Enterprise Week – a week that aims at promoting business awareness and self-employment - is not an exclusively British thing anymore. It has turned global in the past two years and organizations around the world go on to celebrate it in different ways. Our institution is very big on entrepreneurship promotion, so we couldn’t abstain from joining in the celebrations.
What are we doing for Enterprise Week?
A whole range of events. Some will be student-focused and some will be more centred around businesses. For example, we are going to have panels of employers from different industries talk to students about how they can get into their organizations and hold private interviews with them. We are going to host a full-day workshop helping students develop their ideas and turn them into successful businesses. We are also going to have an awards ceremony for the best local businesses and a range of business networking events for members of the local community. It’s going to be a full yet fun week.
What am I doing?
Our office and me personally are involved in almost every detail of organizing this week of entrepreneurship events and activities. From the logistical side of booking rooms, catering, parking spots, drafting agendas and sending out invites, to the more crucial side of ensuring student and guests turnout is as high as possible. In this effort of course, we have the valuable contribution of many of our academics who are helping out by giving us contacts and spreading the word to their students, local authorities who are co-hosting some of the business events, and of course the departmental administrators who are involved in making the process smoother for us.
It’s hard work and sometimes stressful. But I’m sure the outcome will be worth all the efforts and the time spent.
