Opportunities

=**Guest speakers, field trips, and networking events are opportunities to establish relationships and uncover opportunities. This page contains a regularly updated NFTE class calendar.**=

NFTE offers numerous activities, scholarships, and networking events. Find all of these opportunities, including necessary forms, below.

Also, be sure to join the [|NFTE NE Facebook] group (organized by an Excel Hs NFTE alum) as well as the [|NFTE National group].

Read all about NFTE Alumni Services, some of which current students may start using today! [|Alumni Services FY09.doc]

NFTE New England launches its first E-Club
Application: [|E Club Application.doc] Information: NFTE New England is rolling out our first E-Club!! The E-Club will help your student(s) through the implementation phase of their business. With $250 of venture capital and lots of support and one-on-one assistance, this is __the__ opportunity for your student to get their business started now. The E-Club will be meeting on Tuesdays, beginning March 10th, from 3:30 - 5:30 pm at Social Justice Academy. Applications are two weeks from now, via email, on Thursday, February 26th. So, please forward this information to any interested students tomorrow for them to complete over vacation (one hopes!).

Get an A on your plan, make contacts, add to your resume, and get paid over April Break!
[|Bootcamp_Flyer.JPG] and the application is here: [|BusinessBootcampApplication-1.doc]

Youth Job Fair: March 17, 2009
[|GOTCHA.pdf]

Boston Youth Fund Jobs - Register over February Break!
http://nfteatexcel.wikispaces.com/Opportunities

**YEC T-Shirt Design Competition - Chance to win $100 - each student must submit a design by Wednesday, October, 29, 2008.**
Calling all fashion gurus and graphic designers! NFTE New England is hosting a contest for you to design our next Youth Entrepreneurship Conference (YEC) t-shirt. The YEC will be held on January 13, 2009 and will be attended by 250 current NFTE students from the New England area. Each student, teacher, chaperone and volunteer will be given a t-shirt that could have your design!

The details:


 * All designs must incorporate the NFTE logo [|nftelogo-rgb2005.jpg]
 * Front design only
 * Please limit your design to 3 colors or less
 * Designs must be as high resolution as possible (500 dpi (dots per inch) or higher) See previous winners [|Last 2 YEC Tshirts.ppt]
 * Adobe Illustrator designs preferred (but we can work with any electronic file)

If your design is selected you will:


 * Receive a $100 award
 * Be recognized as the designer on the back of the t-shirt
 * Receive your own t-shirt

All designs are due by October 31st. Please email all entries with your name and contact information to laura.scarlett@nfte.com. Attached you will find the designs of the previous two years (for some inspiration), a well as the NFTE logo.

**Networking Workshop**
First alumni workshop, also open to current students. Event Details: Networking WorkshopOctober 28, 2009The Boston Foundation's office (located near Arlington St. T stop)2:30 - 4:00 pm
 * Let Ms. Hall know by October 1, 2008 if you plan to attend, or email Laura Scarlett at laura.scarlett@nfte.com

[|NFTE New England Scholarship.doc] Click above to access application for NFTE alumni scholarship. Can be used at 2-yr, 4-yr, and trade schools. *Forms are for 2007-2008. Check back for updated information.

[|Suffolk Scholarship Information.doc] Excellent Opportunity! An Excel graduate, class of 2007, won the award in her senior year! See Ms. Hall for a letter of recommendation.

[|IVSA scholarship 2008.pdf] Scholarship opportunity for students of Vietnamese descent. The form is for 2007-2008. Updated information will be posted when it becomes available, or, email the contact for a copy.