Entrepreneurial Thinking in Action CampTuesday June 28 - Thursday June 30, 2016Scurfield Hall, Haskayne School of Business University of Calgary9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

WEST ISLAND COLLEGE

Experiential Leadership Camp

Audience:

West Island College (WIC) and the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business, are pleased to host a three-day experiential summer camp designed for secondary school students that focuses on entrepreneurial thinking and action.

This is the 4th Business Leadership Camp WIC has offered. This year’s camp is designed for motivated and enthusiastic secondary students who have completed Grade 9 and suggested for students up to the completion of Grade 11.

This camp experience has been designed to empower future entrepreneurs, employees, volunteers, business and community leaders to identify opportunities for innovation, understand customer value, create a real new venture or social enterprise business idea and ultimately how to communicate, or pitch, a new venture idea to a panel of community experts, entrepreneurs and investors.

Over the course of the three days, students will work in teams to develop their own business model for a new venture or social enterprise. Student teams will be mentored and supported by University of Calgary students and alumni throughout the course of the camp.

In the past, WIC has partnered with the Haskayne School of Business to offer the popular Business Leadership Camp. This is our first partnership with the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Haskayne School of Business, and we are excited to offer a camp experience unlike anything else!

The Entrepreneurial Thinking in Action Camp:

With our economy in a constant state of flux and pressures from society and the environment ever changing, we need the next generation to be amazing problem solvers. They need to be agile, versatile and comfortable with learning from their failures. One of the best ways to learn these skills is by becoming an entrepreneur for a few days. This camp draws on the leading edge practices in curriculum and a set of experts that will result in a fun and empowering experience for all the students.

What is the Camp Mission?

To OFFER a variety of positive business experiences to strengthen community engagement

To PROVIDE real-world business projects

To INSPIRE young, innovative community members

To TEACH teamwork, collaboration and social entrepreneurship

To ENCOURAGE a desire for active participation and service learning

To CULTIVATE leadership experience

To INSTILL a strong moral compass

To MOTIVATE philanthropy

When is the Camp?

Tuesday, June 28 to Friday, June 30, 2016 (daily 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.)

Where will the camp take place?

The host site of this three-day camp is the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, however, students will venture out to DIRTT Environmental Solutions on the first day.

What is the cost of the camp?

The cost of this three-day camp is $350. This camp fee includes the following:

• All activities

• Gift Card

• Lunches

• Transportation

• Water Bottle

What should students wear?

Students are required to dress in business casual attire. No jeans or runners.

Entrepreneurial Thinking & Action Plan

Details and Guest Speakers

June 28 – MorningModule 1

Failing Forward“Learning how to move forward in spite of failure”

Engineers Without Borders will facilitate an experiential exercise that will aid problem solving.

June 28 – Afternoon

Design Thinking“Meeting individual’s needs & desires in a strategic way”

A facilitated session that will provide students a challenging exercise to solve a problem for a client while competing against other camp groups.

June 29- Morning

Value Proposition“What do consumers value?”

ITP: Group Dynamics Workshop. Guest Speaker: Kevin Davies, CEO, HOP Compost one of the top young entrepreneurs in Canada.

June 29 – Afternoon

Validating a Business Model“Testing your idea”

Guest Speaker: Victoria Ross – Agri-swamp a finalist for the RBC fast pitch competition.

June 30- Morning

Creating that Perfect Pitch“Learning the critical info for an investor pitch”

Guest Speaker: Miranda Mantey – Bundles of Hope. How to craft a winning pitch and crowd funding campaign.

June 30 – Afternoon

Final Pitch“All teams will pitch their idea to a panel of entrepreneurs and community leaders”

Field Trip: DIRTT Environmental Solutions. Students will do a 3 min pitch to a panel of professional entrepreneurs. Lunch will be provided at DIRTT.

Houston Peschl, MBA

Founding Partner of Creating EudaimoniaInstructor of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Sustainable Development at the Haskayne School of Busines

As former Director of Operations and Sustainability of DIRTT Environmental Solutions, Houston mentored under serial entrepreneur Mogens Smed. Houston developed a comprehensive social and environmental sustainability program to demonstrate the benefits of innovative operational process improvement, cultural change, and green procurement strategies to create a competitive advantage. During his time at DIRTT, he was also recognized as Avenue Magazine’s Top 40 under 40 in 2013.

Houston led a project to become a Canadian B Corp founding member, resulting in an international network of CSR leaders to draw on best practice in all pillars of sustainability. He is continually involved with B Corp to promote and advance the public policy for Benefit Corporations across North America, including owning the first B Corp Certified Spa in North America, Leela Eco Spa and Yoga Studio in Bridgeland.

Houston is a full time Instructor at Haskayne School of Business and created an “Entrepreneurial Thinking” course that is a required course for all business undergrads. He has also received a grant from Enbridge to create and teach an MBA course at Haskayne called “Sustainable Development” that focuses on strategies and supply chain tools to embed sustainability into an organization to create a Shared Value business model. As well, he has created a course for the executive education department on Impact Assessment and Social Licence to Operate.

Houston is passionate about supporting Alberta’s Agriculture industry and its entrepreneurship community, so he co-founded a social enterprise called, The Collective that provides mentorship to innovative start-ups to become investment ready while using a shared value business model. He has created a nationally recognized impact investing tool called the Calgary Poverty Reduction Fund and currently sits on the Business Constellation group of Calgary business leaders to help eliminate poverty through the Enough for All campaign through the Calgary Poverty Reduction Initiative. To date, Houston has published seven articles for the Globe and Mail on sustainability and entrepreneurship and leadership.

Currently, Houston is also working on exciting projects with Creating Eudaimonia, a leading sustainability consulting firm, with a focus on embedding sustainable strategies and shared value in the Agriculture sector. The work with the Government of Alberta’s Agriculture and Rural Development group has been focused on developing a business diagnostic tool that allows Alberta’s agri-processors to identify the business areas they need support in. The tool is then used to scale their business profitably while embedding sustainability into their business model.

When Houston is not working, he is on his bike training for international ultra-endurance mountain bike races or endurance equestrian races with his two chestnut Arabian mares Cate and Jane.

Entrepreneurial Thinking & Action Plan

Details and Guest Speakers

June 28 – MorningModule 1

Failing Forward“Learning how to move forward in spite of failure”

Engineers Without Borders will facilitate an experiential exercise that will aid problem solving.

June 28 – Afternoon

Design Thinking“Meeting individual’s needs & desires in a strategic way”

A facilitated session that will provide students a challenging exercise to solve a problem for a client while competing against other camp groups.

June 29- Morning

Value Proposition“What do consumers value?”

ITP: Group Dynamics Workshop. Guest Speaker: Kevin Davies, CEO, HOP Compost one of the top young entrepreneurs in Canada.

June 29 – Afternoon

Validating a Business Model“Testing your idea”

Guest Speaker: Victoria Ross – Agri-swamp a finalist for the RBC fast pitch competition.

June 30- Morning

Creating that Perfect Pitch“Learning the critical info for an investor pitch”

Guest Speaker: Miranda Mantey – Bundles of Hope. How to craft a winning pitch and crowd funding campaign.

June 30 – Afternoon

Final Pitch“All teams will pitch their idea to a panel of entrepreneurs and community leaders”

Field Trip: DIRTT Environmental Solutions. Students will do a 3 min pitch to a panel of professional entrepreneurs. Lunch will be provided at DIRTT.

Haskayne Hunter Centre For Entrepreneurship and Innovation

The Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation was created in February 2013 thanks to a $5 million lead donation from Doug and Diane Hunter and nearly $3 million in additional support from Calgary entrepreneurs Keith Brown, Wayne Henuset, Charlie Locke, and David Robson.

The Hunter Centre plays a leadership role in Calgary’s entrepreneurial community, delivering and facilitating activities relating to entrepreneurship and innovation, enabling interaction and opportunities for involvement. Through our partnerships with various community organizations such as Chic Geek, Futurpreneur Canada,

Host

Innovate Calgary and Startup Calgary, we have been able to leverage the knowledge and experience of our broader community to provide a breadth of service offerings to stakeholders. In 2015, the Centre received a generous gift from the RBC Foundation to support academic initiatives at the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business.

Engineers Without Borders

Engineers Without Borders Canada and their first mission statement was founded in 2000 by CEOs, George Roter and Parker Mitchell on a napkin in a coffee shop. With a dream of an organization that would enable engineers to contribute something other than another bridge or another electrical grid, they started off with biweekly meetings in George’s parents’ living room. By the end of 2000, over 1000 members had joined and a handful of chapters were starting. In January 2001, EWB’s first volunteer left for a four-month internship in India.

DIRTT (Doing It Right This Time)

DIRTT is a leading technology-driven manufacturer of highly customized interiors. DIRTT combines its proprietary ICE® 3D design, configuration and manufacturing software with integrated in-house manufacturing of its innovative prefabricated interior construction solutions and an extensive Distribution Partner network across two continents. DIRTT is underpinned by a strong entrepreneurial culture and provides a unique, end-to-end customer solution for the inefficient and fragmented construction industry.

Bundles of Hope

Bundles of Hope was founded with the motivation to create social good while providing high quality baby products. We recognized an opportunity in which we can provide new parents with sustainably made swaddle blankets and other baby products, while impacting our local community. We believe that we can inspire consumers to increase their social stewardship by tackling socioeconomic issues through their purchases, positively impacting the well-being of underprivileged mothers and their families. With every purchase of Bundles of Hope’s products, our customers who share the same goal as our team will show their dedication to social good.

Supporters

Hop Compost

Hop is the organic way to grow your plants. From the food scraps of 40 select Calgary restaurants, they’ve crafted the first local fertilizer alternative to be certified organic and non-GMO. In 2015, their debut year, Hop diverted two million pounds of waste from local landfills. Their commitment is expected to save over two thousand cubic feet of land, and prevent ten million pounds of greenhouse gas emissions.

www.westislandcollege.ab.ca 403.255.5300 7410 Blackfoot Trail S.E.

www.westislandcollege.ab.ca 403.255.5300 7410 Blackfoot Trail S.E.

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Cost: $350

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