In May 2007, the Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship Education (IIEE)  will host the 2007 Youth Entrepreneurship Conference.  Youth will be able to network with other youth entrepreneurs throughout the US, participate in business plan competitions, and attend breakout sessions geared towards business development.

 In March of 2006, I had an opportunity to take approximately 20 youth from WYTEC to the E-Place Entrepreneurship Conference in Milwaukee, WI. I believe their attending the conference  was beneficial to the development of our youth.  Youth were able to see how others are taking their talents to write a business plan, market their ideas, and promote a business that has the potential to bring in substantial profits.  One of our youth competed in a Speech Competition and was awarded start up funds for her business, "Baskets by Brittiney".  Another youth was honored and announced best business at the competition by his peers. His business was "Songs from the Soul," a neo-soul song writting business.  Our youth, as well as the many youth in attendance, had many unique and creative businesses.

Sorry for the delay, but here’s the notes from the last Digital Media group call on November 3rd.  As a whole, a lot of our conversation centered on the challenges of working with youth media projects, such as lack of equipment, youth motivation, developing handouts and guides.  Subsequently, AJ followed up by volunteering to gather any curriculum and handouts people are willing to share.  [Check out the archives of the discussion list at http://www.ctcvista.org/forum/] In future calls, we plan to center on topics such as web design techniques (Dreamweaver or Drupal), video editing help and youth development. Our next call is scheduled for Friday, December 15th at 2pm EST.

Comment from Richard T. Anderson on November 28, 2006 - 10:40am

Wow, I'm included in the minutes of a "meeting" that I missed.

Well, I'm still plugging away. How you had a nice Holiday.

Peace,

Rich