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8/2/2019 SIFE Team Handbook%E2%80%94Program YE 2011(English)

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A head or business. A heart or the world.SM


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Dear SIFE Team Faculty and Students:

Welcome to another SIFE year! Whether you are a returning member or new to the

program, prepare or an amazing experience in the program year ending (YE) 2011. At

SIFE, our mission is: To bring together the top leaders of today and tomorrow to create a

better, more sustainable world through the positive power of business.

SIFE is the premier international business and higher education network with programs

in 40 countries, on more than 1,500 campuses and 42,000 participating students.

Improving lives, strengthening communities and developing socially responsible business

leaders is our goal. In this upcoming year, you will ind that SIFE will be challenging

you to achieve more impact and relevance in your communities than you ever thought

possible. This SIFE Team Handbook will serve as the oundation or operating under the

SIFE brand, developing projects with quality impact and outcomes and raming SIFE.

SIFE has experienced a number o strategic transitions during our 35 year history. This

year, we announced the new SIFE judging criterion to relect relevance in todays world.

As you embark upon your SIFE journey to use business to improve the quality o lie and

standard o living or others, I irmly believe you will ind yoursel changed orever, too

and or the better. On behal o the SIFE Worldwide organization, we wish you the best

o luck with your SIFE projects as well as your academic pursuits.

Go, SIFE!

Alvi Rohrs

President & CEO

SIFE Worldwide

A head or business. A heart or the world.SM


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Organizational Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8

Membership Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18

SIFE Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-34

The SIFE Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-39

Developing a Mission Statement, Goals and Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-42

Developing Educational Outreach Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43-48

Building a Sustainable Team & Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49-65

Preparing or the SIFE Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66-68

Table of Contents


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Section Title/Subtitle

2010-2011 Team Handbook | 5

SIFE has helped me believe that behind

every problem is a brilliat solutio.

SIFE Student

Orgaizatioal Overview

Organizational Overview


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6 | 2010-2011 Team Handbook Organizational Overview


The OrgaizatioSIFE is an international organization that brings together the top

leaders o today and tomorrow to create a better, more sustainable

world through the positive power o business.

SIFEs worldwide network consists o university students,

academic proessionals and business leaders.

Working with leading corporate partners and member universities,

SIFE establishes student programs on campuses around the world.

With the support and encouragement o their aculty advisors and

a local Business Advisory Board, SIFE students apply business

concepts to develop community outreach projects that improve the

quality o lie and standard o living or people in need.

The Strategic Objectives1. Be the premier international business and higher

education network

2. Harness the business talents o our network members to

make a unique and valuable contribution to the world

3. Become the leading source o eective, responsible talent

4. Operate a best-in-class non-proit organization based on

inancial strength and sta leadership talent

Our Orgaizatioal Approach


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2010-2011 Team Handbook | 7Organizational Overview


Our Value Deliver ModelThe strategy is to strengthen the model and increase our value

proposition. You can almost see these as business units.

When we think about these leaders, we think about bringing

together the top leaders o today and tomorrow. Those leaders

include student leaders, industry leaders and academic leaders.

Our approach to bringing these three groups together is to ocus

them around:

Community Programs: SIFE teams develop educational outreach

projects in their community to improve the quality o lie and

standard o living or people in need. SIFE teams projects

address a variety o topics. Rather than mandating a uniorm set

o projects, teams are encouraged to work within the ramework

o this criterion while adapting their approach to the diverse

needs o people in dierent communities. The result is a program

that is global in scope and purpose with the lexibility and

responsiveness o a community-based organization.

Career Connections Overview: SIFE teams work with the

corporate world and have networking opportunites at career airs,

through Business Advisory Boards, and other

appropriate resources.

Leadership Connections Overview: SIFE teams, academic

institutional representatives, and corporate sponsors network

together through a variety o opportunities such as Business

Advisory Boards, Top-to-Future Top Forums, SIFE competitions

and events, and virtually.

The culmination o the SIFE program is an annual series o

competitions that provides a orum or teams to present the

results o their projects, which are evaluated by business leaders

serving as judges. Teams compete irst at the regional and

national levels, then at the international level when the national

champion teams rom each country meet at the SIFE World Cup.

The connections made possible through the SIFE network

are beneiting individuals and communities around the world

while ostering an environment or personal and proessional

development among the participants. In addition to the

community aspect o the program, SIFEs leadership and career

initiatives are designed to create meaningul opportunities or

learning and exchange as well as the placement o students and

alumni with SIFE partner companies.

LeadershipConnections

CommunityPrograms

CareerConnections


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The Individual SIFE TeamSIFE teams are organized on individual university campuses.

There are intentionally very ew rules or procedures established

by SIFE World Headquarters or how these teams should

be organized and structured. Rules can be ound in the

Membership Guidelines section. Questions a SIFE team may have

that are not addressed in that section are all let to the discretion

o the individual SIFE team to answer, with the help o their

Country Leader or Program Manager.

There are many ways to organize and operate a SIFE team. Each

college or university is as unique as the community it serves.

This lexibility allows each institution to structure its SIFE team

in a manner that best its its aculty, student and community

needs. Each SIFE team has complete reedom to adopt rules andprocedures to govern its own activities, beyond those outlined

in this handbook, as long as they are consistent with the SIFE

Membership Guidelines.

This same lexibility applies to each teams educational eorts.

The only parameters SIFE World Headquarters places on a teams

educational outreach programs is that they should be designed

considering the relevant economic, social and environmental

actors, which SIFE team most eectively empowered people

in need by applying business and economic concepts and an

entrepreneurial approach to improve their quality o lie and

standard o living. Beyond this, questions as to how many

projects teams choose to carry out, which audiences they target,

whether they design original educational material or use pre-

designed material, etc., are all let to the discretion o each team.

A set o Best Practices and suggestions or building a quality

and sustainable SIFE team can be ound in this handbook. The

SIFE program sta in each country is also available to meet teams

individually and can provide personal consultation to teams as

they organize and develop their educational outreach projects.

SIFE is an international non-proit organization that works with

leaders in business and higher education to mobilize university

students to make a dierence in their communities while

developing the skills to become socially responsible business

leaders. Participating students orm teams on their campus and

apply business concepts to develop outreach projects that improve

the quality o lie and standard o living or people in need. An

annual series o regional and national competitions provides

leaders serving as judges. National champion teams advance to

the prestigious SIFE World Cup. In addition to the community

ocus o the program, SIFEs leadership and career initiatives

create meaningul opportunities or learning and exchange among

the participants as well as the placement o students and alumni

with companies in search o emerging talent.


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2010-2011 Team Handbook | 9Membership Guidelines

Membership Guidelines

SIFE allows you to realize the potential

that you have to help others...that you can

really make a difference in this world.

SIFE Student


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10 | 2010-2011 Team Handbook Membership Guidelines


The ollowing guidelines govern the activity and communication by

SIFE teams, SIFE aculty advisors, SIFE students and any other

representatives o a SIFE team, while representing themselves as

oicial members o the SIFE network and while operating under

and with the use o the SIFE trademark.

EligibilitThe Board o Directors o each SIFE country, working within

parameters deined by the SIFE World Headquarters,

determines eligibility rules or individual institutions as well as

student and aculty participation.

The SIFE World Headquarters 501c (3) status as a non-proit

organization in the United States does not extend to individual SIFE

teams, nor are the teams allowed to use the SIFE World Headquarters

tax identiication number when receiving contributions.

IstitutiosEach individual institution may have only one SIFE team.

Additionally, branches o a college or university may each have their

own teams as long as they are located on dierent campuses. It

must be noted that individual SIFE country operations may have

additional membership criteria, which would be communicated to

teams where applicable. In these instances, each team must have a

dierent aculty advisor.

Some SIFE countries may require new teams to apply or

membership prior to being accepted as a member o the SIFE

Network. Please contact your Country Leader or Program Manager

to see i this process is applicable in your region.

Liability DisclaimerBy participating in the SIFE program or SIFE events, the

participating academic institutions, aculty advisors and team

participants acknowledge that SIFE is not responsible or

team projects, activities or events. Faculty advisors and team

participants will ollow the guidelines set orth in the SIFE Team

Handbook and their own institutional policies and regulations.

Travel to SIFE events is strictly at each participants own risk and

expense. SIFE shall not be liable or injury or loss o property

traveling to or during a SIFE event. Participating academic

institutions, aculty advisors and team participants agree to

release, ully discharge, indemniy and hold harmless SIFE, its

ailiates, oicers, directors or representatives, rom any and all

liabilities, losses, claims, judgments, damages (whether direct or

indirect, consequential, incidental or special), expenses and costs

(including reasonable ees and expenses o counsel) that they may

suer or incur by reason o participating in any way in the SIFE

program or at a SIFE event.

Facult AdvisorsIn order to be recognized by SIFE World Headquarters, each SIFE

team must have a aculty advisor. To qualiy as a aculty advisor,

candidates must be employed by the college or university they

represent. No restrictions are made as to the speciic nature o

the applicants role at the institution they represent. Each SIFEteam may have more than one aculty advisor. All aculty advisors

should be registered at www.sie.org or through the Active Team

Sheet (registration though the Active Team Sheet is a mandate or

all aculty advisors outside o the USA).


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StudetsAny person oicially enrolled as a graduate or undergraduate

student at a college or university, whether ull or part-time, is

eligible to participate in SIFE. Students may only serve on the

SIFE team o the university at which they are enrolled. Students

who attend classes on more than one campus, or students enrolled

in both a two-year and our-year program (or other) at the same

time, may participate on more than one team, but are only

permitted to represent one team at competition.

Each individual SIFE team has complete authority to establish

restrictions or qualiications or membership beyond those

outlined above. To be recognized as an oicial and active SIFE

student participant by SIFE World Headquarters, students must

have invested a minimum o 10 hours and registered onlineat www.sie.org or through the Active Team Sheet (registration

though the Active Team Sheet is a mandate or all students

outside o the USA).

AlumniTo be a member o the SIFE alumni network, an individual must

have been actively involved in SIFE while enrolled in a college or

university and must have graduated rom the college or university

at which they were an active member o the SIFE team. Upon

graduation, registered SIFE team members can join the SIFE

alumni network by changing status in their online SIFE accounts

rom student to alumnus or alumna.

Special Partnerships and OpportunitiesSIFE teams that are engaged in special partnerships and/or granted

opportunities to be involved in certain activities through the eorts

o the SIFE organization must adhere to the guidelines set orth in

the SIFE Team Special Partnership/Opportunity Agreement. Note

that special partnerships and opportunities include, but are not

limited to: eaturing teams and/or their projects in SIFE marketing

campaigns (including www.sie.org), internships, exchange

programs, scholarships, speaking engagements/presentations at

SIFE (or SIFE-ailiated) unctions/events, projects with or without

unding opportunities (e.g. research, national/international donor-

related, etc.), and more. To review the ull terms and conditions o

this agreement, please reer to the sample document included on

page 18 o this handbook.


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Code of ConductIn the SIFE organization, where borders between countries are

becoming increasingly transparent, principles adhered to by

SIFE network participants are becoming the necessary criteria

or building a good reputation in the international business

community. The ollowing principles are the basis on which

ongoing quality relationships are ormed and maintained. This

Code o Conduct should be applied in good aith, with reasonable

business judgment, to enable SIFE to achieve its mission within

the ramework o the laws o each participating country. It applies

to all individuals participating in the SIFE network in any capacity

(including, but not limited to, SIFE employees, SIFE student team

members, SIFE aculty advisors, judges at SIFE competitions,

alumni and members o the SIFE Board and Business Advisory

Boards). These individuals will be reerred to as network

participants within this Code o Conduct.

Key Beliefs Applicable to All ParticipantsSIFE expects all network participants to treat one another and

all people with dignity and constant respect. We will value the

dierences between diverse individuals rom around the world.

Abusive, harassing or oensive conduct is unacceptable, whether

verbal, physical or visual. This consideration would prohibit

any network participant at any time rom physically or verbally

abusing another person; rom speaking negatively about othernetwork members while representing themselves as an oicial

member o the network; rom using proane language or vulgar

gestures; rom demeaning or belittling another person or making

derogatory comments about his or her race, sex, religion, age,

disability, national origin or sexual orientation; and rom engaging

in conduct intended, or so reckless as to be likely to cause harm

to another.

SIFE expects all participants to demonstrate honesty and integrity

in their statements and actions. All SIFE participants shall adhere

to the ideals o honesty, airness and doing the right thing

without compromise, even when circumstances make it diicult.

When speaking to the news media and in other public statements

and settings, participants may be viewed as spokespersons or the

SIFE organization. They should conduct themselves with respect

and dignity, and they should not demean the organization or other

network participants. I, in the context o public statements and

settings, participants wish to speak as private individuals, they

shall make clear their intention to do so.

Network participants should display and use the SIFE logo only

in accordance with SIFEs Trademark Guidelines and in a manner

appropriate to SIFEs mission.

It is the personal responsibility o each individual working within

and through the network to observe high standards o business

and personal ethics in all dealings, whether inside or outside the

activities o the network.

SIFE seeks to be highly regarded around the world. We wish to

earn and preserve a good reputation by striving or excellence in

everything we do. As a participant in the SIFE network, your actions

are a relection o the SIFE worldwide organization at all times.

Any member o the network who believes another member has

acted in violation o this code should report the violation in

writing to the President and CEO at SIFE World Headquarters. Any

complaint not iled in this manner will be disregarded.


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Operating Under the SIFE TrademarkThe SIFE name is a trademark o the SIFE World Headquarters

and legally registered in each o the countries that operate a SIFE

national organization.

All oicially enrolled SIFE teams are authorized to use the

SIFE name and logo in association with their teams operational

activities and educational projects, within their home country, so

long as:

1. Those activities are consistent with SIFEs mission and oicial

code o conduct.

2. They never reproduce the SIFE name or logo without the

attachment o their own college or university name, and

3. They never alter, in any way, the oicial SIFE name and logo

and adhere to all other rules explained in the oicial SIFEbrand usage guidelines document.

Creating a Team LogoSIFE has developed an automated logo generator to help teams

easily create a logo that is consistent with the oicial SIFE brand

guidelines. The logo generator will allow you to produce both a

color and black and white version o the logo with your university

name listed below. A black and white example is shown below.

Using the Official SIFE Tag LineThe oicial tag line or SIFE is:

A head for business. A heart for the world.

This tag line is also an oicially registered trademark o the

SIFE World Headquarters and we are currently in development o

guidelines or usage o the tag line by SIFE teams. Please note

that the logo generator does not provide an option to include a tag

line with the logo.

Brad GuideliesThe SIFE brand usage guidelines reerenced above contain the

complete terms and conditions or use o the SIFE name and

logo by individual teams and countries. They deine the visual

and verbal elements that make up the SIFE brand includingexplanations, guidelines and examples o how to produce

proessional and correct SIFE-branded communications and

marketing materials.

To download and review the SIFE Brand Usage Guidelines, please

ollow these steps:

1. Go to sife.org

2. Log in using your User name and Password

3. On the let-hand menu, select SIFE Resources

4. Under SIFE Resources, select Brand Guidelines

5. Click on the Style Guidelink to review the Brand

Usage Guidelines

Reference to SIFEPlease reer to SIFE as a team, organization or program.

SIFE is not a club nor chapter.

UnIVERSITy nAME


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Operating Under the SIFE Trademark

Representation as Members

of the SIFE NetworkSIFE teams should be aware that unless they receive

express permission to do so, they are not authorized

to speak on behal o or otherwise represent any SIFE

national organization or the SIFE World Headquarters.

In communication within the SIFE network or to outside

interested constituencies, SIFE teams are expected to

make absolutely clear that they represent only the SIFE

team o their particular institution.

Operating Under the SIFE Trademark

Outside Your Home CountrySIFE teams are authorized to conduct educational outreach

projects using the SIFE trademark in their home countries. They

are also extended authorization to use the SIFE name and logo

while conducting educational outreach projects in countries

outside their home country that have oicially established SIFE

national organizations, so long as they:

1. Follow the same trademark guidelines outlined in this section.

2. Inorm their Country Leader or Program Manager via e-mail

o their intention to go abroad. There is no ormal registration

process, but teams should know that their Country Leader/

Program Manager is a resource and can provide guidance/

advice on appropriately conducting projects abroad. Teams

will also be required to report their international activities at

the end o the year on the SIFE Team Data Sheet.

Because o legal or organizational considerations, there may be

occasions when teams are asked to suspend the use o the SIFE

trademark while operating in one o these countries. In those

cases, the team would still be able to continue their educational

projects but would simply not be able to represent those activities

in the country as being conducted by an oicial member o the

SIFE network or to use the SIFE trademark.

SIFE teams are not authorized to use the SIFE trademark or

represent themselves as approved members o the SIFE network

in any county outside their home country that does not have an

oicially established SIFE national organization. Requests or

exceptions to this rule may be made to SIFE World Headquarters.

The license herein granted to SIFE aculty advisors, student

team members shall not be exclusive, and SIFE aculty advisors

and student team members hereby recognize that SIFE World

Headquarters may license the marks to other persons or individuals

now and in the uture. This license may be terminated at any

time and or any reason, including the violation o the terms and

conditions o participating in the SIFE organization. Any person

known to be using SIFEs trademarks while not ailiated with SIFE

or who is using these marks in violation o this document should be

reported to SIFE World Headquarters immediately.

A list o countries with oicial SIFE national organizations can be

ound at www.sie.org.


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Contacting Other Members of the Network

SIFE Board MembersMembers o the SIFE World Headquarters Board o Directors are

enthusiastic advocates or SIFE and contribute a great deal o their

personal time and energy on behal o the worldwide organization.

Based on their own schedule and resources, every Board Member

has communicated to the SIFE World Headquarters the manner in

which they believe they can best serve the organization as well as

protocols or how and/or i members o the network should direct

unsolicited communications to them. Please contact the SIFE

World Headquarters or these protocols.

Any SIFE team wishing to make contact with a SIFE World

Headquarters Board Member on behal o its team or membersmust adhere to these protocols, unless that Board Member

communicates other instructions to the team individually. This

restriction includes solicitations or employment, requests or the

board member to participate in an educational project or team

activity and sponsorship opportunities.

SIFE World Headquarters Board Members serve as the oicial

representative to SIFE o their organization. In addition to protocols

or communication to individual Board Members, each Board

Member has identiied similar protocols or contact by members o

the network to any individual or department o their organization.

SIFE teams are expected to review and adhere to these protocols

when making contact with any o these companies.

These same rules apply or contacting members o each SIFE

national organizations Board o Directors and their respective

organizations unless otherwise communicated to the network

members within that country. Contact the appropriate national

SIFE organization or each communication protocol.

SIFE StaffMembers o the SIFE World Headquarters sta and each

individual country organizations sta are dedicated to serving the

needs and interests o the networks members. In all countries,

there is a sta member assigned as the primary contact person o

each individual team and its members. This could be the Country

Leader or Program Manager. SIFE teams are strongly encouraged

to direct all communications to this person. I contact with other

sta members o that country or the SIFE World Headquarters is

necessary, the contact person will acilitate that communication.

SIFE TeamsOne o the beneits o SIFEs recent growth and global expansion

is the opportunity or networking and collaboration among members

o the network. SIFE teams are strongly encouraged to engage

in sharing and exchanges with other teams. However, the SIFE

World Headquarters and the leadership o each SIFE country

organization treat the privacy o their advisors and student members

very seriously. Inormation about SIFEs privacy policy can be ound

on the SIFE website. This contact inormation is the property o

each respective national SIFE organization and the SIFE World

Headquarters and will not be provided to other SIFE aculty

advisors or team members without permission.

SIFE teams who wish to make contact with other teams have the

opportunity or networking and introduction at SIFE competitions

and training events. See your Country Leader or Program Manager

or help in contacting other SIFE teams.


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Participation at SIFE EventsOicial SIFE events, including all regional/national competitions

and the SIFE World Cup, are not open to the public. An invitation

is required, even or members o the SIFE network, to attend

any oicial event. Invitations may only be extended by sta

members o the SIFE World Headquarters or an individual

national SIFE organization. Any guest registered by a SIFE team

is subject to approval by the SIFE country organization or SIFE

World Headquarters.

SIFE teams that wish to organize events in the same metropolitan

statistical area (MSA) at any time during or three days prior

to and ater an oicial event organized by the SIFE World

Headquarters or any national SIFE organization must adhere to

the ollowing guidelines:

TheSIFEteammaynotofferinvitationsforitsmeeting

to any oicial SIFE event attendee or group o attendees,

other than their own team members, during a time that

the attendee(s) has been invited to or is scheduled to

participate in any part o the oicial SIFE event.

MembersorconstituentsoftheSIFEteammaynotsolicit

inancial support rom any individual that is an oicial

guest o the SIFE World Headquarters or any national

SIFE organization.

TheSIFEteamwillnotifytheSIFEWorldHeadquartersor

national SIFE organization in advance o their meeting

plans and invitation list.

TheSIFEteamwillnotpromoteorrespondtoinquiries

rom any member o the media in the MSA (see above).

TheSIFEteamwillnotreportanydetailsofitsmeeting,activity,

project, etc., during any oicial SIFE competitive event.

Soliciting Network Memberships

from InstitutionsMuch o SIFEs growth in membership within colleges and

universities is directly attributed to the work o members oveteran SIFE teams in recruiting and then mentoring teams at new

institutions. SIFE World Headquarters thanks these teams and

challenges all members o the network to continue to identiy and

help recruit potential new members. As SIFE teams serve in this

capacity within their home countries, they should be aware o the

ollowing guidelines:

1. Teams are encouraged to coordinate their activities with the

sta o their national SIFE organization.

2. Teams are not authorized to actually extend membership to

any other institution. Prospective colleges and universities

must register/apply with their countrys national SIFE

organization, which based on that countrys speciic eligibility

rules, will then make a decision as to whether or not to

accept that application.

When attempting to discuss membership opportunities or assist

with the organization o a SIFE team at institutions outside its home

country, a SIFE team must irst receive approval to do so rom the

sta o that countrys SIFE national organization.

Unortunately, or many legal reasons, we cannot extend membership

in the SIFE network to institutions in countries that do not currently

have a national SIFE organization in place. It is perectly appropriate

or SIFE teams to conduct educational outreach projects in such

countries and to collaborate with college/university students rom

that country. However, as described under the previous Trademark

Section, they are not authorized to represent themselves as

members o the network or use the SIFE trademark.

Furthermore, i partnering with another college/university, they may

not in any manner promote SIFE network membership opportunities,

distribute oicial SIFE material or initiate organizational activities atthe institution. Any SIFE aculty advisor or student team member who

believes they have identiied prospective network member institutions

in such a country should contact the SIFE World Headquarters

International Department at [email protected].


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Working with Members of the MediaSIFE teams are strongly encouraged to seek coverage o their

educational outreach projects and team activities by local,

regional and national media outlets. They are urther encouraged

to reer to and to use the media tools and templates available

in team training materials, to include their institutions

administration in their eorts, and whenever needed, to seek the

advice and support o the SIFE sta.

The SIFE World Headquarters and each national SIFE organization

are also aggressively pursuing media opportunities. As SIFE World

Headquarters and national SIFE organizations build relationships

with the media to advance the mission o all SIFE teams around

the world, it is important that a consistent message is being

relayed. To avoid conlict, dilution or over-saturation o thatmessage, there will be occasions when SIFE World Headquarters

or the sta o a speciic national SIFE organization will need to

limit and/or control communication to a particular media outlet.

In accordance with the SIFE Trademark Guidelines, please be

sure to attach your teams name to any occurrence o the word

SIFE in all press releases and other documentation when

reerring to initiatives that are speciic to your team and not to

the overall SIFE organization.

ViolatiosAny SIFE team ound in violation o these Membership Guidelines

may be denied the opportunity to participate in SIFE competitive

events or a deined period o time, have its authorization to use

the SIFE trademark in any manner temporarily suspended, have

membership within the network permanently terminated, or be

subject to some other action as deemed appropriate by the

SIFE World Headquarters Board o Directors or the board o its

individual national SIFE organization.


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SIFE TEAM SPECIAL PARTNERSHIP/OPPORTUNITYTERMS & CONDITIONS AGREEMENT

The participating SIFE team hereby confirms that it has read, understood and agreed to the

following guidelines:

1. The SIFE organization has the right to select any team (or its student/faculty members) for a specialpartnership/opportunity without having to disclose the reason(s) for its selection. Special partnerships/opportunities include, but are not limited to: featuring teams and/or their projects in SIFE marketingcampaigns (including www.sife.org), internships, exchange programs, scholarships, speakingengagements/presentations at SIFE (or SIFE-affiliated) functions/events, projects with or withoutfunding opportunities (e.g. research, national/international donor-related, etc), and more.

2. The SIFE organization and/or its partners may use information, pictures or products from our teamand/or our projects in its reports and marketing materials/campaigns.

3. A special partnership/opportunity does not, in any way, imply that the SIFE organization is endorsing,

favoring and/or providing preferential treatment of our SIFE team or its projects over those of others.

4. Our SIFE team is not allowed to include information on this special partnership as part of our teamspresentation (typed or verbal) at any competitive event organized by the SIFE organization, withoutprior written permission from a SIFE Director-level (or above) staff representative. Should we chooseto present it at a non-competitive SIFE event, we must make it crystal clear that it is an initiative/opportunity offered by the SIFE organization and not the result of our efforts as a team.

5. This partnership/opportunity is not guaranteed and does not in any way affect (positively ornegatively) the evaluation and results at SIFE competitions.

6. To effectively execute on all expectations and truthfully disclose all information requested by the SIFEorganization in meeting the requirements and obligations of this special partnership/opportunity andto do so in a timely manner.

7. This special partnership/opportunity is coordinated by the SIFE organization which maintains full andunequivocal authority. The SIFE organization thereby reserves the right to change the terms of thispartnership/opportunity and/or revoke/terminate it for any reason and at anytime.

8. The SIFE organization may take appropriate disciplinary action(s) should any of the above terms andconditions be violated.

Special Partnership/Opportunity Description:_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Depending on the initiative/opportunity, this document may be slightly modified by the SIFEorganization to meet specific guidelines. Additional documentation and/or signatures maybe required. Please contact your Country Leader or Program Manager for more details.


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I think of SIFE like a ticket to your future.It doesnt give you everything you need, but

it gives you enough conidence and enough

resources to give you the courage to try things

that perhaps you would never try beore.

SIFE Alumni

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SIFE Competition

The following ideas serve as a guide to help SIFE teams and judges

better understand the framework and content of the criterion.

Judging Elements1. What are relevant economic, social and environmental

factors?

Thesethreefactorsareinreferencetothetriplebottom

line concept, (i.e. proits, people, planet) and are meant toillustrate that or a project or initiative to truly be eective and

sustainable it must make sense economically as well as socially

and environmentally

Dueconsiderationmustbegiventothethreefactoralthoughone

or more may have greater relevance in particular circumstances

Tothedegreethatanyofthethreefactorsarerelevanttoa

situation, they should be addressed in an integrated manner as

part o the project rather than as separate activities

2. How are people effectively empowered?

Byequippingthemwiththeknowledge,skillsand/or conidence to move rom dependency to sel-determination

and independence

Byinvolvingthemincollaborationandfocusingonlong-term

capacity building

3. Who are people in need?

Broadlyinterpretedtorepresentanypotentialgroupsolongasthey

are clearly lacking in the particular ocus area o the teams project

which is deemed to be signiicant and relevant to SIFEs mission

Audiencesarenotlimitedtosimplythepoor,disadvantaged,

marginalized in society, underprivileged, and/or

economically challenged

Akeyevaluationistheteamsabilitytoillustratetheneed(s)

o the target group(s) they worked with and why they chose to

address those needs

4. What is applying business and economic concepts and an

entrepreneurial approach?

Businessandeconomicconceptsisanintegratedpoint

clariying the broad range o activities that can be delivered as

project solutions, including all SIFE Topics rom the most recent

judging criteria and much more

Businessandeconomicconceptsshouldresultinthecreation

o economic opportunities through the application o a business

mindset to the project process, content and delivery

Entrepreneurialapproachspeakstothemannerinwhich

projects are developed and delivered, not necessarily a call to

create entrepreneurial ventures

Entrepreneurialapproachshouldresultinthedemonstration

ofcreativity,innovationandanentrepreneurialculturethrough

the SIFE teams eorts

5. What is considered quality of life and standard of living?

Quality o Lie - reers to non-material aspects: the social,

cultural and emotional circumstances o an individual or target

group

StandardofLiving-referstomaterialaspects:thephysical,

inancial and environmental circumstances o an individual or

target group

Improvementofstatusshouldbeillustratedthroughtheteams

achievement o outcomes (not just outputs, plans or aspirations)

that resulted in beneit or betterment o the target group(s)

SIFE Mission:

To bring together the top leaders o today and tomorrowto create a better, more sustainable world through the

positive power o business.

SIFE Judging Criterion:Considering the relevant economic, social and envi-

ronmental actors, which SIFE team most eectively

empowered people in need by applying business and

economic concepts and an entrepreneurial approach to

improve their quality o lie and standard o living?

Understanding the SIFE Criterion


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Competition Format & Rules

Madator ReportsIt is important or teams to understand the rules and prerequisites or

participating at a SIFE competitive event. Each competing team isrequired to submit the ollowing 4 reports in order to compete:

AnnualReport

ProjectVerificationForm(seesampleonpage26)

TeamDataSheet(seesampleonpages28)

ActiveTeamSheet(seesampleonpage29)note that this

report is applicable to ALL teams except SIFE USA teams

Only Active Team and Team Data Sheets are mandatory

online submissions (exceptions must be pre-approved by the SIFE

national organization).

Aual Report This mandatory report must be typed in a legible

ont-size and should provide an overview o the teams eorts,

results and achievements. It may also include inormation on uture

plans or growth and expansion. Annual Reports are limited to the

dimensions noted below, but can be bound or olded in any manner:

1. Four single sheets o 8 X 11 or A4 size paper with

print only on one side o each sheet.

2. Two single sheets o 8 X 11 or A4 size paper with

print on both sides o each sheet.

3. One sheet o 11 X 17 or A3 size paper with print

on both sides.

I a team uses a cover or back page, it will count as one o

those pages. Teams should not use olders, report covers, etc.

in conjunction with their Annual Reports. Annual Reports are

distributed to the judges during the set-up period as outlined in the

Live Presentation section o this handbook. Teams will be notiied

in advance o the number o Annual Reports they are required to

bring to regional, national and SIFE World Cup competitions. For

samples o Annual Reports please visit www.sie.org.

Project Verification Form Every team must request that their aculty

advisor, one student and one administrator (e.g. dean, department chair

or institution president) review their Annual Report and sign the Project

VerificationForm.Ifateamsfacultyadvisorisalsoanadministrator,the

formmustbesignedbyanotheradministrator.TheProjectVerification

Form is to be submitted only once per year and serves as an internal

audit o projects and activities at all levels o SIFE competition: regional,

national, continental and at the SIFE World Cup.

Team Data Sheet This report provides key inormation on the teamand its activities in the SIFE program year. Although the inormation

submitted is used by SIFE World Headquarters and will not be

shared with judges as part o the evaluation at any competitive event

it must be completed and submitted online by each active SIFE team

prior to competing at a regional/national competition.

Active Team Sheet Every active team (with the exception o SIFEUSA teams) must submit this orm prior to the regional/national

competition. This report must be illed out thoroughly and must

contain the names o all Faculty Advisors and active students.

Additioal MaterialsNo documentation, materials, gits or other handouts may be

given to any judges beore the champion team is oiciallyannounced with the exceptions o the teams Annual Report and a

Team Bio, which provides a brie biography o each team member

or possible recruiting purposes. These team Bios should be ive

single sheets o 8 X 11 or A4 size paper with print on both

sides o each sheet OR ten single sheets o 8 X 11 or A4

size paper with print on only one side o each sheet. The team

bios may not be placed inside the annual reports. They must be

distributed to judges as a separate document.

Teams are permitted to showcase, rom the stage, project-related

materials to judges so long as they are not considered oensive or

would cause any sort o controversy.

Pre-Screening ProcessAll competing teams will be required to pass through a pre-screening

process beore being cleared or registration. The pre-screening will

include a review o their Annual Report, Team Bio and any project-

related materials the team wishes to showcase, as well as conirming

that all mandatory reports have been submitted accurately.

Special Partnerships and OpportunitiesTeams who have been engaged in special partnerships or

opportunities through SIFE World Headquarters and/or any o its

country oices should ensure that they adhere to the agreement

related to such initiatives. Please reer to page 11 o this handbook

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ViolatiosI a team does not accurately submit any o its mandatory reports,

it will be subject to the ollowing process and penalty:

1. The team will have an opportunity to compete so long as it

rectiies the problem prior to its scheduled presentation time

(i.e.,secureappropriatesignaturesontheProjectVerification

Form, complete the Team Data Sheet, etc.).

2. I the issue is not rectiied, the team will be permitted to

participate in the event and deliver its presentation to the

judges; however, it will not be scored nor will the team qualiy

or any awards.

Also note that i a team presents or displays any inappropriate oroensive material, it will be subject to automatic disqualiication.

Live PresentationEach competing team will have a 37-minute time block or its live

presentation. The League Coordinator will keep the oicial time.

Ater the League Coordinator has ormally introduced the team, the

time will be precisely divided as ollows:

1. Set-up: 7 Minutes

The team will have a maximum o seven minutes to

distribute written Annual Reports or judges to review prior to

its presentation and to set up presentation equipment (start

computers, power-up projectors, check lighting and sound,

etc.). Remember: once the team has tested the equipment,

projector lenses must be covered, no images or text are

allowed to be projected and no music or sound eects

are allowed to be generated or the remainder o the set-up

period. Anyone, including aculty, may assist with the set-up

or operation o audio-visual equipment; however, only student

members may participate in the presentation and take questions

rom the judges.

2. Live Presentation: 24 Minutes

The team will have a maximum o 24 minutes to give its

actual presentation.

3. Judges Question and Answer Period: 5 Minutes

There will be a mandatory ive-minute question and

answer session or the judges. During this time, projectorlenses should be covered, no images or text should be

displayed and no music or sound eects should be generated

Please note that any time remaining rom the 24-minute live

presentation will be added to the mandatory question and

answer session.

4. Exit: 1 Minute

The team will have one minute to return the presentation area

to the original set-up and to leave the presentation area/stage.

SIFE presentation time blocks are uniorm globally; however, the

only exception applies to the Final Round o competition at the

SIFE World Cup and at any SIFE National Competition that has

a Final Round level. For these segments, there will be no timed

set-up period. Final Round competing teams will be given a

reasonable amount o time to set-up and test their audio-visual

equipment and will receive assistance rom SIFEs technical/

production crew, especially where some o the equipment being

used is provided by SIFE. Ater these have been successully

tested, the team will be introduced and then given 7-minutes

to distribute its Annual Reports to the judges. The remaining

segments o the Live Presentation or the Final Round will alignwith the time block outlined above. Teams are strongly encouraged

to have their presentation on a jump drive or CD as back-up in

case data transer becomes necessary.

No team may set up any equipment in the presentation room

before being formally introduced. All equipment must be self-

powered or use electrical outlets inside the competition room.

Live Presentation Time Breakdown:7-Minute Set-Up Period

24-Minute Live Presentation

5-Minute Question & Answer Session

1-Minute Exit Period

Team Audit:

SIFE World Headquarters and/or its national oices reserve

the right to audit the projects and activities o any and all

SIFE teams. Beginning 2010, all national champion teams

will be audited prior to attending the SIFE World Cup. Please

contact your Country Leader and/or Program Manager or

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Understanding the Judging ProcessSIFE believes that the more knowledge teams have o their

assessment process, the better-prepared and successul they can

be. In an eort to provide insight on this, the ollowing illustrates

an outline o SIFEs judging process at all competitions:

1. Judges are taken through an in-depth orientation process,

during which they are introduced to SIFEs overall program

and trained on how to best evaluate the competing teams

in-line with the judging criterion. The judge orientation video

used as part o this process can be viewed at www.sie.org.

Please contact your Country Leader or Program Manager

or its location on the SIFE website. Faculty Advisors are

welcome to attend the judge orientation session as observers.

2. Each judge agrees to the Judges Oath, committing to

providing air and quality assessments o the teams overall

programs (see page 30 or a copy o the Judges Oath).

3. During each presentation, judges will assess the quality and

sustainability o the SIFE teams initiatives and its impact

in relation to the SIFE criterion, using the Individual Team

Evaluation (ITE) Form to take notes and select assessment

ratings. The ITE orm is used as the key assessment tool

during presentations and also serves as the primary orm o

eedback to teams on their perormance (see page 31-32 or

a sample o the ITE Form).

4. Judges use the Cumulative Evaluation Form (CEF) to actually

assess teams which then serve as the guide and key deciding

actor in making their inal decisions on rankings (see page

33 or a sample o the CEF).

5. One or more veteran judges serve as the League Coordinator

and acilitate the competition process in the room, ensuring

that the team presentations begin on time and that all judges

are on-track and present or all the presentations (in order or

their votes to count during the scoring process).

6. At the conclusion o the last presentation, judges then cast

their votes based on their rankings on the Cumulative EvaluationForm or competing teams. Individual votes per team and per

placement are then counted and mathematically tabulated to

arrive at the winning teams. This tabulation process is annually

audited and monitored by KPMG.

Level of ImpactJudges use the Level o Impact descriptions (listed below) as a

tool in making better assessment o the teams programs through

the ITE Form. Please note that the Level o Impact selection is

not mandated by SIFE nor is it part o the criterion. It is simply

a resource and guide. Though we expect judges to evaluate

teams based on the options selected rom the assessment o the

Individual Team Evaluation Form, do note that their inal ranking

is ultimately their decision to make.

Insufficient (equivalent to low impact): Project(s) activities

satisactorily completed, but had little eect on changing or

improving lives

Good (equivalent to medium impact): Project(s) gave criterion/

issue public attention, gained support and participation o key

stakeholders; endorsements/testimonials set orth

Ver Good (equivalent to high impact): Project(s) advocated

the passage o signiicant, sustainable change in target

audience, attention/support around project clearly advanced, key

stakeholders strongly inluenced

Excellent (equivalent to exceptional impact): Project(s) clearly

provided evidence o systematic/habitual, long-term change that

has signiicantly improved lives o target audience members, has

proven sustainable or multiple years, and has urther solidiied

commitments rom key stakeholders

Note: Each level is contingent upon meeting requirements

described in prior level

Important NotesThevotingandscoringprocessisaclosedsessionopenonly

to judges and led by the trained League Coordinator(s) and/or

SIFE sta members.

Judgesarenotpermittedtoconsultwithoneanotheror

inluence the votes o others. Neither are they permitted to hold

discussions or consult with SIFE sta.

Althoughteamswillbeassessedandevaluatedontheir

programs and not presentations, SIFE does permit judges to

oer eedback on Annual Reports and audio-visual presentations

However, no assessment is awarded or the latter.

AllvotingresultsarereviewedandverifiedbySIFEstaffwhouse

anofficialscoringprocessandScoreVerificationGridprovided

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Reporting ProjectsThe ollowing are simple guidelines to be used when evaluating

the impact o educational outreach projects. I a team develops a

lesson plan or young children and presents it to eight classes,

they have not completed eight projects. They have presented one

project eight times.

Example or counting hours o involvement: John and Maria each

worked ten hours on Project X (a total o 20 hours o student

involvement). Tom worked eight hours and Jane worked six hours

on the same project (a total o 14 hours o student involvement).

Total hours o student involvement on Project X is 34 hours. This

team would report a total o 4 students involved and 34 hours ostudent involvement or Project X.

SIFE encourages all teams to be clear in explaining

the teams role in each activity in the annual report

and presentation.

Media VisibilitThe ollowing language should be used by SIFE teams to

report media visibility:

Reach

For broadcast media, reach is the estimated number o

unduplicated or dierent households or persons who viewed a

speciic station at least once or ive minutes during the average

week or the reported period o time. For print media, this is

number o people who read the publication.

Frequec

The average number o times the unduplicated viewers (or

readers) will be exposed to the schedule o spots.

Gross Impressions

The average number o persons who view (or read) at the

time the spot is run, multiplied by the number o times

the spot or program is run.

(Reach x Frequency = Gross Impressions)

Student and Team Registration

RequirementAny student who attends a SIFE competition at any level must

be a registered student through the online registration processavailable at www.SIFE.org or through the Active Team Sheet (the

latter is or all teams outside o the USA). Please also note that

some countries have an application and registration process or

their competitive events. It is the teams responsibility to contact

their Country Leader or Program Manager or clariication on this

additional process i it is applicable in the country.

Room Set-Up and EquipmentSIFE will provide the ollowing equipment in each presentation room

1. One eight-oot or larger screen

2. One extension cord

SIFE is not required to provide other equipment o any kind, such

ascomputers,slideprojectors,monitors,TVs,DVDplayers,carts,

tables, etc. It is the sole responsibility o each team to secure the

use o any other equipment.

In the event that the SIFE organization provides equipment (e.g.

projector, laptop, sound ampliier, etc.) or teams to use during their

presentations, the use o such equipment is strictly optional. Should

there be any technical issues/ailures, the SIFE organization will not

be responsible or its eect on the presentation, competition outcome

or any costs that may be incurred as a result o damaged equipment.

The SIFE team bears ull responsibility and is thereore encouraged to

provide and use its own equipment.

Details about the speciic room set-up, plus any event-speciic

guidelines or restrictions related to your countrys regional/nationa

competition as well as the SIFE World Cup will be provided in

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Equipment FailureI a teams presentation equipment ceases to operate because o

a power ailure in the competition acility, the competition will be

halted until the problem is corrected. I the electronic equipment

the team brings into the competition room ails, the time will

continue to count down rom the presentation time block.

Competition Room AccessCompetition rooms are open to all registered attendees. SIFE

teams and visitors are invited to watch other teams present, but

they are asked to enter and leave rooms only during the set-up

period and breaks. No one (except members o media and SIFE

sta) may exit the room during the presentations or Question andAnswer period. The area behind the judges is considered public

domain. Doors to the competition room must remain unlocked and

clear at all times to provide access to SIFE sta.

Video/Copying PolicyBy participating in any SIFE-sponsored event, each team grants

SIFE World Headquarters the right and permission to document

and publicize or otherwise utilize its Annual Report, audio-visual

presentation and outreach projects or illustration, advertising,

training or any other lawul purpose.

SIFE teams may record the presentations o other teams at

SIFE competitions under the ollowing conditions:

1. No lights are to interere with or inhibit the presenting team.

2. The team videotaping should be courteous and cause the

least amount o distraction possible to the presenting team,

including no rewinding or ast orwarding o tapes or making

any other distracting noises during the presentation.

3. Set-up must be behind judge and audience seating.

4. No video ootages and photos taken at SIFE events should

be used inappropriately. Teams may treat these as resources

so long as they are used with respect or the people being

videotaped and photographed.

Media PolicyThe oicial SIFE photographer and videographer and members

o the mass media approved by SIFE have ull access to all

presentation rooms at any time. This includes the use o lights

and necessary equipment. All teams should be prepared or the

possibility o members o the media taping or taking pictures o

their presentations.

MisbehaviorBehavior that is inconsistent with the SIFE Code o Conduct and

deames the proile o a SIFE student and as a result, the SIFE

organization, is unacceptable. Each national SIFE organization

reserves the right to determine what unacceptable behavior is,

but it should be noted that this includes, but is not limited to:

use o oul language, physical battery, intoxication, harassment,deaming other teams/judges/attendees/hotel sta, tampering

with and/or destruction o venue or SIFE property, etc. The

student and/or team involved in such negative activities may

be disqualiied/suspended/expelled rom participation at that

particular event and/or the overall SIFE program. The SIFE

national oice will determine the speciic penalty or each action

on a case-by-case basis, and an oicial letter may be sent to the

institutional administrator(s), notiying them o the incident and

requesting their assistance in ensuring that it does not reoccur.

ObserversUpon approval rom the organization, non-competing SIFE teams

are invited to attend any SIFE Regional Competition, SIFE National

Competition and the SIFE World Cup as observers. Registration

is required. Please contact your Country Leader or Program

Manager or inormation on how to register.

By attending SIFE events, attendees consent and grant SIFE the right to film,

video, record, or photograph him/her during the course of the event. Attendees

grant permission to SIFE and its agents, employees and affiliated organizations,

to use the media taken of me for use in SIFE publications such as recruiting

brochures, newsletters, and magazines, and to use such media in electronic

versions on web sites or other electronic form or media, and to offer them for

use or distribution in other non-SIFE publications, electronic or otherwise,

without notifying me. Attendees hereby waive any right to inspect or approve

the finished photographs or printed or electronic matter that may be used in

conjunction with them now or in the future, whether that use is known to me

or unknown, and attendees waive any right to royalties or other compensation

arising from or related to the use of the media. Membership in SIFE means that

you are giving permission for your information to be used and communicated

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SIFE Team Data Sheet Term Definitions

Question 1: Number of Projects

This number is the total projects your SIFE team completed in

the program year ending 2011. For purposes o this data sheet,

a project can be considered as a single measurable educational/

empowerment initiative targeted at a speciic audience even i

that initiative orms part o a bigger program.

Question 2: SIFE Course

Some institutions oer SIFE as a course. These courses are

ormatted in various ways - oten times, with a ocus in one o the

ollowing areas; entrepreneurship, leadership development, project

management, community development, etc. Although this is not a

mandate or ensuring success o the SIFE team, SIFE Worldwideis interested in gathering this inormation.

Question 3: Hours of Team Involvement

This number is the total hours your team spent impacting others

through your educational outreach projects. This number includes time

spent directly and indirectly including but not limited to meetings,

planning, project-related travel, media activities, report writing, SIFE

events. Do not include time spent by non-SIFE team members.

Question 4: Number of People Directly Impacted

This is the total number o individuals that were directbeneiciaries o your teams community outreach projects. This

number should only include those outreach projects that it

the judging criterion. It should not include estimates o people

impacted indirectly as a result o the wider ripple eect o your

activities (i.e. team undraising, team recruiting, etc.).

Question 5: Number of People Indirectly Impacted

This is the total number o individuals that were indirect

beneiciaries o your teams community outreach projects. This

must be based on those outreach projects that meet the judging

criterion and should relect the number o people impacted

indirectly as a result o the wider ripple eect o your activities. In

this section, you may include media outreach.

Question 6: Number of Business Advisory Board (BAB) Members

Most SIFE teams organize a committee o select individuals that

oer support to the team throughout the year. The support can

be deined in various ways; inancial support, project expertise

and participation, and advice/guidance in all other areas. This

committee, oten known as a Business Advisory Board (BAB),

is usually comprised o select supporters o the team rom

their business community as well as institutional/university

administrators. I your team has a BAB, please list here the total

number o individuals that are oicial members o your BAB. Your

Faculty Advisor(s) should not be counted as BAB members.

Question 7: Partnerships/Collaborations

I your team has partnered with any o the organizations listed or

collaborated with another SIFE team or organizations that ocus

on Micro Finance, please place an X in the appropriate ield.

You may mark more than one, i applicable. SIFE would like

to track its worldwide involvement with these speciic

entities/initiatives.

Question 8: Working Outside Your Home Country

Please list any and all countries, other than yours, where your

team has conducted educational outreach projects. Also, please

note that all projects abroad must be reported to your SIFE

organization beore inal execution.

Question 9: Revenue Sources

Place an X next to the appropriate revenue source(s) o your

team. Please also note the amount o unds received (convert into

US Dollars) in the ields next to each source.

Question 10: Online Presence

Please indicate here i your team is using any o the social sites

listed in its project and/or operational endeavors.

Question 11: Official Team Website

I your team has an oicial website address that is unctional and

active at the time o completing this orm, please share the link

with us. You may include all websites related to your SIFE team,

including speciic project-ocused sites. Do not include sites o

your partner organizations, university (except i link is to a speciic

page dedicated to your team), or any other sites which only

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SAMPLE ONLY FOR SIFE INTERNATIONAL TEAMS: PLEASE COMPLETE ONLINE AT WWW.SIFE.ORG/SIFEFORMS

SIFE

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PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS INFORMATION IS FOR USE BY THE SIFE ORGANIZATION ONLY. THE INFORMATION

PROVIDEDWILLNOTBEDISTRIBUTEDTOTHEJUDGESATANYSIFECOMPETITION.

Country: ____________________________________________________________________________________________

Academic Institution: ____________________________________________________________________________________________

Completed By (Name): ____________________________________________________________________________________________

Position: _____ Advisor Student

1. Number o projects completed this academic year:

2. Please indicate whether or not your institution oers SIFE as a course or credit: Yes No

3. Approximate hours o team involvement this academic year:

4. Approximate number o people directl impacted this academic year:

5. Approximate number o people indirectly impacted this academic year:

6. Number o people on your teams Business Advisory Board (BAB):

7. Has your team partnered/collaborated with any o the ollowing organizations or organizations addressing any o the ollowing issues:

Junior Achievement Rotary International

AIESEC Micro Finance

Chamber o Commerce Another SIFE Team

8. List any countries, other than yours, which your team has worked in this academic year:

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

9. Select your SIFE teams source(s) o revenue (indicate total amount in US$):

Institutional Support $ _______________________

Business Advisory Board (BAB) $ _______________________

Non-BAB Donations $ _______________________

Team Entrepreneurial Activities $ _______________________

Other $ _______________________

10. Does your team actively promote its online presence through any o the ollowing sites:

Facebook Yahoo Groups

MySpace Other

Twitter

11. Indicate your teams active web site address i one exists: ________________________________________________________________

I verify the information on this form is correct to the best of my knowledge. Should it be presented in the teams Annual Report or at a

SIFE competition, all information will remain consistent.

Signature o Person Completing Form: ____________________________________________ Date: _________________________________

Submission of this form is mandatory to compete.


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Active Team Sheet

Name o Institution: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

Name o Person Submitting Form: ________________________________________________ Date: _________________________________

SIFEstudentsmustmeetthefollowingcriteriainordertobeofciallyconsideredACTIVE:1)Investedaminimumof10hoursinteam

projects and/or operations/activities at any point in the program year [This involves time spent directly and indirectly including

but not limited to meetings, project-related travel, media dealings, report writing, competition preparation, and SIFE events] and

2) Registered on the Active Team Sheet.

Submission of this form is mandatory for your team to compete.

Page ____ o ____

Faculty Advisor Name(please list all FAs)

Primary FA orCo-Advisor

Title

Gender

PhoneNumber

E-mail

1

2

34

5

StudentName

Academic Year(e.g. 1st year, 2nd year, etc.)

Field oStudy

Gender

GraduationDate

E-mail

1

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5

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On my honor, I agree to serve today

as an ocial judge o a SIFE competition

in a completely air and impartial manner.

I personally commit to this responsibility

with no previous conficts o interest

or pre-determined expectations

or the outcome o the competition.

I will make my evaluations based entirely

on the teams presentations and Annual Reports

using only the judging criterion provided to me.

And I will make my judging decisions independently,

with integrity, and without regard as to the institutions,

communities or countries represented by these teams.

Judges Oath


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SIFE Competition

Competition Information

Regional and National CompetitionsIn many countries, there are several regional competitions held

in various locations throughout the country. In such cases,

the Regional Champion then advances to the SIFE National

Competitions in their country. National Competitions are held

annually, typically during the months o April to July.

SIFE World CupThe National Champion rom each country will be invited to

compete at the SIFE World Cup. This competition allows teams to

share best practice examples rom across the globe and ultimately

determine who is judged to be doing the best job in creating

economic opportunity. The winning team will be named the SIFEWorld Cup Champion.

The event is a spectacular exhibit that highlights the rich diversity

o languages, cultures and ethnicities represented within SIFE and

gives all in attendance a unique opportunity or cultural exchange

and understanding.

Only SIFE National Champion teams will be invited to compete,

but all SIFE teams may observe with prior approval. Registration

is required.

ExpensesAll expenses, with the exception o any meals provided to the

competing teams, are the responsibility o the individual SIFE

team. Teams should contact their Country Leader or Program

Manager or more inormation.

RegistratioTo register or the SIFE World Cup, please contact your

Country Leader or Program Manager.

Dates & Location

SIFE World Cup 2010

10-12 October 2010

Los Angeles, Caliornia, USA

SIFE World Cup 2011

3-5 October 2011

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


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The SIFE Team

For me it is such an amazing privilegeto work with such passionate and

committed young people and to see them

go above and beyond, ind their calling,

ind their voice, and share their values ina way that everyone really beneits rom.

This is SIFE. SIFE Faculty Advisor

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The SIFE Team

There are ew rules governing individual SIFE team activities.

This lexibility allows each team to structure itsel and design

educational outreach programs that best it the needs o its

members, its institutions aculty and administrators, and the

community it serves. Individual SIFE teams have completediscretion to adopt policies or procedures or their own

operation beyond those outlined in the SIFE Team Handbook.

This reedom oten leads team members to ask, What is the best

way to operate our SIFE team? There are many correct answers

to that question. Teams have been successul using a variety o

models. This handbook is an attempt to assemble a set o best

practices or strategies or developing SIFE on your campus. Please

note that the program ideas provided in this manual represents only

suggestions, not rules. Every SIFE team is welcome to incorporate

as many or as ew o these recommendations as they choose.

The ollowing sections have been divided into our separate

areas, representing the signiicant activities required to create an

excellent SIFE team:

1. Developing a Mission Statement, Goals and Objectives

2. Educational Outreach Projects

3. Building a Sustainable Program

4. Preparing or Competition

The ollowing page provides a visual representation o these

activities. We suggest customizing this document to relect your

teams organizational details and distributing a copy to each o

your members.

Competition Judging Criterion ExplanationJust as the SIFE organization has continuously evolved over

the past 35 years, so has the competition judging criteria. This

most recent change, as was the case with past revisions to the

criteria, is not intended to be a radical departure rom the present

or cause teams to completely start over. Although noticeably

dierent in orm, we believe that substantively this criterion

provides teams the opportunity to build upon their past successes

while enhancing the relevance and impact to their uture projects.

The most signiicant dierence in the new criterion is the shit

rom a ocus on speciic topics to a more broad-based ocus on

approach, i.e., applying business and economic concepts and an

entrepreneurial approach along with a much greater emphasis on

outcome. i.e., improve the quality o lie and standard o living.

This shit does not mean that the current topics o projects done to

ulill them are no longer applicable or wont necessarily it with the

new criterion.

The revised criterion is simply more case-oriented. It shits the

emphasis rom individual subject matter to purpose, more clearly

deining a unique space or SIFE and accentuating our core belie

that business can be used to make the world a better place. This

provides a clear mandate or teams while actually enhancing our

programmatic approach o providing them the creative reedom

and lexibility to determine how best to achieve that mandate

and what speciic subjects to address under the umbrella o a

common purpose based on the interests o their students, theacademic objectives o their university and the unique needs o thei

community. It also encourages teams to continually ocus on not jus

what topic theyre addressing but what outcome theyre achieving

challenging them to continually increase the quality and impact

o their projects.

The new criterion also balances outcomes with the importance o

the method, i.e., empowering people in need. Again, building

on the long-standing belie within SIFE that the best way to

help people in the long run is to equip them with knowledge and

skills to help themselves.

Finally, and perhaps the newest idea relected in the criterion,

is the recognition that or solutions to be truly sustainable

they must make sense economically and socially as well as

environmentally. Teams will be asked to consider all three

elements and, whenever possible, to take an integrated approach

to addressing them through their projects.

The ollowing resources and tools can be ound at www.

SIFE.org and are available ree o charge to assist in the

organization and management o your SIFE team:

DownloadableSIFETeamHandbook

Customizablemarketingmaterialtemplates

Pressreleasetemplates

Teammanagementforms

SIFETeamToolkit/BestPracticeGuides


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SIFE Team Index Scale Descriptions

Team AssessmentAt the conclusion o each SIFE program year, the national SIFE

organizations conduct a ull assessment and evaluation o theSIFE teams within their respective countries. The assessment

tool used to evaluate each team is the SIFE Team Index. This

tool mainly awards points to teams based on the depth o the

quality o their educational programs, their success within

the SIFE program, as well as several long-term sustainability

elements. Over the years, the SIFE Team Index has become

a key tool in helping SIFE sta assess the strengths and

weaknesses o the teams and in response, build strategies to

ensure their growth and success. Though SIFE Headquarters

may use the individual team index scores to determine national

and worldwide scores, the primary objective o this tool is to

evaluate in-country perormance o teams based on which

appropriate measures will be taken to improve quality and

sustainability, thereby aecting the score positively. A sample

o the SIFE Team Index Scale Descriptions is available below

and on the ollowing page or reerence.

SIFE Team Index Scale DescriptionsEach point value listed below is awarded based on having met

the actor or not met the actor. In other words, teams either

receive the entire point or receive no score there are no partial

points given. All conditions or each item must be ully met or

the team to receive the corresponding point. Please remember

that though SIFE Headquarters may use the individual Team

Index Scores to determine national and worldwide sources,

the primary objective o this tool is to evaluate in-country

perormance o teams based on which appropriate measures will

be taken to improve their quality and sustainability.

1. Institutional Support: Quality Faculty Advisor

FacultyAdvisormeetsallqualificationsandisofficially

recognized by the SIFE country operation [1 point]

FacultyAdvisorismotivatedandinvolvedwithoneof

the ollowing: team operations, team projects,

sustainability elements, or meetings/events [1 point]

FacultyAdvisorismotivatedandinvolvedwithtwoor

more o the ollowing: team operations, team projects,

sustainability elements, or meetings/events [1 point]

FacultyAdvisoreffectivelyandtimelycommunicates

with the SIFE oice including response to inquiries and

submission o reports [1 point]

FacultyAdvisorhasplayedakeyroleininstitutionalizing

the SIFE program [1 point]

2. Institutional Support: Quality Administrative Support

AdministrationisawareofSIFEandthinksitsagood

idea [1 point]

Administrationoffersencouragementtotheteamand

also participates in their projects and/or attends SIFE

events [1 point]

Administrationhasarepresentativeservingontheteams

Business Advisory Board [1 point]

Administrationoffersfinancialassistance(including

meaningul in-kind contributions) [1 point]

AdministrationtakesownershipofSIFEconsideringitan

integral part o the institution [1 point]

3. Student Leaders/Success

Teammembershipcomprisesatleast10active

students [1 point]

Teamhasclearlystructureditsleadershippositionswith

well-deined roles, responsibilities and accountabilities to

its membership [1 point]

Teamhasseveralstrongstudentleadersthathavedone

one or both o the ollowing: built enthusiasm or SIFE

on campus and/or developed a realistic succession plan

to ensure the sustainability o their team [1 point]

Studentsreadilyparticipateinortakeadvantageofnon-

competitive SIFE proessional development opportunities

(example: career access initiatives, special initiatives, Top

to Future Top Forum, Women In Business Top to Future

Top Forum, etc.) [1 point]

Studentslikelyidentifiedasmostadvancedinpersonal

and proessional development, making them among the

irst recommended by SIFE Oice or career opportunities

and special incentives or projects available to top

perorming teams and students [1 point]

4. Program: Overall Projects

Projectsconsideredtherelevanteconomic,socialand

environmental actors [1 point]

Projectseffectivelyempoweredtargetaudiences[1point]

Projectstargetedpeopleinneed[1point]

Projectsappliedbusinessandeconomicconceptsa

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