Our impact in their words.
Creating impact is making a difference. It’s about how someone is different, better than they were before we met.
Here’s what our students have to say:
“I learned how to manage money and myself. I like that we learned about our selves and not just how to become an build a business but how to manage it.”
We create impact through a positive and engaging experience.
Adult Entrepreneurs Working in the Real World
“This course is amazing! It gives me a new perspective of using social media, makes me know the power of social media, and it teaches me how to use social media for marketing purposes. I’m a visual person, the Slides with Connie’s energy released through her voice kept me alive & engaged. I also loved the fact that we were able to practice what we learned as we went. Making things much clearer. Thank you Connie!”
The Reviews Are In . . .
Students love us.
And partners and parents love us, too!
We asked students what they LEARNED the most from our Entrepreneurs & Influencers Program.
Here’s how they answered the regarding skills they gained in our class:
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Characteristics of Entrepreneurship and YouTubers
%
How to Have Confidence on Camera
%
Emotional Intelligence: Self Awareness, Self Management, Motivation, Empathy, Social Communication
%
Money: Revenue Streams, Budget, Finances, Forecasting, Sales, Financing Your Business, Making Money as a YouTuber
%
Growing your Strengths/Supporting Your Challenges
- Characteristics of Entrepreneurship and YouTubers 80%
- How to Have Confidence on Camera 80%
- Emotional Intelligence: Self Awareness, Self Management, Motivation, Empathy, Social Communication 80%
- Money: Revenue Streams, Budget, Finances, Forecasting, Sales, Financing Your Business, Making Money as a YouTuber 60%
- Growing your Strengths/Supporting Your Challenges 60%
Our Story
What started as an inkling has become a Movement:
We believe that with an internet connected computer, there is nothing you can’t learn, do, be, or accomplish.
Where We Are Now
Outcomes by the numbers:
Service numbers at a glance
- 651 served since 2017 across 37 programs.
- 23 Unique partnerships. 9 repeat or ongoing partnerships.
- 10 core programs delivered. 18 workshops. 8 Organizational development clients.
- 87% of core program participants are Black or Bi-racial
- 75% of core program participants are youth
2022 Outcomes
- 146 Served across 16 program engagements
- 13 partnerships including 5 repeat partners
- 92% Black or Biracial participants served
- 56% youth served
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COVID-19 Response
- Donated our entire “mobile computer lab” and all equipment to youth in Hazelwood. It was important to get these devices into the hands of our young ones immediately. The school system is still struggling to provide devices.
- Moved our curriculum online. We are now available via Zoom, or to work with partner platforms of their choice (Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, BlueJeans, etc).
- Limited in-person classes/services were made available to improve basic digital literacy skills in students and partners so they can attend virtual learning and conduct their own virtual programs.
- Expanded our work. We are now working with all age groups, youth and adults, in various formats including new partnerships and education programs delivered digitally or in-person as well as coaching and consulting services.
IMPACT
- Workers that qualify for jobs that require even one digital skill can earn an average of 23 percent more than in a job requiring no digital skills. Moving from a job requiring no digital skills to one requiring at least three can increase pay by an average of 45%.
- For the economy as a whole, these increased earnings could generate more state and federal tax revenue. Depending on the household size and composition, this could range from $1,363 to $2,879 in additional tax revenue per household per year.
- For businesses, turnover costs (estimated at $25,000 when a worker quits within the first year to over $78,000 after five years) can be averted or delayed by ensuring that workers have upskilling opportunities.
Entrepreneurship skills benefit all career paths:
- Tolerance for risk
- Leadership qualities
- Open-mindedness
- Innovation
- Time flexibility
- Autonomy
- Continued growth and development
- Enhanced managerial abilities
- Economic development/ Improving the standard of living
Research shows the skills taught in SEL curricula have wide-ranging benefits that affect student’s success in school, career, and life.
For instance, kindergarteners with stronger social and emotional skills are more likely to graduate from high school and college and have stable, full-time employment and are less likely to commit crimes, be on public assistance, and have drug, alcohol, and mental health problems.