Global e-Week Activities
In celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week, co-founded by the Kauffman Foundation, WPI's entrepreneurship center, the Collaborative for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, will host workshops, information panels, and events. November 16, 2009 marks the beginning of thousands of worldwide celebrations which will inspire young and old alike to embrace innovation, creativity, and imagination through events, competitions across the globe. It is said that more that three million people and almost 9000 organizations will celebrate between Nov 16-22. As the world's largest foundation dedicated exclusively to entrepreneurship, the Kauffman Foundation co-founded Global Entrepreneurship Week to inspire young people to embrace innovation, creativity, and imagination through various initiatives, events, and competitions.
Topics at the WPI celebration include: marketing on a dime, savvy networking skills, legally structuring a business, hiring and firing employees, social entrepreneurship, making a small business look very big, intellectual property, creating powerful PowerPoints, international business concerns, company research, networking event at Wright Line in Worcester, MA, and the installation of the new Paul R. Beswick '57 Entrepreneurship and Innovation Professor - Frank Hoy.
Workshops will be offered throughout the day and in the evening. See the schedule below for details. As more speakers confirm interest, events are added so please check back again.
(Please note: Recognizing this year's terrible flu season impact, topics and speakers may change.)
Please register at least one day in advance.
Monday Nov 16 Venue Topic
12:00-1:00PM CC Hagglund Room Laura Briere – "Marketing Your Business with No Money"
2:00-3:00 p.m. Gordon Library Company Research – Hoovers, LexisNexis and more - Christine Drew and Maggie Becker
Anderson Lab A
5:00-6:00 p.m. CC Mid-Century Room Darlene Flaig – International Business Concerns
6:00-8:30 p.m. CC Hagglund Room Making Your Small Business Look Really Big
Tuesday Nov 17
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. CC Chairman's Room Laura M. Foley – "Cheating Death by PowerPoint"
2:00-5:00 p.m. Higgins House Norman T. Brust - "Sales and Marketing Workshop"
6:00-8:30 p.m. Higgins House Rob Kilroy, Esq. – "Hiring and Terminating Employees"
Wednesday Nov 18
11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Chairman's Room Mike Refolo, Esq. - "Legally Structuring Your Business Entity"
11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Morgan Room Erin Desilva and Prof. Erwin Danneels - " Building Effective Surveys"
2:30-4:00 Chairman's Room Norm Brust - "Savvy Elevator Speech and Networking Skills"
6:00-9:00 p.m. Fuller Labs PH Lower Social Entrepreneurship Panel
Thursday Nov 19
1:00-2:00 p.m. Higgins Labs Room 116 To be announced
4:00-5:15 p.m. Chairman's Room Pamela Torpey, Esq., Intellectual Property
5:30-7:30 p.m. Wright Line WPI Venture Forum Networking Event, 160 Gold Star Blvd, Worcester, MA
Please register.
Friday Nov 20
12:00-1:00 p.m. CC Hagglund Room To be announced
2:00-5:00 p.m. Higgins House Installation of Professor Frank Hoy as WPI's Paul R. Beswick'57
Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship,. RSVP to 508-831-5348.
Last modified: November 06, 2009 18:01:21