WHO:
We
encourage all University of Central Florida students enrolled in a Cornerstone
lab to participate. Judges will include
Cornerstone faculty, service learning faculty, and members of various client
organizations.
WHAT:
The
Cornerstone Social Entrepreneurship Competition is a chance for students
to showcase the
benefits they have created for our community and gain experience giving
professional presentations.
WHERE:
- Semi-finals: BA1 Rooms: 116, 121, 122, and 126
- Finals: BA1 238
WHEN: - Registration: 3:00 pm (BA1 atrium; required for
all participants) - Semi-finals: 3:30 - 5:00 pm
- Reception: 5:00 - 5:45 (BA1 atrium; pizza,
drinks, announcement of finalists) - Reception: 5:00 - 5:45 (BA1 atrium; pizza,
drinks, announcement of finalists) - Finals/Awards: 6:00 - 7:30 pm
PURPOSE:
These projects provide students with
opportunities to practice foundational skills related to entrepreneurial
thinking, communication, teamwork, diversity, creativity, ethics, and change that
are the focus of the Cornerstone course.
BENEFITS:
This competition provides students with an opportunity to win cash and
other awards, and improve your professional credentials and employment
prospects.
Prize Money: $1000 will be awarded to the 1st place team
Resume
Booster: ·
Add
“Semi-finalist”, “Finalist”, or “Winner” to credentials
Experience
in Capstone Competition-style event
Certificates
for participating semi-finalists ·
Trophies
for finalists (and BIG Trophies for winning team) ·
…
and, of course, free food
EVENT DETAILS:
1. Teams
will be nominated to the competition by their lab instructors based on their
body of work throughout the semester.
Nominated teams will then be evaluated by the Cornerstone Competition
Nominating Committee, and the top 24 teams from this assessment will advance to
the Cornerstone Competition Semi-finals.
The committee will be made up of Cornerstone Lab instructors. Participating lab instructors will recuse
themselves from evaluating teams they have nominated.
2. Faculty
nominations are due 11/17. The final selection of 24 teams will be announced on
Wednesday 11/19.
3. It is
not necessary for all team members to be present for the
semi-final or final presentations.
However, a minimum of 3 members of each team must participate in the
presentations. Groups with 5 or fewer
members are permitted to compete with 2 members present. Teams will not be nominated by their lab instructors unless they have committed to these
participation requirements.
4. All
participants in the finals
must arrive at 3:00pm to register for the
event in the atrium of Business Administration 1 (behind the central
staircase).
5. Teams
will be assigned to one of four different presentation rooms, with six teams
assigned to each room. The order of presentation will be randomly determined in
advance.
6. Each
team will be allocated 15 minutes - 7 minutes for the presentation, 5 minutes
for Q & A, and 3 minutes to transition to the next team.
7. The
team judged as the best in each of the four rooms will advance to the
finals. Prominent members of the Central
Florida business, non-profit, and service learning community will participate
as Finals judges.
8. A
$1000 cash award will be distributed equally among participating members of the
first-place team. Non-participating team
members are not eligible to receive the award.
9. The
rubric used to evaluate the presentations will emphasize quality of projects
and the benefits they created (substance) more than quality of presentations
(style).
10. All
Semi-finals participants are invited to enjoy pizza and drinks at 5:00 pm in
the atrium of BA1. The four Finalist
teams will be announced at approximately 5:30 pm.
11. The Finals will begin at 6:00 pm in the BA1 Room 238 with the
presentations concluding at 7:00 pm. The
judges will then determine the First Place team among the Finalists. Awards will be presented and photos taken
during our award ceremony concluding at approximately 7:30 pm.
SPONSORS:
This event is sponsored by generous financial support
provided by Jim Balaschak, ‘86 & ‘92, a 2007
inductee to the college’s Hall of Fame, and his wife Debbie, ’88. The Balaschaks volunteer
their time and talent to many organizations throughout our community.
They wish to encourage students to learn the value of volunteering and hope
that your experiences in the Cornerstone program will continue after
graduation.
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