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Bringing Entrepreneurship to Rural Communities
July 31, 2017
Ice House Facilitator and Director of FabLab at Independence Community College, Jim Correll, joined forces with Gary Schoeniger, an internationally recognized public speaker and expert in the field of entrepreneurial mindset education to present in Ohio. “I’m very pleased and honored to be sharing the agenda with a global thought leader like Gary,” Correll said. “His Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative, using the revolutionary Ice House Entrepreneurship program, is changing the face of entrepreneurship education all over…
Read moreELI Kicks Off GlobalMindED: Creating Entrepreneurial Learning Environments
June 23, 2017
In partnership with Watson University Founder Eric Glustrom, former ELI President Bree Langemo presented a pre-conference on “Creating Entrepreneurial Learning Environments” at the 2017 GlobalMindED Conference in Denver, Colorado. Early the same year, Bree and Eric joined Carol Carter of GlobalMindED on a podcast discussing the importance of entrepreneurship for all graduates. Learn more here.
Read moreSXSWedu 2017 Book Signing
March 6, 2017
ELI Founder & CEO Gary Schoeniger conducts a book signing in the SXSWedu Bookstore. Check the SXSWedu schedule here.
Read moreHuffington Post Features the Inspiring Work of Former Dean Bree Langemo
February 6, 2017
“Pikes Peak Community College took a leap of faith in requiring an entrepreneurial mindset for developmental education students to help them succeed, without having the data to know if it worked. They were early adopters, and I had the pleasure of helping coordinate the first rollout of the Ice House Entrepreneurship Program at PPCC.” Read more here.
Read moreEntrepreneurship: A Mindset, not a Business Model
The Entrepreneur Learning Initiative (ELI) defines an entrepreneur as a person who asks: “What problem do I want to solve in the world?” For ELI, an entrepreneur is someone who doesn’t follow, but designs his or her own combination of processes, relationships, and situations to optimize their individual talent to introduce a new idea. According to ELI, 87 percent of employees are not engaged in their day-to-day work; 24 percent are actively disengaged. However, Gary Schoeniger, founder…
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