An update from Joan Divor, Business Services Librarian,
Burlington County Library System
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The contest that I discussed at the A+ Partnership
meeting last August has been launched, and will be open to Burlington County
high school students. I am grateful to Dee Venuto (RVHS) and Chris Durling
(Bordentown High School) for being on the "working group" and helping with this
contest as it unfolds. Also helping are BCLS staff Andy Woodworth, Dawn Ferris,
Adam Crockett, Jo Horton, and Marge Delaney.
Detailed publicity has gone
out to Burlington County High Schools announcing the launch of this exciting
contest this fall. The contest, run by the Burlington County Library System,
is co-sponsored by the NJ Small Business Development Center at Rutgers and
Friends of the Burlington County Library, Inc. The flyers and posters we
mailed to Burlington County High School Librarians/Media Specialists should
arrive in the next few days. We also emailed Burlington County high school
business course teachers, principals, and others to publicize the contest.
The contest website is now live
at: http://explore.bcls.lib.nj.us/globalocal.
Here are highlights from the contest launch press release:
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Calling
Teens with Entrepreneur Dreams: Make your ideas pay (up to $1,000 cash) in
Burlington County Library’s Business Idea Challenge!
“Make it Pay in a
Globalocal Way” is the theme of the challenge. The contest website is now
online for student teams to sign up: http://explore.bcls.lib.nj.us/globalocal
Burlington
County students (grades 9 -12) with visions of being the next business whiz will
be excited to learn that they can now sign up for a business idea challenge
running this fall:
Come up with an idea to “Make it pay in a
globalocal way,” and have a chance to win big!
Prizes include a $1,000
first prize, $500 second prize, and cash prizes for all semi-finalist teams.
According to Library Director, Gail Sweet, “Taking part in a contest like this
is a real boost for a college application or resume.”
“Globalocal” means
looking at local needs or markets in ways that could potentially have impact on
a larger…even global scale. Students are asked to explore local needs or
markets, and come up with an idea for a product to sell, a service to provide,
or a way to put spaces or places to better use. The thinking behind this
contest is: When we act on our money-making ideas we can have an impact close
to home, and maybe change lives around the world!
The contest website
has been launched at http://explore.bcls.lib.nj.us/globalocal.
The site is packed with useful information for participants, including full
contest details, timeline, and online sign-up form. The deadline for
participants to register is 11/5/08. Contest entries will be accepted until
11/17/08.
The contest, run by the Burlington County Library, is
co-sponsored by the NJ Small Business Development Center at Rutgers University,
Camden, and Friends of the Burlington County Library, Inc.
The contest is
being run in celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week, November 17-23, 2008.
Global Entrepreneurship Week (http://www.unleashingideas.org/country/US)
will involve millions of young people around the world in a growing movement to
generate new ideas and seek better ways of doing things. Dozens of countries are
coming together to host activities for this initiative to inspire young people
to embrace innovation, imagination, and creativity. To think big… To turn their
ideas into reality… To make their mark!
Joan C. Divor, Business Services Librarian
Burlington County Library System
jdivor[at]bcls.lib.nj.us
