National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship Announces Partnership with Taylor Insight Aimed at Expanding and Improving Nation’s Small Businesses
Springfield, MA, January 15, 2011 --(PR.com)-- The National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) and Taylor Insight Worldwide announced today a joint-venture aimed at improving and expanding the breadth and depth of information, resources, corporate, civic, and government partnerships available to community college educators and community-based entrepreneurs.
In this arrangement, NACCE, the leading national organization focused on helping community colleges guide local businesses in “How to Do It,” and Taylor Insight, a premiere leadership development firm serving entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial companies, led by veteran and award-winning entrepreneur André Taylor, will work together strategically as co-developers and co-marketer of products, services, and events aimed at strengthening entrepreneurship on a national and international level.
“Our partnership with Taylor Insight is a pivotal step in our quest to provide exemplary resources for new and existing entrepreneurs through community colleges,” says Heather VanSickle, the organization’s executive director. “We have enjoyed working with André informally over the last year, and benefited greatly from the clarity he and his organization bring to the mission of new business creation and development. We’re excited by the enormous potential offered in this agreement.”
“As an entrepreneur and community college graduate I have, for a long time, wanted to find an effective way to support the creativity, growth, and development of community-based entrepreneurship,” says André Taylor. “NACCE and its membership are a hotbed of creative people, powerful ideas, and initiatives with far-reaching implications to our prosperity as a nation. I’m delighted to work hand-in-hand with such a dynamic organization.”
In this agreement, Taylor will act as a strategic advisor to NACCE and as an occasional spokesperson, including hosting the organization’s popular, “How to Do It” room at its annual conference and participating in NACCE’s related products and services.
About André Taylor
André Taylor is the author of “You Can Still Win!” and a regular contributor to ABC News’ “Money Matters.” He’s a serial entrepreneur and founder of Taylor Insight Worldwide, a premier leadership development firm providing innovative, forward-moving advice, information, and resources for entrepreneurs, and entrepreneurial enterprises. Taylor is at the leading edge of new and innovative thinking on the discipline of winning and leadership. He writes and lectures extensively at industry conferences, corporate events, colleges, universities, and private events in the United States, Europe, and Asia. His weekly online newsletter Flourish!, regular social media updates, blog posts, and articles in trade journals, and media appearances spark conversation and make him one of today’s most dynamic voices on the subject of personal and business success. More at http://www.andretaylor.com.
About NACCE:
The National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) is an organization of educators, entrepreneurs, and distinguished business development professionals providing quality programs and services in entrepreneurship education and serving as advocates for community-based entrepreneurship in the United States. Founded in 2002 NACCE, the organization is at the heart of the “entrepreneurship movement,” holds an annual conference and exhibition each fall with plenary sessions and workshops for professional development and serves as the hub for the dissemination and integration of knowledge and successful practices regarding entrepreneurship education and student business incubation. The event draws hundreds of attendees from around the world. NACCE annually bestows a Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of the work of an outstanding entrepreneur, educator, or supporter of community entrepreneurship and spearheads a host of programs and courses that advance economic prosperity in the communities served by its member colleges. NACCE is headquartered on the grounds of the historic Springfield Armory situated on the campus of Springfield Technical Community College in Springfield, Massachusetts. More at http://www.nacce.com.
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In this arrangement, NACCE, the leading national organization focused on helping community colleges guide local businesses in “How to Do It,” and Taylor Insight, a premiere leadership development firm serving entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial companies, led by veteran and award-winning entrepreneur André Taylor, will work together strategically as co-developers and co-marketer of products, services, and events aimed at strengthening entrepreneurship on a national and international level.
“Our partnership with Taylor Insight is a pivotal step in our quest to provide exemplary resources for new and existing entrepreneurs through community colleges,” says Heather VanSickle, the organization’s executive director. “We have enjoyed working with André informally over the last year, and benefited greatly from the clarity he and his organization bring to the mission of new business creation and development. We’re excited by the enormous potential offered in this agreement.”
“As an entrepreneur and community college graduate I have, for a long time, wanted to find an effective way to support the creativity, growth, and development of community-based entrepreneurship,” says André Taylor. “NACCE and its membership are a hotbed of creative people, powerful ideas, and initiatives with far-reaching implications to our prosperity as a nation. I’m delighted to work hand-in-hand with such a dynamic organization.”
In this agreement, Taylor will act as a strategic advisor to NACCE and as an occasional spokesperson, including hosting the organization’s popular, “How to Do It” room at its annual conference and participating in NACCE’s related products and services.
About André Taylor
André Taylor is the author of “You Can Still Win!” and a regular contributor to ABC News’ “Money Matters.” He’s a serial entrepreneur and founder of Taylor Insight Worldwide, a premier leadership development firm providing innovative, forward-moving advice, information, and resources for entrepreneurs, and entrepreneurial enterprises. Taylor is at the leading edge of new and innovative thinking on the discipline of winning and leadership. He writes and lectures extensively at industry conferences, corporate events, colleges, universities, and private events in the United States, Europe, and Asia. His weekly online newsletter Flourish!, regular social media updates, blog posts, and articles in trade journals, and media appearances spark conversation and make him one of today’s most dynamic voices on the subject of personal and business success. More at http://www.andretaylor.com.
About NACCE:
The National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) is an organization of educators, entrepreneurs, and distinguished business development professionals providing quality programs and services in entrepreneurship education and serving as advocates for community-based entrepreneurship in the United States. Founded in 2002 NACCE, the organization is at the heart of the “entrepreneurship movement,” holds an annual conference and exhibition each fall with plenary sessions and workshops for professional development and serves as the hub for the dissemination and integration of knowledge and successful practices regarding entrepreneurship education and student business incubation. The event draws hundreds of attendees from around the world. NACCE annually bestows a Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of the work of an outstanding entrepreneur, educator, or supporter of community entrepreneurship and spearheads a host of programs and courses that advance economic prosperity in the communities served by its member colleges. NACCE is headquartered on the grounds of the historic Springfield Armory situated on the campus of Springfield Technical Community College in Springfield, Massachusetts. More at http://www.nacce.com.
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Jeanne Yocum
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www.nacce.com
Jeanne Yocum
413-467-9470
www.nacce.com
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