SUCCESSFUL WOMEN OF TOMORROW
Alabama Women’s Economic Summit 2000 Youth Track
Sunday, May 21, 2000

All events in Ralph W. Samford University Center - Main Cafeteria unless otherwise noted.

12:00 pm (Noon) - 12:45 pm   
Registration
Wright Fine Arts Center (Bldg. 3)

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Welcome, Introductions & Group Assignments
Main Cafeteria - Ralph W. Beeson University Center (Bldg. 14)

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm  
Personality Identification
This interactive icebreaker allows participants to learn about
themselves and their fellow group members.
Main Cafeteria - Ralph W. Beeson University Center (Bldg. 14)

2:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Mystery Mentor
Main Cafeteria - Ralph W. Beeson University Center (Bldg. 14)

2:15 pm - 2:45 pm   
Show What You Know
This fast-paced exercise gets participants focused on business and helps them realize that they already have a good deal of knowledge about the business world.
Main Cafeteria - Ralph W. Beeson University Center (Bldg. 14)

2:45 pm - 3:00 pm   
Break

3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
The Art of Business
This is a game which will appeal to the artists in the group as well as the future CEOs and business tycoons. The old cliché reads "a picture is worth a thousand words." Well, in this game, the picture of a word may be worth $1000, as players draw pictures to help their teammates guess the mystery business terms within 60 seconds.
Main Cafeteria - Ralph W. Beeson University Center (Bldg. 14)

3:45 pm - 4:00 pm  
Break and Move to Wright Fine Arts Center for Featured Speaker

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm  
Featured Speaker: Deborah Norville
"Working Women in the 21st Century"
Wright Fine Arts Center (Bldg. 3), Concert Hall

5:00 pm - 5:30 pm  
Reception
Wright Fine Arts Center (Bldg. 3)

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Brainstorming Business
The process of thinking through a business plan, even a simplified one, is an exercise in understanding the foundation and framework of business. In this exercise, participants team up to imagine the business of their dreams.
Main Cafeteria - Ralph W. Beeson University Center (Bldg. 14)

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Picture Yourself in Business
By combining a visualization exercise with a creative imagination activity, participants get a glimpse of their entrepreneurial dreams and business futures. Participants imagine themselves as successful business owners, then imagine they have been chosen as Entrepreneur of the Year by the magazine of their choice. What will the article say?
Main Cafeteria - Ralph W. Beeson University Center (Bldg. 14)

7:30- 8:00   Wrap-up & Awards



The Alabama Women’s Economic Summit 2000 is a partnership program with the U.S. Small Business Administration.

The Small Business Development Center (SBDC), a sponsor of Alabama Women’s Economic Summit 2000,  is partially funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration.  The support given by the U.S. Small Business Administration through such funding does not constitute an express or implied endorsement of the cosponsor(s)' or participants' opinions, products or services.

SBDC programs are nondiscriminatory and available to individuals with disabilities.

The Alabama Small Business Development Consortium operates under cooperative agreement number 0-7620-0001-20.