The final keynote speaker at the SCWEA conference was Dallas Gislason of Enterprise Saskatchewan. He provided a fresh perspective on entrepeneurship, particularly with regard to identifying potential in our youth and encouraging young people to become "enterprisable" and to convert creativity (thinking) into innovation (doing). This process involves awareness, education, access to finance, policy, incubation, mentorship, skills, and networking - - all of which are available in the province today, according to this young man.
Gislason pointed out that as educators, we are often involved in the tangible side of developing entrepreneurship, but there is also an intangible side involving creativity, intrapreneurship, diversity, and other socioeconomic indicators (arts, music, cultural activies) that we can tap into.
Recommended resources included Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons in Life (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Screw-Lets-Do-Lessons-Quick/dp/0753510995)
To explore more about Enterprise Saskatchewan, see
http://www.ei.gov.sk.ca/Default.aspx?DN=8e8407eb-13dc-4a8d-b925-3b1e33e783c5
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