About Course

Are you a youth who is passionate about seeing change happen in your community? Have you accepted the challenge and are working on creating a business that addresses a social and/or environmental issue? Then this course is for you!

In this course, you will be equipped with all that you need to know to prepare for and excel in the upcoming Kootenay Entrepreneurship Challenge. This will be a guide to creating your social enterprise and on developing lifelong skills of self-reflection,  critical thinking, problem solving and solution creation.

What Will You Learn?

  • Exploring your interests and skills
  • How to build an effective team
  • Breaking down big issues, like Social Justice, Equality, and Decolonization
  • How to align your project with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  • Analyzing an identified problem and creating solutions
  • Action Planning
  • Practical skills, like setting SMART goals and Budget-making

Course Content

Introduction

  • Introduction
    01:07
  • Self-awareness and Authenticity
    01:22
  • Skills and Interests
    00:57
  • What is Teamwork?
    00:25
  • Breaking down teamwork
    01:21
  • Elements of Effective Teamwork
    02:08
  • Conclusion
    00:44

Big Issues

Social Impact and the SDGs

Exploring Entrepreneurship

Identifying a Problem

Finding The Solution

Project Creation (Thinking Big and Far)

Developing your project

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