Improving Global Education

1. Improving Global Education Introduced by Erik Swedstedt Presented by Team Game Theory Spencer Fong, Xin Hu, Nick Rowland, Zhiwen Sun, Yanyi Zhu

2. Contemporary people live and interact in an increasingly globalized world

3. Tonight we’ll cover Situation: Students need to develop perspectives on global issues and be able to effectively communicate them Solution: Create a competition that promotes global awareness and communication skills Implementation: Form partnerships with outside organization

4. What is Global Education?

6. Preparing students for the globalization model of partnership between people and cultures.

7. Concepts to build Skills to connect

11. Is this building a better world?

13. What does this have to do with Business?

14. A survey conducted in late 2011, consisting of executives and thought leaders in corporate environmental strategy and performance, revealed trends in corporate sustainability.

15. 76% of survey respondents anticipate natural resource shortages will affect their core business objectives over the next 3-5 years.

16. 65% of respondents stated their CFO has become involved in sustainability

17. Employees are second only to consumers as drivers of company sustainability initiatives.

18. Current LCB Offerings • Center for Sustainable Business Practices • Net Impact

19. Objectives Improve Global Education through developing: Global Perspective Cross-Culture Communication Cost Efficiency Sustainability Offerings at the LCB

20. Solution Establish a Sustainability Case Study Competition Teams analyze business sustainability issues and compete for the most effective solution

21. Research and Analyze the Case

22. International Study Partners

23. Recommend a Solution to the Issue

24. Final Judging Finalists will present their case studies to a panel of judges

25. Assistance With Case Studies Hire Net Impact graduates: • to work part-time to assist in the writing of case studies • to review and select top cases for final judging

26. Fulfilling the Objectives

27. Develop Global Perspective Through research and analysis of global sustainability issues

28. Improve Cross-Cultural Communication Skills through Contacting with International Study Partners

29. Improve Sustainability Offering at the LCB The Competition will bring more exposure to Net Impact and the CSBP

30. Develop Global Perspective and Awareness Benefits Improve Cross-Cultural Communication Skills Promote current LCB sustainability offerings

31. Three Phases Phase 1: Preparation Phase 2: Implementation Phase 3: Final Judgment

32. Phase 1: Preparation Build the framework for the competition

33. Phase 2: Implementation Implement Carry out our plan for this competition

34. Phase 3: Final Judgment • Evaluate cases studies and select the winner

35. Ways to Get Students Involved

36. Cash prize for the winners Cash Prize

37. Network with employers Network with employers and judges for opportunities

38. Promotions Various promotions to get more students involvement

39. One of our objectives is to keep costs low

40. Estimated Costs Mentors Prizes Supplies Marketing Judges $ 3,175

41. Funding • U.S. Bank Student Event Sponsorship Fund • Donations and corporate sponsorship

42. NETImpact L C B C S B P Every component of the competition is important S T U D E N T F U N D

43. Lack of funding

44. Lack of participation

45. Unable to coordinate with International Study Partners, Net Impact, LCB, and CSBP

46. Summary Improve Global Education through education about sustainability