Post on 14-Jul-2015
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Lander University Greenwood County
One of Highest Unemployment rates
One of Highest Unemployment states
Saving Jobs
At risk workforces
Retail
Manufacturing
Restaurant Wars Need: local
restaurants/high risks industry
Fall teams competed, planned, and executed weekend sales promotion
Increased profits over 60%.
Restaurant Crawl
Need: New businesses to continue the revitalization of uptown
Facilitated brainstorming sessions
B2B Challenge to Help at Risk Manufacturing Jobs
Need: local manufacturing plants trying to keep employees during tough times
Competing teams formed to plan and execute trial campaign using CRM (Customer Relation Management) tools.
Business Strategist
MarketingStrategist
TechnologySpecialist
Business Strategist
MarketingStrategist
TechnologySpecialist
Competing Teams
B2B Challenge Results!!!More business in the
pipeline and potential jobs being saved
Students who did particularly well became Leadership Consultants
Creating Jobs DECA
Be Your Own Boss Competition
Student Run Ad Agency
Mirrors project
DECA Need: 150 Eager high
school students
Engaging entrepreneurial leadership workshops
7 out of 10 informative
8 out of 10 fun
Be Your Own Boss Competition Need: Entrepreneurial
college students
Business Plan Pitch contest
From ‘No Participants’ to ‘More Participants’ than other SC schools
One participant finished second out of 60
Mirrors Entrepreneurial scientist
Developing Business plan/ NASA client
Possible sales of $300,000
2 – 3 Jobs
Science innovation
source: www.nasa.gov
Women Empowerment of Greenwood Passing it Forward
Round Table DiscussionsSuccessful Woman Entrepreneurs Mentoring New Women Entrepreneurs at strategically
placed moments of new businesses
Life Skills WorkshopsNew Women Entrepreneurs
Help other Women Out of Poverty with Financial Literacy and Workshops
$2500 already won; Wal-Mart Women Empowerment Grant…Thank You Wal-Mart!
Poised for Intermediate& Strategic Success
New Leadership Innovation & Business Support Office to be Built
We are in the process of applying for an Economic Grant from a state Government Agency for $99K Grant to provide Scholarship & Support. The grant is awarded by a point scoring system. Based on
our conversations with the grant providing agency, we would have enough points last year and hence are expecting to win this grant for next year to further our SIFE efforts.
POS Restaurant Support
Center of Excellence
New Media Advertising
Business
Environmental Sustainability
Business
Student Run Businesses/ New Business Incubation
NASA Science Business
CRM Manufacturing Support
Center of Excellence
Seminars Workshops Student Projects
$99 K Grant Expected to Win to provide Scholarship & Support
Poised for Intermediate& Strategic Success
Helping Others in the World
Helping green businesses
Campus be greener
Helping others through financial literacy
Green and Fair Trade Creating a second life for
agriculture parts
Helping to create an online export portal
Potentially tons of reduced landfill waste
Green and Fair Trade Continued Environmental
Sustainability
Creative young minds
Greener by MayReducing Electricity
Helping the world and widows
Competition to reduce electrical cost
Proceeds projected
to be 10%; helping approximately 6 widows
Greener by MayTrash Audit
Helping the world and campus
Trash audits to reduce waste
Helping administration to develop 20 year milestones and a 5 year strategy
Sustainability Initiative
Financial Literacy First generation college students
Led several financial literacy workshops
Credit Cards 53% below national average 84%
Freshmen with Credits card began at 40% now 25%
Knowledge transfer from 79% to 95%
Students opening savings accounts rose from a 2 to 7
Students can create budget rose from 40% to 83%
Other Financial Literacy Workshops Pregnant women and at-
risk high school students
Teaching budgeting life skills
Assistance with life
Freshmen Leadership Program Experiential Learning
Revitalized Leadership Program
Great set-up
Over 30 participants this year
Keeping It Going Charter
Executive Board
Advisory Board
Executive Briefs
Budget Great results
Businesses
Grants
Student Affairs