Entrepreneurship Education Through Student-Run Events

Entrepreneurship Education through Student-Run Events
Mark Tayar, Macquarie University

The Goal
Develop a student-run student-led global gathering of entrepreneurial students

The Team
Average age: 20
Committed but Overcommitted
Under-resourced and Unpaid
Inexperienced but Energetic

The Results

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Methods
-Academic Lectures
-Peer-to-Peer learning
-Innovation Workshops (FEWSion)
-Speeches from EO members

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Academic Lectures
From our delegate surveys:
-Interesting but impractical
-Fail to offer step-by-step advice
Delegates’ Verdict:
Necessary but not sufficient

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P2P Learning
-Helps practice networking
-Peers encourage and energise
Essential to becoming an entrepreneur

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“FEWSion”
Good process but too constrained

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Speeches from EO
-The younger the better
-Gender mix is very important
More effective than every other activity

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Sustaining Events
-Your support is essential
-Advice
-Funding
-Encouragement
-ASES has held international events for 10 years

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Empower your Students
Find the “keen-beans”
Coach these students in project management
Get an ASES chapter
Suggest an event to run
Support and sustain
$$$ + Time + a ‘BAB’

More Information?
Mark Tayar
mark@hiremarks.com
www.hiremarks.com