Join New Carolina and Partners - Annual Entrepreneurship Event

Economic development, university, college, K-12 educators, government and business leaders who are interested in promoting the growth of South Carolina’s homegrown firms.

What’s on the Agenda: Hear results from a just-completed University of South Carolina research project on types of entrepreneurial firms creating jobs in South Carolina. Participate to identify opportunities for promoting growth of South Carolina’s homegrown firms. Help define next steps in creating a stronger entrepreneurial economy in South Carolina.


Connect with K-12 educators in a special edition, invite only "Midday Targeted Seminar for K-12 Educators "MIDDAY" TARGETED SEMINAR FOR EDUCATORS: This is a special breakout session for K-12 educators hosted by SC Economics, MEBA, and YesCarolina

• The 1.5 hour session begins with a seminar about human capital and concludes with short presentations by the hosting organizations
• The breakout session will begin at 1:40pm. Educators are welcome to re-join the general session to conclude the day
• Cost to attend for educators is half price ($40) and includes lunch.

April 7, 2011
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Midlands Technical College Harbison Campus
Harbison Theater and Classroom Building
Columbia, South Carolina
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Greenville Region of Personal Pathways to Success to Host Kuder Journey Workshop for Adult Service Providers

The workshop will be held on Monday, March 14, 2011 from 8:30am to 11:00am at the Greenville County One Stop Business Services Office located at C-11 McAlister Square.

Seating is limited so please RSVP to jblankenship@scpathways.org by Wednesday, March 9, 2011.

Kuder Journey is a one-of-a-kind solution to help you plan for the right career! Based on your specific needs, Journey provides reliable tools to assess your interests, suggest education and career options, prepare you for the job search, and connect you to today’s jobs.

Journey Highlights
• Provides a comprehensive system for exploring career interests and occupational options, considering new or additional education and training.
• Guides users through an easy step by step process, providing a reliable and effective career planning and development experience.
• Features a flexible approach for users to complete the steps in a recommended order, or to select the step that meets their immediate needs.
• Supports ongoing awareness of job opportunities, including today’s high demand, high growth jobs.
• Enables users to manage an e-Portfolio, a web page of achievements and goals that can be shared online.
• Supplements career preparation and placement programs with data driven resources for career centers and workforce agencies to show real time results.

Junior Achievement President Presents to the Greenville REC Advisory Board

Connie Lanzl, President Junior Achievement of the Upstate served as the guest speaker at the February 24th meeting of the Greenville REC Advisory Board. Mrs. Lanzl shared with the board the vision, mission and activities of Junior Achievement.

Since 1967, Junior Achievement of Upstate South Carolina has been preparing children to succeed in life through hands-on financial literacy, entrepreneurship and work-readiness programs.

This year more than 350 business professionals, parents, retirees and college students will enter our schools to teach Junior Achievement programs to 6,500 children. These volunteers use their personal experiences to make the Junior Achievement curricula practical and realistic. Providing children with positive adult role models, who illustrate ways to build self-confidence, develop skills and find avenues of success in our free enterprise system, is a hallmark of Junior Achievement.