Ice House Entrepreneurial Mindset Training at Eckerd OLLI

Left: Janie McGrew (left) and Chrissy Jackson '16 (right) with Gary Schoeniger, founder of the Kauffman Foundation's Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative and co-author of Who Owns the Ice House?(photo by Donna Littell)

by Amanda Hagood

"Opportunities for success are all around you. Do you see them? Do you wonder why others do? Develop an entrepreneurial mindset and change your life--others have!" 

-Chrissy Jackson '16, Ice House Instructor

Eckerd College's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), located on the St. Petersburg campus, will offer an Ice House Entrepreneurial Mindset Training program meeting once a week, January 23-March 20, 2017. The non-credit course will be taught by PEL's own Chrissy Jackson '16, herself a serial entrepreneur. Registration opens November 14th.

About the Course

 

Ice House Entrepreneurial Mindset Training focuses on the eight lessons learned by young Clifton Taulbert, whose Uncle Cleve owned an ice house in the Mississippi Delta when almost everyone else worked for wages in the cotton fields.

Taulbert's book, Who Owns the Ice House? Eight Life Lessons from an Unlikely Entrepreneur, co-authored by internationally-recognized entrepreneurial learning expert Gary Schoeniger, captures the lessons that Uncle Cleve taught, and Ice House Entrepreneurship training brings these lessons to life through case studies from over a dozen real-life entrepreneurs. Students work in small teams to test their own entrepreneurial ideas on real people and develop the mindset and planning skills that can transform these ideas into successful realities.

Upon completion of the Ice House Entrepreneurship Program, students will be able to:

• Establish and develop entrepreneurial attitudes, behaviors, and skills
• Understand and experience the entrepreneurial process
• Identify social and situational factors that encourage or inhibit entrepreneurial behavior
• Identify, evaluate, and validate opportunities in ambiguous, real-world circumstances
• Identify and interact with local entrepreneurs who provide critical guidance and ongoing support

This course meets on Mondays, January 23-March 20, from 6-9pm at Eckerd College.

Tuition is $325 and includes books and materials. Please note that this is a non-credit course.

What is entrepreneurial mindset training? Watch this video to learn more. 

 

 

About the Instructor

 

Chrissy Jackson '16 is a serial entrepreneur, currently running two for-profit and two nonprofit businesses. She is also a lifelong educator, writing textbooks and providing training for national trade organizations as well as regional meetings and specialized employer/employee programs.

Questions?
If you have questions about the course, contact Chrissy Jackson at chrissyj@earthlink.net. To register, click here call the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at (727)-864-7600.

PEL Executive Director Amanda Hagood is co-editor of The PEL Connector.