BrainFood for college instructors, students and alumni

BrainFoodToGo.com is a web portal that provides free print, audio, and video course materials to instructors and students involved in college level courses in entrepreneurship, innovation, leadership, and small business management. These modules are designed primarily for use in distance learning programs, but they can also serve as powerful components of in-classroom courses. Materials can be freely downloaded by teachers, students, and alumni.

Content is contributed to the portal via the internet by students, faculty, and alumni, as well as by a distinguished array of off-campus providers including authors, consultants, researchers, journalists, seasoned entrepreneurs, business owners, and business executives. Materials can be easily submitted as Word documents, PDF files, MP3 or WMA audio files, and MP4 video files.

A very important corollary mission of the BrainFoodToGo.com is the creation of affordable text books. Contributed material is formatted and repurposed for use in print, e-book, and Kindle textbooks that students can acquire for under twenty five dollars – a price that is approximately eighty-percent less than a traditional textbook. Click here to learn more.

BrainFoodToGo.com facilitates a global exchange of new knowledge and know-how that is screened and vetted by experienced academicians so it is always fresh and relevant. Articles, monographs, case studies, surveys, book reviews, exercises, podcasts, simulations, tip lists, interviews, PowerPoint™ presentations, and quizzes are available world wide for use in on-campus courses, distance learning programs, and alumni continuing education curricula. They can also be used as “cartridges” in programs facilitated by BlackBoard and similar utilities, and distributed via campus intranets.

In addition to access to free materials, each participating college or university is afforded a dedicated, institution-branded home page on the portal to offer print, audio, and video materials that are generated by its constituents and provided for the benefit of their peers. From this home page, visitors also have a direct link to all the free materials submitted by the entire universe of participating institutions. Each participating school enjoys a unique, proprietary BrainFood URL but has no responsibility for site or server maintenance.

Find out about a unique distance learning course

THE ART AND SCIENCE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

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Materials on the site are updated or modified and resubmitted, “wiki-like,” as successor generations of participants emerge. Their competitive spirit and new discoveries unite to keep posted materials perpetually fresh.

A minimum charge may be associated with some materials, especially when used by corporations and for-profit organizations. All revenues are used exclusively to support the activities of BrainFoodToGo.com, a Profit-Free Organization (PFO).
Revenue from Sponsors is shared with educational institutions they designate.

The portal offers a wide range of benefits to all participants:

Faculty members can use the content to:

Create custom-crafted courses for the classroom or Internet.

Create made-to-order – inexpensive – textbooks or student reference materials.

Complement existing syllabi.

Structure student or class projects that are more rewarding alternatives to the old fashioned term paper.

Create on-going projects that are contributed to, and refined by, ensuing generations of classes.

Supplement existing distance learning courses by “bolting” FreeMarket modules to them, thus adding value from the real world and freeing up time for personal interaction with students.

Conveniently and quickly publish their articles and research papers.

Market their proven distance learning courses to other institutions, thereby generating a stream of supplementary personal income.

Students can:

Post papers and audio visual materials originally created to satisfy course assignments so that they can be used by business practitioners and peers.

Enjoy easy, convenient access to a huge assortment of learning resources compiled by experienced professionals in the world of business.

Get exposure to leaders – and prospective employers – in the business world. A student can even choose the “movers and shakers” he or she wants to meet for an interview.

Link their contributions to their resumes to make their talents known to prospective employers. Published class work is a good way to “kill two birds with one stone (or project)!”

Put their faces in “FaceBook” but show off their brains where it counts.

Employ contemporary media in the completion of assignments.

Enhance their opportunities for admission to graduate schools or internship programs.

Participate in an annual BrainFood awards program recognizing outstanding contributions to the portal.

Alumni may use the BrainFoodToGo.com gateway to:

Be energized by emerging ideas, insights, and inspiration that will enhance their careers as managers or entrepreneurs.

Benefit from continuing education that will serve as a “life time warranty” on their sheepskins.

Contribute materials that allow their practical experience to benefit contemporary generations (of future business leaders), thus boosting the standing of their alma mater (and their own degrees) in the real world.

Discover and create a dialog with promising, prospective employees.

Showcase their personal talents and the opportunities offered by their companies.

Demonstrate their support to their alma maters by sponsoring web links and underwriting materials provided on the portal.

Click here to discover special, additional benefits for alumni associations and student organizations.

Educational institutions are able to:

Acquire instructional materials that accommodate their institutions’ pedagogical goals and learning standards.

Exchange, license, or swap complete distance learning courses with other institutions.

Recruit experienced alumni as mentors and coaches for students and recent graduates.

Use the portal and/or its materials to provide revenue-generating continuing education programs.

Offer demonstrable proof throughout the world of the unique educational value they offer.

Keep in continuous contact with the constituents that count. An institution’s branded BrainFood portal gives graduates a powerful reason to stay involved as content contributors and financial supporters.

Feature home page links that connect directly with other institutional sites or web pages.

Supplement their libraries’ resources with contemporary archives of BrainFood.

Use interviews with distinguished alumni and business leaders to give deserved recognition and cement important connections.

Sponsors have the opportunity to:

Gain status as college and university “boosters,” demonstrating meaningful support where it will be seen by present and future customers.

Enjoy first-hand evidence that grant money and other financial support they provide to an educational institution is put to practical, measurable uses that produce near-term outcomes in the workplace.

Preview the talents of potential interns and employees.

Enjoy access to free materials that can be used in employee development and internship programs. (Other, non-sponsor, corporate clients of the site must purchase rights in order to use selected materials in their in-house employee programs.)

Content providers from the student body, campus organizations, the faculty, and alumni can:

Gain important professional recognition since the FreeMarket will e-mail a content provider’s target “audience” with a notice of publication and/ or a copy of the content he or she has contributed. This ensures their efforts will be seen by the people who are uniquely important to them. All contributed materials clearly identify their sources by name and URL or e-mail address, and specify copyright protection where applicable.

Generate revenue for their selected projects by using their branded BrainFood home page to: market high-value materials they contribute; engage advertisers in page display links and embedded key word links; and secure commercial Sponsors and alumni as underwriters for selected projects. It’s a great way for students to learn, first-hand, the art of entrepreneurship…. and to reap the profits from its application in the marketplace.

Opt to serve as a “tipsters,” whereby they can add their personal insights to a monthly chain-letter type “tip list” that is circulated among all volunteers. The helpful results of this collaborative effort are shared with those who participate.

Gain recognition by having their content aggregated and re-published in monographs, books, or CDs. The content accumulated from a single institution can be institution-branded and marketed to generate revenue for selected campus projects and activities.

The BrainFoodToGo.com portal is dedicated to providing a wide range of informational, educational, and inspirational content in the realms of entrepreneurship, innovation, management, innovation, and leadership to the constituents of cooperating educational institutions and non-profit organizations throughout the world. A special effort is made to provide educational access to students in rural communities and other under-served, remote areas.

As a Profit-Free Organization (PFO), BrainFoodToGo.com re-invests all of its revenues in the expansion and development of its chartered activities. Its operational efficacy is monitored by an independent Board of Fellows consisting of accomplished entrepreneurs, managers, and university-level academicians. The use of Content submitted to BrainFoodToGo.com for free distribution is managed in accordance with an Agreement. The use of such materials is governed in accordance with a Terms of Use Notice.