Dear SAGE Friends,

I hope this note finds you all doing very well, as you begin selecting your SAGE World Cup representatives for 2012 in San Francisco. The purpose of this note is threefold.

First, I would like to remind you that the tenth annual SAGE World Cup will take place 27-30 July, 2012 in San Francisco, CA, USA. Each SAGE National Coordinator is invited to lead a delegation of youth (and their adult allies) to represent your country at this educational event. A tentative agenda is attached.

Second, I have attached a “Train the Trainers Entrepreneurship Workshop” Agenda for 30 July to 3 August. See your SAGE National Coordinator for the fee schedule to attend this four-day workshop.

The workshop will provide training for SAGE’s new entrepreneurship course, Turning Risk into Success.
At the workshop, we will provide everyone with the 3-ring binder containing the Teacher’s Manual, along with a CD containing an assessment exam, quizzes, PPTs for each lesson, and the PPT presentation for our sample business plan presentation.

Our goal is to make the SAGE World Cup program, and the subsequent workshop, available to all interested educators, civic and business leaders in a manner that fairly recognized each national coordinator for their effort while making the SAGE World Cup and workshop affordable for all of our guests.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,
Curt DeBerg
SAGE Global CEO
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2012 SAGE World Cup Program	Train the Trainers Entrepreneurship Workshop

Dear SAGE Friends Around the World,

As of today, we have 677 SAGEMAIL subscribers from 21 different countries. Subscribers include current SAGE students, SAGE alumni, teachers, policymakers, sponsors and business leaders. The purpose of this email is to provide a brief update from SAGE’s home office:

1. We are now up and running in 19 countries. Our newest countries are UAE and Burkina-Faso (Lansina To reports 12 high schools with SAGE teams). SAGE Philippines is now under new leadership, with Dr. Robert Galindez taking over the helm. Welcome, Robert!

2. I just returned from Nigeria, where the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, His Excellency Bala Mohammed, plans to build two new entrepreneurship centers in honor of SAGE. He is also going to encourage other members of the President Goodluck Jonathan’s cabinet to expand SAGE throughout the country. Thank you to Agwu Amogu, SAGE Africa coordinator, for the generous hospitality during my stay in Abuja, Nigeria.

3. The SAGE World Cup tournament will take place the last week of July, or sometime in the first two weeks of August, in…………..drum roll, please……………SAN FRANCISCO. Details to follow once they are known.

4. The SAGE USA tournament will take place on May 25-28 in the San Francisco Bay Area. We expect over 30 SAGE teams to compete.

5. The SAGEGLOBAL Board of Directors welcomes one new board member, Mr. Matt Enstice, from Buffalo, New York. He joins Ed Byers (Chair), Joe Pedott, Dr. Al Konuwa, and Van Ajemian on the board. Here is his biography:

Matt is President & CEO of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, Inc. He has been with the BNMC since its creation in 2001, when he assumed a leadership position. At the time, Matt was a consultant with Niagara Consulting Group, a Western New York firm with a focus on urban planning and healthcare. Before that, through his position with Niagara Falls Redevelopment LLC, Matt managed the Fixed Base Operations at the Niagara Falls International Airport, and oversaw the Niagara Falls Civic and Convention Center.

Prior to returning home to Buffalo in 1998, Matt worked in the entertainment industry, first in Los Angeles and then in New York City. He was a production assistant for Broadway Pictures, working on the movie Lassie, and a production coordinator with Saturday Night Live.
Matt holds a B.A. in English from Hobart College and a Master of Business Administration from Canisius College. He is currently active as a board and founding member of the South Buffalo Charter School, and serves on the boards of the Buffalo Renaissance Foundation, Amherst Chamber of Commerce and Elmwood Franklin School.

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