JA Fellows Outstanding Young Business Person Award

The Outstanding Young Business Person is a 9th-12th student who embraces opportunity and

entrepreneurship, has a clear desire to be a better person, promotes innovative thinking, and continues to grow personally and professionally. We are looking for students who demonstrate growth over their JA Fellows experience. The OYBP will be able to acknowledge challenges they faced in their company and how they overcame those challenges. This person will display professionalism, great communication skills, and have an interest in pursuing a career in business.

 

 

There are two stages for this category:

o Part 1 – Essay & Student Resume submission

o Part 2 – In-person Interview

 

OYBP Part 1 - Essay

The first part of the individual competition requires all interested students to e-mail a 250-500 word response to the statement below along with a current student resume by 8:00p.m. on Friday, February 12, 2016 to jafellowsdocs@gmail.com.

 

Responses are to be typed as a professional word document and included as an attachment.

 

The students with the top responses will move onto the second phase consisting of an in-person
interview. Please, note that you have to be present the day of the competition for the interview.

No Skype or phone interviews will be permitted.

 

Essay Question

The JA Fellows theme this year is Business Etiquette: Professional Skills for Tomorrow. Please describe what business etiquette means to you and how you have exemplified and embodied the concept while in the JA Fellows program. Likewise, please explain how the concept of business etiquette has shaped your understanding of business, and how the concept can be translated to your academics, your personal life, and the relationships that you have built with your peers and mentors. Lastly,  as a JA Fellows, you’ve had the opportunity to become a real entrepreneur. How has this experience impacted your personal growth as a young professional, and how has this program influenced your post-secondary plans?
 

OYBP Part 2: Interview

Interviews will take place at the annual competition in front of a panel of judges. Student must be
present the day of the competition (Skype or phone interviews are not permitted).

 

Interviews will be a maximum of 10 minutes in length and may cover any aspect of your JA Fellows experience. Should any questions be asked about current events or trends (from a business perspective), all students will be given the same prior notice about the potential topics or questions.

 

 

JA Fellows 2016 Senior Scholarship

 

The JA Fellows Senior Scholarship is awarded to graduating seniors who best exemplify the passion and spirit of the JA Fellows program.

Scholarships will be awarded based on a combination of the completed application, feedback from volunteers and staff, and demonstrated financial need.  Financial need is not a necessary component of the scholarship but could be a contributing factor. 

 

 

 

To access the 2016 application click here.

 

·         All application materials must be submitted together and sent via email, fax, or mail by 8:00pm Friday, February 12^th, 2015. 

o    Email: jafellowsdocs@gmail.com 

o    Fax: 404.843.3194  Please include a cover page (ATTN: JA Fellows)

o    Mail: JA of Georgia 460 Abernathy Road, Atlanta GA 30328 (postmarked date of February 10^th)

·        Incomplete and late applications will not be considered.

ZinePack Wins Big on Shark Tank

ZinePak Wins Big on Shark Tank

‎Congratulations‬ ZinePak on getting not one, but two sharks to help finance you! JA alumna Kim Kaupe and her business partner Brittany Hodak, founders of ZinePark, accepted a joint offer from sharks Lori Greiner and Robert Herjavec on the April 24 edition of Shark Tank. Four of the five sharks offered financing for ZinePak!

ZinePak is one of the companies featured in the redeveloped JA Company Program®’s blended-learning online vodcasts. Additionally, Kim and Brittany are JA volunteers, volunteering with Junior Achievement of New York!

Watch the ladies make their pitch to the sharks!

https://juniorachievementusa.wordpress.com/2015/05/04/zinepak-on-shark-tank/

#JAFellowsMidYearCompetition

The Shark Tank show has great business tips to offer:

http://www.bradaronson.com/shark-tank/

Prepare. I’ve seen entrepreneurs on the show who don’t know their financials or seem to freeze up in the middle of their pitch. When you’re going to a meeting or pitch, practice enough that you can talk about your business even in stressful circumstances and please know your financials. The most successful people are usually over prepared. This is something Barbara Corcoran mentions in her excellent book, Shark Tales: How I turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business.

Listen. The Shark Tank investors offer great advice when they turn people down. If you’re told “no” don’t be so displeased that you can’t listen to the rationale. And, if they don’t tell you why, ask so you can leverage that advice moving forward. This is a chance for insight from experts.

Bank of America Student Leaders

Bank of America is looking for the next generation of community leaders. If you are a junior or senior in high school with a passion for improving your community, we want to support you. 

As a Student Leader, you will participate in an eight-week paid internship at a local nonprofit organization where you will learn first-hand about the needs of your community and the critical role nonprofits play. In addition, you will learn valuable civic, social and business leadership skills. Each Student Leader will attend the Student Leaders Summit held in Washington, D.C. where you will learn how government, business and the nonprofit sector work together to address critical community needs. 

To become a Student Leader, you must:

• Currently be a junior or senior in high school
• Be able to participate in an 8-week paid internship at a local nonprofit organization and work 35 hours a week
• Be legally authorized to work in the US without sponsorship through the end of September 2016
• Be able to participate in a week-long Student Leders Summitin Washington, DC (July 10 - July 15, 2016) (All expenses paid. This week will be part of your 8-week experience.)
• Be a student in good standing at your school
• Obtain a letter of recommendation from a teacher, guidance counselor, or school administrator.

Please note, Bank of America employees or members of their family are NOT eligible for nomination. Family members include: spouse or domestic partner, child (including by adoption), parent, grandparent, grandchild, cousin, aunt, uncle, sibling, parent-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law of the employee or the employee’s spouse or domestic partner, as well as step relationships. 

For questions concerning this program, please visit http://www.cybergrants.com/pls/cybergrants/quiz.display_question?x_gm_id=1499&x_quiz_id=5082&x_order_by=1 or call 1-800-218-9946.

Atlanta Hawks Foundation Scholarship

The Atlanta Hawks Foundation Scholarship Fund provides a scholarship to support incoming first-year University students who reside in the state of Georgia and have been involved in community service during their high school years. Each year, one student will be selected to receive a scholarship of $2,500, renewable for up to four years, provided the student maintains full-time enrollment and at least a 2.8 Georgia State cumulative institutional GPA.

Benefits

• $2,500/year, renewable for four years
• Academic support and advisement
• Career exploration activities and support
• Leadership workshops
• Service opportunities in the Atlanta community

Requirements for keeping the scholarship

• Maintain a minimum 2.8 cumulative GPA
• Maintain a full course load each semester of enrollment (12 or more credit hours)
• Attend the orientation session with current and incoming Hawks scholarship recipients at the beginning of each school year
• Meet twice a semester with an academic coach/professional staff member
• Maintain involvement in at least one activity in each of the following areas each year:
• Academic
• Career Exploration
• Leadership
• Service
• While it is not required, Hawks Scholarship recipients are strongly encouraged to join the Honors College, which will provide an additional support network and access to resources to facilitate college success.
• Click here to apply:  http://sfs.gsu.edu/scholarships-grants/hawks-scholarship/

JA Fellows Commercial Video Competition

The Commercial Video Competition is apart of the Annual JA Fellows Competition.  This category has a deadline prior to the event in March.  We have aligned the deadline at an earlier point in the program so that your company commercial can be an effective tool for marketing.

Criteria

Ø  The video should grab the viewers’ attention and highlight the company’s product or service in an innovative way. The commercial should bring to life the benefits and use of your product in a way that will be memorable for viewers.

Ø  The clip should clearly demonstrate how the product adds value/ fulfills a need for the target audience.  

Ø  The maximum time allocated for each video presentation is 2 minutes.

Ø  To submit please provide video in .mov, quicktime or mp4 file format to a large file sharing site like DROPBOX and email the link to jafellowsdocs@gmail.com by Friday, 01/08/16 at 12:00p.m.  Once received, videos will then be uploaded on Junior Achievement of Georgia’s Facebook & YouTube page on Monday, 02/15/16.  Voting will be permitted from 02/15/2016 until 03/07/2016.  The video with the most votes through the combined outlets will win this category.

Guidelines

Ø  Please note: All videos must adhere to copyright protection guidelines.  Students may not use copyright protected images, music, or references without express written permission.  Proof of approval must be submitted to avoid disqualification.

Ø  Video participants must include Fellows participants. Only original videos can be submitted and should not have been previously used for any other purpose.

Ø  Video should feature the company name, describe innovative use of product, and state unit price.

Ø  When making your video, think of some of the best commercials you have seen – what made them the best and what made them memorable? Were they funny, innovative, or shocking? Did they tell a story? Did they speak to an experience you personally have felt?

Ø  For additional resources on making a video commercial consult the internet. There is a wealth of resources available to guide you in how to approach making a commercial advertisement.  Be sure to project your voices loud when recording so all audio can be heard.