Youth present a business plan on the second day of the ‘Youth Change Everything’ conference.
DOHA: More than 100 high school and university students attended the two-day Youth Change Everything conference, which ended here yesterday.
Organised by the Youth Company, a social enterprise for youth development, the conference aimed to develop leadership skills among youth through a series of interactive workshops, discussions, networking sessions and motivational talks.
Delegates were then separated in four workshops, where they had a chance to learn how to manage change in a changing environment, acquire skills of conflict management, emotional intelligence and get to know how to create intelligent organisations.
The workshops were delivered by professional trainers including Erica C Chiusano, Cultural Attaché at the US Embassy in Doha, Munera Al Dosari, Founder and Marketing Director at G-LAB, Abraham Kamarck, Social Entrepreneur and Founder of www.Doha-Delivery.com, and Faissal Alhaithami, Social Media Specialist at Katara and Founder of Fansbridge.com.
The first day finished with an Open Space, also known as ‘unconference’, where delegates raised questions related to sustainability.
“When we were developing the content for this conference, we tried to reflect on how the world has changed in the last years and which skills would be required from youth in the near future,” said Abdulrahman Sajid, Youth Leader at The Youth Company.
“It is a matter of fact that at the modern workplace you have to communicate with people from different countries and cultures, adapt to fast changing environment and pursue innovation. So we picked particular topics and formats for our workshops, discussions and exercises to prepare the youth not only to be effective managers, but first of all successful leaders and entrepreneurs,” Sajid said.
The second day was occupied by a business challenge, where delegates were split into teams to design a product or project, which could solve sustainability issues.
Guided by experienced mentors and young entrepreneurs, teams had a chance to go through all the steps of product development and writing of a business proposal, including the creation of mission and vision, market analysis, defining target audiences, potential investments in terms of finance and human resources.
During the second day participants also learned the methodology of Business Model Canvas Generation, and applied it on their projects to understand potential customers, distribution channels, partners, revenue streams, costs, and core value proposition. In the end of the day all the teams presented their ideas, which will be published in The Youth Company online book and business newspapers in Qatar with to attract potential investors.
“Youth Change Everything was delivered for the first time a year ago and attracted a lot of enthusiastic youth. The success of the second edition inspired us to make Youth Change Everything a bi-annual initiative,” said Aya Abu Issa, Acting Chief Executive Officer of The Youth Company.
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