1. 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
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2. What we do?
FIELDS OF ACTION • Entrepreneurship • Education • EU Enlargement • EU-Asia relations • Energy & Environment
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3. 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.
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4. Follow us! @thinkyoungTW - www.thinkyoung.eu
PROJECTS
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5. 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! +
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6. 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
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7. 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: (high school focus)
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8. 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
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9. YOUTH ASSOCIATIONS Follow us! @thinkyoungTW - www.thinkyoung.eu

10. PARTNERS Follow us! @thinkyoungTW - www.thinkyoung.eu

11. 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
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12. UNIVERSITIES Follow us! @thinkyoungTW - www.thinkyoung.eu

13. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
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