If you are interested in a career in business, come to the GBA during tutorial TODAY (11/29) to learn more about the Enterprise Leadership Conference – a FREE 3 day conference. March 14-17.
Here is a bit more about the program-
Each year the San Jose and Los Gatos Rotary Clubs host 96 high school juniors for three days at beautiful Asilomar in Monterey to teach them business skills. This FREE conference takes place over 3 days. The students are broken up into teams of 8 (4 young men and 4 young women); two Rotary members serve as mentors, which we call “DGs” (Discussion Group Leaders). Each team is an imaginary company; they have to come up with a brand-new product or service and prepare a business plan. The students receive instruction in areas such as finance, marketing, human resources, ethics and public speaking/presentation.
The ELC committee is justly proud of how we select the students. Each year we get approximately 250 applications for the 96 spots. The form doesn’t ask for GPA, who the parents are or the clubs to which the student belongs. Applicants are selected solely based on how interested they are in the conference as set out in the answers to 3 short questions. Some students may be at the top of their class and a classic overachiever; but for others, this may be the first time they have been picked for anything. Some have never spent the night away from home, others have been to Europe. And now they are put at random onto a team, and this diverse group needs to collaborate and cooperate to create a business plan and presentation. Just like in the “real world.”