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Dear Friends, Spring is in the air and The BizWorld Foundation office is pleased to share our recent highlights! The key word this spring is "partnerships" with BizWorld staff busy on all fronts. The development team is reaching out to new corporate donors with exciting opportunities to impact students by hosting BizWorld and BizWiz Camps and Teacher Trainings, and our program group is very busy doing outreach locally and nationally from San Francisco, Denver, Salt Lake City to New York, delivering a variety of new and exciting programs including camps, teacher trainings and program kit distribution. Please join us in our efforts to teach innovative education and inspire the next generation! In this newsletter, we are excited to share with you information about our new partnerships and ways in which you can participate.
Thank you for your continued support and interest in our work. We look forward to seeing you at the Grand Prix IX on May 14th. All the best,
Catherine Hutton Markwell |
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| Save the Date! BizWorld's Grand Prix IX | |||
The month of May is synonymous with many things, including professional race car driving events like the Indianapolis 500. As such, every May The BizWorld Foundation hosts its annual Grand Prix racing event at GoKart Racer in California. The exciting night of competitive racing raises vital funds for The BizWorld Foundation and is a unique opportunity to mingle with an amazing crowd of "Who's Who" of executives and employees from the venture capital, banking, and high-tech industries of Silicon Valley. BizWorld's Annual Grand Prix IX will take place on Thursday, May 14, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. Included in this year's festivities we will begin with a "Race the Pro" race. Sponsored cars will have the opportunity to go head-to-head against up and coming professional driver J.R. Hildebrand, recently named to the prestigious Andretti Green Racing team (www.jrhildebrandracing.com). Get your tickets today by visiting our website at www.bizworld.org.To sponsor a team, contact Ana Blanco, Development Director at (415) 503-5880 or ana.blanco@bizworld.org. |
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| New Corporate Sponsors! | |||
BizWorld is pleased to announce new corporate sponsors – Visa and LiveOps!
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The next "big thing" you didn't know you couldn't live without is being developed by a team of high school students right now and they need your support. It's all part of an innovative program sponsored by The Conrad Foundation and named for Pete Conrad, the third man to walk on the moon and a veteran astronaut who flew Gemini, Apollo and Skylab. The Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Awards program, now in its second year, effectively combines education, innovation and entrepreneurship with the goal of shaping the workforce of tomorrow. Students have submitted entries in the following categories: "Entrepreneurial Enterprise for Lunar Exploration", "Renewable Energy" and "Innovative Product for Use in Personal Spaceflight." Help us support our partner by voting for your favorite team at www.conradawards.org. By doing so you will be helping to reward innovative thinking amongst our youth and build up a new source of human capital. Please vote by April 3, 2009. |
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April has been declared by United States Congress as National Financial Literacy Month. Enacted in 2003 by various states and receiving even more attention during these challenging economic times, National Financial Literacy Month was declared to raise awareness around the importance of teaching financial literacy at all age levels. Help make a difference at an early age by sponsoring the BizWorld programs in your local elementary school. For only $189, you can designate a classroom to receive a BizWorld kit or we will find a school in your area. Visit our website at www.bizworld.org and click on "Get Involved". Using the promotional code 12596, you can make a difference in a student's education and inspire the next generation of CEOs! |
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The BizWorld Educator Resource page on our website has been updated. Follow this link, www.bizworld.org/resources.html, to view our newly updated and simplified pre- and post-assessments. Also, we are currently adding supplemental materials to the website. Please email April Bond, april.bond@bizworld.org, to share your supplemental resources with other BizWorld teachers. We will fully credited you for any materials that you share with us. Did you know that by following the three simple steps below that you will receive a free string refill and will directly support our mission to ensure that these programs remain accessible to teachers across the country?
The BizWorld Foundation Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions. Thank you in advance for your support! |
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In addition to Visa, we are very pleased to share our newest sponsor LiveOps, a virtual call center company based in Santa Clara, CA. Nominated by LiveOps employee Michael Neril, BizWorld was chosen as the company's grantee recipient, establishing a long-term partnership for both organizations. BizWorld was chosen for the capacity of its programs to enhance and serve local schools and communities where LiveOps employees work and live. We look forward to working with LiveOps and delivering the BizWorld programs! 
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Board Spotlight:
BizWorld is pleased to have Harry Gould as a Board member for the last two years. As Senior Vice President Worldwide Alliances at Informatica Corporation, Gould is responsible for leading the way on global growth and performance excellence. Gould has enjoyed an exemplary career in the high tech industry. Prior to joining Informatica, Gould most recently ran WW Alliances for Mercury Interactive for 4 years, now part of HP Software. During his tenure with Mercury Interactive he signed global relationships with the likes of SAP, Wipro, Accenture, EDS, and CSC. Gould was Vice President of global alliances for SeeBeyond Technology Corporation. When he joined the company in 1999, it ranked twelfth in market share among Enterprise Application Integration companies. Gould drove partner revenue growth to 60% of overall company license revenue as the company increased revenues eight fold. When SeeBeyond (now part of Sun Microsystems) went public in 2000, it was recognized as a market leader. Gould was also with Oracle Corporation for nearly ten years (1987-1996) holding several regional sales and marketing management positions. Gould has a BA from UCLA and graduated Cum Laude, resides in Palo Alto, and has three children. We are pleased to share that Gould has also taught the BizWorld program! |
Look for The BizWorld Foundation at these teacher conferences around the country… Differentiated Instruction |
The BizWorld Foundation introduces BizMovie! Click here to see a sneak peek of the program. |
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The BizWorld Staff Team Catherine Hutton Markwell Ana Blanco April Bond Lindsay Boyer Laura Ziegler Courtney Connelly Clay Oliver Rachel Friedman Wendy McArdle |
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Foundation 444 De Haro Street, Suite 203 San Francisco,CA 94107 |