Anderson University Students in Free Enterprise
: Community Partnerships & Business Advisory Board

Contact: Kelly Kaiser, VP of Sustainability 2008-09

Building a link between the local business community in Anderson and AU SIFE is a key component and contributer to our success.

The Role of the BAB
Each SIFE team across the world is encouraged to develop a business advisory board (BAB). Business Advisory Board members can provide resources that will help create sustainability within our team by serving in the following capacities:

• Providing guidance and mentorship
• Introducing you to other business leaders in the community
• Suggesting project ideas
• Providing access to needed resources
• Funding opportunities
• Giving feedback on projects and your presentation |

The Business Advisory Board (BAB) is a group of business people that are recruited to serve as mentors for our team. BAB members can keep SIFE students informed of current business concerns and trends, provide financial or in-kind assistance for projects, critique annual reports and presentations, and provide networking opportunities. SIFE is not meant to be time consuming for our business professionals, periodical meetings are held two to three times a year. Business leaders from the local community with various backgrounds are excellent advisory resources for SIFE.

2008-09 BAB Member Expectations

1) Attend our Connect 2 Seminar in the fall and Presentation Practice & Breakfast in the spring.
2) Participate as a judge for our Consulting Showcase in the spring.
3) Sponsor at least one chicken in our Give-A-Chicken project (www.giveachicken.com).
4) Select at least one item from the Individual Opportunities list below.

Individual Opportunities
1. Mentor a project manager.
2. Be an advisor to a project or Consulting Services team.
3. Provide an opportunity for AU SIFE to earn publicity in the news.
4. Assist our program in obtaining a grant or funding.
5. Match a resource of your company with the needs of AU SIFE.
6. Financially support our program by selecting an option off of our Financial Needs List.

*Should a BAB member not be able to fulfill items one or two, the alternative would be to select items off the Individual Opportunities list to replace the unmet requirements.

BAB Events Calendar:
1) Welcome Back Meeting – September 23, 2008 – 6:45 a.m. – Patterson Room
2) Connect 2 Dinner – December 2, 2008
3) Consulting Showcase – March 10, 2009
4) SIFE National Presentation Breakfast & Practice – April30, 2009 – Reardon Auditorium

Complete scheduling and details will continue to develop. This list might change before the year begins. Please check back to confirm the content of this page.

If you feel like the BAB is a right fit for you, and you are interesting in joining our BAB or would like more information, email Kelly Kaiser.

We greatly appreciate the support we have received from our Business Advisory Board members. Click here to view our list of members.