New Podcast Episode - Ryann Halo: How A High School Dropout Became A Successful Entrepreneur

Ryann Halo joins us to talk about her entrepreneurial journey. Hear her dig into surviving tragedy and trauma, overcoming it all to become the successful business owner of Salon Halo in Florida. Salon Halo’s success is largely attributed to the deep community ties that have been developed over the years. Through giving back to the community where ever possible and a strong commitment to education, Salon Halo is celebrating 2 locations & 8 years in business.

November Online Entrepreneurial Mindset Facilitator Training

The next online facilitator training opportunity is open! Led by Gary Schoeniger and Rob Herndon, the facilitator training is a blend of pre-recorded lectures, live sessions, as well as group discussions and activities to immerse new facilitators in the power of the eight life lessons. By focusing on and honing one’s creativity, critical thinking, cooperation, and empathy skills, our Entrepreneurial Mindset Certification exposes the hidden mechanisms that help or inhibit anyone from reaching their full potential.

Prison Education and Reentry Slate Sessions

Throughout the month of July, Chalkboard Chat streamed a 3-part podcast episode series to discuss education and re-entry programs for incarcerated individuals. In this episode, episode 2, they chat with Dr. Linda Keena, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Mississippi about her implementation of the Ice House curriculum at the Mississippi State Penitentiary (MSP), also known as Parchman Farm, as part of a pre-release program.

HBCU Entrepreneurship Conference

ELI is proud to participate in this inaugural event. This virtual conference, hosted by Bowie State University, will build on the rich historical legacy HBCUs have played in developing entrepreneurs, business owners, and wealth in our communities. More importantly, the conference will lay the groundwork for what is to come and the role HBCUs play in boldly paving the way to prosperity.

NACCE 2021

Join us for NACCE’s Annual Conference, Entrepreneurship in America’s Heartland, from October 3 – 6, 2021. The event will be delivered in a hybrid format! Because NACCE is considered one of the foremost conveners of leaders in innovation and entrepreneurship, the conference attracts a rich array of community college presidents, educators, administrators, and center directors focused on igniting entrepreneurship on their campuses and in their communities from throughout North America. This year, the lineup of mainstage topics ranges from healing social unrest to innovation and inclusion in the classroom to policy change.

How Do You Find ‘Your’ Problem to Solve?

Albert Edward Foreman, a humble clergyman who cannot read or write, has spent 16 years in a comfortable position at his local church when we meet him in the opening lines of the short story The Verger by W. Somerset Maugham. 

But there’s a shakeup in his peaceful world. The parish comes under new management, and Foreman is fired from his job because of his illiteracy. On his walk home, the disheartened former verger accidentally takes the wrong street—and this fortuitous detour introduces him to a need in his community.