Make Your Mark Blog

Yesterday saw the finale of the Make Your Mark in the Markets competition and a few of us trotted along to find out more. We ended up in the very plush surrounding of a parliamentary reception and chatted to some of the finalists whilst sipping tasty juices and eating scrummy cakes.

It was then time to find out who the winner was so we all trooped into the hall. After a suspenseful silence (as suspenseful as some of the best reality talent shows, only with more cake) Denise announced that Matthew Crawford of Easy’Nuh was to be crowned king of the Markets!

Last night saw the launch event of the eagerly anticipated MET Academy at Aston Villa Football Club - entitled Creating Young Stars.

Recently we held more Ambassador training at our London premises. We saw media know-nothings turn into media extraordinaires with the Media and PR Training run by Media Trust. Also more of our ambassadors undertook the Advanced Public Speaking and Presentation Training with James and Al from SpeakersBank. Check out the previous blog about the training sessions and what other ambassadors had to say.

Missed the Advanced Public Speaking Training you say?? Never fear! We’ve captured a short clip of James outlining the points that were covered … Have a look! It could help you turn into the next Barrack Obama!

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The months of March and April have seen some of our ambassadors take part in Media Training and Public Speaking and Presentation courses which have proven to be a great success and very worthwhile.

Here’s what some of our Advanced Public Speaking stars from yesterday had to say:

The winners of the 2009 Make Your Mark Enterprising Young Brits Awards were announced today (Tuesday 24 March 2009) at a very swanky ceremony at the Institute of Directors (IoD), London.

They were each presented with a trophy and £1,000 prize money by Chancellor Alistair Darling, who made time to chat to finalists and hear their positive stories.

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.

I was lucky enough to attend the final for the Central and South East Asia Enterprise challenge yesterday – a British Council/Make your Mark collaboration following on from Global Entrepreneurship Week, involving thirty young people from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Pakistan and Uzbekistan.

The event took place (appropriately!) at Shakespeare’s Globe. It was truly inspiring to see the participating young people, having been fired up by a GEW event taking forward their enthusiasm and coming up with tangible solutions to the problems faced by their communities.

Bradford Kickstart have teamed up with Khalid Sharif, the creator of the UK’s first premium quality Halal chocolate, to deliver a unique business master class event that aims to identify and inspire Entrepreneurial Development in the district. The event will provide young people a chance to further develop an existing product and a real life working business model in the form of Ummah Chocolate.

The organisers and stakeholders hope to develop key skills in these young entrepreneurs, by giving them the opportunity to see their ideas come to life.

STOP PRESS! “Black Girls In Business Event”

Calling all female entrepreneurs. Do you want to be motivated to action? Are you looking for an event where there is laughter, great entrepreneurial spirit, fantastic networking , sense of community and real life stories of women who are making a difference and contribution to the world of business.

Well look no further. You will not want to miss The ‘Black Girls In Business’ event to be held at The Bernie Grant Arts Centre, Town Hall Approach Road, Tottenham, London N15 4RX on Monday 9th March 2009. After the phenomenal success of The ‘Black Boys In Business’ event, this ‘Sista’ version is bought to you by public demand.

Hi peeps
After a long first week back at work from the festive break, most people would be looking fwd to taking it easy at the weekend. ..well not for me or indeed the other 20+ organisations who rocked up to Crystal Palace FC to set up their stalls and support the Croydon Youth Celebration event, which was organised by Jay Hollett of J Media productions.

Hi, my name is Polly Harrar. I am the newly appointed Ethnic Minority Enterprise Campaigner at Make Your Mark and I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all your continued support with our Campaign. I would also like to highlight some key engagement and activities that you may be interested in.

Enterprise Week – 17 – 22 November 2008

As you may be aware, Enterprise Week is fast approaching and whilst I am sure many of you are already actively engaged in activities across the UK, I would like to add a call for action for engagement on activities with an Ethnic Minority audience focus. Please do register these events on our site www.enterpriseweek.org.uk or view our Events Page to see what is happening in your area.