This week saw my first meeting in the role as volunteer adviser for Junior Achievement -Young Enterprise, Isle of Man. For those who are not aware of the programme, it offers students the opportunity to experience and compete in the world of business and commerce. Each team sets up an individual company to compete against [...]
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The Isle of Man Examiner ran a nice story about the Ramsey Grammar School’s Enigma Enterprise who recently won Company of the Year in the Junior Achievement Young Enterprise programme here in the Isle of Man. These six-formers developed and successfully marketed a pack of souvenir playing cards to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of [...]
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It’s been my pleasure over the past several months to work with a group of young people through the Isle of Man Junior Achievement Young Enterprise Company Programme in which 16 groups of secondary students formed companies to bring products or services to market. I was lucky enough to get assigned as and [...]
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Here, in reverse order, are the five most viewed postings from September 2006 (just in case you missed them first time around).
5. Talk PR outed by Telegraph diarist. Industry tittle tattle is always popular.
4. The ‘new pink’, announces the relaunch of the Isle of Man Examiner’s business section, and my own weekly column Tech Talk.
3. Advertise on [...]
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Preparing for the Junior Achievement event earlier this week forced me to revisit some of the basics of PR. One of the objectives of my talk was to try to dispel the perception that PR people are professional liars and spin doctors. I came up with six rules for good media relations.
1. Deal honestly. Not [...]
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Yesterday more than 250 high school students were on hand for the launch of Junior Achievement’s new Introduction to Business Programme at the Methodist Promenade Church in Douglas in the Isle of Man.
At the day-long event, students took part in a business game designed to simulate real life business situations. The game, devised by OSA Recruitment, [...]
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