The Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) & Enterprise Toronto invite you to take part in setting a new Guinness World Record™!

As one of the highlights of Global Entrepreneurship Week Canada, you can be a participant in the Largest Business Lesson ever and set a new Guinness World Record ™. The lesson plan will be delivered by a panel of leading Canadian Business experts and hosted by Steve Stunt of CHUM-AM’s “The Entrepreneur Hour”.

Small business topics such as, Start-up, Financing and Mentorship will be covered followed by an “Ask the Experts” Q&A session.

RSVP now to info@cybf.ca quoting “Guinness” in the subject line to guarantee your spot!

Event Date: Thursday November 19, 2009

Location: Toronto City Hall Rotunda, 100 Queen Street West

6:00 – 6:30 pm Registration

6:30 – 7:45 pm Business Networking & Book Signing

7:45 – 8:30 pm Largest Business Lesson Guinness World Record™

On Friday, November 20th, the 2009 Impact Gala will feature a silent charity auction with proceeds going to the Make-A-Wish® foundation, the largest non-profit wish granting organization in the world, granting wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions. Since establishment in 1980, Make-A-Wish® has helped make over 225,000 wishes come true for children around the world.

This year’s featured item is:

1 Week Stay at 211 S. Oak Luxury Ski Chalet, Telluride, Collarado, valued at $17,500!

This is one of the only ski-in/ski-out homes in the town of Telluride. This 5 bedroom very high-end brand new home is located at the base of chair 8 and the Gondola. Outstanding finishes and furnishings include detailed woodwork, beautiful wood floors, stone fireplace, gourmet kitchen. luxury bathrooms and attention to every detail. There are two king bedrooms, one queen bedroom, a room with two twins and an additional bedroom with two twin beds.

Amenities:

*Ski-in Ski-out
*3 Steam Showers
*Private Deck
*Internet Service
*6 DVD Players
*Full Kitchen
*Fireplace
*Jacuzzi Tub
*2 Washer/ Dryers
*6 Cable TVs
*Stereo

This exclusive getaway could be yours if you are the highest bidder and make the dreams of children come true at this year’s silent auction. A special thanks goes out to our very own keynote speaker, Norm Brodsky, the coauthor of the Knack and columnist for Inc. Magazine, for this generous donation. To learn more about Norm and his book, the Knack click here. Let the bidding begin!

For all the students located in the BC area, mark down Innovation Camp on your calendars on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - Saturday, November 28, 2009.

Why are ideas like zippers, chestnuts and sharks? Find out at Innovation Camp – a creativity and innovation workshop designed to inspire entrepreneurial thinking. Entrepreneurs see problems as opportunities. The bigger the problem, the bigger the opportunity. At Innovation Camp, participants practice techniques to create and implement solutions to problems and along the way, we build community and embrace imagination and innovation. During round one, participants raised $5000 in 7 hours for the Vancouver Food Bank! Innovation Camp is all about doing – there are no boring lectures, just engaging activities that stimulate your creativity and challenge you to think big and turn your ideas into reality. You’ll connect with brilliant people and work together to build on great ideas and find innovative solutions to real world challenges.

Here’s what people had to say about Innovation Camp Round One:

“I was recharged, inspired, laughed and met really cool people. AND our
workshop raised $5000 for the Vancouver Food Bank on a rainy Saturday
afternoon!” – Cinci Csere, PR agent at EAT Communications

At Innovation Camp you will:

- learn techniques to view problems from fresh perspectives in order to identify opportunities
- apply those techniques in entrepreneurial situations and reflected on what was learned in the process
- receive clear, concise feedback on your ability to work as part of a team
- analyze and learn from failures in your own and others lives
- laugh and have fun!

Sign up now to catch the early bird price for only $125 for all 3 days!

Click here to find out more details regarding registration fees, schedule and location or check out InnovationCamp.org for more details!

The Impact Entrepreneurship Group is proud to present the Global Innovation Tournament, organized in partnership with Stanford University and the Kauffman Foundation. This year’s challenge has been announced: your challenge is Make Saving Money Fun!

Teams can still sign up, and submissions are due this Friday, November 13th, 2009.

Create as much value and have as much impact as possible while making it fun to save money. You will convey your results in a short YouTube video of three minutes or less.

For more information about the challenge, check out the Global Innovation Tournament website.

About the Tournament

The 2009 Global Innovation Tournament (GIT) is a fast-paced international competition that will challenge student teams to solve a common, world problem in about eight days, creating as much value as possible.

In the past, teams solved problems involving common everyday objects. They created value from PostIt Notes, rubber bands, and water bottles. This year, it’s a global issue of how to make saving money fun!

Teams must then convey their results in a short video posted to YouTube. The mystery problem will be revealed on November 4 and submissions will be due Nov 13!

Follow us on Twitter and tweet with the #ImpactGIT hashtag to be part of the conversation!

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