Anderson University Students in Free Enterprise
: Competition

Contact: Wyatt Bales, VP of Competition 2008-09

Regional Competition
March 24, 2009 - Cincinatti, OH
USA National Exposition
May 10-12, 2009 - Philidelphia, PA
World Cup
October 4-6, 2009 - Berlin, Germany

View our 2007-08 Annual Report:




Recent SIFE Competition History

Year*	Regionals	USA National Expo
2008	Champion	Opening Round - Did Not Place
2007	Champion	Opening Round - 1st Runner-Up (Top 40 in USA)
2006	Champion	Opening Round - 2nd Runner-Up (Top 60 in USA)
2005	Champion	Semi-Final Round - 2nd Runner-Up (Top 15 in USA)
2004	Champion	Opening Round - 1st Runner-Up (Top 40 in USA)
2003	Champion	Opening Round - Did Not Place
2002	Champion	Opening Round - Did Not Place
2001	1st Runner-Up	Did Not Attend
2000	Champion	Opening Round - Did Not Place
1999	Champion	Opening Round - Did Not Place
1998	Champion	Opening Round - Did Not Place
1997	Champion	Opening Round - Did Not Place
1996	1st Runner-Up	Did Not Attend
1995	Did Not Place	Did Not Attend
1994	2nd Runner-Up	Did Not Attend
1993	Champion	Opening Round - Did Not Place
1992	2nd Runner-Up	Did Not Attend
1991**	Did Not Place	Did Not Attend

*The year listed represents the spring semester of that school year (ex: 2008 is the results of the 2007-08 school year).
**The 1990-1991 year was the team's first year.

Individual Topic Competition Awards

Year	Award
2008	Top 20 Finalist - Sustainability
	Top 20 Finalist - Entrepreneurship
	Top 20 Finalist - Ethics
2007	Top 20 Finalist - Success Skills
	Top 20 Finalist - Sustainability
2006	Top 20 Finalist - Sustainability

What is Competition?
SIFE teams are invited to showcase the effect of their outreach projects at annual competitions judged by panels of business leaders. Teams share the impact made in their communities along five educational topics: market economics, success skills, entrepreneurship, financial literacy, and business ethics.

The competitive format consists of a written annual report and a live audio-visual presentation. At the United States competitions, teams are separated into two divisions, the two-year college division and the four-year university division. The teams are subsequently divided into leagues based on their performance in the previous year’s competition. First year teams are evenly distributed among the leagues.

In the United States, the competition process begins with the SIFE USA Regional Competitions. Every SIFE team is invited to attend the regional competition of its choice. Regional Champions then advance to the SIFE USA National Exposition hosted in a different city each year.

We believe, as in business, a healthy spirit of competition motivates the participants and leads to better results. In this spirit, SIFE Teams are invited to showcase the effect of their outreach projects at annual competitions judged by panels of business leaders. The competitions are challenging, team oriented events that strengthen the learning experience of the students, provide a forum for best practice sharing and important networking opportunities for everyone involved.

Teams compete at regional and national levels – with the competitive process culminating at the SIFE World Cup, where one team from each country comes together to share the impact made in their communities with a number of prestigious international business leaders.
[source: http://www.sife.org/usnational/index.asp]



Date & Location Information

2009 Regional Competition
Cincinnati, OH - March 24, 2009

2009 USA National Exposition
Philadelphia, PA - May 10-May 12, 2009

2009 World Cup
Berlin, Germany - October 4-6, 2009



SIFE Judging Criteria

How effectively did the SIFE team measure and demonstrate that it created economic opportunity by helping others:

Criterion 1
Understand how a market based economic system operates?

Criterion 2
Acquire the education and skills training needed to succeed in a dynamic, competitive global economy?

Criterion 3
Learn how to succeed as an entrepreneur and/or improve and existing business?

Criterion 4
Develop the personal financial management skills necessary to achieve financial independence?

Criterion 5 (New in 2008-09)
Make environmentally sustainable personal and business decisions?

Criterion 6
Understand that the long-term success and prosperity of a market economy, businesses and individuals are dependent on ethical business practices?

Criterion 7
How successfully did the team develop and execute a strategy to ensure the long-term sustainability of their team and educational programs?

Competition Structure

Regional Competition
There are four or five leagues of 5-7 teams that participate. The top two teams are named Regional Champion and advance on to the USA National Exposition to compete against the winners of the other regional competitions.

USA National Exposition
Twenty leagues of 5 teams particiapte in the opening round of competition. The winner from each of these leagues advances on to the semi-final round where they will compete in four leagues of 5 teams. The top winner of each of these leagues competes in the final round for the championship.

World Cup
The winning school for each country is invited to the World Cup to particiapte.


Student Opportunities
1. Presentation Team - Each year we select around 6 students to be on our team that presents at competition.
2. DVD Production - In addition to our presenters, we also have a 24-minute DVD that is used in our presentation. A variety of skills and talents are needed to produce this piece.
3. Annual Report Production - We also have a four-page annual report that we submit to the judges that gives them an overview of our program in written form.
4. Attend a Competition - We take a handful of students to each of our competitions.

Contact Wyatt Bales for more information.