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Registration is open for the next Online Entrepreneurial Mindset Facilitator Training in July 2023. Until May 31, you can register to receive an early bird price of $995!

Here is what you can expect to learn from this event:

Recognize the research behind ELI’s definition of an entrepreneurial mindset
Define the Ice House Program’s methodology for educating others about the entrepreneurial mindset
Compare and contrast the life stories of multiple everyday entrepreneurs
Discuss facilitation of the Ice House Program’s eight life lessons
Practice the entrepreneurial process by creating a personalized Opportunity Discovery Canvas using the initial steps of ELI’s Opportunity Discovery Process
Discuss facilitation of the Opportunity Discovery Process
Distinguish between the Ice House program editions, delivery, and outcomes
Identify historical program impact through best practices and use cases
Create an implementation plan to impact your students, community, or organization through entrepreneurial mindset education

Live sessions will run for two hours on Monday afternoons beginning at 3:00 PM ET.


CLIENT NEWS

“How Successful Do You Want To Be?” Ice House Entrepreneurship Program Gets Students Motivated About Starting A Business

Students at Robeson Community College learned that starting a business is a big step that requires a great deal of time, thought, research, and funding, but in the end, it can be gratifying and fulfilling. Using the book, "Who Owns the Ice House? Eight Life Lessons from an Unlikely Entrepreneur" by Clifton Taulbert and Gary Schoeniger as the backdrop, students gained valuable insights into starting a business based on the true story of Uncle Cleve, who owned an ice house during a time of legal segregation in the deep south, along the Mississippi Delta.

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A New Entrepreneurial Mindset Learning Program for Eswatini

In April 2023, Women In Trade And Development(WITAD) will facilitate the first Entrepreneurial Mindset Learning Program in Eswatini. The youth and women need to prepare for their careers (employment or business) by learning to manage themselves in a way that creates value for others and makes them globally competitive. WITAD is bringing an Entrepreneurial Mindset Learning Program to help prepare the youth and women on the inside before they take new action in their organization or small business venture.

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CONFERENCES

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2023 Performance Improvement Conference

ISPI's flagship event, the Performance Improvement Conference, brings together the best and the brightest in the multi-disciplinary field of performance improvement to share the latest research, innovations, tools, and technologies. Conference attendees are passionate Human Performance thought leaders, technologists, product owners, developers, trainers and coaches, practitioners, and students and educators representing government, private industry, and academia. ELI President Rob Herndon will be presenting on Thriving in Times of Rapid Change with an Entrepreneurial Mindset.

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JOIN OUR UPCOMING WEBINARS

Cultivating Entrepreneurial Mindsets: In Classrooms, Organizations, and Communities

The world has changed in ways that now require everyone to think like an entrepreneur. After all, entrepreneurs are resilient and resourceful, creative and critical thinkers who possess the 21st-century skills the world now demands. What is an entrepreneurial mindset? Why is it important? And how can we cultivate it in ourselves and others?

Wednesday, April 18 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET

From Corporate Manager to Entrepreneur: How to Develop an Entrepreneurial Mindset for Success

Join ELI founder Gary Schoeniger for a free webinar with special guest Dr. Jennifer Hall, Ph.D., co-author of the Entrepreneurial Mindset Profile (EMP). In this session, Gary and Jen will discuss her journey to creating the EMP and its value as a psychometric evaluation tool to help individuals understand and enhance their entrepreneurial mindset. They will also explore the importance of an entrepreneurial mindset in the corporate world, the differences between corporate managers and entrepreneurs, and how tools like the EMP and ELI’s programs can foster more entrepreneurial behavior. What’s more, many EMP practitioners have used Ice House as a means to shift the mindsets of those they work with.

Wednesday, May 3 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET


EXPANDING MINDSET

Nothing Fails Like Success

By Gary Schoeniger. Originally published in League Connections, March 2023.

Community colleges across the country are facing unprecedented challenges, including declining enrollment, low completion rates, and budget constraints, to say nothing of the challenges resulting from COVID-19. The mindset that once enabled us to succeed is rapidly becoming obsolete. So, what does community college leadership have to do with an entrepreneurial mindset?

Organizational leaders often approach adaptive challenges through a managerial lens. With this approach, solutions are directed from the top down with little input from those affected by the decisions. While this approach may be well suited for solving technical problems, it is maladaptive when faced with adaptive challenges.

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"Who Owns the Ice House?" Is Available in Multiple Formats!

Learn the eight life lessons of Uncle Cleve, Clifton Taulbert, and Gary Schoeniger in the format that is best for you! "Much more than a book on entrepreneurship. It is a book about how the mindset and actions of the good & reliable stands out from the average. It is a series of stories that reflect the good old values of how one carries oneself in life...This one's a classic."

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