The document describes a program to identify 750 high-potential high school students each year and mentor them for 10 years to become leaders. It involves building the students' competence, connecting them with a network of volunteers, and encouraging social responsibility. The goal is for each student to impact 1 million people during their lifetime. The program will provide academic, career, and financial support through university systems, scholarships, and banking partners. Students must commit to quality and give back to the program in the future.

1. Making excellent students extraordinary -
The Connected Co-created Class Model
An AEIOU Presentation
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2. Summary
• Goal: Every year, identify 750 high-potential teenagers/
high-schoolers and help them become “Leaders of
Tomorrow”. Continue this program for 10 years.
• Activity: Guide, nurture and mentor each of these 7,500
teenagers for about 10 years - from Grade 8 till the time
they get their first pay-check
• Process: Enable and empower them to become
competent, empower them to be connected and orient
them to be socially responsible
• Result: Each selected teenager will impact a million people
in their lives – enough to cover the entire population on
Planet Earth!
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3. Why teenagers/high-schoolers?!
• Possibly the most important phase in a
person’s lifetime. A teenager
– makes the most important decisions at this time
– grows through the biggest changes in his/her life
– is mature enough to make key decisions

4. Geographic Coverage
• North America:
– USA: LA, SF, SD, Seattle, Atlanta, Tampa, Houston, Dallas, Austin, Little Rock,
Columbus, Boston, DC+, Philadelphia, Chicago, Charlotte, RTP, New York
– Canada: Toronto, Vancouver
• South America:
– Brazil/Argentina: Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo
– Rest of S America: Santiago, Bogota, Lima
• Europe:
– UK: London, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Dublin
– Europe: Mainz, Paris, Brussels, Bucharest, Vienna, Moscow, Milan
• Africa & Middle East:
– Middle-East: Dubai, Muscat, Teheran, Tel Aviv
– Africa: Johannesburg, Accra
• Asia Pacific:
– India: Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, New Delhi
– China: Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Chongqing, Guangzhou
– Rest of Asia: Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Colombo, Manila, Tokyo

5. What is it all about?
• It’s about helping teenagers to dream big and
then enabling them to realize their dreams.
• The 3 steps: “Build competence”, “Stay
connected” and “Be socially responsible” (PSR or
Personal Social Responsibility).
• It’s about “Value based on Values”
• It’s all about making the “Best” students even
better.
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6. Engaging with the Student
• Meet student in casual setting; look for character
• Where possible, set up buddies for each student
• Go through all records, certificates
• Talk to his/her teachers; ask about the student
• Meet parents/guardians/mentors
• Interact with peers (at home and school)
• Explain program in installments (don’t overwhelm)
• Engage the student (establish trust, align interests
with a study plan, a career plan & a life plan)
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7. Engaging with the Student’s Support System
• Interact with teachers, parents, guardians,
mentors, friends, relatives and
– Set the right expectations
– Get some of them committed to the project
• Provide insights and connections to
– the AEIOU Network (3,500 volunteers)
– Senior students and alumni
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8. Offer the “Connected Class Model”
• The Model has two components:
– Leverage formal structures/systems; this includes
• University Systems & Sub-systems
• Regulatory (visa)
– Informal approaches
• Entrepreneurial processes, Friendly networking
• Focused “Power Networking”
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9. Offer the “Edu-Value Program”
• Explain Edu-Value
– Edu-Value = Present Value of Life-time Earnings
• The AEIOU Promise:
– To increase that by 100 %
• Ensure that all stake-holders understand the
power of the concept and the spirit behind
the intent.
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10. Work towards increasing Edu-Value
• Present the framework
• Explain NPV, Discount Rate, Inflation
• Share information through case studies
• Make the first estimate, after a few iterations
• Identify drivers for enhancing Edu-Value
• Review every year one week before birthday
• Involve parents and mentors
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11. Introduce sources of support
• In India:
– Bank support (Bank of India, Axis Bank)
– Scholarship support
– Network of supporters
• In USA:
– Bank support (Key Bank, Bank of America)
– Scholarships, Online Work Opportunities
– Network of supporters
• Help the student work out 10-year, monthly cash-
flow under different scenarios
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12. The Student’s Responsibility
• Selected students make 2 pledges:
– The Commitment-to-Quality Pledge: Each student
commits to aspire for benchmarks/quality levels
and quantitative targets that are individually set
and mutually agreed upon.
– The Giving Back Pledge: In later years, each
student agrees to make an effort to give back at
least “twice as much” as what he/she has
received.
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13. Communication Protocols
• All interactions between students and mentors
need to be over email and “instant messaging”.
Periodic face-to-face meetings are arranged.
Telephone calls are discouraged (high incidence
of mis-communication)
• Each student is assigned
– A mentor from the network
– A senior mentor (if they are not satisfied with the
mentor and would like to escalate their concerns)
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14. Making them “Leaders of Tomorrow”
• The ultimate goal is to enable and empower
the carefully selected students to
– Reach high standards in their chosen fields
– Co-create a collaborative model to make an impact
– Include the “base of the pyramid”
• In short, create “Leaders of Tomorrow” (LoT)
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15. For more information, please write to:
brenda@aeiou-inc.com
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16. Thank you for your time.
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