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What a Long Strange Trep It’s Been . . . To the Crossroads of...
I’m reflecting on how I came to be so passionate about the intersection of entrepreneurship and education; how did my startup story begin? It was March 29, 1994. I had two tickets to Dead shows in...
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Education – Listen Up!! You’re Using the Wrong Flip
I was new to the education profession and I was drinking the flipped classroom juice. I watched Salman Khan’s TedTalk ad nauseam. I read up on Eric Mazur and Jonathan Bergmann and other...
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Education Is Dying . . . Let’s Save It With a Lean Approach
Those who say the business model won’t work to reform education are just plain wrong. It will work if we understand the tool and how to use it in the education context. For those who argue otherwise,...
View ArticleA New Education Paradigm: 4 Simple Steps to Start
Education is what I spend most of my time thinking about. I can’t help it – it’s what I do, and who I am. Today I’m reading on Steve Blank’s blog about the phenomenal efforts of Natasha Chornesky and...
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Entrepreneurship Education Needs to Take A Few Steps Back
Iconic Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship education needs to look closely at the lemonade stand. Think entrepreneurship and what pops into your imagination? At least in the United States, it’s the...
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Entrepreneurship Education: Looking (and Acting!) Forward
Entrepreneurship education and the collisions that happen in it’s name can be uncontrollably fun! Why? Because it’s about action first and learning second, and when it comes to fun, “action trumps...
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Entrepreneurship Education and Disruptive Change in Minnesota
Entrepreneurship education is alive and well in the Minnesota community college ecosystem! I just returned from a National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) regional summit...
View ArticleThe Changing Face of Entrepreneurship Education
This musing about the future of entrepreneurship education was originally published in the Journal of Small Business Management 51(3), 313-314. The Changing Face of Entrepreneurship Education Is...
View ArticleSafe Sucks In Education and Entrepreneurship
Education and entrepreneurship represent my passions. I speak about them anywhere and everywhere I can. I often get asked if I have tenure, because I am usually sharing some version of my intensely...
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Entrepreneurship Education In Pieces: Step One
Entrepreneurship Education: The Classroom Experience My brain has been going a mile a minute for some time (and my feet have too!) so I haven’t had much time to sit and reflect and share. But I need...
View ArticleEntrepreneurship Education Call to Action
NACCE: A Refreshing Group of Entrepreneurship Educators Airports are great places for me to write blogs because there is tons of inspiration. Action all around! I’m returning home from NACCE2013. To...
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Entrepreneurship Education In Pieces: Expectations (Step Two)
Entrepreneurship Educator Expectations Step one is you – the educator. It is your responsibility, and your opportunity, to design an experience that will model entrepreneurship for students. Step two...
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Entrepreneurship Education In Pieces: Goals (Step Three)
Entrepreneurship Education Needs a Goal Authenticity. Vulnerability. Not words we often hear in any classroom. In the entrepreneurship classroom, these two words need to be the foundation of the...
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Learning Is . . . #!%$#$!
I’m Learning, They’re Learning, We’re All Learning Together I spend a ton of time learning with students. Let me make sure you heard me: I spend a ton of time learning with students. I’m not paying...
View ArticleThe Unimaginable is Not Only Possible but Likely
This is a guest post by Gary R. Tipsord, Superintendent of Schools, LeRoy IL Almost 60 years ago, the Russians put Sputnik into space and instantly the United States had a perceived crisis in...
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Experience Can Save Education
Experiences have been in the forefront of my mind lately. I am working to roll out the Startup Showcase student startup event at Illinois State University. I just attended and participated in the...
View ArticleAnd the Purpose is . . .?
My purpose here at Illinois State University is to spread entrepreneurship across campus. I’ve struggled to engage young women students and women business leaders in the community in the classes and...
View ArticleQuestions, Not Answers: A Re-Framing of Education
As I prepare for my first TEDx talk in a few weeks, in which I’ll talk about creative disruption in education, I find myself thinking about re-framing education. I reflect on my experiences in my...
View ArticleThe purpose of education is . . .
I just finished a TEDx talk at Heartland Community College about my visions for the future of education. It was a high point of my life; watching TED talks have provided me so much inspiration and to...
View ArticleNew Structure in Education = New Results in Education
Education Isn’t All It Could Be Let’s say you walk into any big box electronics store. You’re not quite sure what you’re looking for but know you want some kind of media device. Remember: you’re the...
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