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What is CoLab (Collaborative Learning & Action)?
Before re-branding as the YEO Network, Making Cents' knowledge management activities were managed by this team.
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What is four (Summit, YEO.org, webinars, funder convening)?
The Network operates this many interconnected activities.
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What is the Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit?
The YEO Network refers to this event in several ways, including: 1) our flagship activity, 2) annual touch-point for the YEO community, and 3) leading convening for 500+ YEO stakeholders.
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What is "The Future of Work: Youth Economic Opportunity in a Changing World"?
This is the theme of the 2017 Summit.
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What is Metals (Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum)?
Summit sponsorship levels are divided into these categories.
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What is 2007?
The first conference took place in this year.
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What is 55?
In 2016, people from this many countries came to the Summit.
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What is connect, exchange, impact?
These three words, found in the YEO.org logo, are the tagline for YouthEconomicOpportunities.org.
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What is Financial Inclusion, Gender, or Monitoring & Evaluation?
This is one of the technical tracks that was dropped this year.
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Who is Jordan Shapiro?
This 2016 opening plenary speaker was not the best.
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What is 2012?
YouthEconomicOpportunities.org launched this year.
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What is 35,000?
This is how many people are in the Network (appox).
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What is #YouthEO?
This is the official Network hashtag.
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What is Building a Foundation?
This track will explore how we build a foundation of skills for youth that supports their long-term social and economic success.
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Who is Jacob Korenblum?
This friend of the Network has attended the Summit six times and will host the 2nd annual Fail Fest.
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Who is Whitney Harrelson?
This person was the first Summit Director.
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What is 238?
In 2016, people from this many organizations came to the Summit.
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What is the Ripple Model?
The YEO Network uses an adaptation of this model to evaluate the impact of its activities.
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What is Young Professionals (29 and under) and Developing Country Participants (local staff traveling to the Summit from the Global South)?
People who fall into these two categories are eligible for a discounted registration rate of USD 495.
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What is RTI International?
This organization has been a Summit sponsor every year since 2009.
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What is the Global Youth Microenterprise Conference?
The Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit originally went by this name.
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What is $615,000?
This was the YEO Network budget in 2016 (approx).
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What is funders, implementers, policymakers, companies, youth leaders, and educators & researchers?
These are the six stakeholder groups served by the YEO Network.
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What is register, exhibit, sponsor, volunteer?
Now that the call for proposals has closed, these are the four ways that people who are interested in the Summit can engage.
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What is September 27-29, 2017?
These are the dates of the 2017 Summit.
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