East Midlands

The East Midlands Meet-up was a rip roaring success (and a very lovely sunny day too!). If you missed it, or just want to revisit the topics/ideas/issues raised then read on…

Hellos and welcome

The day was kicked off by an introduction by Global Entrepreneurship Week UK Manager, Lauren:

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This also included a screening of a rather awe-inspiring montage (you gotta have one) of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2008:

Guest speakers

Lou Gimson

Successful entrepreneur and author or Making It, shared her inspirational story.

Matt Lovett

Young entrepreneur, Matt Lovett, founder of Wow Media shared his success story and why he thinks it’s so important to inspire other young people to follow in his footsteps.

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Maureen Milgram Forrest and Clare Farrow from LeicestHERday Trust

Maureen and Clare gave us a run-through of what activities they have planned for Global Entrepreneurship Week this year, and why they find it so important to get involved in the campaign.

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Hints and tips workshop

Chris, our Global Outreach Manager, delivered a workshop about the exciting activities and events you can run during the Week.

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Regional PR workshop

Ochuko, our PR Manager delivered a workshop about how to get your activities in the press and how digital tools can help!

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The photos are on their way soon……! Keep an eye out

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