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SIFE Team Handbook
2008-2009

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The SIFE Program Membership Guidelines SIFE Competition The SIFE Team Developing a Mission Statement, Goals and Objectives Educational Outreach Projects Building a Sustainable Program Preparing for the SIFE Competition

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The SIFE Program

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The Organization

SIFE is a partnership between business and higher education that is preparing the next generation of entrepreneurs and business leaders to create a better world for everyone SIFE’s global network consists of business executives, university students and academic leaders SIFE students form teams that serve their communities by developing projects that take what they are learning in their classrooms about business and use it to solve real world problems for real people Business executives support the program through corporate donations, personal contributions and the gift of their time The SIFE program concentrates on six areas: market economics, success skills, entrepreneurship, financial literacy, environmental sustainability, and business ethics An additional consideration is the long-term sustainability of their team and educational programs

The Individual SIFE Team
SIFE teams are organized on individual university campuses There are intentionally very few rules or procedures established by SIFE World Headquarters for how these teams should be organized and structured Rules can be found in the “Membership Guidelines” section Questions a SIFE team may have that are not addressed in that section are all left to the discretion of the individual SIFE team to answer, with the help of their Country Coordinator or Program Manager There are many ways to organize and operate a SIFE team Each college or university is as unique as the community it serves This flexibility allows each institution to structure its SIFE team in a manner that best fits its faculty, student and community needs Each SIFE team has complete freedom...