By srobbins
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September 2, 2010
The Walmart Foundation’s Colorado State Giving Program announces a $75,000 grant for Junior Achievement - Rocky Mountain Inc. (JA) to support its mission of inspiring and preparing young people to succeed in a global economy. This grant will help provide JA programs and volunteers to 150 high school classrooms throughout the state of Colorado in [...]
By JA_Guest
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June 18, 2010
Today was our last day of planning for all events! All project plans, executive summaries, and PowerPoint presentations were due Thursday at 6:30 PM. We had company meetings from 2:30 to 6:30 to finalize projects and practice presentations. However in the morning we met in the auditorium to learn how to “Protect Your Finances” with [...]
By srobbins
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June 16, 2010
The purpose of this exercise is to expose participants to the impact of different leadership styles on the effectiveness and success of a team. Each team is lead by a volunteer who takes on a specific leadership role (listed below), are charged with constructing a list of products and then selling those products. The success [...]
By JA_Guest
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June 16, 2010
Hey All! This is Lauren and Adam once again with our JA Business Week Blog. Today, starting with year 1, companies A-M took field trips to many Jamba Juices across the city. They gathered information on the production of Jamba Juice smoothies which helped with their efforts to create a new Jamba Juice smoothie flavor. Next, second [...]
By srobbins
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June 16, 2010
Yesterday the JA Business Week students participated in a workshop, sponsored by Kaiser Permanente, that introduced them to the many different techniques and skills for reducing stress. The truth is that stress is going to happen in your life and knowing the methods to reduce and manage that stress is a skill that will benefit [...]