{"id":11920,"date":"2019-11-12T23:55:47","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T05:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/?p=11920"},"modified":"2019-11-13T02:39:38","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T08:39:38","slug":"support-really-good-people-doing-really-good-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/support-really-good-people-doing-really-good-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Support Really Good People Doing Really Good Things"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I spent the evening tonight with a group of incredible philanthropic givers with a heart toward the area of education in Utah and dear friends of my husband and I\u2019s so we could talk about how we can expand an incredible program called Youth Entrepreneurs<\/a> throughout Utah\u2019s High Schools as well as the Universities Entrepreneurship programs throughout the State.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you aren\u2019t familiar with Youth Entrepreneurs it\u2019s a program\nthat partners with existing High School teachers and gives them the training\nand tools and curriculum that lets them teach entrepreneurial skills in the\nmost amazing, engaging, and just plain FUN ways to students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are SO MANY THINGS about this program that I love, not\nthe least of which is the fact that they teach entrepreneurial and business skills\nin a way that isn\u2019t intimidating at all \u2013 they simplify every principle being\ntaught and tie it to things the student can relate to \u2013 like using peanut\nbutter cups to teach the law of diminishing returns, or using paper airplane\ncompetitions to teach logistics management, negotiation skills, teamwork, and\nso on.  They structure it so students do a\nhands-on activity and then immediately after the teacher walks them through all\nthe principles they just learned without even realizing they were learning them.  The program takes complex economic and financial\nlessons and makes them simple, relatable, and relevant to the students \u2013 and the\nstudents are having a blast as they learn it. The end result is that students\nnot only gain knowledge but they also feel more confidence in themselves and their\nown abilities. In addition it helps increase the student\u2019s interest in all\ntheir other classes, like math and economics and such, because now they are\nable to see how those things are actually going to be helpful in their entrepreneurial\nendeavors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These days there are so many young people struggling with their\nself-worth. Students think they aren\u2019t smart enough when they don\u2019t get something\nthey read in textbook or see written on a chalkboard \u2013 they see themselves as\nthe problem. But they aren\u2019t the problem at all \u2013 the problem lies in how the\ninformation is being taught to them. It takes finding things the students can\neasily relate to and then tying those things to the principles you are trying\nto teach and then allowing students to apply what they\u2019ve just learned.  And Youth Entrepreneurs does that masterfully,\nwhich is why I am such a fan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If anyone reading this is interested in getting involved as\neither a donor who wants Youth Entrepreneurs in a High School in your area or\nis a High School teacher who would love to go through YE\u2019s training and be able\nto receive the supplies and funding to teach YE in your school, I\u2019m happy to\nhelp you connect with their leadership team. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I so love helping really good people doing really good things \u2013 and Youth Entrepreneurs fits that bill \u2013 it is run by really good people who are hardworking, humble, and appreciative of every donor \u2013 and their program is doing really good things that change the lives of every young person who experiences it. #whatawesomelookslike <\/p>\n\n\n\n

~Amy Rees Anderson (author of the book \u201cWhat Awesome Looks Like: How To Excel in Business & Life<\/a>\u201d ) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I spent the evening tonight with a group of incredible philanthropic givers with a heart toward the area of education in Utah and dear friends of my husband and I\u2019s so we could talk about how we can expand an incredible program called Youth Entrepreneurs throughout Utah\u2019s High Schools as well as the Universities Entrepreneurship […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[395,5784,22320,4406,22311,20524,41,6901,1146,257,22310,22313,22314,22318,3159,22309,3158,519,2922,22317,22319,20217,1152,7056,22312,22315,22316,3360,19932,20261],"class_list":["post-11920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-amy-rees-anderson","tag-appreciative","tag-capitalism","tag-classroom","tag-confidence-builder","tag-economics","tag-entrepreneur","tag-experiential-learning","tag-high-school","tag-humble","tag-koch-foundation","tag-leadership-team","tag-learn-entrepreneurship","tag-make-it-relevant","tag-math","tag-really-good-people-doing-really-good-things","tag-science","tag-self-esteem","tag-self-reliance","tag-simplify-it","tag-something-they-relate-to","tag-stand-together","tag-students","tag-surrounded-by-greatness","tag-teaching-entrepreneurship","tag-textbook","tag-the-way-we-teach","tag-university","tag-what-awesome-looks-like","tag-youth-entrepreneurs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11920"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11922,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11920\/revisions\/11922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}