SAGE at Your High School Welcome to:

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SAGE at Your High SchoolWelcome to

• A global community of teenage entrepreneurs
  sharing a common purpose to make the world a
  better place

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Do you have an innovative high school teacher who

• Employs experiential education activities?
• Would like to work with university business
  students who would become consultants/coaches
  to the younger students?
• Wants his or her high school to win state
  recognition for its quality work?

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SAGEs Vision and Mission

• SAGE Vision
• Creating better futures through business
  entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship and
  community service.
• SAGE Mission
• To help create the next generation of
  entrepreneurial leaders whose innovations and
  social enterprises address the major unmet needs
  of our global community.

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What is SAGE?

• Under the helpful and guiding eye of their
  university business consultants and mentors, SAGE
  provides high-school students with an opportunity
  to complete business and social ventures to
  improve their communities. At the end of the
  academic year, the student teams showcase their
  efforts on a regional, national and world stage.
  It is a free, non-membership service available to
  all advocates of education in private and social
  entrepreneurship.
• A team of high-school students is first organized
  and at least two mentors are identified from
  local businesses and universities. The size of a
  team usually ranges from five to fifty members.
  With guidance from their university mentors, the
  team must then complete at least one
  entrepreneurship venture and one community
  service venture during the academic year.
• At the end of the academic year, teams come
  together to showcase their efforts through
  interscholastic tournaments These competitions
  provide an opportunity to not only show off their
  efforts, but, also, benchmark themselves
  against other teams for future improvements. The
  referees for these competitions come from local
  and international businesses, as well as the
  civic, nonprofit, and education communities,
  giving the competitions a true real world
  perspective which helps build team competency.

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What does a SAGE team do?

• Students are asked to complete projects related
  to
• business entrepreneurship,
• social entrepreneurship (e.g., community
  service)
• international business,
• civic engagement in a democracy, and
• environmental awareness.

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Then, in April and May

• Your team writes up a brief summary of your
  projects (with help from your university mentors)
• You create a dazzling PPT presentation
• Your SAGE team travels to the state competition
  to present your projects to a panel of
  influential business and civic leaders (e.g., May
  14-15, 2009 in San Mateo, CA)
• The BEST team wins prize money and the right to
  represent your state in the SAGE USA National
  Competition
• Note if your SAGE team is the first high
  school in a state to adopt SAGE, your team
  automatically qualifies for the SAGE USA
  Tournament in its first year!

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Why Is This Project So Important?

• SAGE encourages a higher level of understanding
  of financial and economic concepts in high
  schools
• A recent Gallup survey found that, even though
  69 of high school students want to start their
  own business, 84 of those surveyed reported that
  their understanding of business issues is poor.
• Many students want to give back to the
  community SAGE gives them a chance to use their
  talents, creativity and imagination in choosing
  what programs to serve.

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Why Is This Project So Important?

• The human and physical resources available at
  most universities are underutilized in terms of
  assisting high school students achieve financial
  literacy, entrepreneurship skills, and knowledge
  of international trade.
• This is why we encourage all high school SAGE
  teams to seek out mentors/consultants from nearby
  universities

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Beyond the Classroom

• High school students have greater potential than
  what adults perceive.
• Employers are looking for students who can lead
  projects in unstructured settings
• They want students who can present well, both in
  writing and verbally
• University students make outstanding business
  consultants for younger students
• Students dont take a test at the end of the
  year they make a presentation to an
  influential panel of judges
• Learning by doing (i.e., experiential learning
  and project-based learning)

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How does a high school get started?

• The SAGE teacher and prospective students watch
  the 7-minute video at http//sageglobal.org
• Read the 2009 SAGE Handbook (download from SAGE
  website at http//sageglobal.org)
• Determine how best to implement SAGE into your
  school (e.g., an after-school business club or as
  part of an existing class like economics)
• Consider partnering with other organizations on
  your campus! (e.g., the A.S. student government,
  FFA)

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SAGE Judging Criteria (10 Total)

• SAGE teams create and implement projects
  based around the ten SAGE criteria
• Plan and operate at least one new, commercial
  business
• Continuing commercial enterprise
• New social enterprise
• Continuing social enterprise
• Global component
• Civic engagement
• Environmental stewardship
• Use of resources (university mentors and BAB)
• Media
• Measuring results

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Other Benefits for Students

• Network with other students and businesses
• Earn state-wide recognition among other high
  school business organizationsShow them why your
  students are the best!
• Enhance practical presentation and other business
  skills
• Enjoy the friendly competition

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California SAGE A Model Program

• Special prize money pool for SAGE CA Competition
  (2,000 in 2009)
• Eight Special Competitions
• Best New Commercial Entrepreneurship Venture
• Best Continuing Commercial Entrepreneurship
  Venture
• Best New Social Entrepreneurship Venture
• Best Continuing Social Entrepreneurship Venture
• Best Global Component/Venture
• Best Civic Engagement Activity
• Best Environmental Venture or Activity
• Best SAGE Web Site
• To be eligible for these, a high school must
  participate in the Overall Competition.

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SAGE USA and SAGE World Cup

• The winner of the each USA state SAGE competition
  is eligible to participate in SAGE USA
  Competition each year (in 2009, it was held on
  May 29-31 in San Mateo)
• The winner and first runner-up of the SAGE USA
  competition represents the USA in the SAGE World
  Cup Competition (in 2009, it was held on August
  9-13 in Brazil)

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SAGE USA
Joining the SAGE USA network soon
Active States

• Arizona
• California
• Canada
• Idaho
• Indiana
• Kentucky
• Michigan
• Ohio
• New York
• Pennsylvania

• Hawaii
• Massachusetts
• Nebraska
• New Hampshire
• South Carolina

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SAGE Globals Impact
Joining the SAGE Global network soon
Active Countries

• Mexico
• Mozambique
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Scotland
• Senegal
• United Arab Emirates
• Uruguay
• Zimbabwe

• Russia
• Senegal
• Singapore
• South Africa
• South Korea
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Ukraine
• United States
• Zambia

• Brazil
• Canada
• China
• DR - Congo
• Ghana
• Kenya
• Nigeria
• Philippines

• Angola
• Australia
• England
• France
• Germany
• India
• Ireland
• Israel
• Italy
• Jamaica

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For More InformationContact

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• Dr. Curt DeBerg
• SAGE Founder
• California State University, Chico
• College of Business
• Chico, CA 95929-0011
• 530-898-4824
• cdeberg_at_sageglobal.org

• Mr. Rob Best
• Chief Executive Officer
• 13836 Bora Bora Way
• Suite 327
• Marina del Rey, CA 90292
• 909-489-1369
• rbest_at_sageglobal.org

www.sageglobal.org