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Our Mission
Non Profit that Supports Youth in STEM and Entrepreneurship with Climate focus in Global Settings.
What is Connecting Dots Globally?
Each year students engage in an intensive hands-on virtual learning experience that simulates an entrepreneurial and business international trade mission. Through this extraordinary opportunity, awareness is created around exciting careers in entrepreneurial and international business in high-tech industries; many in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields. We call this STEMpreneurship ®.
Check out a sample prior program here.
Host an Entrepreneurial Global Trade Mission for your High School Students
The Global Trade Mission (GTM) provides a unique experience for High School students to participate in a simulated trade mission.
To date, over 5,000 high school students have learned about issues in global trade, cultural diversity, entrepreneurship, and business and technology tools through The Global Trade Mission program.
GTM is made possible through a partnership between Secondary Schools, Colleges/Universities, local governments, and the private sector, and is an outstanding model of business, government, and education working together to address the skills of 21st century students.
This Intensive hands-on learning experience will help your students:
Gain entrepreneurial leadership and international business trade skills
Engage with student and business leaders for the first time
Through mentoring by local and global experts
Address and solve world challenges
Interact with STEM related fields (Science, Tech, Engineering and Math)
Climate adaptation and mitigation focus since 2010
Create a business idea and pitch it to a panel of judges
Make a donation.
We greatly appreciate any donations to help give Connecting Dots Globally opportunities! The three main kinds of donations we accept:
General programming (any amount)
Sponsor a student (starting level is $500 and average program for student is $1500)
Sponsor a program (starting level is $50,000 and average program is $150,000)
Click the button below to choose what kind of donation you’d like to make. Any amount helps!
What People Are Saying
“The Global Trade Mission really helped shape my future. Before GTM, I had no interest in, or knowledge of foreign trade. Now, as a college student, I am majoring in International Relations.”
— Former GTM Student
“Global Trade Mission for high school students is an example of what learning and school should be. I attended as a business coach and evaluator, so I had the chance to see things at work over all three days. While it is a short period of time, it is clear that a lot of learning goes on and students were inspired to take new paths. I applaud you for the program’s success and hope you are able to touch many students in the future.”