Spirit Box Tips & Tricks
We share ongoing updates, ideas and solutions from other Spirit Box school stores.
Videos to Help You Discover What Kind of Work You Want to Do
Below you’ll find just a few videos with concrete steps and reflection questions to help you discover what kind of work you want to do. One video helps you discover the mindsets you’ll need to stick with your dream once you find it!
4 Elements of a Great Job Interview & How to Prepare
Effective interviews require preparation and attention to detail—don’t “wing it”. Below are concrete steps you can take to ensure you're feeling confident when the day comes.
Sales & Marketing 101: Reaching the Right People with the Right Message
Marketing includes all of the activities and processes for: creating, communicating, and delivering offerings that create value for customers, clients, partners and society at large.
A business sales and marketing strategy is your plan for reaching, engaging, and converting your target market into profitable and loyal customers. The goal behind a marketing strategy is to promote your product or service in order to achieve sales and revenue.
How to Describe 5 Spirit Box Skills for a High-impact First Resume
One benefit of implementing the Spirit Box program is the real-world business experience. When you graduate, you will walk away with concrete experiences and not just ideas from books. This can be a great advantage to you as you look for a job and pursue further education. But it will only serve as an advantage if you can communicate it in an effective way to others.
BUSINESS PLANNING 101: TIPS TO HELP YOUR BUSINESS THRIVE
Creating a business is solving a problem. And it doesn’t have to be an earth-shattering problem. The problem might be better lighting for a TikTok video. Or wanting to keep your beverage cool. For every product, someone uncovered a problem and an idea was born. Look around your home and the products you have. What problems do they solve?
3 Easy Ways to Improve Your Creative Thinking This Summer
You might find yourself with some extra time this summer, in between summer job shifts and other responsibilities. Here are three ways to make space for new ways of thinking.
4 Questions to Help You Design a High-Impact Spirit Box Pitch
Bringing a Spirit Box to your school can be a hefty undertaking, and it should be done with careful thought and care. You can review this blog post for 5 steps to take on presenting and advocating for Spirit Box in your school if you’re starting from scratch.
5 Roles on a Team NOT Determined by Your Job Title: Which Are You?
You may not be the designated team leader, but you can still offer leadership to your Spirit Box team.
Below you’ll find some examples of the roles people can play when working with others. This list is by no means exhaustive, but it can provide insight into what it is that you bring to the table besides just your job title or specific title-related business responsibilities
Spirit Box or Vending Machine? Elisa Shoemaker & Clinton High School
When Elisa Shoemaker, DECA Advisor and Business & Marketing Educator for Clinton High School, shopped for a solution to replace the brick-and-mortar school store, the options were good–but not great. She considered purchasing a vending machine from a big box store, until the day she stumbled upon Spirit Box in the DECA Direct: “It was an answer to our prayers.”
Advisor Corner: The Domino Effect of Brainstorming
Hello fellow advisors, As we begin the new semester here in Washington state, a moment to reflect has always brought great conversation amongst students and specifically the teams that run the Student Based Enterprise teams. Here in Tumwater, we have three teams that have rotated responsibilities managing the Spirit Box vending machine and working through logistics to open a walk-up student store.