Entrepreneurs appear in popular media as much as in business journals these days, from Alan Sugar to Peter Jones, so it’s easy to assume that enterprise activity is readily understood and accessible to all.  But is it?  Or should it be?

The ‘Enterprise For All?’ conference will address the ‘golden thread of enterprise’ on Friday 31 March at the East Midlands Conference Centre.

Organised by Unleashing Enterprise, the East Midlands Development Agency (emda) supported programme, the free event is open to anyone involved in enterprise as well as those wanting to learn more about the enterprise agenda.

Enterprise For All? will highlight the latest enterprise policy developments and the event will showcase examples of successful enterprise practitioners.

Participants will also be able to take part in a wide range of workshops, covering the full spectrum of enterprise activity in the East Midlands, including enterprise education in primary schools, to enterprise coaching in disadvantaged communities.

Chris Shaw, Regional Manager for Unleashing Enterprise said:  “It’s an exciting time for people working in enterprise, and emda is leading the development of the regional skills strategy with enterprise skills to feature as a key strand.  We want this conference to be stimulating and challenging so we’ll be asking a few pertinent questions of  a range of enterprising speakers.

“We also want to highlight some of the excellent work that is taking place across the region and helping to further the East Midlands presence on the national enterprise map.”

Andrew Morgan, Skills and Communities Director at emda added: “There is increasing recognition across many areas of society, education, communities and in businesses of the importance of helping a wide range of individuals develop their enterprise capability. This is important in helping people adapt to change, identify opportunities and take action – steps that are critical to embracing an enterprise culture and enabling the East Midlands to build its economic potential and develop active, sustainable communities. This event will showcase some of the excellent work that is taking place across the region in these areas and help to assess what more needs to be done to drive the enterprise agenda forward.”

Keynote speakers at the conference include Mike Chitty, entrepreneur and author of the BLOG, ‘Enterprise & Entrepreneurship in the Community’; Andrew Morgan, emda’s Skills and Communities Director; Toby Reid, Nottingham based entrepreneur and founder of business reality website www.inafishbowl.com; Charles Cracknell, Employment and Youth Enterprise Manager, Hull City Council and Stephen Hobbs, Director of Education, The Working Knowledge Group.

To register for the conference visit http://www.kc-jones.co.uk/rsm/6/event-page/205/1/ or contact Chris Shaw, Regional Manager, Unleashing Enterprise by telephone on 0116 2795115.

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