A 5-student team will
display the sponsoring company's logo on their shirts and on their
team flag. They are referred
to throughout the session by the Corporate name, e.g., "Team
P&G", "Team Cintas",
Team Fifth Third", etc., as they compete against
three other teams for gold, silver, and bronze "Olympic" medals
at each Corporate site visit. Employees of the sponsoring company
are invited to join the team
at any time during the week, and assist them in the current
competitive event, in addition to bonding
with the members and heightening brand awareness.
A
sponsoring company is encouraged to host a behind-the-scenes
site visit by four teams. The students compete
in critical-thinking problem-solving exercises
that give them a glimpse of the business challenges
faced every day in the sponsoring company's operations.
The senior IT management team of the sponsoring
company is invited to have lunch with the students,
pass out business cards, and begin an early "recruiting" process
by introducing the students to the career opportunities
available at their firm.
2007-2008 Sponsorship Fee per 5-student Team: $5,000
Recommended Additional Sponsor Participation:
Host a two-hour morning behind-the-scenes site visit
by 20 students and 6 staff, featuring
critical thinking competitive "Olympic"-style
events (programming to be coordinated
/ co-designed by INTERalliance staff)
Host a Lunch Session
with the students and the sponsor's IT Executives / IT
Management Team
Use of logo for
team T-shirts, printed collateral
Other Available Contributions (in-kind named-sponsor
donations and grants for):
Food
Transportation
Awards
Premiums
Evening Special Events (prizes
for contests, barbecues,
etc.)
To our Corporate and funding sponsors, participating high schools,
and host universities, THANK YOU for helping to change the technology
landscape of the Greater Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky region
by creating a world-class technology talent pool and workforce
that competes with any technology corridor anywhere in the nation.
With your help, we are expanding the horizons of our best-and-brightest
youth.
Changing the lives and perspectives of 80 of Cincinnati's
brightest young minds!
For four weeks starting on July 16th, twenty graduating 10th graders each week
got to experience a deep dive into the world of Information Technology at some
of the Greater Cincinnati region's leading employers.
The students were nominated by
their high schools for a wide variety of reasons, each responding
to the request from the INTERalliance for students "who would
get the most out of being shown what's available right here in Cincinnati
in the way of career opportunities in IT."
The 80 students were selected from 16 local college-prep high schools, including
Cincinnati Country Day, Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy, Cincinnati Christian
Schools, Hughes Center HS, Indian Hill HS, Mount Notre Dame HS, Mother of Mercy
High School, St. Henry's District High School, St. Ursula Academy, St. Xavier
HS, Summit Country Day School, Sycamore High School, Ursuline Academy, Walnut
Hills HS, Western Hills University High School, Withrow University High School.
Sixty-five percent of the nominated students were young women! Read
More
