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    13 July 2011
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    1. NATIONAL LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS Believe in "ENTREPRENEURSHIP"
    2. NFIB'S YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR FOUNDATION AWARDS 131 COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS
    3. SHARE THESE EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS WITH YOUR NETWORKS
    4. HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE NATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP STANDARDS?

  • 1. NATIONAL LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS Believe in "ENTREPRENEURSHIP"

    The Youth Entrepreneurship Alliance (YEA) provides you with a website to keep up with national initiatives that support the growth of entrepreneurship education nationwide. Check out the latest postings at http://www.YEAleaders.org

    When looking for national information on entrepreneurship education news, special events, and links to leaders we are there for you.

    Let us know what information and resources you may need....and we will do our best to make it available.

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  • 2. NFIB'S YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR FOUNDATION AWARDS 131 COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS

    WASHINGTON, D.C., April 27, 2011 — The National Federation of Independent Business Young Entrepreneur Foundation today announced the 2011 recipients of the ninth annual NFIB Young Entrepreneur Awards, a scholarship program designed to reward and encourage entrepreneurial talents among high school students. http://www.yealeaders.org/pdf/nfib_2011.pdf

    The NFIB Young Entrepreneur Award recipients will attend the university, college, community college or vocational/technical institute of their choice with $1,000-$10,000 in tuition assistance from the NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation. Since 2003, the NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation has awarded 2,226 scholarships to graduating high school seniors totaling $2,561,500.

    More than 4,500 students nationwide applied for a YEF scholarship this year. And today NFIB is proud to award 131 scholarships to young entrepreneurs across the country thanks to the financial support from numerous small business leaders, corporate and foundation supporters. This year’s major corporate sponsors are Sam’s Club, EMPLOYERS, and SunTrust.

    “This year’s scholarship winners represent an incredibly impressive group of young adults. Their ingenuity and ambition prove that entrepreneurship is thriving in high schools today, which is very promising for our nation,” said Dan Danner, NFIB president and CEO. “Today we celebrate the accomplishments of all of our winners. We hope our scholarships will assist these young entrepreneurs as they continue on their paths towards successful futures.” Read More and find your state winners ... http://www.nfib.com/press-media/press-media-item?cmsid=56723

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  • 3. SHARE THESE EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS WITH YOUR NETWORKS

    NOTE: We provide summary announcements to use in your newsletters at http://www.yealeaders.org/news_events_specials.html

    ** U.S.Chamber's Latest Report on Enterprising States: Recovery and Renewal for the 21st Century. The National Chamber Foundation has partnered with the U.S. Chamber’s American Free Enterprise. Dream Big . campaign to spur the creation of 20 million jobs over the next decade http://www.freeenterprise.com/

    ** On May 1 .... Lemonade Day for Young Entrepreneurs was a Major Success. http://www.lemonadeday.org/home Read More.

    ** Educators nationwide are encouraged to attend the 29th Annual Entrepreneurship Education FORUM in Cincinnati, OH, Nov 4 - 7, 2011. http://www.entre-ed.org/_network/forum.htm

    ** NFTE President, Amy Rosen, supports the importance of Entrepreneurship Education. http://www.yealeaders.org/pdf/rosen.pdf Read More.

    ** SBA Announces a new APP to facilitate finding small business information and help easily. http://www.yealeaders.org/pdf/sba_app.pdf Read More.

    ** Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education provides bi-monthly E-3 Webinars from leading entrepreneurship educators - http://www.entre-ed.org/e3webinars/ See schedule and Archives.

    ** US Chamber forms a Center for Entrepreneurship in support of their FREE ENTERPRISE initiative. http://www.freeenterprise.com/ Read More.

    ** The 6th Annual National Entrepreneurship Week is scheduled for February 18 - 25, 2012. Start Planning EARLY to feature great entrepreneurship education programs. http://www.entre-week.org/ Read More.

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  • 4. HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE NATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP STANDARDS?

    Check out the NEW LOOK for the National Content Standards for Entrepreneurship Education . Now you can easily select the performance indicators related to where your program stands in the lifelong learning process!

    Check out the Choices related to the 403 Performance Indicators as they fit in the 5 Stage Lifelong Learning Model ! Entrepreneurs were the original source.

    We encourage educators at all levels to crosswalk your curriculum with these national standards....available FREE. http://www.entre-ed.org/Standards_Toolkit/5stages_overvie...


    HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING A WONDERFUL SUMMER.
    CONTACT US AT:
    614-486-6538 or cashmore@entre-ed.org
    http://www.YEAleaders.org

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