CALL FOR PROGRAMS
the 28th Annual
Entrepreneurship Education FORUM
The Professional Development Opportunity of the Year!
Nov 12 - 16, 2010 - Columbus, Ohio
Join us for a Great Experience
with Entrepreneurship Education!
Focus of the annual conference is on creativity and innovation as well as the diversity of exciting entrepreneurs in the area
PRESENTATION Themes:
- DISCOVERING OPPORTUNITIES… Programs that infuse entrepreneurial experiences and concepts and encourage career exploration.
- THINK LIKE AN ENTREPRENEUR… Programs that build business competency levels for future entrepreneurs and employees, and provide contextual learning for academic skills.
- CREATE APPLICATIONS… Teaching young people to plan their own business in creative ways
- START YOUR BUSINESS… Programs that help youth and adults create a real business
- GROW YOUR BUSINESS… Unique approaches to help existing entrepreneurs survive and prosper
- GET OUTSIDE THE BOX … Programs that employ unique approaches to encourage entrepreneurship (technology-based, international markets, career specialties etc.)
- DEVELOP THE PROFESSION … Programs that help teachers and program designers
- EXAMINE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR THE CLASSROOM... Exhibitors bring the latest resources and offer special prices.
How to Submit Your Proposal
(NOTE the TIMELINE designed to promote the conference details before summer...The deadline for proposals April 15, 2010.
Forum sessions will include entrepreneurship symposia, panel discussions, and individual presentations organized as 50-minute sessions. Submit your proposal in Word format, or as content of an email, and e-mail it directly to the Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education at cashmore@entre-ed.org
We will confirm receipt so you can be sure your proposal was received.
The proposal abstract MUST be no more than one typed page in length and MUST provide the following information which will be reproduced on our website and/or used in the conference :
- Title of presentation (all caps)…short and catchy to attract an audience.
- Name, position, organization, address, email, web page, and phone number of presenter(s).
- Focus of the program content and objectives
- Abstract describing purpose and content of the conference presentation. Please share experiences and ideas that can be replicated by conference participants. Participants want to take ideas and handouts home that they can use. (2-4 paragraphs maximum please)
- A short bio on the presenter(s) and description of the organization represented. (1-3 paragraphs maximum)
- REQUIRED: A brief program description...a two - three sentence program description to be used in the conference program.
REGISTRATION…
EARLY Registration BEFORE Sept. 15, 2010:
. . . $325 for participants ($225 for presenters)
Regular Registration AFTER Sept. 15, 2010
. . . $395 for participants ($275 for presenters)
(Registration covers costs of an evening reception, a luncheon, continental breakfasts, a special Monday evening dinner event, and conference materials).
NOTE: The Consortium is unable to pay honoraria or to defray travel expenses for those selected to
make presentations at the conference. However, we will reduce the overall conference fee for presenters.
The early registration fee will be $325 for attendees, but only $225 for presenters registered by September 15, 2010.
CONTACT
Cathy Ashmore, Executive Director,
The Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education, 1601 W. Fifth Ave. # 199,
Columbus, OH 43212
614-486-6538, fax 419-791-8922
or email -- cashmore@entre-ed.org
Keep tuned to the latest plans for the FORUM on the Consortium Web Page
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