The State of VIRGINIA Hosted
the 27th Annual
Entrepreneurship Education FORUM

The Professional Development Opportunity of the Year!
Nov 6 - 10, 2009, Norfolk, VA

THANKS TO ALL OUR SPEAKERS AND PARTICIPANTS who made the 2009 ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION conference spectacular. Even the weather behaved beautifully for us!

Here is your copy of the Complete Conference Program

SEE IF YOU CAN FIND YOUR PICTURE FROM THE FORUM
.....Thanks to Dean Kanipe, our great photographer!

• Pre Conference Tour of Norfolk
• Guest Speakers
• National Entrepreneurship Week Activity
• Advertisers and Sponsors
• Roundtables
• Scholarship Winners
• Concurrent Sessions
• Monday Night Outing
• Post Conference Tour

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Download your certificate of participation here.

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VIDEOS - Thanks to Chip Lowe

CONFERENCE-WIDE SPEAKERS challenged us all:

• Saturday - 4 PM - WELCOME
  * Introducing the Youth Entrepreneurship Alliance
  * 20 Questions for All Americans... Earn Your "GENIUS" Certificate

• Sunday - 8:30 AM - KEYNOTE... "Who Is Number One?"
  * Speakers...GA Congressman Bob Smith
  * Georgia Entrepreneur Peter Rajecki, Estrol Lubricants

• Sunday - Luncheon Speaker ... "Using Profits to Help Others"
  * Speaker ... Ryan Allis, iContact - Email Marketing Simplified

CHECK OUT THE Conference Presentations.

• CONCURRENT SESSIONs (Note - we are missing some presentations and will add them when submitted)
  
  SESSION 1
  
  • A-1. Susan Rice, WV Department of Education,
  • B-1. Nancy Eberle, Diane Vigna, Dennis Kahl, University of NE - Lincoln and Lois Dietsch-Seward Middle School - NE
  • C-1. Priscilla Petrini, Kansas City, Kara Belew, Wichita, Youth Entrepreneurs of KS
  • D-1. Victoria Mullennex; Joel Richardson, College Student - SIFE program, Davis & Elkins College, Elkins, WV
  • E-1. Julia Menefield, East Athens Development Corporation, Athens, GA
  • F-1. Gary Oster, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA
  • G-1. Chip Lowe, Buchholz Entrepreneurship Academy, Gainesville, FL; Cathy Ashmore, Consortium, Columbus, OH
    
    SESSION 2
    
  • A-2. Mary Ellen McClanahan, Director, Community & External Alliances, Atlanta, GA
  • B-2. Gemma Kotula, Christopher Newport University Center for Economic Education, Newport News, VA
  • C-2. Donna Martin and Chip Lowe - Student, Buchholz Entrepreneurship Academy, Gainesville, FL
  • D-2. Diane Sabato - NACCE and Springfield Technical Community College, MA
  • E-2. Horace Robertson, Consortium for Entrepreneurship Ed - Cary, NC;
  • F-2. Julienne Pajer, Mary Little, Millikin University - Center for Entrepreneurship, Decatur IL
  • G-2. Christopher Czajka, Thirteen/WNET, New York, NY
    
    SESSION 3
    
  • A-3. Peter Rajecki CEO, Estrol Lubricants, Bogart, GA
  • B-3. Marilyn Kipp, Marketplace for Kids, Bismarck, ND
  • C-3. Nancy Branch, Gulfport High School, Gulfport, MS
  • D-3. Jay Azriel, York College, York, PA
  • E-3. Megen McMichael - The VA Electronic Commerce Technology Center, Christopher Newport University, VA
  • F-3. Zira Smith, University of IL Extension, Chicago, IL
  • G-3. Bill Faulkner, GoVenture by Media Spark - Sydney, Nova Scotia
    
    SESSION 4
    
  • A-4. Rhonda Doak, Virtual Enterprises/ Advanced Technology Center, Virginia Beach, VA
  • B-4. Ronni Cohen - Delaware Financial Literacy Institute, Claymont, DE
  • C-4. Gerald Gramm - SD Dept of Ed, Pierre, SD; Marsha Kucker, Education Resource Center of SD, Sioux Falls, SD
  • D-4. Katherine Cota Uyar, Laurie Watje, John Pappajohn Entrepreneurship Center, University of Northern Iowa - IA
  • E-4. Lori Suszko - Fairfax County Department of Family Services-ETA; Toa Q Do, Business Development Assistance Group, Inc. Falls Church, VA
  • F-4. Scott Shickler, Magic Wand Foundation, Roswell, GA
  • G-4. Hank Kopcial - NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation. Washington, DC
    
    SESSION 5
    
  • A-5. Jason Raia, VP Education, Freedoms Foundation, Valley Forge, PA
  • B-5. Karen Graham - Associate Director/Camp Director, Delaware Financial Literacy Institute, Claymont, DE
  • C-5. John Box, Senior VP, Education, JA Worldwide® , Colorado Springs, CO
  • D-5. Dean Kanipe, McDowell Technical Community College, Marion, NC
  • E-5. Replaced
  • F-5. Sheri Smith, Riverwood International Charter School, Fulton County, GA
  • G-5. Gary Bauer, Senior Acquisitions Editor, Career Publishing, Pearson Education, Columbus, OH
    
    SESSION 6
    
  • A-6. Deborah Hoover, Burton Morgan Foundation, Hudson, OH; Michael Hennessy, Coleman Foundation, Chicago, IL; Patricia Pasqual, Director, The Foundation Center, Washington, DC and Hoover's Tips
  • B-6. Thomas Randolph and Matt Jelley - Dade County Middle School, Trenton, GA
  • C-6. Kathy Gielow, Empower Youth Entrepreneurs, Kenmore, NY
  • D-6. Mark Fenton, University of Wisconsin - Stout, Menomonie, WI
  • E-6. Luis Borunda, USHYEE - Baltimore, MD
  • F-6. Malinda Todd, North Carolina REAL, Raleigh, NC; Arlene Childers, NC REAL, Morganton, NC
  • G-6. Margaret Benedict, Author, DRDA Sales Company, Kirkwood, MO
    
    SESSION 7
    
  • A-7. Ida Manning, Kandi Conda - Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship Education, Chicago, IL
  • B-7. Carmen Dawson, Advanz LLC, Erie, PA
  • C-7. Cancelled
  • D-7. Barry Striegel, Center for Innovation, University of ND, Grand Forks, ND
  • E-7. Katherine Korakakis, Coordinator Youth Entrepreneurship Province of Québec, Canada
  • F-7. Diane Sabato, STCC, Springfield, MA
  • G-7. Verice White, NFTE, Washington DC
    
    SESSION 8
    
  • A-8. Paul DeLargy, GA REAL Enterprises, Athens, GA
  • B-8. Barbara Gaertig, Barnett Shoals Elementary School, Athens, GA
  • C-8. Gayle Hsiao, Wilbraham & Monson Academy, Wilbraham, MA
  • D-8. Cancelled
  • E-8. Aaron Bocage, George Waters, EDTEC, Camden, NJ
  • F-8. Mark Liu, Young Entrepreneur Association in L.A; So California
  • G-8. Cathy Ashmore, Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education, Columbus, OH; Chip Lowe, Buchholz Entrepreneurship Academy, Gainesville, FL

Focus of the annual national conference is on building entrepreneurial skills
as a lifelong learning process as well as the diversity of exciting entrepreneurs in the area

The conference focused on potential entrepreneurs of all ages and the role that entrepreneurship education and training plays in preparing them to create and operate successful business enterprises. Participants came to share innovative entrepreneurship programs, ideas, techniques, and products with colleagues nationwide.

EXTRA CONFERENCE OPPORTUNITIES

PRE-CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES ON SATURDAY, NOV 7

• Attend the Norfolk Premiere of the "YES Movie" .... fantastic ideas and advice from more than 20 successful entrepreneurs. Continue...

• Pre-conference tour of the entrepreneurs in the region - Continue...

• Annual THINK TANK Meeting. PROBLEM-BASED and PROJECT-BASED LEARNING WORKSHOP"
  Continue...

TUESDAY, NOV 10, we EXPERIENCED the BEGINNINGS OF AMERICA
The Post-Conference Tour featured a visit to HISTORIC Yorktown and Colonial Williamsburg - Continue...

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS!

• The Coleman Foundation, Chicago, IL
• The Burton Morgan Foundation, Hudson, OH
• The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), Washington DC
• NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation, Washington, DC
• JA Worldwide, Colorado Springs, CO
• Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center, Chicago, IL
• Go Venture, by Media Spark - Nova Scotia, Canada
• Norfolk Planning Committee
• Consortium Membership

LET'S ALL SUPPORT OUR FUTURE VIA ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION.

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PLAN NOW to join us for the 28th Annual Entrepreneurship Education FORUM in Irvine, California, November 12 - 16, 2010.

CALL FOR PROGRAMS
See the proposal format here.

NOTE: The deadline for proposals will be April 15, 2010 ...so you have lots of time to make your plans to share program ideas.

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

www.entre-ed.org/_network/forum.htm

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NORFOLK WAS A REAL TREAT!

Norfolk is a charming port city centrally located on the mid-Atlantic coast with nearly 400 years of stories to tell its guests. Visit and experience hospitality as it is meant to be. Rich in maritime history, Norfolk is also the cultural center of the Commonwealth as the home of Virginia's finest in performing arts companies.

Learn more about Norfolk as "America's First Region"
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Water is our lifeblood, and here you can slip along the river aboard a tall ship or while away your day on a bay beach.
Sail and dine with everyone on a dinner cruise on the SPIRIT OF NORFOLK.
Savor regional dishes prepared by local chefs in one of our many independently operated restaurants. Special memories await. Discover yours today.

(Norfolk Convention and Visitors Bureau)