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Foundations in Godly Entrepreneurship
This program has been put together to meet two objectives:
1. To equip participants with the knowledge and skills required to identify, plan and start their own businesses.
2. To give participants an understanding of business and entrepreneurship from the Christian point of view.
Delivered either in 2 modules of 3 hrs each or 4 modules of 1hr 30 minutes, the program seeks to answer the questions:
Learning Objectives
• What is entrepreneurship?
• What is god’s view of entrepreneurship and business?
• What makes an entrepreneur successful?
• Am I cut out to be an entrepreneur?
• What entrepreneurship opportunities are out there and how do I determine which is right for me?
• How do I start my own business?
Course Outline
The program takes particpants through:
• A practical exploration of the concepts of entrepreneurship
• The Christian’s role in business and economics
• Principles based on the word for furthering God’s purpose through a personal commitment to the kingdom attitude towards earning a living
• Practical tests and exercises to determine each participant’s entrepreneurial inclinations
• Possible areas of focus and practical group work in:
• identifying and validating business opportunities
• Business planning
• Seeking funding
• Structuring the business
• Other key points of consideration for the entrepreneur.
Resources required
These sessions are provided at no charge for facilitation or content. The resource implications to the organizing group include:
• Printing out student materials (workbook, quizzes and other tools)
• Multimedia projector, flipchart, markers and writing materials for participants
• Providing a project coordinator
• Providing venue and refreshments for participants
• Providing gifts such as relevant books and edibles to reward participation and encourage competition between the learning groups.
• Providing adult group mentors to guide the groups (where the audience is a young audience) for better effectiveness.
• Transportation and accommodation for facilitator if sessions are outside Lagos.
Methodology
• The facilitation methods are based on the principles of active learning
• Students are encouraged to derive personal meaning from learning shared
• Furthermore, for better impact, participants are urged to work together in groups and for better impact, assigned learning partners from within their group.
Additional suggestions for transferring these skills to ‘real’ life
1. Where possible, invite volunteers to speak at different sessions on particular types of businesses – e.g. online business, crafts, service businesses, farming/agric based businesses, etc.
2. It is strongly recommended that at the end of the sessions, each group be required to select a business project which they will execute for profit. This offers a safe, practical way to test and build the skills needed for successful entrepreneurship.
3. Where possible, we recommend the selection of senior members of the congregation, themselves successful entrepreneurs who will volunteer to provide guidance and support through the formation and commencement of group business projects. These projects can serve as a means for earning income and keeping youth gainfully occupied.
4. In addition, there are opportunities for the exchange of ideas and learning with other youth initiatives from all over the world available online.
If you wish to have this program run at your youth group or church, please contact us by email or phone at least 1 month ahead to schedule. We would be honored to have the opportunity to speak with your group.
