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1. SIFE UK Click to edit Master title style A head for business. A heart for the world. SIFE – Students in Free Enterprise “bringing economic opportunity to others” A global network of business executives, academic leaders and university students, creating a better, more sustainable world through the positive power of business. Sponsor Companies: Strategic partners:

2. What is SIFE? • Students in Free Enterprise • Global organization that empowers students to form their own enterprise at their university • Started 1975 • Mission statement: To bring together the top leaders of today and tomorrow to create a better, more sustainable world through the positive power of business

3. What can I do? • Students run social projects, with the support of SIFE UK, Alumni, Business Advisors and University Advisors to create change • Run commercial projects to generate an income to help support the social projects • Learn new skills, apply them, meet friends, change lives, define your university experience • Compete at the SIFE UK National Competition

4. How? SIFE Criterion: Considering the relevant social, economic and environmental factors, which SIFE team most effectively empowered people in need by applying business and economic concepts and an entrepreneurial approach to improve their quality of life and standard of living.

5. Which means... • There are five basic elements of a SIFE project: • Identifying a need • Teaching/Knowledge Transfer of business skills • Empowerment • Measurable & sustainable impact • Triple bottom line – social, environmental, economic factors

7. Born in ManillaKings College London • Need: impoverished mothers earning 40pence on dumpsite in Philippines • Solution: Taught them how to create, brand, market and sell hand made recycled jewellery. Created business environment in which they could flourish • Impact: 44 mothers empowered to earn wage (SoL), feed and clothe children (QoL)

9. National Competition

10. World Cup Representing the United Kingdom in 2011: Southampton SIFE

11. SIFE UK • SIFE is a global organisation, and we're here from SIFE UK to help train you to empower those in need • Organise and run training events throughout year • One on one mentoring • Between us we have over 30 years worth of SIFE experience!

12. Training Weekend • An opportunity to understand SIFE and learn from us and all your peers across the country • People split according to understanding in SIFE: Newbies, Malcoms, Veterans • You're all newbies! Brand new to SIFE! • Don't be afraid to ask questions • Those more experience want to help • Including....

13. Alumni • Graduated SIFE students back to help out and bring a lot of great experience • Helping throughout the weekend • Talk to them!

14. SIFE UK Click to edit Master title style A head for business. A heart for the world. SIFE – Students in Free Enterprise “bringing economic opportunity to others” A global network of business executives, academic leaders and university students, creating a better, more sustainable world through the positive power of business. Sponsor Companies: Strategic partners:

15. TW - Newbies Afternoon session

16. Thought 1 – What the hell are we going to do?? AKA – undertaking a needs assessment and writing a project proposal!

17. SIFE Project Life Cycle Stage 2a – define project plan Stage 3a – delivery planning Stage 4 – impact and review Stage 1 – define project proposal Stage 5 – close Milestone 3 Milestone 1 Milestone 2 Stage 2b – build project team Stage 3b – delivery Monitoring and controlling

18. Considering the relevant social, economic and environmental factors, which SIFE team most effectively empoweredpeople in need by applying business and economic concepts and an entrepreneurial approach to improve their quality of life and standard of living.

19. Needs assessment Double needs assessment Exercise – who do you need to ask, what do you ask them?

20. Case Study

21. Henry Bolombi Faridon Alizada Boduka Mudianga Fuad Buraleh Sunday Essiet Tung Le Ofiyke Nmezu Michael Jones Nicholas Clarke Devoe Roach Amro Elbadawi Lyle Tulloch Jimmy Mizen Rob Knox Sharmaarke Hassan Arsema Dawit Ben Kinsella Shakilus Townsend David Idowu 1989 - 01.01.2008 1989 - 05.01.2008 1989 - 21.01.2008 1988 - 26.01.2008 1992 - 19.02.2008 1990 - 23.02.2008 1991 - 29.02.2008 1989 - 13.03.2008 1988 - 14.03.2008 1990 - 27.03.2008 1994 - 27.03.2008 1993 - 03.05.2008 1992 - 10.05.2008 1989 - 24.05.2008 1990 - 28.05.2008 1993 - 02.06.2008 1992 - 29.06.2008 1992 - 03.06.2008 1995 - 07.07.2008 HOPE THERE”S SOMEONE PLAYING FROM START January 1: Henry Bolombi, 17, dies from a single stab wound to the chest January 5: Faridon Alizada, 18, of Bexley, SE London, dies from three stab wounds to the chest January 21: Boduka Mudianga, 18, known by his middle name Louis, stabbed to death in street brawl in Silver Street January 26: Fuad Buraleh, 19, dies from head injury inflicted after he got off a bus February 19: Sunday Essiet, 15, died from a stab wound. February 23: Tung Le, 17, attacked and died from a stab wound February 29: Ofiyke Nmezu, 16, known as Iyke, died from a head injury in an attack with a brick March 13: Michael Jones, 18, dies from severe head injuries March 14: Nicholas Clarke, 19, dies from a gunshot wound to the head March 27: Devoe Roach, 17, dies after being repeatedly stabbed in the chest March 27: Amro Elbadawi, 14, dies from stab wound after being knifed May 3: Lyle Tulloch, 15, from Peckham, is fatally stabbed in a stairway of a block of flats May 10: Jimmy Mizen , 16, is attacked with a shard of glass in a bakery May 24: Rob Knox , 18, is stabbed to death in a fight outside the Metro Bar May 28: Sharmaarke Hassan , 17, shot in the head June 2: Arsema Dawit , 15, is stabbed to death in a block of flats June 29: Ben Kinsella , 16, dies after he is stabbed in his street on the way home from school July 3: Shakilus Townsend , 16, dies after being beaten with a baseball bat July 7: David Idowu, 14, Southwark schoolboy stabbed in an attack. 02.1989 - 01.01.2008 1989 - 05.01.2008 1989 - 21.01.2008 1988 - 26.01.2008 1992 - 19.02.2008 1990 - 23.02.2008 Ofiyke Nmezu Michael Jones Nicholas Clarke Devoe Roach Amro Elbadawi Lyle Tulloch Jimmy Mizen Rob Knox Sharmaarke Hassan Arsema Dawit Ben Kinsella Shakilus Townsend David Idowu

22. National Need - how could you turn this into a project? How do you find groups to work with? How do you identify individual needs? What do you need to ask them?

23. How will they become ‘not in need’? What is the aim of the project? Clear tangible goals

24. Ouputs from a needs assessment Chosen target group Overall goal for project Skills and actions required to solve need

25. Thought 2 - I have my idea. How the hell do I deliver on it? You need to develop a project plan and build a project team!

26. SIFE Project Life Cycle Stage 2a – define project plan Stage 3a – delivery planning Stage 4 – impact and review Stage 1 – define project proposal Stage 5 – close Milestone 3 Milestone 1 Milestone 2 Stage 2b – build project team Stage 3b – delivery Monitoring and controlling

27. IDEA PROJECT How to move from an idea to a project plan How?

28. Considering the relevant social, economic and environmental factors, which SIFE team most effectively empowered people in need by applying business and economic concepts and an entrepreneurial approach to improve their quality of life and standard of living.

29. Solution – Case Study What do they need to know? - confidence to get involved into society (job vs education) - skills to do so - motivation to do How do we transfer knowledge and apply an entrepreneurial approach? - mentoring - teaching workshops & mentoring - case studies of success - guide them into that first time role, job, placement - help them hit the first hurdles

30. Building a project plan Exercise – give them a need, get them to come up with project and WBS, present it

31. Thought 3 – How do I stop it going tits up?

32. ‘If anything can go wrong, it will go wrong’ Murphy’s law

33. Risk Assessment Template

34. Building a project plan Good time to consider the TBL – link to mission

35. Considering the relevant social, economic and environmental factors, which SIFE team most effectively empowered people in need by applying business and economic concepts and an entrepreneurial approach to improve their quality of life and standard of living.

36. SIFE Project Life Cycle Stage 2a – define project plan Stage 3a – delivery planning Stage 4 – impact and review Stage 1 – define project proposal Stage 5 – close Milestone 3 Milestone 1 Milestone 2 Stage 2b – build project team Stage 3b – delivery Monitoring and controlling

37. Building a project team Being part of a team Working in a team Building a team

38. Find your project! • As team members here today, you have a responsibility to: • get stuck in • feedback from this weekend to those not here (only 10% of SIFE UK students here) • help your project leader • every leader needs a person to fall back on for help

39. Value of Leadership • Acid test for leader: people want to work with them • Watch out for the great leaders this weekend, learn from them • You cannot lead without having first been lead

41. But I'm not a leader! • Different types of leadership • Leading by at front by example vs. influence behind the scenes • Develop leadership skills, communication, drive, respect

42. On project • So what does mean? • Put yourself forward for jobs... Research local needs, try creating your first teaching workshop,etc • Offer to do more • Ask the PL if there is anything you can do • Make yourself known as a team player

43. Team Working Tips • Troubleshooting • Getting along with people • People not pulling their weight, dropping out • You need people in the right roles with the right skills, or willing to learn right skills • Celebrate success

44. Building a Team • Find like minded people... and opposite minded people! • Respect them, and they’ll respect you • Start with friends, build reputation & grow within your means • “Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will consistently surprise you with their ingenuity”

45. SIFE Project Life Cycle Stage 2a – define project plan Stage 3a – delivery planning Stage 4 – impact and review Stage 1 – define project proposal Stage 5 – close Milestone 3 Milestone 1 Milestone 2 Stage 2b – build project team Stage 3b – delivery Monitoring and controlling

46. Project delivery Empowerment Review impact

47. So what do you do on project?! Considering the relevant social, economic and environmental factors, which SIFE team most effectivelyempowered people in need by applying business and economic concepts and an entrepreneurial approach to improve their quality of life and standard of living.

48. Empowerment • Definition - q: buzzwords, flip chat/post it • Traction from civil rights movement and been a buzzword since, why? • Definition: 'to enable or power someone to do or achieve something they could not otherwise do

49. Transfer of Knowledge • Teaching skills relevant to need • Foundations case study • Go beyond teaching...

50. Entrepreneurial approach • Base environment