Enspire 2025 Conference - Arkansas

Agenda

8:30 AM - Check-in and Breakfast

9:00 AM - Welcome and Program Overview

9:30 AM - Keynote - When Kids Create: Lessons from a Family Who Turned a Dream Into a Business with Shamim Okolloh and Ella Sprinkle 

10:30 AM - Entrepreneurship and Education in Arkansas with Rep. Denise Garner

10:45 AM - Igniting the Future: CTE and Entrepreneurship in Education with Dr. Sheri Deaton, Director, Bessie Moore Center for Economic Education

11:30 AM - Failure Fuels Curiosity: Building Skills for Today and Tomorrow with Kimberly Kay and Meg Benedetti from Amazeum

12:15 PM - Lunch, PopUp Drinks, and Table Discussions

12:45 PM - Kids Entrepreneur Panel moderated by Coralea Peek, Founder, “CuzCo”

1:30 PM - The Entrepreneurial Mindset: What Our Research Reveals with Dr. Marion Dunagan

1:50 PM - Bless and Release: Clearing Space for Entrepreneurial Thinking in the Classroom with Amber Taggard

2:45 PM - Breakout Rooms

3:30 PM - Closing Reflections and Prize Drawing