See note below, from SAGE Africa Continental Coordinator, Mr. Agwu Amogu, providing details of the SAGE World Cup 2013 tournament, starting 7 August and ending at noon on 12 August.

We wish to thank Agwu and his entire SAGE Nigeria staff for agreeing to host this year’s event.

Some of you have expressed concern about security measures. Please see letter attached. This letter should be helpful in assuaging any concerns of SAGE students, parents, mentors, and sponsors. I should emphasize that there were no security problems at all when Abuja served as our host city in 2008.

I am confident that Nigeria will, once again, be an excellent host.

Once your country has identified its SRB and SEB champions, and determined who will travel to Abujua, I urge to seek travel visas (tourist) and, where applicable, obtain required vaccinations (e.g., yellow fever). Please google Nigeria visa information for details about entering Nigeria from your country.

If you have any specific questions about the SAGE World Cup venue, please contact Agwu or Chinwe, his assistant. Their emails are cc’d here.

Of course, if you have any questions that can be answered by the SAGEGLOBAL home office, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

All my best,
Curt DeBerg
SAGEGLOBAL CEO

Download the Letter print version

A Note from Our Nigerian Coordinator Agwu Amogu

1. Address of hotel accommodation and event venue is:
   Sheraton Abuja Hotel
   Ladi Kwali Street Maitama Abuja
2. We are providing accommodation and feeding for 13 people per country- 6 SEB, 6SRB and 1 country coordinator. This means a total of 7 rooms per country with two teams and 4 rooms for a country with 1 team.
3. For over flow delegates, the cost for registration will be $1,850 for single occupant. Double occupants will be $900. Covering ALL meals and ALL activities.
4. Check in is on 7th August and check out is 12th August.
5. We are about to the RAISE the bar again for future SAGE World Cups.

Best,
Agwu

For non-English speaking SAGE teams advancing to the SAGE World Cup, we urge you to speak in your native language if you do not speak American English with an American accent.  If you choose to use your native language, we will allow as much time as needed in order for your interpreter to translate your verbal presentation into English.

Presentation Details

Each SAGE team will be given a 35-minute time block at the competition. During the first 10 minutes teams will immediately display their annual reports on the computer projection screen. While the judges are reading the annual reports, the team will set up its equipment, set up props, etc. The team will then have 13 minutes to give their oral/audio-visual presentation, followed by a 7-minute mandatory question and answer period. Finally, in the last 5 minutes, students will remove all their equipment and exit the room while the judges score the team.

Anyone may assist the team with set up or operation of AV equipment. However, only the student team members may participate in the presentation or answer questions from the judges.

While we encourage SAGE teams to demonstrate their products during the presentation, teams should be careful not to use harmful ingredients or techniques that may create problems with the conference venue. If the presentation materials appear to be in violation of this rule, in the opinion of the league coordinator, the team will be banned from using such ingredients or techniques.

Presentation Equipment Provided by the SAGE Host

1. one large screen and two extension cords
2. a visual projection system compatible with PCs (not MACs)

Every effort will be made by the host university to supply the proper computer equipment, but it is a wise idea to bring your own laptop and visual projection system to be on the safe side.

Practice time in practice rooms

Every effort will be made by the SAGE tournament host to allow SAGE teams to practice time in designated practice rooms.  Teams should be respectful of other teams, and only remain in the room for 15 minute periods unless no other teams are waiting.

General Information

1. Except for the annual report (and media, if any), no handouts to judges are permitted. However, teams may display products by holding them up during and after the oral presentation.
2. If you are using PowerPoint or other presentation software, please save your presentation on a zip disk and/or CD, to be loaded onto the computer in the presentation room. Make sure your presentation file is PC compatible (not Macintosh).
3. Members of local TV, radio, or newspaper media have full access to all presentation rooms at any time. All teams should be prepared for the possibility of the media taking video or photos of their presentation.

• Canada
• China
• Ireland
• Nigeria
• Russia
• Singapore
• Ukraine
• United States
• Zambia

The written report is the first impression the judges get of your year’s work. Make your report easy to follow by clearly identifying sections with the corresponding judging criteria. Samples of annual reports can be downloaded by going to http://sageglobal.org.

Please make sure the report is written in ENGLISH. Suggestion: make sure someone who is very fluent in English proofreads and edits your report. A SAGE consultant or mentor available by e-mail can tell you whether your report would need editing, after which somebody at your school or in your community would proofread.

Written annual reports are limited to a total of four (4) printed pages on 8 ½ by 11 paper (or two pages front to back). If your team uses a cover or back page it will count as one of those four pages.

You may also attach copies of any newspaper coverage, and other evidence of media attention, of your activities. It would be helpful for the growth and prestige of our organization if SAGE is mentioned in the article. You may also attach sample newsletters and photos of billboards, etc. Also, presenters may distribute their personal business cards.

Teams may NOT distribute copies of business plans or letters of commendation. Violation of this rule will result in an automatic 5-point deduction from the total of 40 points available for the written annual report.

Your team should bring 40 copies of your team’s annual report to be handed out to the SAGE judges.

During the ten minute setup period, we urge your team to display the annual report on the computer projection screen, one page at a time, so that judges and other audience members can see the report.

Please see the appendices to the attached White Paper issued last month by the Social Enterprise Alliance (I’m the principal author, but collaborated with Lisa Nitze, the new SEA President/CEO, and Corinne Gray, a former student of mine who is now a full-time employee at SEA and did much of the research behind the White Paper).

Note the first three appendices: They include 39 examples of successful SEBs located in the U.S.

I have also attached a PowerPoint displaying information about more than 25 successful SEBs based in countries other than the U.S.

These should provide a wealth of examples to include in the handbook and on the website so that high school students can get a better idea of what we mean by SEBs.

Take care,

JERR

Files

1. Examples of successful non-US social enterprises.
2. Social Enterprise Alliance White Paper

These photos were taken by SAGE COO Rob Best in Cape Town, South Africa from July 23-27, 2010.

This 8-minute information video was done by Taylor Cathala as part of his senior project in the Media and Communication Arts Department, Spring 2009.