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SCORE "Counselors to America's Small Business" is a nonprofit association dedicated to providing entrepreneurs with free, confidential face-to-face and email business counseling. Business counseling and workshops are offered at 389 chapter offices across the country. SCORE’s 10,500 retired and working volunteers provide free business counseling and advice as a public service. SCORE is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration.
http://www.score.org
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This CD-ROM offers a fun touch-typing course that uses games and international travel so that the learner is having a good time while learning this necessary skill. An alternative to Mavis Beacon.
http://www.individualsoftware.com
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The Kid Inventor Challenge is a contest inviting kids, ages 6-12, from all over the country to invent their own toy. 100 winners will get the chance to be a kid consultant to Wild Planet Toys for a whole year!!
http://www.wildplanet.com/aboutus/kic/index.php
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About.com provides this list of hundreds of famous inventors. Read about interesting inventions and their creators; from Bakelite, to superconductors, to vaccination needles.
http://inventors.about.com/library/bl/bl1_1.htm
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Global SchoolNet (GSN) seeks opportunities to partner with schools, universities, communities, businesses and other organizations to co-develop free or low cost programs to help students become literate and responsible global citizens, and to prepare them for the workforce. Global SchoolNet is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit education organization.
http://www.globalschoolnet.org
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This website, created by the Jumpstart Coalition, is dedicated to increasing financial literacy among youth. Their "12 Principles every child should know" is a great resource for teaching kids about personal finance.
http://www.jumpstart.org/
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This website is the online version of the Occupational Outlook Handbook -- a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. Revised every two years, the handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations.
http://stats.bls.gov/oco/
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This website by the Bureau of Labor Statistics provides statistical information on employment, occupational outlook, demographics and more. There is also a link to a webpage of career information for kids.
http://www.bls.gov/
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According to the publisher, women and girls have invented ingenious innovations that have made our lives simpler and better from improvements in kitchens and living rooms, to garages and labs and basements. Their creations are some of the most enduring (the windshield wiper) and best loved (the chocolate chip cookie). What inspired these women, and just how did they turn their ideas into realities?
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Some "mistakes" are the best inventions. This book provides the stories to forty such inventions - including chocolate chip cookies, velcro, aspirin, and 3M's Post-It Notes.
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Joey Green offers a collection of failures that many historical and present-day people experienced before becoming successful and famous. Browsing this book, you see example after example of people who went on to succeed after experiencing setbacks. You see that your setback might not be permanent. Read about the humble beginnings of high achievers!
http://www.amazon.com/Road-Success-Paved-Failure-Inauspicious/dp/0316611166
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