E-Business Development Center Dr. Jon Storslee. Problem Local Businesses Need to Make the Transition...

E-Business Development Center

Dr. Jon Storslee

Problem

Local Businesses Needto Make the Transition from Bricks & Mortar to Bricks & Clicks

Local Businesses Don’t have the Expertise or Time to make the Transition

Problem

Students Can’t Obtain Jobs Without Experience

Students Can’t Obtain Experience Without a Job!

Solution

Have Students Develop Websites for Local Businessas Homework

Pay Advanced Students to Consult with Local Business

Have Students Review Sites

Everyone Wins

Business Gets the Help they Need

Students Get Experience

PVCC Gets Civic Exposure

Federal Gov gets Tax $ from Students & Business

Paid for by Grant

US Dept of Education $250,000 (Title VI b)

International Business Promotion

Small Business Consultation

E-Commerce Support

Our Promise to Feds

Meet Objectives for 2 Year Program

Continue Program after 2nd Year

Train Workforce

Give Credit to Gov

Our Promise to Business

Businesses Will at Least Get What You Pay For, Nothing

Student Consultants Polish Websites

Seminars to “Get Up to Speed”

Resume Builder

Real World Portfolio

Taste of Real World

Customer Service Skills

Our Promise to Students

Our Promise to the MCCD

Exposure to Classes Taught at District

Positive Exposure for Future Bond

Federal Grant $ to Expand Programs

Students Doing Homework

CIS 233 Web Design

CIS 235 E-Commerce

CIS 298 Special Projects

CIS 233 Web Design

HTML Basics

Simple Web Presence

Creation of Graphics

Web Consultant Prospects

CIS 235 E-Commerce

Create Complete Site

Search for Hosting & Merchant Service

Web Usability

Web Consultant Prospects

CIS 298 Special Projects

Develop from Scratch a Site

Search for Hosting Service

Recommend Merchant Service

Program Promotion

Newsletter

E-mail

Radio

Newspaper Add

Seminars & Workshops

E-Commerce Seminars

Why Make the Jump to E-Commerce

Tricks & Tips

Student Project

Inform about EBDC

Web Design Workshops

Hands on Training

Student Support

Promote the Student Program

Security Seminars

Promote Good Practices

Security Policy Creation

Firewalls

Virus Advice

International Business

NAFTA, Far East &Europe

Cultural Differences

International Law

E-Law Seminar

Legal Consultation

E-Law Seminar

Exposure to “Dynamic Law”

Legal Advice

Student Consultants

4 Hours of Free Help

Grant Pays For “Jumpstart”

Students Obtain Real World Experience

Possible Pay for Job

Web Resources

E-Commerce

E-Law

International Business

The Grant Helped

3 Non-Profit Organizations 60 Local Business 1 International Author 2 International Business Over 150 Students Create 5 New Businesses

Type of Businesses Helped

High Tech (Data Hand & Sierra Scientific)

Low Tech (Pastry & Books)

Non-Profit Organizations

Campus Organizations

Student Problems

Too Much Work

Businesses Didn’t Provide Needed Material

Lack of Confidence

Company Problems

Students Drop Out!

Not Enough Time to Make the Transition

No One Wants to Design Site

District Problems

State Budget Crunch

9-11 Hurt Enrollment

Future Funding of Commitment to Feds

Future Funding?

City Block Grant

SBA Grant

Title VI b Grant

MCCD Grant

Profit Center

Grant Possibility

City of Phoenix Block Grant with SBA

District Wide EBDC Grant from SBA

District Wide EBDC Grant from Dept of Ed

Internal Grant from MCCD

Profit Center

Start Charging for Services

Seminar Fee

Workshop Fee

Consultant Fee

Future Direction

City Wide Program

More Consulting

Charge for Seminars

Charge for Workshops

Add New Seminars

Sites Online

http://www.stairliftsofarizona.com

http://www.collectiblestop.com

http://www.bobmayer.org

http://www.azpaintball.com

Sites Online (cont.)

http://www.riveroftimemuseum.org

http://www.yspep.org

http://www.sierrascientific.com

http://www.datahand.com