2010 Winning Ideas Weekend
June 24 - 26, 2010
San Francisco, CA
Free To Choose Network held its 3rd annual Winning Ideas Weekend in San Francisco from June 24-26th. It was a weekend packed with insightful and thought-provoking activities in the beautiful setting of the San Francisco Bay Area. 64 attendees, including the eight izzit.org teachers-of-the-year along with 12 of their students, were able to enjoy provocative presentations from entrepreneurs, intellectuals, and even former Secretary of State George Shultz. |
| Thursday, June 24, 2010 |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
Registration |
| 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Adult Tour of Anchor Brewing Company
Student Introduction to Filmmaking with Jim Taylor/Barbara Potter, Producers, FTCN |
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| Friday, June 25, 2010 |
| 7:30 - 8:30 am |
Breakfast and Opening Comments |
| 8:30 - 9:30 am |
From Poop to Profits
2009 David and Annette Jorgensen Award for Excellence winner, Ed Tooley, and students |
| 9:30 am - 10:00 am |
Break |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am |
Why For-Profit Companies are the Solution to Africa's Challenges - Magatte Wade, founder of The Tiosanno Tribe, Inc., fashion accessories
and body care products and Michael Strong,
CEO of FLOW. |
| 11:00 am |
Students depart for Video Workshop at Fisherman’s Wharf |
| 11:00 am |
Adult Break |
| 12:00 pm |
Adult Lunch |
| 2:00 pm |
Adults depart for Hoover Institution |
| 2:30 pm |
The Honorable George Shultz, Distinguished Fellow, Hoover Institution, and former Secretary of State
will speak on nuclear disarmament. |
| 7:00 pm |
San Francisco Style Dinner and Karaoke |
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| Saturday, June 26, 2010 |
| 8:00 am - 9:00 am |
Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am |
Video Workshop Report
Jim Taylor / Barbara Potter and the student producers |
| 9:15 am - 10:15 am |
Beholder’s Eye Trading Game - Max Borders, Executive Editor, FTCN |
| 10:15 am - 10:30 am |
Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:15 am |
How Prices Help You Plan and Why High Prices Can be Good – David R. Henderson, Hoover Institution;
Associate Professor of Economics, Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA and the editor of The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics |
| 11:15 am - 12:00 pm |
Break
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| 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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| 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm |
Video Workshop Edit and/or Family Time |
| 6:00 pm |
David and Annette Jorgensen Teacher of the Year Awards Banquet |
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Guest Speaker – Gary Hoover, Serial Entrepreneur, founder of BOOKSTOP and Hoovers.com and
Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin
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Dessert reception to follow |
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