The Building Business Champions Training Institute will use experience-based guidance, examples, and strategies to train child development leaders and others to build other own country-based networks of business champions for child development.

This online training institute is hosted by the Center for Business Champions at Childhood Education International.

 Topics will include: 

• The transformative potential of partnerships: Explore how strategic collaborations can drive meaningful change in both business and child development sectors. 

• Bridging Professional Cultures: Learn techniques to harmonize the differing cultures of business and child development professionals for effective collaboration. 

• Building and Sustaining Partnerships: Acquire practical skills and strategies for creating and sustaining partnerships.

• Overcoming Common Challenges: Identify and address typical obstacles in creating and sustaining business-child development partnerships. 

The comprehensive curriculum will draw on the CBC staff’s decades of experience in building effective and lasting business-child development partnerships in multiple countries. 

By the end of the course, participants will be prepared to design and develop a partnership tailored to their country’s or city’s specific context and goals.  Participants will also form valuable connections and receive follow-up support for their initiatives. 

The Building Business Champions Training Institute will launch in early 2025 and will include virtual sessions with experts and guest speakers. Participants will access resource materials and learn from examples of successful partnerships, as well as receive individualized support and feedback. The program will also introduce participants to a global peer-support network, fostering intentional collaboration and ongoing learning in this field.

More details are forthcoming. If you would like to learn more, please sign up to express your interest in the institute. Signing up does not indicate a commitment to attend; details will be sent in October or November to anyone who signs up to learn more.