4-H ESI Camp Program – Butler County

June 26-29 (Tuesday – Friday) 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location:  Thorpe Opera House and Butler County

This camp will incorporate the 4-H ESI materials into activities that are done. We will group the campers together by interest and use handout materials and computers to investigate potential business ideas.  They will take their business ideas and actually purchase the materials necessary to produce a product during camp.  As they produce a small supply of these products they will learn more about entrepreneurship build their leadership skills and hone their passions.  A sidewalk sale will be held the last day of the camp to sell the products that they make.

Day 1 - June 26, Tuesday – Investigating an Entrepreneur

9:00 a.m. - Welcome to ESI Camp!
9:15 a.m. - Ice Breaker
9:30 a.m. - An Entrepreneur Beginning
Investigating Yourself (What Talents Do I Have?)  
Assess my Talents & Interests
What’s It Take to Be an Entrepreneur?
9:45 a.m. - Investigating the Entrepreneur Profile
      Meet an Entrepreneur – Brian Zimmer
10:00 a.m. - Break
10:10 a.m. - Investigating Who Is Down the Block
11:00 a.m. - Investigating the Risks
11:20 a.m. - Peeking Into the Future 
11:40 a.m. - What’s Changed?  Google Earth 
12:00 p.m. – LUNCH – SUBWAY (Learn about the business)
12:45 p.m.  – I’m Bored, Our Community Needs This
1:00 p.m. - Uncovering My New Business
1:25 p.m. - Digging Deeper Into My Business
1:45 -        Break
2:00 p.m. - Choose Your Business Idea
2:30 p.m. - Let’s Celebrate!  You are now an ESI Explorer!
3:00 p.m. - Homeward Bound!

Day 2 - June 27, Wednesday – The Case of Me and Designing the Product
9:00 a.m. - Meet Entrepreneurs - Mike Jones – Jones Insurance & Rex Rehmer Auto Parts

• Is This My Conscience I Hear Talking?
• Where Do You Stand
• Building My Reputation
• YOU Can Make A Difference
• Playing the Part 
• Selling Yourself and Your Ideas
• Customer Service

10:00 – BREAK
10:15 a.m. - Starting Your Business
      Expanding Your Business Idea

• Why this?
• Write a business description
• Identify competitive advantage
• Who is the target audience?
• Where will your customers be?

Brainstorm Business Name, Slogan and Logo

• Test out several names and select one
• Develop Business Cards

11:15 a.m. - Develop and print one page promotion flyer to distribute on square and home town
11:45 am – LUNCH – Brainard Café
1:00 p.m. - Create Your Product Supply List (PARENTS Please NOTE!)

• Must be purchased by parents so student can bring on Day 3

1:30 p.m. - Field Trip of Oak Creek Sporting Club
2:30 p.m. – Return to David City
3:00 p.m. - Homeward bound

Day 3 - June 28, Thursday – Your Business Inspection
9:00 a.m. - Meet Entrepreneurs (Budget and Funding) Alan Zavodny & Mike Moravec

• Staying in Business and Out of Court
• Copyright, taxes, legal stuff

9:30 a.m. - Overview of Financing and Pricing –
10:00 a.m. - Product development (1 ½ hrs) –

• Work one on one on product and costs.
• Spend time assembling and making product

11:30 a.m. - Visit Farmers Market
12:00 p.m. - LUNCH –Pizza Hut
12:45 p.m. - Continue with Product Development interjecting the info below:
Collecting and Organizing Clues

• Finding Your GPD
• Tracking Your Business Expenses
• The Income Statement
• Create Your Balance Sheet
• Going with the Cash flow
• Writing a check
• Completing a receipt
• Keeping Records

1:45 p.m. - Break
2:00 p.m. - Field Trip

• Signature Portraits
• Rose Call Solutions

2:40 p.m. - Let’s Celebrate! - You are now an ESI Explorer!
3:00 p.m. - Homeward Bound

Day 4 - June 29, Friday – ESI Market and What about Nebraska? 
9:00 a.m. - Meet Entrepreneurs (Nebraska & Small Town Opportunities)

• Lori Roh – Rose Motel and Silvan Learning Center
• Michele Jakub – Riding on Faith

9:30 a.m. - Product Development (1 ½ hrs)

• Work on products
• No Place Like Nebraska
• Explore jobs in Nebraska vs. other places in US

11:00 a.m. - Review YOU Can Make a Difference & Selling Yourself

• Customer Service, greeting customer, making change, filling receipts, etc.
• Receipt books
• Cash boxes

11:10 a.m. - Set Up for ESI Market on the Square (Location - in front of Chamber Office
11:20- Lunch on site today and set up
12:00- 1:30 p.m. – ESI Market Place (Sidewalk on square)
1:45 p.m. - Now It’s Time to Determine Profit & Loss AND Pay the Bills
2:45 p.m. - Congratulations!  YOU Have Become an ESI Detective Graduation Cake  
3:00 p.m. - Homeward Bound