Girl Scouts / Multi-level C/S/A Business Badges Workshop

1820 Oak Hollow Drive
Traverse City, Michigan 49684

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C/S/A Business Badges Workshop 

Challenge Island partners with Girl Scouts in communities nationwide.  We offer exciting badge and patch programs for Girl Scouts of all ages from Daisies to Ambassadors.   

·       * Our whimsical, creativity-based STEM/STEAM curriculum inspires girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math.

·       * The Scientific Method is used by girls throughout each challenge as our cross-curricular island themes extend their learning across multiple disciplines.

·       * Both left & right sides of the brain are utilized as innovative, creative thinking is encouraged and celebrated.

·       * Challenges emphasize valuable skills such as collaboration, communication, critical & creative thinking, flexibility, leadership, initiative, social skills & grit.

·       * Prepares the fun, lively G.I.R.L. of today for the ever-changing global marketplace of the future.

* Come Join Us and find out what Challenge Island is all about! We have put together a special workshop just for you!

 

Cadette Entrepreneur Badge: In small groups, girls will use the Engineering Design Process to create, design, & build an African Safari Park tourist business; creating a business plan, Logo & Tagline, developing expenses & revenue, and identifying who are their customers.  They then develop and give a presentation pitch to an “Investor Board” and asking for seed money to “fund” their business to get it started.  Our own personal Shark Tank experience!

 

Senior Social Innovator Badge: In small groups, girls will use the Engineering Design Process to choose one social issue that the African Safari Park tourist business helps or solves.  Around their social issue, they will deduct where technology impacts it, what other cultures can teach us around it, and identify what the obstacles are for people dealing with it every day.  They will create a business plan, fully identify their social innovation concept, and give a presentation pitch to the Cadette businesses to persuade them to adopt their social issue into their business plan and thusly change the world.

 

Ambassador Research & Development: In small groups, girls will use the Engineering Design Process to analyze the African Safari Park tourist business from a 1-point revenue.  They will brainstorm and identify other revenue streams, research how tourist businesses R & D new services & products.  Taking what they have learned, they will interview the “investor board” to identify which services & products they personally most value and why.  They will give a presentation pitch to the Cadette tourist businesses to inform them about their R & D, why they need multi-point revenue streams, and their top 3 new ways to bring in additional revenue.  Their goal is that some of the businesses adopt their new revenue streams ideas into their business plan.  

Girls are encouraged to wear their sash/vest.

Girls: $15 per girl includes a 2-hour workshop, all materials, take-aways, snacks & beverage, a Certificate of Completion, and an exclusive Challenge Island patch received at the event.

Adults: $0 as part of girl/adult ratio for a troop or individual chaperone for a Juliette girl.

Registration Deadline: Is two (2) weeks prior to the event date.