The document summarizes an update from the Coleman Foundation Faculty Entrepreneurship Fellows Program project directors. It outlines the goals of building support for entrepreneurship education across disciplines and cultivating cohorts of entrepreneurship educators. It provides details on coffee hour sessions and CEO evaluations. Requirements for interim reports are outlined, including videos, syllabi, and reports from individual fellows and project directors. Plans are discussed for identifying content for remaining coffee hours sessions.

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
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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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