1. Coffee Cup Hour #3
Project Directors Only
December 10, 2010
Joseph Roberts, Columbia College Chicago
Clark McCain, The Coleman Foundation

2. Welcome to the 2010-2011 Coleman Foundation
Faculty Entrepreneurship Fellows Program
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3. The Coleman Fellows Program Goals
• Build support for entrepreneurship education in
departments across campuses of participating schools
– Aid Project Directors in developing local champions in new parts of
campus
– Establish new avenues for Awareness, Exploration and Action
• Directly advance the Coleman Foundation’s Definition of
Entrepreneurship
– Focus on business enterprise creation
– Risk, control and reward
• Cultivate cohorts of entrepreneurship educators
– On a single campus; and
– Across multiple disciplines
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4. Coffee Hours, CEO Evaluation
• 2 Coffee Hours (Concepts, Pedagogy)
– Evaluations = 3.8/5.0
• Interest in more interaction, less lecture
• CEO pre-conference session
– Evaluation = 4.3/5.0
• Opportunity for logistical improvements (less room
noise, more coffee!)
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5. Coffee Hours will help us converge on key concepts
and tools to apply in divergent disciplines
Monthly programming
------- -------to Fellows------ -------- --------from Fellows------- --------- ---------
Aug Sept 10 Oct 15 Nov 4 Jan 21 Feb 25 Mar 18 Apr 15 May 20
Tech Concepts Pedagogy CEO* Fellows SEA* Fellows Fellows Wrap-up
102 funded
Fellows Community
from 21 of practice
campuses
Convergence of: Divergence of:
• Key concepts • Concept placement
• Learning • Pedagogical approaches
objectives
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6. Interim reports are due 1/31/11
1. Introductory videos, Fellows bios
2. Copies of all syllabi developed under the
grant
3. A report from each Fellow summarizing
activities and results
4. A report from the Project Director
summarizing lessons learned during the
program and plans for future action
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7. Introductory Videos, Bios
• Videos received from: • Fellows bios posted
– Finlandia U by:
– Quincy U – TCU
– Saint Louis U – Beloit
– MSOE – Illinois State
– California State U, – MSOE
Fresno – Saint Louis U
– Iowa State U
– UNCG
– Western Kentucky U
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8. Copies of all syllabi
• Should be posted to relevant area of
Entrepreneurship Syllabus Exchange
• Categorized as appropriate
• Postings to date from:
– Lawrence University (Entrepreneurship in the
Arts and Society)
– TCU (Entrepreneurship in Modern China)
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9. A report from each Fellow
• Summarizing activities and results to-date
• Submitted at colemanfellows.com
• Post to:
– Section: Coleman Fellows
– Category: Profiles
• This section is visible to the public
– Write reports in a way that a broad audience
can benefit from them
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10. A report from the Project Director
• Submitted at colemanfellows.com
• Post to:
– Section: Coleman Directors
– Category: Profiles
• This section will be visible only to other
Directors and the Foundation
– Write your report in a way that your
colleagues will learn from your successes and
challenges
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11. A report from the Project Director
• In your report, please include:
– How frequently you are meeting with your
Fellows and what you do at meetings
– Any “culture change” in them and across
campus because of their work
– Any impact on students
– Any impact on alumni or local entrepreneur
involvement in your program
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12. We’ll next identify content for our remaining Coffee
Hour sessions
Monthly programming
------- -------to Fellows------ -------- --------from Fellows------- --------- ---------
Aug Sept 10 Oct 15 Nov 4 Jan 21 Feb 25 Mar 18 Apr 15 May 20
Tech Concepts Pedagogy CEO* Fellows SEA* Fellows Fellows Wrap-up
102 funded
Fellows Community
from 21 of practice
campuses
Convergence of: Divergence of:
• Key concepts • Concept placement
• Learning • Pedagogical approaches
objectives
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13. Jan 21 and March 18
• We are looking for 4 schools to make brief
Powerpoint presentations
– 2 in Jan and 2 in March
• Highlight key successes, beyond just the
syllabus
• 5-10 minute presentation, Q and A
• Contact Joe or Clark to submit 1-page
overview
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14. Apr 15
• We are looking for 2 schools to prepare
brief multi-media presentations
• Highlight key successes, beyond just the
syllabus
• 3-5 minute video segment, Q and A
• Contact Joe or Clark to submit 1-page
overview
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15. SEA Conference
• February 25-26, 2011
• Hilton Hotel, Lisle, IL
• Pre-conference session morning of
February 25.
– 8:30 a.m. start.
• Conference begins 1 p.m. Friday and runs
through 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon
• Visit www.selfemploymentinthearts.com
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