changemaker
Years 5-12 / Up to 100 students / Half day or full day
The Project Gen Z team have gathered together some of the country’s top social entrepreneurs to design a new 1 day program to inspire and educate the next generation to change the world.
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Changemaker gives students the opportunity
to learn about social enterprise and explore how business can make a difference. The day starts with an inspirational keynote from one of Australia’s top social entrepreneurs. Students will learn how the entrepreneur built a business to solve a global or community problem, taking risks to create positive changes in society.
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Once students understand more about social entrepreneurship, they will go head to head in the
‘Changemakers Challenge’, an educational and exciting competition where students will work in
teams to identify a social problem and invent a way to address the problem using business.
Changemaker
Inspiration
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Students hear from a real social entrepreneur, how they navigated life after school, overcame obstacles and found their passion to change the world.
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Education
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Students learn how business can be used as a force for good.
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Activate
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​Students split into teams to take part in ‘The Changemaker Challenge’ where they go head to head to solve a real world problem and launch their own mini social enterprise. The teams build a marketing campaign, film and edit a 30 sec TV commercial and then battle it out in a live ‘pitch off’ competition in front of the Project Gen Z judges.
Skills for the future
Key outcomes
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An introduction into social entrepreneurship
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How to identify social problems and find a solution.
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Confidence, self-belief and adaptable life and business skills
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Insights into problem solving through entrepreneurial thinking
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The development of an entrepreneurial mindset
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Core skills in leadership, sales, marketing, financial management, presentation skills, business planning and strategy
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Skills to develop resilience and adversity
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Critical thinking
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Communication skills
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The ability to work in a team successfully
what teachers say..
"Wow! An engaging, fun and educational workshop that left us all (students and educators) feeling inspired and ready to make a difference in the world."
"Thank you so much to the Project Gen Z team for running the Changemaker workshop with our year 10's. The presenters stories were very inspiring and our students got a lot from them."
"Our year 5 & 6's really enjoyed Changemaker. Students especially enjoyed working in teams to solve the real world problem. We were very impressed with their ideas!"
