1. DREAM YOUR
FUTURE
Team Information
Team Name Estremi
Team Leader Sivon Pichoto (USA, Temple University)
Team member Alan Michel Estrebou (Argentina, Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires)

2. CEO of Dream Your Future
My dream job is to be the CEO of a start-up company called In the logo above, 360°
represents the 360 students
“Dream Your Future”.
that would participate in the
program each year, covering
According to an article written by the University of Laverne, “at all the areas of focus
least 50% of college students are undecided about their
major,” and “50-70% change their majors at least once, and
most will change majors at least three times before they The Basics
• Summer program
graduate.”1 • Based in the U.S.
• When: the summer before
This is a problem. All that money spent on tuition goes to
student’s senior years of high
waste before a student realizes what they want to really do school
with their lives. • Duration: 30 days
• 12 different workshops based
The company’s mission would be to help students find their on different majors of study
passions in life and what truly makes them happy before they • 360 students: 30 students per
workshop
enter into college, and to help them realize how they can turn
those passions into jobs for their future.
1. http://sites.laverne.edu/careers/what-can-i-do-with-my-major/

3. About the Program Part One
The Workshops Activities
• For each group, the days will be spent doing different kinds of
•12 groups, with 30 students in each of them, based of 12 activities that will introduce them to the majors they picked
different majors of focus: and all aspects of the major.
• Activities will showcase all the issues or challenges that a
Art Business Education Engineering professional would have to face in the real world.
• There will be debates, and also activities that put the
students in the feet of a professional in that field.
Health Media and Music and
Law Communication
Professions Dance
The market game
For example, in the business workshop, they will have a game
Tourism and
Hospitality
Theater Film Science and called “Market game,” where the big group is divided into small
Management & Media Arts Technology groups that play against each other, and each team would
become a specific area of business. One team will have control
over natural resources; another team, finances; and another,
• Each student will select 3 different majors of interest from technology. Then they would have to trade with each other in
this list, giving them a chance to explore their options. order to produce as much as they can. At the end of
the round, the team that
1st workshop 2nd workshop 3rd workshop has made the biggest
10 days 10 days 10 days progress will win. This
could be a way to
Program duration: 30 days illustrate global trade,
and how countries have
to negotiate with each
other in order to
develop.

4. About the Program Part Two
Plenary sessions Management of workshops
• In each group there will be 4 college students from
• At the end of each week we would bring in 3 speakers
that field of study (volunteers), who will be in charge
(one from each major of focus), and in a plenary session
of guiding and leading the students in their activities,
they will tell their stories, and give a motivational speech
and making sure that they enjoy the experience, and
to the students.
make the most out of it.
• After a break, there will be time for questions and answers
• Accommodation will be provided by host families (or
to make it more interactive and to clear the doubts of the
college students) who volunteer to do so during those
students attending the panels.
days.
• In total we would have 4 plenary sessions with 3 speakers
• Food expenses will have to be covered by the
each, therefore covering all the topics from the groups
students attending the program, in order to reduce
with one speaker.
our costs. We will charge them in advanced the
amount of money that will be used to buy the food
for all the students.
Typical Day at Dream Your Future
• Visiting each workshop group and talking to different students
• Mentoring students who need help or advice
• Managing daily activities, and making sure everyone stays on schedule
• Keeping in contact with student volunteers on progress of their group(s)
• Contacting speakers to make sure they arrive on time
• Making sure that the rules of the program are followed and safety is enforced

5. Growing the Business
After the Program
• Promote program for the following summer
• Reach out to high schools all across the U.S. to promote the program and its benefits
• Arrange speakers (and former participants) at schools to talk about the program
• Communicate application deadlines through website and social media
• Read applications/essays along with staff and decide on who will be accepted for the next summer
• Contact new speakers and arrange timeline for next summer’s program.
• Contact sponsors who are willing to donate to the program
• Build a website meant for the students who attend the program so they can keep in touch with each other in the future and
can build their chain of connections
• Follow up with students to see if program was successful
• Offer daily advice and job leads on website
Long Term Goals
• Expand the program for international students
• Have the program take place in many countries all over the world
• Gain endorsements, recognition, and promotions from Government
and corporations

6. The Future of Work
Current global trends
• So many people today struggle with finding happiness in the
workplace
• Many people pick majors based on salaries instead of finding what
really makes them happy
What we will achieve with Dream Your Future
• We will strive to strengthen human connections and to change the way people
think about work
• The most attractive jobs will be the ones that allow people to have fun and enjoy
themselves but which also challenges them.
• Retaining workers is all about keeping them happy, whether it’s with bonuses,
vacation time, or schedule flexibility, but if you have workers who already enjoy
what they do, employers will have won half the battle. Our program would help to
create happier employees and increase retention.

7. Skills, Knowledge, & Experience
Skills/Knowledge Experience
CEO  BBA or Business minor  Management experience
 Knowledge of market trends,  Has worked in teams before or has
segments, and future states of the been a mentor for others
workforce  Has been a leader of an important
 Excellent writing and communication business venture or project
skills  Experience working for a start up or
 Ability to write a business plan new company preferred.
 Strategic thinker
 Understanding of the educational
system in the USA and elsewhere
 Excellent organizational skills
 Ability to work with others
Student Volunteers  Full or part-time student at a University  Experience as a mentor preferred
whose major is one of our majors of  Should be in their third or fourth year
focus. of college
 Ability to work with others  Has had internship experience in their
 Excellent organizational skills field of study.
 Excellent communication skills

8. Management Team
Management Sections Function
Student Relations  Contact with participants
 Diffusion across universities
 Management and follow up of the DYF Ambassadors (former
participants that spread the word of our program)
Fundraising  Contact with companies in order to raise funds to cover our costs
 Identifying opportunities and developing new strategies in order to
improve the sponsorship proposals
 Elaborating the annual budget, and administration of the expenses
Media and  Community management
Communication  Design of graphic material for diffusion in universities and social media
 Contact with press
Information and  Server maintenance
Technology (IT)  Web development
 Maintenance and development of tools and services that support DYF
Speaker Management  Development of the daily activities in the workshops
 Recruitment and contact of the speakers

9. Structure of Education
In order to prepare students for this program, education in high school should focus on a student's
strengths. Teachers and staff should introduce possible career paths early on in the high school careers
Ideas to get students thinking about their future
• Regular group meetings with peers to share ideas and discuss the importance of finding what you love to do
(guided by a staff member)
• Exercises that help students discover what jobs would fulfill them
• Meetings with counselors to make sure they are on track and thinking about what they might want to do after
high school
• Class schedules should introduce a variety of options that allow students to explore different areas
• More freedom to pick different kinds of classes in high school
• Speaker presentations to students that explain the importance of finding what they love to do
These steps will help students get an introduction to thinking about what they might want to
do in the future, and it will help to integrate them into the program if they decide to apply

10. A Perfect Day
• The perfect day would occur when all college students in the US would be able to pick a major
with confidence and enjoy it for their whole college career
• Students who attend this program would come out of it having a clear vision of what field they
want to pursue
• When the rate of people switching majors drops to 0%
• When students feel prepared and confident about their paths when they enter college and
when they leave to find jobs in the real world