KAPOW Lesson 1 What is work What is
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KAPOW Lesson 1 • What is work?
What is Work? Types of work Needs that Why people Skills work fills work needed to do work Things people learned in school to do work. Services, Engineering, Medicine Law, sales… To help build, to help cure, to help reach… What are your favorite classes? To help people, to help a company, to help a charity… What do you like to do?
The story of Blake Mycoskie • Blake Mycoskie was born on August 26, 1976 in Arlington, Texas. • Today, he is known as an American entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist. • He is best known as the founder and Chief Shoe Giver of Toms Shoes
Children growing up with no shoes… • While traveling in Argentina in 2006, Blake witnessed the hardships faced by children growing up without shoes. • His solution to the problem was simple: create a simple business idea that provided the powerful foundation for TOMS.
One for One® • Blake had the idea of One for One® while he was in Argentina. • This business idea helps a person in need with every product purchased. • Since starting with the One for One® idea, TOMS Shoes has provided over 60 million pairs of shoes to children since 2006
Where Tom Shoes Helps 100 partners in more than 70 countries Argentina India China Ethiopia Paraguay Lebanon Rwanda South Africa, Guatemala, Haiti, …
