. 120 Wall Street, 10th Floor New York, NY 10005 212-809-1850, extension 213 Abstract: Effective youth development is a vital aspect of effective community and economic development. Working through the framework of community development credit unions (CDCUs)—nonprofit, community-run, yet extensively regulated and supervised financial institutions—youths are given the opportunity to serve as publicists, recruiters of new members, tellers, bookkeepers, board members, and community activists. Youth strategies are a logical extension of CDCU's adult-focused mission to address low-income communities' lack of economic resources, education, experience with financial matters, and economic and political power. This workshop will detail the purpose and characteristics of these successful programs and demonstrate the impact they have made on the youths involved. Youth Venture Jennifer Aspengren, Deputy Director Youth Venture 1700 North Moore Street, Suite 2000 Arlington, VA 22209 703-527-4126 X266 Fax: 703-527-8383 Email: jaspengren@ashoka.org Web site: www.youthventure.org Abstract: Youth Venture invests in young people (ages 12–20) as changemakers. We aim to help every young person, initially in the United States, and later thoughout the world, to find the courage to imagine a way of helping others, and then to develop a "venture"—an organization, club, or business that makes a difference in a school, neighborhood, or community. Youth Venture helps these young, community-minded entrepreneurs succeed by providing the tools and support they need to work with and serve others. We also supply YV Partners—schools, after-school programs, youth-serving and community-based organizations, etc.—with the program, tools, and support they need to provide the Youth Venture opportunity to interested youth. Youth Ventures provides: Materials aimed at helping launch and sustain your venture Access to a digital network of collaboration Help in finding allies (a non-controlling mentor) Local media publicity National recognition opportunities Workshops and training targeted to your needs Access to "Venturers Only" Web site Start-up seed money assistance Return to Top of Page