BISTRI UM – Zavod za podjetnost mladih Maribor (SMART MINDS – ASSOCIATION FOR PROACTIVE/ENTREPRENEURIAL YOUTH MARIBOR) in its core focuses on empowering young people with proactive and entrepreneurial thinking in order to face the challenging job market of today. Association is the successor entity of the sole entrepreneur status of the founder, e.i. the upgrade entity that combines the coaching, educational and promotional capacities and has engaged in forming a team of young co-workers, professionals in the field of PR, career coaching & consulting and project management with the objective to offer necessary support to individuals at the beginning of their careers or at the early stages of development of their businesses.

The associations’ mission is to promote building on the entrepreneurial mindset and networking among youth early and during educational years – as a crucial feature to have later for any young  person or young professional, whether they start solo career, are employed elsewhere or engage in voluntary work.

Recent project was launched in cooperation with the national TV, when the association initiated and produced an educational TV series called “First euro” (20 episodes throughout the 2014) which covered different skills useful for young employment-seekers or those starting their solo entrepreneurship careers (from CVs, interviews, business models, negotiations, job interviews, success stories, etc.). As LSS 2015 Organising Committee, Bistri Um, will act as a logistical team for all components to host LSS participants as smoothly as possible.

Leadership Summer School 2014 will welcome as Guest Speaker Dr. Frederik G. Pferdt. He is the Head of Innovation & Creativity Programs at Google and leads a talented team which catalyzes 10x thinking at Google by building a thriving innovation environment.

Frederik is co-founder of “The Garage” at the Center for Design Research (d.school), Stanford University and research scholar at EdLab, Columbia University. As the founder of LearningDesign:Lab, he created award-winning user-centered design experiences for various groups — from kindergartners, to teachers, to CEOs.

As a Lecturer at Stanford University, he feels lucky to see students being empowered through user-centered, prototype-driven design so that they can do cool things that matter in the world. He currently lives in Silicon Valley with his wife and two sons, and draws inspiration from his boys’ childish minds and playfulness.

Frederik will animate an Innovation Lab workshop at Yeditepe University during the event.

The following person to accept our invitation is Patrick Cowden who was very happy that a project like LSS exists and is more than happy to contribute to the event.

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This year LSS wants to go few step further in the development of the event in our quest to transform into a full learning experience along with the theme “Creating a Movement”.

For this seventh edition we launched invitations to change makers to take part in the LSS as guest Speakers.

In order for us to achieve our goal, we are going to need some help & support. Therefore we launched a crowdfunding campaign to cover expenses for our guest Speakers including their stay for few days during the event at the Leadership Summer School 2014 venue in Yeditepe. We expect the encountering will boost motivation, provide food for thoughts, allow participants to learn from our guests’ successes and failures.

We will welcome your support as well! Please visit LSS Full Learning experience for future Leaders campaign and, in case you help, get ready to receive some nice thank you gift. 🙂