Enterprise Week

The two events that I attended during the enterprise week were Women in Business and 5% Idea, 95% Effort LetterBoxChocs. The women in business event took place at the Crown plaza hotel and lasted a whole day. This event was a very beneficial event as I got a personal insight about five different women and what they did to achieve where they are in their careers today. These women who had very strong and optimistic personalities shared their experiences and struggle along the way to getting to the position they are at now. I was very overwhelmed meeting these women and hearing their stories. Even though the business industry is a more male-dominated industry, they were motivated and determined to achieve their goals despite that which I admire greatly. At the beginning we were given a talk by Susan Lock on powering up your presentations how we should act when we have to do a presentation in front of an audience. I learnt a lot of new things such as what opening sentence you should use and how to grab the audience’s attention. I learnt a lot about visual image such as posture, gesture, and relaxation when talking. This is something that has influenced my career aspirations because it has made me realise that being able to communicate correctly can make a difference. I got a chance to meet the women who is the manager of House of Fraser in High Wycombe. She also came and gave a talk about how business has changed and more women are working in business and taking high level roles such as branch managers. She had only completed her GCSE and left school. This really influenced me and made me wonder how she got so far? But with all the inspirations she held and all the effort she made, she gave me a reason to believe in myself. There was another lady who came up with her own product about healthy eating in schools. She has also gone a long way with her idea and hopefully soon we should see her product in schools.
Overall it was interesting event as I did not only meet these determined women but I also get to ask questions and interact with them personally. This day was a total success as it has motivated me to do well later in my career and being a women, achieve all the goals I have set.

The other event was 5% Idea, 95% Effort LetterBoxChocs was held at the Gateway lecture theatre in the University. This presentation was a shorter one and lasted about an hour. This was about a serial entrepreneur who told us about his journey through his new idea called LetterBoxChocs, which is a ready to post chocolates and greeting cards. He had thought about his idea about two years ago and now is very successful. He launched his product in October 2008 and now exporting to 20 different countries. It is amazing what he has achieved in a very short period of time and being at the age of only 22 when he started shows his hard work and strength of mind. This encouraged me and made me understand the importance of putting 100% effort in and working hard and sincerely to achieve and become an accountant.