JCI CYEA

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JCI CYEA

• The JCI Creative Young
• Entrepreneur Award

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What is the JCI CYEA Program?

• An international competition that recognizes,
  honors and celebrates exceptional young
  entrepreneurs and the role of creativity in their
  success.
• CYEA runs on a local, national and international
  level and recognizes the worlds most outstanding
  young entrepreneurs

Who can participate?

• Young Entrepreneurs between the ages of 18 and 40
• JCI Members non-members

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Flanders District of Creativity

• The Flanders DC was established by the Flanders
  government as an initiative to make its economy
  more competitive through creativity,
  entrepreneurship, and forging international
  connections
• Flanders DC is a non-profit organization and
  receives an annual operating allowance from the
  Flanders government
• Flanders DC acts as an agent linking various
  initiatives, companies, regions, and nations
  facilitating fast and innovative combinations.

www.flandersdc.be
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Who is JCI looking for?

• JCI is looking for creative young entrepreneurs
  that have started a new business or created
  significant positive change in an existing
  business such as
• New product development
• Service development
• Approach to the market/marketing
• Solved a business problem in a creative way
• Changed a process in a positive and creative way

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How can Local Organizations participate?

• Promote the National or International Competition
  and encourage nominees from your community to
  enter
• Host a Local Competition without an award
  ceremony and up to three semi-finalists to your
  National Competition
• Host a Local Competition with an award ceremony
  and forward semi-finalists to your National
  Competition

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How can National Organizations participate?

• Promote the International Competition and
  encourage nominees from your country to enter
• Host a National Competition without an awards
  ceremony and forward up to 3 semi-finalists to
  the International Competition
• Host a National Competition with an award
  ceremony and forward semi-finalists to the
  International Competition

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Why run the JCI CYEA Program?

• Fulfills the JCI Mission
• Sponsorship opportunity
• Public Relations opportunity
• Learning opportunity
• Membership increase

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Suggested Timelines for Participating

• 2011 Sept Include CYEA in your JCI
  Organizations 2011 Plan of Action
• 2011 Oct Manpower-Find committee members and
  non-JCI partners
• 2011 Nov Work on the deadlines, website
• 2011 Dec Prepare the promotional materials

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Suggested Timelines for Participating

• 2012 Jan Issue a press release and start the
  promotion of the CYEA program
• 2012 March Invite potential CYEA judges
• 2012 April Keep promoting the CYEA program
• 2012 May Collect/Submit the nominations online
  to JCI

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What are the entry procedures?

• All nominations must be submitted online and in
  English.
• Go to http//www.jci.cc/jciprograms/en/cyea to
  access the nomination form.
• Answer all the questions thoroughly and
  completely in order to be eligible.

DEADLINE MAY 28, 2012
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Important notes

• All nominations must be submitted online
• Your National/Local Organizations and JCIs
  deadline should be the same May 28, 2012
• Nominees born before January 1, 1972, are not
  eligible for the JCI Creative Young Entrepreneur
  Award.

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Please keep in mind

• National/Local Organizations must use the JCI
  website
• CYEA has been set up so that all entries must be
  received using the online system on JCI's website
• If a National Organization is running a program
  they must still use the JCI online system for the
  submission of entries

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Nomination and award process

• 28 May 2012 international deadline to submit
  nominations
• JCI will forward online entries to the
  participating National Organizations for
  distribution to participating Local Organizations
• Each level of the competition will have three
  semi-finalists selected to move to the next level
• 16 July 2012 National Organizations must submit
  their semi-finalists to the International
  Competition

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Nomination and award process

• Entries received from non-participating JCI
  Organizations will be entered into an open pool
• National open pool entries from
  non-participating Local Organizations
• International open pool entries from
  non-participating National Organizations
• Three International finalists will be chosen
• The winner will be chosen by an International
  panel of Judges, and announced at JCI World
  Congress

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Judging Process

• The three International Finalists will be
  selected from a pool of applicants
• The three International Finalists will travel to
  the JCI World Congress where the winner will be
  announced

The finalists will receive

• One economy airline ticket to the JCI World
  Congress
• Accommodation at Headquarters Hotel
• One free congress registration

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Who are the Judges?

• They are from recognizable and credible companies
• They are well-known and well-respected
  personalities in the business world
• Individuals on the business side of the Creative
  Arts (successful theatrical entrepreneur, a music
  promoter etc.)

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What tools are available?

• 1) CYEA Toolkit http//www.jci.cc/info/en/jcilibr
  ary
• Introduction and overview
• General rules
• Nomination and awards process
• How to get involved (3 ways)
• Action steps
• Sample ads and press releases
• Judging documents
• Sponsorship proposals
• Guide to tabulating results

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What tools are available?

• JCI CYEA website www.jci.cc/jciprograms/en/cyea
• About Flanders DC
• General Rules
• Nomination and Award process
• How to Run a Local CYEA Competition
• JCI CYEA online nomination form
  www.jci.cc/jciprograms/en/cyea/cyeaentryform
• JCI CYEA Toolkit www.jci.cc/info/en/jcilibrary

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Contact and Additional Information
For more information online, visit
www.jci.cc/jciprograms/en/cyea For questions,
please contact the JCI Programs Manager at the
JCI World Headquarters programs_at_jci.cc