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ELI Alum Dan Kimberg on 'Beloved Community'

Enterprising Leadership Initiative (ELI) Alum Dan Kimberg gives us a look at a concept that inspires him, "beloved community." Learn more about what "beloved community" means to Dan, and what each of us can do to act on creating a beloved community in our own life. Dan Kimberg is the Executive Director of Student U, a nonprofit organization in Durham which he initially developed through ELI's PPS144s class. Dan graduated from Duke in 2007 to launch Student U and its innovative students-teaching-students model that inspires middle and high school students to take their education into their own hands. Awarded nonprofit of the year by the Durham Chamber of Commerce in 2010, Student U now serves over 250 students annually. ELI is an initiative of the Hart Leadership Program, an undergraduate program in Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy. ELI offers classes and co-curricular programs that help undergraduate students act on their passions to address real-world problems, while also developing skills and efficacy to produce real results as lifelong leaders of social change. Read more about ELI here: http://www.hart.sanford.duke.edu/eli/

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ELI Alumni Advice for Graduating Students

A few words of advice on how to approach life after college from Enterprising Leadership Initiative (ELI) alumni Alison Dorsey, Luke Roush, Michael Bernert and Dan Kimberg.

ELI is an initiative of the Hart Leadership Program, an undergraduate program in Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy. ELI offers classes and co-curricular programs that help undergraduate students act on their passions to address real-world problems, while also developing skills and efficacy to produce real results as lifelong leaders of social change. Read more about ELI here: http://www.hart.sanford.duke.edu/eli/

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2,000 Pounds of Boots

Michael Bernert speaks to the challenges of launching a new venture, encapsulated in his story "2,000 Boots."

Duke University senior Michael Bernert has been selected as the first recipient of an award designed to support student social entrepreneurship. The Enterprising Leadership Initiative (ELI) Social Entrepreneurship Year-To-Launch Award, given by the Hart Leadership Program's Enterprising Leadership Initiative (ELI), is a $25,000 prize granted to an undergraduate Duke student who commits to taking a post-graduation year to launch a social venture.

ELI is an initiative of the Hart Leadership Program, an undergraduate program in Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy. ELI offers classes and co-curricular programs that help undergraduate students act on their passions to address real-world problems, while also developing skills and efficacy to produce real results as lifelong leaders of social change. Read more about ELI here: http://www.hart.sanford.duke.edu/eli/

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Student Social Entrepreneurship

Duke University senior Michael Bernert has been selected as the first recipient of an award designed to support student social entrepreneurship. The Enterprising Leadership Initiative (ELI) Social Entrepreneurship Year-To-Launch Award, given by the Hart Leadership Program's Enterprising Leadership Initiative (ELI), is a $25,000 prize granted to an undergraduate Duke student who commits to taking a post-graduation year to launch a social venture.

ELI is an initiative of the Hart Leadership Program, an undergraduate program in Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy. ELI offers classes and co-curricular programs that help undergraduate students act on their passions to address real-world problems, while also developing skills and efficacy to produce real results as lifelong leaders of social change.

Click on this link to read more about Michael and the award: http://www.hart.sanford.duke.edu/news-events/comments/eli_awards_duke_senior_25000_to_launch_social_venture_in_africa/

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How to be a Good Salesperson

The Enterprising Leadership Initiative (ELI) team snagged Luke after he led a workshop for ELI students on sales. Luke has extensive experience in sales and took a few minutes to boil down his experience into important lessons and insights about how to not just be good at sales, but a "good" salesperson.

ELI is an initiative of the Hart Leadership Program, an undergraduate program in Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy. ELI offers classes and co-curricular programs that help undergraduate students act on their passions to address real-world problems, while also developing skills and efficacy to produce real results as lifelong leaders of social change. Read more about ELI here: http://www.hart.sanford.duke.edu/eli/

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Startup Life in Durham

Alison Dorsey is an alumnus of Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy's Enterprising Leadership Initiative ('09). Currently leading a startup team for the new venture, Entasso, Alison is launching her venture in Durham--and part of a community helping to get others do the same. Hear Alison's thoughts on why Durham is the best place in the world to work to change the world.

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ELI Introduction Video

An introduction to the Enterprising Leadership Initiative, ELI Director Tony Brown, and the ELI pedagogy. An opportunity to hear about and see photos from past ELI projects and students.

The mission of the Enterprising Leadership Initiative (ELI) is to engage, educate, and empower Duke students to pursue innovative solutions to University, community and global problems. ELI exists to help students act on their passions to address real-world problems and create real results. Initiatives are led by ELI Director and Co-Director of the Hart Leadership Program, Tony Brown. Like all other initiatives of the Hart Leadership Program, ELI places a heavy emphasis on teaching, coaching and supporting undergraduate students.

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ELI Incubator Project: ASPIRE!

This video is a brief look at one of the Duke ELI (Enterprising Leadership Initiative) Incubator Projects, ASPIRE, and the experiences of the project's two founders, Alex MacLeish and Grace Zhou.

ASPIRE (After School Programs Involving Recreational Enrichment) is an initiative envisioned by Alexandra MacLeish and Grace Zhou, two students in Tony Brown's Changemaker Leadership course, Fall 2010. The program seeks to reinforce positive social skills and behaviors through recreational games for kids and teens at local elementary schools and community centers. As of Spring 2012, ASPIRE serves 60 elementary-aged children and works with 15 Duke student volunteers each semester.

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Duke's Enterprising Leadership Initiative

Tony Brown, co-Director of the Hart Leadership Program and director of the Enterprising Leadership Initiative speaks on the history of ELI in addition to the meaning, process and outcomes of course-based active projects.
The mission of the Enterprising Leadership Initiative (ELI) is to engage, educate, and empower Duke students to pursue innovative solutions to University, community and global problems.

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Duke ELI Interview: Luke Roush

Luke Roush, vice president of sales and marketing at Transenterix and alumni of Duke University, visits ELI program to talk about his experience in Tony Brown's class while he was an undergraduate, his career path and sales. The mission of the Enterprising Leadership Initiative (ELI) is to engage, educate, and empower Duke students to pursue innovative solutions to University, community and global problems

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