by Julie Wood | Feb 15, 2015 | blog, business operations, Camps, Economic Development, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship education, kid entrepreneur, Parents, Teachers, teaching business, young entrepreneur, youth entrepreneur, Youth Organizations
There were 2 things this past week that reminded me how much I love using games as a learning activity. The first one was a webinar that I participated in from Zingerman’s Zing Train program on using Mini-games to train employees. The second was as I was putting the...
by Julie Wood | Feb 8, 2015 | blog, business operations, Economic Development, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship education, kid entrepreneur, Parents, Teachers, teaching business, young entrepreneur, youth entrepreneur, Youth Organizations
When I start working with kids and adults on entrepreneurship one of the first things I work on is choosing a business idea that they will develop. They usually attend a class or a camp because they want to start a business and so it’s important to keep their...
by Julie Wood | Jan 31, 2015 | blog, Economic Development, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship education, kid entrepreneur, Parents, Teachers, teaching business, youth entrepreneur, Youth Organizations
Having a son who is a junior in high school means that college visits are on the family schedule. A few weeks ago, we toured a college where the Dean of Students told us something that really stuck with me. Since they are a private college, they have a...
by Julie Wood | Jan 24, 2015 | blog, Economic Development, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship education, kid entrepreneur, Parents, Teachers, teaching business, youth entrepreneur, Youth Organizations
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to talk to local 8th graders at a career day event. They asked a lot of great questions and were very engaged – I was very impressed with the school as they have a special program that helps kids who want to go to college. Many of the...
by Julie Wood | Oct 11, 2014 | blog, Camps, entrepreneur, kid entrepreneur, Lemonade Stand, Teachers, teaching business, youth entrepreneur, Youth Organizations
I often get asked why you don’t use a more complicated business in your youth entrepreneur camps. My response is usually something like: who doesn’t love to visit a lemonade stand on a hot summer day. They usually shake their head in agreement and then go on with...
by Julie Wood | Jun 14, 2014 | dropout rate, Economic Development, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship education, kid entrepreneur, Parents, Teachers, youth entrepreneur, Youth Organizations, youth unemployment
Disengagement and Drop outs I’m sure if you have a school-aged child, you have asked them “how was your day?” The reply is usually (if they are a boy anyway), “fine”. So of course you probe a bit more and you find out that in 3 of the 6 classes they watched movies. ...
