Inspiring Entrepreneurs at the London Conference

We are delighted to announce that Sophi Tranchell and Fraser Doherty have kindly agreed to join us for the annual Business Teacher National Conference 2008. 

Sophi Tranchell is MD of the leading social enterprise business Divine Chocolate.  Sophi was recently named the ‘First Woman of Retail and Property’ in the Real Business/CBI First Women Awards, and also picked up first prize in the Enterprising Solutions Awards in 2007.

Sophi manages a fairtrade company with a turnover of £9 million, which is holding its own in the multi-billion pound chocolate industry. But Divine’s business model bears no resemblance to that of any of the big chocolate names. The Divine story is a fantastic case study of how social enterprise can work and is a great one to use with our students.

On a personal note, I’m also trying to arrange a free tasting session for conference delegates from Divine’s delicious range of fairtrade chocolate!

Find out more on Divine Chocolate here:

http://www.divinechocolate.com/home/default.aspx

Our sweet-toothed theme for the conference continues with Fraser Doherty.

As a result of the runaway success of his startup business SuperJam, Fraser was named ‘Young Entrepreneur of the Year (UK)’ and ‘Global Student Entrepreneur of the Year (2007)’, in a competition that saw him compete against 750 student entrepreneurs from around the world. Many were running multi-million dollar companies and Fraser became the fist winner of the competition from outside North America.

Although SuperJam has clearly been a massive success, Fraser has faced numerous setbacks on his entrepreneurial journey. This should make for a fascinating session - with plenty of time to Q&A too. What a great example of a startup business to take back to your new business students at the start of September 2008…

Discover more about SuperJam here:

http://www.superjam.co.uk/

The remaining parts of the Conference programme will be announced next week.  There really is something highly relevant for everyone, with a strong focus in the other sessions on effective teaching strategies for business and getting to grips with curriculum change.

I really do hope that you and your colleagues will be able to join us for what is widely regarded as the must-attend Business Teacher CPD event of the year.

As expected, places are booking up fast (we are expecting another sell-out) so don’t hesitate to contact me to reserve your provisional places.

Delegate places can be booked online here:

http://www.tutor2u.net/acatalog/Business-Teacher-National-Conference-July-2008.html

or via the printable booking form here:

http://www.tutor2u.net/assets/orderforms/business040708.pdf

Alternatively, give us a call in the office on 0844 800 0085.

Now, where’s that unfinished packet of Divine Chocolate?....

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