Name: How WBW builds mentorship and work based learning into the school year, and how you can too
Start: 2026-08-04T14:00:00-0700
End: 2026-08-04T14:45:00-0700

How WBW builds mentorship and work based learning into the school year, and how you can too

Tuesday August 4, 2026 2:00pm - 2:45pm PDT

Meeting Room #11

Career connected experiential learning sounds great in theory, but it gets complicated quickly: How do you recruit busy professionals? How do you structure the experience so students stay engaged and hit your learning objectives? And how do you make sure your business professionals leave feeling like it was worth their time?For 50 years, Washington Business Week (WBW), founded through a partnership between CWU, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Association of Washington Business, has been answering exactly these questions. Today, WBW helps schools and districts bring 21st century skills to the classroom during the school year through its project based curriculum.In this presentation, you'll learn some of the techniques WBW has used to attract professionals to mentor students, workshop and activity ideas, and learn how you can implement WBW at your school or district, or provide supplemental learning options for students.

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Nick Quinlan

Executive Director, Washington Business Week

Nick Quinlan is the Executive Director of Washington Business Week, a non-profit teaching high school students the career skills they need to succeed in the 21st century.
A graduate of Western Washington University’s College of Business and Economics. Previously, he served as Chief Operating Officer of the Certified B-Corp Major League Hacking, a company working with 10% of all US engineers and trusted by Google Gemini and other leading AI compan... Read More →

Tuesday August 4, 2026 2:00pm - 2:45pm PDT
Meeting Room #11 Second Floor Davenport Grand

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