Spirit Box Tips & Tricks
We share ongoing updates, ideas and solutions from other Spirit Box school stores.
10 Tips on How to Reduce Stress and Cabin Fever:
Is your cabin fever starting to drive you crazy? Are these uncertain times bringing out anxiety and stress? You are not alone, and your feelings are valid. It’s ok to feel anxious or stressed but you don’t have to stay that way. Here are 10 tips that can help you reduce your stress during this uneasy time.
Big Idea: Why not Become your School's Primary Vending Provider?
Are you ready to take your school store to another level? Whether your school has a brick and mortar school store, a Spirit Box, or both; we want to share an idea for you that could take your school business to new heights.
We listen to schools talk about their roadblocks to launching or growing their school store or Spirit Box enterprise. A common theme are competitors that come in the form of vending companies that have an established school vending contract. These contracts often restrict who and what can be sold outside of their machines, tying the hands of Spirit Box teams and limiting their revenue opportunities..
High School Senior Reflects on His Time with Spirit Box
The Spirit Box has allowed me to put a foot in the door for future occupation opportunities. By expanding my knowledge in the field of business, I will be able to stand out in a crowd and thrive at nearly any occupation and accomplish any task I am assigned.
I have learned a little bit of everything in the field of business. The SBE encouraged me to look at every single aspect of business and allowed me to closely look at each of these aspects and how they differ between other businesses. We learned that by first mastering these aspects of our own business, the Spirit Boxes.
How to Train a New Spirit Box Team
If something were to happen, where you could not fulfill your role, would the next person be prepared to take over? People leave roles all of the time for a variety of reasons whether they move, change jobs, graduate, etc. It is your responsibility to prepare the person who fills your role when you leave through proper documentation, notes, important contact information, and more. Leaving proper documentation and notes will allow your successor to not only fill your responsibilities but grow the role through their personal strengths.
Introducing: The Beverage Spirit Box
Everyone, we have been sitting on some pretty exciting news for a while now and FINALLY we get to tell you. Spirit Box is launching a new vending option for schools: the beverage box. This is a machine that vends cold beverages. We are excited to tell you more about the box and how our pilot schools, Olathe East High School and Camdenton High School, are doing since implementing it in recent months.
Why Having a Contingency Plan is Crucial for Your Spirit Box
This has been a very uneasy few weeks with the growth of COVID19. Our country is slowly filling with more anxiety around the spread of this virus; anxiety for our health and for our economy. As business owners, for the health of our business, we must have a plan of action for how we keep our business afloat during a time like this. Specifically, for a Spirit Box business, many schools are extending breaks as well as moving to remote teaching for the rest of the semester. What can your team do during this time of uncertainty? A great start is to create a contingency plan.
Visioning: Writing Your Preferred Future
Laying out our vision says we believe that tomorrow will be better than today; that if we work together, we can make great things happen.
Coming this Fall: CTE Aligned Curriculum Exclusively for Spirit Box Teams!
Over the years, we have talked to many schools about Spirit Box, brainstormed on how we could better serve them, and how we can become more accessible to schools. A consistent answer we hear is “we need a curriculum paired with the Spirit Box that meets national standards”.
5 Tips on How to Have a Successful Team
You know the saying… teamwork makes the dream work. There is no “I” in team. These are clichés for a reason because they are true. When working on a team every player is important. There are no small parts on a team and each role plays a part in leading your team to success.
Working on a team comes with struggles. There are many moving parts due to varying schedules, different communication styles, lack of organization, and more. Here are some tips to help your team get on track for success.
5 Ways How Entrepreneurship Focused Project Based Learning Prepares Students for the Real World
2,000 high schools graduate less than 60% of their students.
50% of students think what they are learning in school is relevant to the real world.
81% of high school dropouts say that relevant, real-world learning would have kept them in school.
It’s time we change the conversation on how we educate our students. As educators, it is our responsibility to send students into the real world with the knowledge they need to succeed. Teaching students entrepreneurship through project based learning takes the way we teach students to the next level. ⠀