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With almost all the winners announced, we wanted to take a minute to congratulate everybody who took part in the SCHOOL ENTERPRISE CHALLENGE 2014 and celebrate the achievements of last year! Headline achievements 1,283 schools from 93 countries took part in the challenge! 30,266 young people and 1,640 teachers and staff got involved in planning… Read more »

It’s the day we announce the WINNERS of the School Enterprise Challenge 2014 and what better time to have a chat with one of our esteemed judges – Lisa Neuberger-Fernandez. Lisa at the 2011 CECP Corporate Philanthropy Summit and Excellence Awards. Lisa is Global Director of Corporate Citizenship Programmes at Accenture, one of the world’s… Read more »

Hello from the School Enterprise Challenge team! This is our second interview in a series that explores the experiences of students, teachers, judges, mentors and staff who participated in the School Enterprise Challenge 2014. This week we will be chatting with Rorisang, Thabo and Maki students at Welkom High School in South Africa. They are part of… Read more »

Hello from the School Enterprise Challenge team and welcome to the first in our series of SEC 2014 interviews! Over the next couple of weeks we’ll be featuring interviews with students, teachers, judges, mentors and staff who participated in the 2014 School Enterprise Challenge. This week we meet Joni Miller, the co-Founder and ‘School Enterprise… Read more »

This week we will be sharing with you our top tips for great teamwork and leadership! Any school that has taken part in the School Enterprise Challenge will have seen  why these two skills are so important to setting up a business. These are two great skills which you can continue to develop AND are applicable… Read more »

Now that you’re into the stage of running your school business, it’s really important to keep track of your finances! This blog explains the process of record keeping and why it’s crucial to the success of your business! What is record keeping? So what is record keeping? Record keeping allows your school business to keep… Read more »

This week is Global Entrepreneurship Week, and this year’s focus is on making new contacts. In celebration, everyone at The School Enterprise Challenge is busy getting connected, and you too can get involved with our mini-competition to GET CONNECTED! Marie and Beth got connected at the Teach A Man To Fish office where we run… Read more »

Are you thinking of holding a launch event for your school business?  Here’s 4 reasons why the School Enterprise Challenge team think you should! The biggest and most successful companies in the world use events to market their products to potential customers. Events are a great way to showcase your products to new customers and… Read more »

This Monday, 29 September, we visited Ak’Tenamit’s education center in the eastern department known as Izabal, Guatemala. The education center is participating in the School Enterprise Challenge with its new Eco-lodge business. Graciela Coy and Lucio Perez showed and explained to us the four bungalows which will form part of Ak’Tenamit’s tourism center. This incredible… Read more »

This Monday, 29 September, we visited Ak’Tenamit’s education center in the eastern department known as Izabal, Guatemala. The education center is participating in the School Enterprise Challenge with its new Eco-lodge business. Graciela Coy and Lucio Perez showed and explained to us the four bungalows which will form part of Ak’Tenamit’s tourism center. This incredible… Read more »