COULD YOUR TEAM TURN $1,500 INTO $10,000 FOR CHARITY

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MILLION $ CHALLENGE

The Million $ Challenge is an entrepreneurial competition that challenges teams of employees to raise as much money as they can for charity, through enterprising

initiatives. The aim is for all teams to raise a combined total of

ONE MILLION DOLLARS for the Australian Youth Mentoring Network and

Big Brothers Big Sisters. The challenge tasks teams of aspiring leaders from graduates to senior

employees, to work together to turn $1,500 seed funding into a profi t of at least $10,000

for the charities over the course of six months.

Through mentoring, young people

are given support, guidance and encouragement, building self-esteem and

resilience to make the right choices in life, preventing anti-social or illegal behaviours before they occur.

Big Brothers Big Sisters has been delivering high quality youth mentoring programs in Australia for over 35 years, supporting young people who face serious adversity – helping them to stay at school, unlock their potential

and break the cycle of disadvantage.

Together with the Australian Youth Mentoring Network, Australia’s peak mentoring body which supports over

270 mentoring programs across Australia, Big Brothers Big Sisters are enabling young

people to build a brighter future for themselves and their community.

In this current climate what are your company’s needs?

To engage, inspire and motivate your sta�? 1

To cut the cost of training whilst delivering continued personal development? 2

What are the BENEFITS to your COMPANY?

To be socially responsible and raise your public profi le? 3

The MILLION $ CHALLENGEis a zero-cost learning and development tool to

build essential working skills and motivate your employees.

Teams are faced with a very real challenge in turning an initial

capital sum into profi t. Studies have shown that when employees

achieve something challenging, the pressure more often than not

has a positive effect on the employees’ level of psychological wellbeing,

which is in turn linked to an improved performance in the workplace.

“ This program provided many positive benefi ts for both our employees as well as those young Australians who are part of the mentoring program. It truly is a win-win. The TAL team used this as a meaningful development

and skills building exercise which resulted in raising funds to help the youth of our country reach their potential. TAL is committed to

supporting Australian communities and is proud to have been part of this initiative.”

Penny Coates, TAL LifeParticipant 2013 Million Dollar Challenge

In this current climate what are your company’s needs?

To engage, inspire and motivate your sta�? 1

To cut the cost of training whilst delivering continued personal development? 2

What are the BENEFITS to your COMPANY?

To be socially responsible and raise your public profi le? 3

The MILLION $ CHALLENGEis a zero-cost learning and development tool to

build essential working skills and motivate your employees.

Teams are faced with a very real challenge in turning an initial

capital sum into profi t. Studies have shown that when employees

achieve something challenging, the pressure more often than not

has a positive effect on the employees’ level of psychological wellbeing,

which is in turn linked to an improved performance in the workplace.

“ This program provided many positive benefi ts for both our employees as well as those young Australians who are part of the mentoring program. It truly is a win-win. The TAL team used this as a meaningful development

and skills building exercise which resulted in raising funds to help the youth of our country reach their potential. TAL is committed to

supporting Australian communities and is proud to have been part of this initiative.”

Penny Coates, TAL LifeParticipant 2013 Million Dollar Challenge

S ILLI ONDO LLARC HALLENGE

• Practice new skills that can be applied in their work place• Improve their ability to work in a team• Build intercompany networks• Chance to focus on a di�erent area of work to their normal role

TheMILLION $ CHALLENGE can be broken down into4 key areas in which participants will need to develop skills

• Project work• Communication skills• Leadership skills• Managing resources

The MILLION $ CHALLENGEis an environment for team members to learn and developwere they can

What are the BENEFITSto your EMPLOYEES?

“We are delighted to support a worthy cause with such a practical project for our sta�. Our Crowe Horwath team, the 7 birdies, have e�ectively been managing their own business and are experiencing first-hand what is possible with creative thinking, networking and team work.

Mentoring is such a great way to empowerthe next generation to hone their skills for theirdevelopment today. Our 7 birdies team hasbeen able to network more widely within CroweHorwath speaking to teams they wouldn’t necessarily have much contact with in theireveryday roles. As an organisation, we havebeen bought together to support the 7 birdies inthe Million Dollar Challenge and have had greatfun doing so”

Karen Lindsay,HR General Manager, Crowe HorwathWinner 2013 Million Dollar Challenge

How does theMILLION $ CHALLENGE work? Once established, teams pitch their business plans in order to secure their seed funding. In the knowledge that they have a robust and water-tight plan, the teams then implement and promote their own mini enterprise.

A host of teams from companies and organisationsacross Australia compete against each other to run the most profi table mini enterprise.

• Team building

• Compiling a business plan

• Communicating ideas to stakeholders

• Managing fi nances

• Capitalising on existing networks and building new ones

• Creating a marketing and PR plan

• Delivering the initiative

• Entrepreneurship and business acumen

• Project management and priority setting

• Decision making

• Strategic thinking

• Finding creative solutions

• Relationship management and customer focus

• Leadership and motivating others

• Communication and presentation skills

• Infl uencing

• Self-confi dence and motivation

How the Million $ Challenge will develop and sharpen your employees’ skills:

1Form your team and kick start your ideas

2 Teams are put through their paces in front of an investor panel

3 Business plans approved and seed funding allocated

4 Teams embark on their enterprising activity

5 National winner announced

How does theMILLION $ CHALLENGE work? Once established, teams pitch their business plans in order to secure their seed funding. In the knowledge that they have a robust and water-tight plan, the teams then implement and promote their own mini enterprise.

A host of teams from companies and organisationsacross Australia compete against each other to run the most profi table mini enterprise.

• Team building

• Compiling a business plan

• Communicating ideas to stakeholders

• Managing fi nances

• Capitalising on existing networks and building new ones

• Creating a marketing and PR plan

• Delivering the initiative

• Entrepreneurship and business acumen

• Project management and priority setting

• Decision making

• Strategic thinking

• Finding creative solutions

• Relationship management and customer focus

• Leadership and motivating others

• Communication and presentation skills

• Infl uencing

• Self-confi dence and motivation

How the Million $ Challenge will develop and sharpen your employees’ skills:

1Form your team and kick start your ideas

2 Teams are put through their paces in front of an investor panel

3 Business plans approved and seed funding allocated

4 Teams embark on their enterprising activity

5 National winner announced

GET INVOLVEDBig Brothers Big Sisters

Email: amanda.smith@bbbsau.orgCall: 03 9526 8107

For further information visit:www.bigbrothersbigsisters.org.au/milliondollarchallenge.html

GET INVOLVEDBig Brothers Big Sisters

Email: amanda.smith@bbbsau.orgCall: 03 9526 8107

For further information visit:www.bigbrothersbigsisters.org.au/milliondollarchallenge.html

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