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Dear Educator, Welcome to 2010! We hope that you are entering an inspiring new semester after a celebratory and rejuvenating winter break. With the full launch of BizWiz 2.0, and BizMovie 1.0 right around the corner, together with the addition of four new BizWorld Foundation team members, the new year promises to be full of excitement and growth for all of us at The BizWorld Foundation! However, before we completely say good-bye to 2009, we want to take time to recognize some of the outstanding contributions that teachers have made to BizWorld, BizWiz and BizMovie throughout the fall semester. The feedback, support, and shared expertise of teachers throughout the country have played a significant role in helping our Foundation's team develop BizMovie, fully revise BizWiz, and connect us with alliances such as Global Entrepreneurship Week. Thank you for your continual support and involvement with our programs and staff team! Throughout our newsletter, you will find specific examples of teachers' contributions to our programs, as well as exciting news about our Foundation team:
Sincerely, April Bond |
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| Introducing BizWiz 2.0 and BizMovie 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
After much anticipation, BizWiz 2.0 is merely weeks away from arriving at our office and BizMovie 1.0 is soon to follow! During the fall, teachers across the U.S. piloted both programs. Their feedback and engagement during the pilot was extraordinary! We were thrilled with their responses to both programs and are eager to share the finished products with you in the coming months. Check out our order page in late February to purchase the newest version of BizWiz! Below is a list of the intrepid pioneers of BizWiz 2.0 and BizMovie 1.0. Thank you to all for your outstanding support, feedback and expertise!
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| Celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Each year, The BizWorld Foundation participates in Global Entrepreneurship Week, a worldwide initiative that brings countries across six continents together "to inspire young people to embrace innovation, imagination and creativity." Check out more about Global Entrepreneurship Week here! This year Global Entrepreneurship Week was held November 16th-22nd, 2009. In recognition of the event, The BizWorld Foundation organized teachers from across the country to teach BizWorld, The BizWorld Foundation's entrepreneurship curriculum. We would like to give a special shout out to the following teachers for going the extra step to send in BizWorld stories and pictures from their Global Entrepreneurship week activities. You can find quotes from their stories on the right scroll of this newsletter! Heidi Mitchell, Waxahachie Prep, Waxahachie, TX We would also like to thank the following teachers who, among others, adjusted their schedules to teach BizWorld during this week: Julie Mikula, Teresa Murray, Elizabeth Bero, Tammy Katan-Brown, Tami Watkins, Linda Klink and Amy Beechy. If you have done something notable with the teaching of BizWorld, please let us know. |
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As highlighted in the fall newsletter, The BizWorld Foundation is excited to announce that applications for the 2010 BizKid Award are open! The goal of the BizKid Award is to highlight how students engage with and apply entrepreneurship and financial goal-setting skills in the classroom and beyond. The winning applicant will receive $250 to use towards an entrepreneurial or investment purpose of their choice! Qualifications for student applications can be found on our website. All submissions must be turned in to The BizWorld Foundation by May 1st, 2010. For questions about the contest please contact Courtney Connelly (courtney.connelly@bizworld.org) at The BizWorld Foundation office. We look forward to receiving your nominations and your student's applications! |
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Introducing: Fred Bush, James Lee, Peyton Pickenpaugh and Tiffany LaRue Fred Bush James Lee Peyton Pickenpaugh Tiffany LaRue |
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Global Entrepreneurship "Our school has fantastic parent volunteers who step in to play various roles throughout the semester. This adds so much value to what our students take away when they see their parents taking an active role in the program." "Many of my students plan to be entrepreneurs in the near future and this activity gives them first- hand knowledge of how a real business works. They must employ good teamwork skills, they have to compromise and be willing to use techniques that their Marketing Expert or President might expect them to engage in." "Many of our students have seen first-hand how their parents make ends meet by selling food or mowing lawns for a living. We have parents who are mechanics, painters, bakers and those who sell products like Avon, or Mary Kay. Through this BizWorld project I have seen kids want to assist their parents in their business endeavors by making flyers for the business and thinking about ideas to market their product." "My favorite part about BizWorld has been learning the process of starting a business. I like learning the steps that successful businesses went through. My mother has recently started a business and I find that process interesting. I like learning how every business starts and all the work they go through. BizWorld has been great so far and very fun." |
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Find out more about our teacher trainings! We are thrilled to announce that The BizWorld Foundation just conducted an exciting training with 20 instructors from the YMCA in San Francisco in order to help them offer BizWorld to over a 1,000 of their students. If you, or your school, are interested in benefitting from a similar teacher training program, please contact us at 415-503-5880 or at info@bizworld.org! |
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