As I set out on the road yesterday with my lovely colleague Eimear, visiting us from London, I was prepared for a long, busy day, of Global Entrepreneurship Week event reporting.
Boy were we pleasantly surprised when at our last event of the day, feeling a little weary to say the least, we were offered some complimentary stress relief!
Our final stop of the day was Hexham for the launch of a brand new enterprise, Sound Touch, run by Johanna Sheehan. The company uses a combination of sound vibration and massage techniques to create a sense of calm and relaxation.
– “MOVERS & CHANGERS” CHALLENGES STUDENTS TO ADDRESS SOCIAL ISSUES WITH CREATIVE BUSINESS IDEAS FOR $25,000 PRIZE –
– MTVU PROFILES FINALISTS IN NEW SERIES PREMIERING NOVEMBER 23RD –
New York, NY – August 20, 2009 – MTV’s 24-hour college network mtvU and NYSE Euronext (NYX) today launched “Movers & Changers,” a nationwide challenge to uncover the country’s next social entrepreneurs who are poised to make a positive impact on society through their innovative business concepts.
Nominations for the Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion 2010 have now opened. Lord Mandelson suggests that ‘recipients of The Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion (QAEP) are outstanding individuals who are inspiring tomorrow’s entrepreneurs and giving them the skills and attitudes they need to succeed’ and that ‘they hold the key to unlocking Britain’s entrepreneurial talents and they deserve all the praise and thanks we can give them.’
Last year’s winners of the Award included Make Your Mark Ambassador Jamie Murray-Wells and longstanding MYM friend Charles Cracknell, as well as others including lecturers, teachers and practitioners. If you feel that someone deserves recognition for their role in promoting enterprising skills and attitudes then nominate them now!
We’re busy putting out the message that Village SOS is open for applications – for villages with a population under 3,000 who have a community business idea, and for individuals who have run a successful business or project and think they have the skills to become a ‘Village Champion’, and turn the village’s business idea into a reality.
Who better to help publicise the opportunity than the Testostatones, a group of young men who have modernised the barber shop quartet and are currently touring rural pubs in Suffolk and Norfolk singing a Village SOS jingle.
On Friday I went to a fab event to celebrate the success of BBC Blast, a BBC Learning initiative which brings together creative teenagers and gives them loads of opportunities to attend workshops, get creative intern placements, find mentors and enter competitions.
The impact it has on some of those who attend is plain to see. AJ, who is now the ‘face’ of Blast attended a workshop and as a consequence got a creative internship at the BBC. There she got the chance to do some presenting for Blast and is now the ‘face’ of its programming. All from attending a workshop…
UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) is proud to support the launch of Diaspora, the non-profit music foundation that will aim to ensure equality in music exists for everyone at Rich Mix in Bethnal Green on Tuesday 31st March 2009.
Chaired by UKTI’s International Business Specialist for the Music Industry and Diaspora ‘fellow’ Phil Patterson, the event will involve a panel of representatives from music associations and trade bodies across London.
This panel has been selected from some of London’s best musical minds in response to the needs of an audience including upcoming artists, record labels and music organisations who have the potential to become leaders within the music industry.
Laura and I were press ganged into acting as judges for a special fashion challenge this week by Progressive Educational Tools (PET) and we had a great time – as did the participants. Now you may think that Coventry isn’t a particuarly fashion forward place – eg Bex and her I love Coventry t-shirts, thanks Bex. But you’d be wrong.
The two teams had mixed pupils from Sherbourne Fields and Blue Coats schools to take part in the challenge to produce and original fashion brand, including designs, logo and radio ad.
Make Your Mark and the British Phonographic Institute today organised an opportunity for young people who wish to enter the music industry to network with industry insiders. There was a fantastic buzz in the room as the young guests seized the opportunity to learn what working in the industry is really like. Several of the industry insiders said that they wished they had had such an opportunity when they were first starting out.
In this video Richard Mollet the Director of public affairs at BPI talks about what sort of people the music industry is looking for.
Monday 17 will see a flagship event In the current economic downturn, can entrepreneurs change the world? taking place as part of Chain Reaction. This unique gathering of policy makers, government ministers including Business Secretary Lord Mandelson, young people, global fellows, entrepreneurs and thought-leaders will start a worldwide conversation.
The fourth annual Make Your Mark Challenge – the UK’s biggest live one day enterprise challenge for schools and colleges – will kick start activity for students. It has been awarded the Inspire Mark by London 2012, and over 55,000 students will be taking part.
If you love live music and cutting edge fashion, don’t miss Urban Works, an event being run by one of Make Your Mark’s partner organisations.
Urban Works is a fusion of live music and fashion, taking place on Thursday 30th October in central London.
Live music will be provided by The Loose Cannons, Zarif and the Kish Mauve. Fashion designers including Alison Gaukroger (www.coroflot.com/alisongaukroger ) Diana llorens (www.ddi-ddi.blogspot.com) and Morgan Barlow will be showcasing their collections.
To find out more check out: http://www.curiousgeneration.com/events.php?id=375
The North West Women in Business Awards 2009 have been launched!
If you are a woman entrepreneur Making Your Mark in the North West you can enter by downloading an application form from www.nwda.co.uk/women.
The awards are an opportunity to celebrate, recognise and reward the entrepreneurial talent of women in the North West and to inspire others and promote enterprise as an option to other women in the region.
Building on its success last year in introducing music industry representatives to young people with a a desire to break into the industry, the Back Stage Pass event is back for Enterprise Week 2008!
Run by the BPI (formerly the British Phonographic Industry) in conjunction with the Make Your Mark campaign, Back Stage Pass takes place on Wednesday 19 November, in central London.
The event introduces young people trying to break into the music business to people already working within it, across all levels and disciplines, from record company A&R teams and producers, through to publishers and licensing bodies.
The awards ceremony itself takes place during Enterprise Week on Saturday 22nd November at the Palm House in Liverpool so get voting and come back after Enterprise Week to find out who won!
Get charged up! and accelerate your business success at an inspiring group coaching circle.
This fun, stimulating, energy fuelled session is for young people with a business idea, or a start-up enterprise on Merseyside. The session will not only help you to achieve your business goals, but also provides a valuable opportunity to build strong referral relationships and broaden your contacts.
The FREE event is brought to you by Striding Out in Liverpool – a new scheme dedicated to supporting young entrepreneurs in Merseyside.
Over the past couple of months I have had the pleasure of meeting and working with some very enterprising young girls fromSavio Salesian College Specialists in business and enterprise. A group of their Year 11 girls organised an event at the South Sefton Partnership For Learning Centre to encourage more young girls at their school to become more enterprising.
When we heard about this we thought it was a fantastic idea as did some of our ambassadors who took part in the day which took place yesterday.
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