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Business Plan Coach
As a business plan coach, volunteers provide mentorship and guidance to students who are preparing their business plans for competition. Drawing upon their own business or entrepreneurial background, coaches help students conceptualize successful ideas and transform them into viable businesses.
Business plan coaches will be matched up with a classroom and will be asked to work with students over 3-5 sessions.
Business Plan Judge:
Serving as a business plan judge, volunteers have the opportunity to observe and evaluate the culminating product of every TKYI program. During the business plan competition, students compete for "seed capital" by presenting their business plans to a panel of judges. Judges observe and question the participants and then rate each on a scale from 1-10 in various categories. Business Plan Judges are needed for our community and classroom competitions.
Guest Speaker:
In the classroom, volunteers can present a lesson within their area of expertise or an area of special interest to add greater depth to the curriculum. Guest speaker topics can include goal setting, organization/time management, business etiquette, marketing/advertising, investing/banking, business plans, sales, customer service, technology, communication skills, etc.
Beyond discussion of the curriculum, guest speakers can also choose to share their personal story of getting started in business and illuminate the path they took for the student audience. Potential points of discussion include tackling any adversity in getting started in business, overcoming obstacles in life, and how you chose your area of business.
For the new year, we need business plan coaches, guest speakers, and competition judges for the following schools and community based organizations: Marion County Juvenile Correctional Facility.
Volunteer Opportunities
Education
- Our are located in the communities of Marion County Florida. These centers are focused on school readiness for children ages 3-5 and early developmental of children 6 mos-36 mos. Children are cared for in a playful learning environment with 1:10 teacher to child ratio.
The first KiddieVersity Early Learning Center will begin accepting students in June 2011.
- are available at every KiddieVersity location. Through a partnership with Smart Horizons Online Education, we offer an adult learners ages 16 and up can complete their high school diploma in a non-traditional setting.
Economic Literacy
- Our Mobile Money Workshops are conducted in various settings throughout the community. We partner with youth serving organizations such as the Boys & Girls Club and the Marion County Children's Alliance, churches and other community organizations-bringing our financial programs to them.
- Our Workshops can be tailored to fit the needs of each of our partners and are typically delivered in 45 minute sessions covering topics such as Banking, Budgeting, Saving and an introduction to the economic principle of Opportunity Cost.
Entrepreneurship
For More Information about our Volunteer Opportunities Contact
Loretta Jackson at
(352) 369-8594
or via E-mail at
loretta@tkyi.org
- Our YEW events are conducted in various community settings throughout the year. In these fun, creative and interactive workshops, youth learn the basics of business creation and start-up. This 4-hour workshop's focus is to help youth identify their talents and interests and spark the entrepreneurial spirit within.
- Each summer we partner with local businesses and organizations to bring six weeks of business training and planning to a select group of teenpreneurers. For six weeks, students receive instruction and assistance in developing a business plan. The program culminates with our annual Business Plan Competition where the students compete for cash prizes.
