Follow us! @thinkyoungTW - www.thinkyoung.eu Who are we? Nonprofit think tank concerned with young people! Our aim: bridging the gap between young people and European decision makers 2007: lack of young people represented in EU institutions - 2014: Brussels, Geneva, Hong Kong Follow us! @thinkyoungTW - www.thinkyoung.eu
What we do? FIELDS OF ACTION • Entrepreneurship • Education • EU Enlargement • EU-Asia relations • Energy & Environment Follow us! @thinkyoungTW - www.thinkyoung.eu Follow us! @thinkyoungTW - www.thinkyoung.eu
How we do it? We provide trainings and workshops to empower youth with the tools to have a positive impact and make a change. Through our schools, we give the opportunity to cooperate, the chance to learn firsthand experience from successful entrepreneurs, and the skills to create their own company. At ThinkYoung Audiovisual Laboratory, young researchers are trained in filmmaking and multimedia projects. Follow us! @thinkyoungTW - www.thinkyoung.eu Follow us! @thinkyoungTW - www.thinkyoung.eu
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Why we started out? How? + 2010 SURVEY ThinkYoung ENTREPRENEURSHIP culture young people need better education in regards to entrepreneurship 2010 SURVEY European Business Summit; ThinkYoung future leaders survey How? young europeans who have creative start up ideas don’t know how to set up a business ThinkYoung acting not just thinking! + Follow us! @thinkyoungTW - www.thinkyoung.eu Follow us! @thinkyoungTW - www.thinkyoung.eu
UNIQUE METHODOLOGY THEMES • HR • Capital Raising • Dealing with Media • Marketing • Network • Failure? -> Real life advices that participants can’t receive in a book -> Entrepreneurship guide created as a takeaway Follow us! @thinkyoungTW - www.thinkyoung.eu Follow us! @thinkyoungTW - www.thinkyoung.eu
OUR GROWTH! 2011 jul | Summer School Brussels: 27 2012 jul | Summer School Brussels: 75 2013 jan | Winter school Brussels: 50 jul | Summer school Brussels: 100 aug | Summer school Hong Kong: 50 2014 jan | Winter School Hong Kong: may | alumni event Brussels: 50 jul | Summer School Brussels: 150 aug | Summer School Hong Kong: 50 (high school focus) Follow us! @thinkyoungTW - www.thinkyoung.eu Follow us! @thinkyoungTW - www.thinkyoung.eu
COMMUNITY Alumni 100 380+ 600 23 80% 24 2014 Brussels Example Participants 23 Nationalities 80% EU countries 24 Average age (range 18-30) 2014 Brussels Example Attendees 1st Alumni event! At the European Business Summit* May 2014 * Europe’s leading business and networking event Strong post event interaction; discussion boards alive and buzzing! Interaction Today 380+ Expected by end 2014 600 Alumni Follow us! @thinkyoungTW - www.thinkyoung.eu Follow us! @thinkyoungTW - www.thinkyoung.eu
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How to effectively communicate with young people? Social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instragram) Audio visual studies (ThinkYoung LAB) Partnerships with Youth Associations & others Partnerships with Universities Dialogue (Youth-youth communication) Events engagement (promotion and attendance) Implementation of feedbacks Follow us! @thinkyoungTW - www.thinkyoung.eu Follow us! @thinkyoungTW - www.thinkyoung.eu
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