Ideas for "the Week" : Part 1

Many people are keen to become INVOLVED but not sure what activity they can run during the week.

Here are some, from the team in UK and others around the World:

Put Your Community on the Map

Millions of young people will submit videos, presentations, short stories and business plans through www.unleashingideas.org that details how they can put their community on the map. Whether it’s highlighting existing unique resources or presenting new innovations for the future, ideas will be submitted in order to garner recognition for their individual community. People are encouraged to think creatively about what makes their community extraordinary.

How to Become an Entrepreneur in a Week

Each day will be a new step in the direction to becoming a mogul in the business world. Seven separate stations will represent each day during the one-day event, allowing for a self-guided experience. The days will be decided on by experts who have taken the steps to build their empires and be successful in the business world today.

Free Think Friday

Organize a session for students to brainstorm possible entrepreneurial and business ventures. By the end of the session, students should have a business plan that includes how to enact it with their current resources (establish a common resource list for all the groups participating). Challenge students to make it happen.

Viral Marketing: Run Your Own Show

At your festival or expo have a booth where students and entrepreneurs can be videotaped talking about entrepreneurship or performing a skit on entrepreneurship. At the end of the day, submit the individual short clips to YouTube and harness the power of viral marketing to ignite interest in entrepreneurship.

Next Top Entrepreneur

For young professionals, plan a competition to seek out the individual with the greatest potential to succeed in the entrepreneurial work force in the future. A panel of judges will give the contestants tasks to complete and the contestants are judged on criteria such as originality, creativity, and showmanship. The grand prize may either be the opportunity to shadow local entrepreneurs or the receipt of cash to start-up their own enterprises.

More coming...