October 15, 2017: Students in Dr. Joanna Seraphim’s Entrepreneurial Theories and Practice class attended an Innovation Day Camp in the University organized by Ms.Orsi Urban, Head of Career Services and led by INJAZ.
INJAZ UAE is a member of the Junior Achievement Worldwide initiative and is one of the world’s largest non-profit business education organizations, reaching over 10 million students a year in 121 countries. It serves as a link between the business community, educators and volunteers working together to empower young people to own their economic success.
They deliver cutting-edge, experiential volunteer based programs in Work Readiness, Entrepreneurship and Financial Literacy and are dedicated to giving youth the knowledge and skills they need to plan their professional future and make smart academic and economic choices. Their programs help spark the learning in youth. helping them experience the opportunities and realities of the global professional world in the 21st century.
The Program is sponsored by Barclay’s Bank Social Responsibility Budget.
The challenge for the students was to come up with a business idea in one day. Students were organized into groups, each group being allocated a Mentor. Final ideas were presented to a judge and the group had to deliver their pitch in an elevator speech lasting a maximum of two minutes.
The winning team “Innovation in Arabic” consisted of Sultan Al Qassimi, Wesam Elsadi, Hilal Al Mansouri and Salem Omar.
Their winning pitch promoted the idea of developing a carpool App. for students to go to University
Mr. Talal Hamed, INJAZ Coordinator said he was very impressed by the commitment and enthusiasm of the students. He underlined the purpose of the initiative putting youth on the right track for life in the world outside academia where participants had opportunities to keep build a relationship with a mentor and experience a job shadowing.
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