Improving Global Education

Introduced by Erik SwedstedtPresented by Team Game Theory

Spencer Fong, Xin Hu, Nick Rowland, Zhiwen Sun, Yanyi Zhu

Contemporary people live and interact in an increasingly globalized world

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

What is Global Education?

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

Skills to connect

Concepts to build

Is this building a better world?

What does this have to do with Business?

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

corporate sustainability.

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

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

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

Current LCB Offerings

• Center for Sustainable Business Practices

• Net Impact

Objectives

Global Perspective

Cross-Culture Communication

Sustainability Offerings at the LCB

Improve Global Education through developing:

Cost Efficiency

SolutionEstablish a Sustainability Case

Study Competition

Teams analyze business sustainability issues and compete for the most effective solution

Research and Analyze the Case

International Study Partners

Recommend a Solution to the Issue

Final Judging

Finalists will present their case studies to a panel of judges

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

Fulfilling the

Objectives

Develop Global Perspective

Through research and analysis of global sustainability issues

Improve Cross-Cultural Communication Skills

through Contacting with International Study

Partners

Improve Sustainability Offering at the LCB

The Competition will bring more exposure to Net Impact and the CSBP

Develop Global Perspective and Awareness

Improve Cross-Cultural Communication SkillsBenefits

Promote current LCB sustainability offerings

Three Phases

Phase 1:Preparation

Phase 2:Implementation

Phase 3:Final

Judgment

Phase 1: Preparation

Build the framework for the competition

Implement

Phase 2: Implementation

Carry out our plan for this competition

Phase 3:Final Judgment

Evaluate cases studies and select the winner

Ways to Get Students Involved

Cash PrizeCash prize for the winners

Network with employers

Network with employers and judges for

opportunities

Promotions Various promotions to get more students involvement

One of our objectives is to keep costs low

Estimated Costs

$ 3,175

Mentors

Prizes

Supplies

Marketing

Judges

Funding

• U.S. Bank Student Event Sponsorship Fund

• Donations and corporate sponsorship

FUND

STUDENT

LCB

NET Impact

CSBP

Every component of the competition is important

Lack of funding

Lack of participation

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

Summary

Improve Global Education through education about sustainability