After a 2 week challenge to encourage participants to promote the video all around (the winner is the group Tempio Della Pizza), we are very happy to present you the video of our 4.3 Training ''Youth In The Dragons Den'' . A BIG THANK YOU to the British Council team, our Dragons and other partners.
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Thursday 23 May 2013
Thursday 14 March 2013
Friday 8 March 2013
Important practical info
Dear participants,
Here are some last info you need before the beginning of the training tomorrow.
I received a question regarding clothes you will need to wear. You can wear any clothes you want during the training (casual…). But maybe you may want to be a little smarter for the British Council Dragons Den than the rest of the week.
Arrival. So as I told you we expect you to arrive around 13.00 tomorrow at the Roseview hotel (2 Queens Ave, Muswell Hill, Greater London N10), where we will have our afternoon activities. But you will then stay in another place: Venue 2: Guy Chester Centre (Chester House Page's Ln, London N10 1PR).
Activities will begin at 14.00.
Please keep me inform of any delays.
Please do not forget, that we will not reimburse any Taxi Cost or Oyster Card. It is better to buy a underground ticket. You don’t need a day ticket, so just buy a single ticket to East Finchley (Zone 3!). ASK A RECEIPT when you buy your tickets!
Don’t forget to look at the maps, I put on the blog: http://43youthinthedragonsden.blogspot.co.uk/p/venues.html
IMPORTANT: DO NOT LOOSE YOUR ORIGINAL TICKETS IF YOU WANT TO BE REIMBURSED!
- For those who are arriving by bus / coach, you shouldn’t have any issues in keeping all your tickets.
- For those who are arriving by train, be careful at the train station : to get out of the station, there are machine asking you for your tickets. Please, ask a member of staff (there are always one or two persons working next to the machines) to let you pass through. If he is asking why, just say that you need all your tickets to be reimburse !
- For the underground, ask a receipt when you buy your single ticket. To get out of the station, there are machine asking you for your tickets. Please, ask a member of staff (there are always one or two persons working next to the machines) to let you pass through. If he is asking why, just say that you need all your tickets to be reimburse !
Thursday 7 March 2013
Saturday activity
Dear participants,
Possible Concepts:
Saturday afternoon from 14.00, we will run an activity to
get to know each participant. This activity needs some preparation. We will
ask you to sell something we believe is unmarketable. This task will be
quite difficult.
The products we want you to sell us are probably against
your values and culture, so you really will have to show us your ‘ability to
convince’ and your selling skills.
You will have 3 minutes to present your product or
concept, its benefits or added value and convince other people to buy it. This
presentation must include a short presentation of yourself.
You will have to give the best of you and make a good
presentation with any format you want: speaking, PowerPoint, why not create a
video! Don’t forget you will only have 3 minutes to present!
Here are some ideas of product you could try, but you can
also come with another idea of an unmarketable product.
Possible Concepts:
-
New model of cigarettes for children, for example you may describe how they have been made smaller for children’s hands, or how the boxes have been designed by children…use your imagination, feel free to make an example of your product to show us.
- Burgers made 100% horse meat.
- A new Clothing brand, which is 100% made by Children.
- Factory producing plastic glasses: This company want to encourage people to use disposable plastic glasses at home instead of washable cups.
- Innovative pets shop. Selling exclusively foxes as pets.
Public advertising campaign:
- Use cars instead of public transport.
Let your imagination run away!
Travel
Dear participants,
The closest underground station from this hotel is East Finchley (Northern Line) and it takes around 20 minutes walk to get to the hotel (I’ll send you a Google map next week). Please note that we will stay in another venue.
We will ask you now to book as soon
as possible your travel tickets. Please read the following information
carefully.
Time of Arrival: 13.00 at the Roseview hotel. The
activities will start at 14.00.
The closest underground station from this hotel is East Finchley (Northern Line) and it takes around 20 minutes walk to get to the hotel (I’ll send you a Google map next week). Please note that we will stay in another venue.
It takes around 45minutes – 1 hour from King Cross railway
station to arrive to East Finchley (including the time to purchase your
underground ticket).
Time of departure: 10am (after breakfast)
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: You can now book your travel return ticket
as long as the total cost (with return) doesn’t exceed £80. If it is more
expensive please contact me, as soon as possible. Try to select the cheapest
option: cheaper your travel will be, cheaper your contribution (30%) will be.
Please note that we will only reimburse the 70% of the cost for train/coach/bus/underground tickets (NO
TAXI!!!). As well if you want to be reimburse for the underground, don’t use
your oyster, but buy a ticket.
Please arrive on time!
Please book
your travel ticket by this Friday evening (if the cost of the return ticket
doesn’t exceed £80). Then, please send me by email your journey and the total
cost of your journey (including return). For people living in London, I guess you will only have to
book an underground ticket for the Saturday 9th.
When will we reimburse you?
We will only reimburse you the 70% at receipt of your
original tickets.
Therefore, if you book a return ticket and the total cost
appears on your ticket to London, we will reimburse you directly the 70% of
both journeys.
If you book two single tickets, we will only be able to
reimburse the 70% of your way to London. You will have to post your original
return ticket to us and we will then reimburse you the 70% of this journey back
home.
Tuesday 5 March 2013
VENUES
How to get to the venue from East Finchley?
On Saturday, you will have to go to the Roseview Hotel, where we will have some activities on the Saturday afternoon.
East Finchley to Roseview Hotel: It takes around 20 min walk to go to Roseview Hotel from East Finchley station.
Venue 1: Roseview Hotel : 2 Queens Ave, Muswell Hill, Greater London N10 3NR You will stay at the Guy Chester Centre (except some participants who will stay at the Roseview Hotel).
Venue 2: Guy Chester Centre : Chester House Page's Ln, London N10 1PRView Youth In The Dragons Den VENUES in a larger map
How to get to East Finchley?
Please find bellow a London Tube Map. Please note that it can take up to 45min-1 hour to get to east finchley from Victoria or King Cross (if you include the time to buy tickets).
Please note that we can only reimburse tickets, no oyster card!
Open publication - Free publishing
IMPORTANT: DO NOT LOOSE YOUR ORIGINAL TICKETS IF YOU WANT TO BE REIMBURSED!
- For those who are arriving by bus / coach, you shouldn’t have any issues in keeping all your tickets.
- For those who are arriving by train, be careful at the train station : to get out of the station, there are machine asking you for your tickets. Please, ask a member of staff (there are always one or two persons working next to the machines) to let you pass through. If he is asking why, just say that you need all your tickets to be reimburse !
Wednesday 2 January 2013
INFO about Youth In A Dragons Den
Always wanted to create your own project for your local community without really knowing how to proceed?
Always wanted to change things around you but don't really know how to create a project and how to find the funding?
So come and join us in our next event Youth In The Dragons Den. During this training event, professionals will help you to
- build confidence and stimulate initiative.
- gain hands on experience of being a leader as well as a team player.
- give you methodology to build your own project especially through the creation of a fictional (or possibly real) Youth Initiatives application and using the well-known television programmes ‘Dragon’s Den’ and The Apprentice as the theme for what we hope will be an inspiring event.
Here are some more info about the Training:
Dates of the Workshop : Saturday 9th (lunch time) - Wednesday 2th (lunch time) March 2012
Venue of the Workshop : London
Application deadline: as soon as possible
Cost: Participant will only have to pay 30% of the travel costs.
Topic of the Workshop : creativity and entrepreneurship.
Language of the Workshop : English.
Target group(s) :
Individual young people or small groups of young people (18+, mixed group of males and females) from United Kingdom only.
We will target unemployed young people, 50% being those from backgrounds of social exclusion and the other 50% unemployed graduates or other young people without additional support needs who have been unable to gain employment.
Expected number of participants : 24 participants from the UK (mixed group of males and females).
Main activities / programme of the Workshop:
The objective of Youth in the Dragons Den is to bring young people from across the UK together and stimulate creativity, initiative and participants sense of entrepreneurship. It will promote inclusion and encourage cross-community working, working with the youth sector, business and industry. We will use the well-known television programmes ‘Dragon’s Den’ and The Apprentice as the theme and methodologies for the seminar and will, capitalise on the multitude of, previous knowledge, ideas, ambition and initiative that participants bring to the training, cultivating these to create an exciting activity which stimulates participants imagination and builds their confidence, helping them gain employment skills. We will deliver Youth in the Dragon’s Den using a variety of practical, non-formal learning styles utilising success stories in this field. Participants will be involved in practical, sessions which build confidence and stimulate initiative and thinking outside the box and gain hands on experience of being a leader as well as a team player, helping participants to develop both team skills and leadership It will provide an opportunity to develop future partnerships in particular stimulating ideas which could inspire future Youth Initiatives projects. During the project participants will be responsible for creating a live daily blog to gain digital competencies as well as offering visibility to the Youth in Action programme, and setting up a platform for on-going communication between participants and providing a long-term impact after this project.
Timetable (please note that it may change before the training)
Expected outputs :
This training will offer participants a non-formal learning programme, focussing on the theme of creativity and entrepreneurship. The objectives will be to increase participants’ abilities to think strategically and increase their capacity to use initiative and creativity, they will develop competences, knowledge, skills and attitudes in this exciting field.
The specific outcomes of this activity will be:
- Young people having a raised awareness of the world of business and commerce.
- Participants will have learned different methods and be equipped with different tools to be able to lead a team and co-operate as a team member.
- Participants will have the opportunity to think ‘outside the box’ and hear from entrepreneurs how they have started up their organisations/businesses, where they came from and where they are now.
- Participants will have gained a knowledge of the Youth in Action programme and understand the application process.
- Participants will create a fictional (or possibly real) Youth Initiatives application which will be presented to five Youth in Action Dragons.
- Participants will have developed ideas and explored principles in marketing and visibility.
Practical arrangements :
Regarding the travel we will ask participants to book their travel, after our agreement with the travel chosen. We will then reimburse the 70% at reception of all orginal tickets.
Everything is Possible will arrange all aspects or your stay in London. Participants will be accommodated together in pairs in single sex rooms in a hotel or training centre in close proximity to where activities will take place. Meals will be taken together.
Project supported by The British Council and the Youth in Action programme of the European Commission.
APPLY NOW
Who can apply?
Individual young people or small groups of young people (18+, mixed group of males and females) from United Kingdom only. How to apply?
If you are motivated to participate in our 4.3 Training course YOUTH IN THE DRAGONS DEN, please follow the following process for each participant:
1- Fill the application form (click on the following banner to open it),
2 - Send the application to Raphael: raphael@everythingispossible.eu
3 - Send the last page signed and fully completed by fax to Everything is Possible: 0113 242 0999.
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