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fortune seekers-turning ideas into cash! youth entrepreneurship camp

fortune seekers-turning ideas into cash! youth entrepreneurship camp. November 15, 2010 Presenters: Malinda Todd and Arlene Childers NC REAL Staff. Slogan Match. Pick a slip of paper with either a slogan or the product Find the match to your slip of paper Ex . Just Do It goes with NIKE

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fortune seekers-turning ideas into cash! youth entrepreneurship camp

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  1. fortune seekers-turning ideas into cash!youth entrepreneurship camp November 15, 2010 Presenters: Malinda Todd and Arlene Childers NC REAL Staff

  2. Slogan Match • Pick a slip of paper with either a slogan or the product • Find the match to your slip of paper Ex. Just Do It goes with NIKE • Move to the wall with your partner • When everyone has found their match share your slogan and product with the group

  3. Slogans Make Your Product Memorable!

  4. NC REAL Enterprises Grows Entrepreneurship By: • Training teachers • Developing timely, hands-on entrepreneurial curriculum. • Supporting local entrepreneurship programs in: • 50 K-12 Schools • 57 Post-Secondary including 54 Community Colleges • 40 Community Based Organizations

  5. Application Experience Expansion Reflection Experiential Learning Cycle

  6. What an Entrepreneurship Camp Looks Like

  7. Day 1 • Students learn about what it means to be an entrepreneur • Students learn about small businesses in their community • Students are assigned business teams • Students work with team to create a business idea • Students present the idea to a Banker for a loan

  8. Day 1

  9. Day 2 • Teams learn about making commercials • Students hear from a local entrepreneur • Students learn about business image and marketing • Teams start creating marketing tools for their business

  10. Day 3 • Students hear from a local entrepreneur • Students participate in marketing activities • Students work on the marketing and operations for their business

  11. Day 4 • Students learn about personal and business financials • Teams develop financials for business • Teams complete commercials for their businesses

  12. Day 5 • Teams complete their business plans • Teams practice presentations • Teams present their businesses and commercials to a panel of judges • Judges award prizes to the teams • Party!

  13. Entrepreneurship Camp in Action Ashe County 4-H Entrepreneurship Camp

  14. What Youth are Saying About Entrepreneurship Camp • 21 surveyed were asked, “Would you attend the Camp again next summer?” 100 % – Yes • "I like how we came up with good business ideas from the games and activities." • "I liked all the activities and group projects. Making our own business was loads of fun."

  15. How Communities are Making Entrepreneurship Camps a Success

  16. Partners, Partners, Partners • Many entrepreneurship camps are located and lead by the community colleges with partners • Western Piedmont Community College partners with 4-H to include the camp in their regular summer camps so they manage the paperwork and instruction • Piedmont Community College partners with the local Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber members provide lunches

  17. Use Speakers and Judges to Recruit Advocates • Wilkes Community College invited local banker to serve as the loan officer for the student businesses • Carteret recruits economic developers, school administrators and other community leaders to serve as judges

  18. Create Theme Camps That Celebrate the Local Heritage or Amenities • Carteret Community College and the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum held a Marine Heritage Camp where students developed businesses related to their island culture • Saponi-Occoneechee Tribe is Hillsborough incorporated tribal culture into the entrepreneurial lessons • Western Piedmont incorporated farming into their camp through field trips and speakers

  19. Actively Promote the Camp Youth Entrepreneurship is a great way to raise attention for entrepreneurship in your community • Invite the press, especially on days when students are doing activities • Piedmont Community College has camp business teams present to their Chamber • Let schools know about the camp before summer starts

  20. REAL Entrepreneurship Camp Facilitator Training • Summer Camp- 2-day workshop on planning and leading a youth summer camp • Training includes a workbook with planning templates, sample agendas, and well over a weeks worth of REAL activities • Next training is January 20-21, 2010 in Raleigh • Registration at www.ncreal.org

  21. Arlene Childers Assistant Director NC REAL Enterprises 4168 Oak Hollow Dr. Morganton, NC 28655 phone: 919-491-7572 arlene@ncreal.org Malinda Todd Associate Director NC REAL Enterprises 3739 National Dr., Suite 110 Raleigh, NC 27612 Phone: 919-781-6833 x126 malinda@ncreal.org Thank youwww.ncreal.org

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