Entrepreneurship- For money or for social causes?

I& E Class Activity 29 July 2010

Mission 1

Research on one of the following people based on your group-allocation. Why are they considered Social Entrepreneurs?

* Make a 4-6 slide Keynote Presentation to share with your class in the 2nd hour:

http://www.ashoka.org/social_entrepreneur

• Abigail, Aisyah, Kun Yao : Dr. Maria Montessori (Italy): Developed the Montessori approach to early childhood education.

• Catherine, Pranavi, Alpha: Florence Nightingale (U.K.): Founder of modern nursing, she established the first school for nurses and fought to improve hospital conditions.

• Amrit, Matthew, Samuel: John Muir (U.S.): Naturalist and conservationist, he established the National Park System and helped found The Sierra Club.

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Mission 2

Why are the following ventures considered “Social Entrepreneurship”? What are their contributions?

Daniel, Jonathan, Adam -http://www.worldtoilet.org/aboutus3.asp

Zhixiang, Elijah, Vivek - http://give.sg/

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Mission 3

Who are the following businessmen? Why are they also considered entrepreneurs? What do they attribute their success to?

Zhiyong, Wu Shen, Mirza:

Interview on “Charles and Keith”:

http://www.soe.org.sg/files/22.htm

Kieren, Mohit, Kenneth

Interview with Mr Harish Nim:

http://www.soe.org.sg/files/o_interview.php?sid=329&a=&c=&year=2004&n=87

Bazaar Details

Games Stall [Classroom 105]

• Wii + 360 “beat high score”
• machines: Jonathan, Kieren, Matthew
• prizes: food vouchers + print [abigail,cath]
• redeem:1 plate of beehoon + 1 cup of drink;
• pricing of game: ??
• banner/ poster design at stall by: Wu Shen+Zhixiang+Mirza
• Price list poster by: Wu Shen+Zhixiang+Mirza
• Printing of posters: Teacher in charge by 6pm today or else send to Catherine/ Mirza to print

Food Stall

Food items:

- Bee Hoon: $2 per plate [Kenneth]

• Brownie+ ice-cream: $2.50 per set [Aisyah]
• Brownie only: $1 per piece [Aisyah]
• Drinks: $0.50 per cup [Zhiyong]
• Chips: $0.50 per cup [Kunyao]
• Waffle: $0.50 per piece [Alpha, Cath, Abigail]
• Bundle:$2.50 for Beehoon+ Brownie
• banner/ poster design at stall by: Pranavi
• Price list poster at the stall by: Vivek + Aisyah
• Printing of posters: Teacher in charge by 6pm today or else send to Catherine to print
• Table decoration: Pranavi

Logistics

100 Plates: Elijah

100 Cups: Elijah

100 sets Cutlery: Elijah

2xTongs:Alpha

2 x Coupons collection boxes: Kieren + Zhiyong

International Friendship Day I&E Bazaar

Hi 105

1] Please bring your bazaar publicity materials and games props tomorrow. We will try to finish all the prep work by 5.30pm if you are fast workers.

2] Both teams will have to take charge of the overall publicity which includes informing the 'potential customers' about the types of food, games and attractive prizes we have lined up. I saw your advertisement on classroom whiteboards which is really good effort. Perhaps you might want to have mini posters around the school. I can print the posters once you have given me the designs tomorrow.

All the best!

Bazaar Project and Business Plan Presentation

Hi 105,

1] Please get into your I&E camp working groups and start brainstorming on the goods/ services that could be sold at 105's stall at the 'International Friendship Day Bazaar' on 21 July.

2] Craft your business plan in details, taking into consideration the resources, time, 4Ps etc.

3] Keep your budget low as profits will be going to charity. Be resourceful and see if any parent is able to sponsor certain items.

4] Refer to the I&E Googlesite for all the I&E Camp lecture slides to help you craft your business plan.

5] Submit your Keynote slides ( max 10) to the I&E 'Submit Folder' by end of the lesson for evaluation. Presentation and voting will take place next Tue during your I&E lesson.

Reflection on I&E Camp at Ngee Ann Poly

Dear all,

Please pen your reflections in the 'Comments' column by end of the lesson (30/6). It should be related to the learning, skills, activities or the competition.

I&E 'Trolley' Problem Solving Poster and Report Requirements

Hi 105,

Before you proceed to print your reports, please take note of the following:

1] Please amend your project titles to: "Scenario Problem Solving- Unreturned Supermarket Trolleys"(change NTUC to supermarket)

2] Make sure your cover pages include all the required info

3] Cover pages need not be in colour

4] Please ensure that all fields of the group report have been filled in, including 8 underlying causes and solutions

I&E 'Trolley' Problem Solving Poster Requirements

Poster 1

1.Scenario (all posters must quote the scenario below)

NTUC supermarket and many other supermarkets in Singapore have been losing many trolleys each year due to the inconsiderate act of Singaporeans. This problem has caused the supermarkets to incur large cost.

2 Underlying cause

3 Solutions and criteria selected

4 Relevant Images and diagrams

Poster 2

1. Action Plan: details, steps, research and people involved etc
2. Images and diagrams: layout of supermarket, system, mock-up models, prototype etc

Group Report + cover page

To be printed out and submitted on Monday, 24 May 2010.