Youth, Education & Social Entrepreneurship Presentation Wed. Feb 16th @ Link Coworking for Lunch
Link @ Lunch with MCC Founder Carl Settles Jr. Wed. Feb. 16th 12 – 1pm
Hello,
I wanted to send a special invite for you to join me for lunch this Wednesday at Link Coworking from noon to 1pm as I speak on Youth, Education & Social Entrepreneurship. I hope to provide some practical examples for entrepreneurs on how they can have a direct impact on the educational engagement of youth while adding to their own bottom lines.
I’ll be recounting last summer’s Media Communications service learning project with local restaurant Hoover’s Cooking. For four weeks, our students worked with University of Texas Ph.D candidate Amber Chenevert, local entrepreneur Hoover Alexander, senior creatives and executives from GSD&M Idea City and Sanders Wingo Advertising as we developed a media strategy, web site and on-line cooking show.
Don’t forget to bring your lunch and feed your brain! You’re Welcome to stay and check out Link for the rest of the day.
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Almost 40% of the students that graduated from high school and attended college in Texas last year needed remedial reading, math and/or science (Dallas Morning News). In fact, students throughout the United States have fallen behind their counterparts in other developed nations around the world. Even with college educated students in the US, businesses often find them lacking the soft skills needed to be effective and have to invest extra time and resources into making them truly ready for work.
Carl Settles, Founder/Executive Director of the Media Communications Council, will outline ways that business leaders can have a direct impact on student achievement while also improving their own bottom lines. Carl will present a case study of a project completed by students in the youth outreach program Media Xperiments for the local restaurant chain Hoover’s Cooking. Students worked with University of Texas PhD candidates and senior creatives from GSD&M Idea City and Sanders Wingo Advertising as they developed a media strategy, web site and on-line cooking show produced by the students themselves.
