Transcript Volunteer Engagement

Contents
• NFTE Organization Overview
• Program Strategy Snapshot
• World Series of Innovation (WSI) Overview
• Toolkit
• Challenge Categories
• Submissions & Rubric
• Innovation Saturday Overview
• Sample Agenda
• Volunteer engagement
• Contact information
About NFTE
The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) provides a highly experiential and
academic program that inspires young people from low-income communities to recognize
opportunity and plan for successful futures by pursuing educational opportunities and
starting their own businesses.
Domestic Programs
• 20,000 youth in NFTE classrooms
• NFTE programs active in major urban markets including New York, Boston, Chicago,
LA, DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Dallas, Miami, Pittsburgh, Cleveland
and Atlanta as well as Fresno, Wichita, Fairfield County, CT, Westchester County, NY
and across South Carolina.
International Programs
• 50,000 international youth in NFTE programs
• Active partners in Belgium, China, Chile, Colombia, India, Ireland, Israel, Germany,
New Zealand, Saudi Arabia and soon Mexico.
NFTE has 1500 certified entrepreneurship educators worldwide. NFTE trains each
educator through our four-day NFTE University and we continue to support them and their
classrooms throughout their engagement with the NFTE curriculum through one-on-one
program staff support, group professional development seminars, volunteer resources, field
trips and other activities that bring the curriculum to life for both students and teachers.
Core Program Strategy
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Students
learn through
in-depth
courses…
EARLY HIGH SCHOOL
LATE HIGH SCHOOL
…how to
develop
a business
and plan for
their future.
COLLEGE, OWN A
BUSINESS & BEYOND
NFTE’s World Series of Innovation is a featured event of
Global Entrepreneurship Week
Challenge due date: October 18th
This challenge is an opportunity to:
 Tap into the creative energy and ingenuity of youth across the US and around
the world.
 Generate awareness and support for NFTE, an innovative entrepreneurship
education program proven to engage students in school and to show them the
value of basic math and literacy skills while they envision and plan for
successful futures.
Entrepreneurship for all.
WSI Features
• Participants are supplied with a World Series of Innovation
toolkit that is based on NFTE’s award winning
entrepreneurship curriculum.
• Small teams of students complete the project in one of six
innovation challenge categories based on the innovation
challenge set forth by sponsoring companies and NFTE.
• Students in the winning teams of each category receives a
gift from our sponsors, and their school or youth-serving
organization also receives a grant from the sponsor and
NFTE.
WSI Toolkit
Entrepreneurship: Owning Your Future, 11th Edition
Chapter 1: Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Chapter 6: Opportunity Recognition
Innovation Activities
Product Innovation Activity
Opportunity Recognition Game
Invention Contest Activity
Lego® Exercise Activity
Submission Categories
Student Submission Forms
Visit http://innovation.nfte.com to sign up and receive your
copy of the World Series of Innovation Toolkit
Challenge Categories
Microsoft is the presenting sponsor for the 2013 World Series of Innovation.
1.
Mobile Game
5-8. 40 Chances Food Solutions
Sponsored by Microsoft Corporation
Design a fun and useful tablet or smart
phone game for student use that is
relevant to school and education.
2.
Mobile App
Sponsored by Microsoft Corporation
Design a fun and useful tablet or smart
phone app for student use that is relevant
to school and education.
3.
Sparkling Beverage
Sponsored by Coca-Cola
Create a marketing plan for a sparkling
beverage in 2015.
4.
Sponsored by Howard G Buffett Fndn.
4 different challenges to develop a new
solution to an important food or nutrition
challenge in your community.
9.
Technology Sports Challenge
Sponsored by SAP
Develop an app, game or technology
initiative for the sports and entertainment
industry.
10. Replicable Business Design
Sponsored by NFTE
Create an idea for a business that could be
started by any young person, aged 15-24, in
any country/city in the world.
Literacy Game or App
Sponsored by Pitney Bowes Foundation
Create a game or app for a smartphone
or tablet to increase students’ literacy
and language skills in an exciting way.
11. TO BE CONFIRMED
Sponsored by IFRC
Create an idea for a TBC
Submission Sections
1. Explain the Product or Service
2. Describe the Opportunity
3. Customer Profile
4. A 60-second commercial
Submission Rubric
How will students be evaluated?
• Opportunity Recognition: 19% of score
• Innovative Concept and Creative Design: 19% of score
• Understanding of Customer Profile: 12% of score
• Feasibility of the Business: 12% of score
• Description of Product, Service or Business model: 12% of score
• Market Research: 18% of score
• Business Growth Opportunity: 6% of score
• Supporting Materials/Commercial: 2% of score
Innovation Day
WHEN:
Whenever you like!
WHERE: Anyone can host an Innovation Day at their business, office, or
school. NFTE program offices will be hosting events in New York
City, Westchester, NY, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, DC,
Atlanta, Miami, Dallas, Chicago, St. Louis, Los Angeles, and the
Bay Area.
WHO:
Students (at least 2 per team), volunteers, and educators
WHAT:
Each volunteer works with one or two teams to brainstorm ideas,
and work to complete all phases of the WSI submission form.
HOW:
Using the curriculum and innovation activities provided with the
toolkit, teams will learn about entrepreneurship, complete the
experiential activities and select a challenge category.
Innovation Day
WHAT DOES NFTE PROVIDE?
•
Innovation Day Guidebook
•
Volunteer Recruitment PowerPoint
•
Volunteer Training PowerPoint
•
Innovation Day Instructional Materials
•
WSI Submission Form Worksheet (.doc)
•
And, of course, the NFTE World Series of Innovation Toolkit
and Challenge listing.
Innovation Day
Sample Agenda
 Introductions/Ice Breakers
•
Match volunteers with student teams
 Chapter 1 – Intro to Entrepreneurship
• Product Innovation Activity
• Lego® Exercise Activity
 Chapter 6 – Opportunity Recognition
• Opportunity Recognition Game
• Invention Contest
 Break/Lunch
 Submission Completion
 Review status of submissions & assign next steps
Volunteer Engagement
• Encourage community involvement in your Innovation Day by
recruiting volunteers to support students through the WSI process
• Recruit local business professionals, educators and other
community members to serve as an Innovation Coach for one or
more teams of students
Innovation Coaches will:
 Guide students through experiential activities
 Assist students with idea development
 Provide targeted advice for areas where students have difficulty
understanding or articulating
 Proofread submission for content and clarity
What do I need to host
Innovation Day?
• Access to students, volunteers, and/or educators
• Space to host Innovation Day
• NFTE’s World Series of Innovation Toolkit
• Materials to be used for NFTE’s experiential
activities including Legos®, craft supplies and video
cameras and/or smart phones to film commercials
Ready to host your own
Innovation Day?
Visit http://innovation.nfte.com/pages/innovation-day
to register your event!
For more information about NFTE’s Innovation Day,
presented by Microsoft, please contact:
Suzanne Taylor
212-232-3333 ext. 361
[email protected]