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Live Market Testing Ready, Set, GO! The Micro Franchise Cosmetics Group will be retailing Bod-D-Licious products made by Janice McLeod. On July 15, 2013 at the College of Insurance and Professional Studies he participants received their product samples that will form a part of the marketing to potential customers.
The participants will start with three different fragrances of the Bod-D-Licious product line. The three fragrance products include Luscious Mango, Berry Vanilla and Nutty Cherry.
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Testing Success The feedback from the participants was great and as such orders were made. They named the Luscious Mango the signature fragrance of the lot. The Berry Vanilla was said to be a common scent and a motion was moved for a name change to Berry Berry. Nutty Cherry is more suitable for mature clients. They requested the bath gel be made thicker and asked for a longer lasting body mist as they start with an order of 45 bottles.
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Focus on Mentorship Developing Effective Communications Skills Tips For Effective Communication
Talking and communication are not the same! There are three basic skills: Listening, Looking, and Leveling.
Listening: Listening does not have
Looking: People communicate with
Leveling:
to be passive. It can be as active as
both verbal and body language. Pay
honest about what you are feeling
talking, if you do it right. To listen
attention to the whole person. Take
and thinking. Tips include:
effectively, you should:
note of facial gestures and body
• Be honest in what you say.
• Pay attention.
movements. There are clues that will
• Speak for yourself. Use “I” statements
• Not think ahead to what you are
help you more fully understand what
instead of “you” statements.
the person is saying. Some helpful
• Deal with the other person’s
tips:
feelings. Don’t give unwanted advice
• Make eye contact.
or try to change the other’s feelings.
going to say (ignoring the speaker while
rehearsing your own comments). • Not interrupt.
• Show that you are listening by
• Listen for feelings underneath
immediately. • Encourage the speaker to continue and clarify what has been said.
means
being
Just listen and try to understand.
leaning forward,
the words • Keep an open mind—don’t judge
Leveling
saying “Uh-huh” or “Go on.” •
Check
out
what
you
Adapted from “Bridging the Gap: What’s
are
Happening
Now?”
Hatcher,
Robert,
understanding; repeat back what
Bridging the Gap: What’s Happening Now.
you heard.
Atlanta, Georgia: Printed Matter, Inc.,
Ask if that’s what the
mentee “said.”
1983
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Dress for Success! A must see article Almost 30 young ladies have been suited through the Dress for Success/ YUTE Partnership since 2013, many from the Whitfield Town community.
coming in september
see these young ladies prep for work
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YAAD Seasoned to the Bone aican m a J l a re
Just right!
flavour
The Junior Achievement Pilot group has created a semi liquid seasoning. In preparation for the product to hit the market we met with Scientific Research Council, SRC on July 16, 2013 to find out the procedure the product has to under go before it can be placed on the market. The young entrepreneurs and reps from the
SRC will be doing:
YUTE PMO attended the meeting with Mrs
• testing for stability
Miller and Mr Wynter from the SRC. They
• making adjustment where necessary e.g pasturing
received a sample of the product with the
• supplementing some of ingredients if necessary
recipe soon to follow. The process will take
• improving method of preparation
3 months to complete after which a training
• improving the nutritional facts
session will be facilitated by SRC with the
• access the recipe
group.
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NEWinDIRECTIONS entrepreneurship The entrepreneur is commonly seen as a business leader and innovator of new ideas and business processes. Digital Entrepreneurship represents a category of Entrepreneurship that leverages new technologies in novel ways. In July our New Media focused on the New directions in entrepreneurship, August we will focus on Social Responsibility join in the discussion on our facebook and twitter.
In the digital economy, Information Technology (IT) and
work from home, while others sometimes called “nomad workers”,
new media have become sources of competitive upheaval
use mobile telecommunications technology to work from coffee
and innovation in business processes and models. Bits of
shops or other locations. According to Reuters
information rather than material goods are processed,
“one in five workers around the globe telecommute frequently and
accelerating the shift away from the production of material
nearly 10 percent work from home every day”
approximately
goods and toward an economy based on the production and circulation of information and knowledge-based services.
There are so many people who are turning to the internet for
work these days. There are several ways to work online. Please
Think you don’t have IT skills? Think again if you can click ‘like’
understand that working online is not a get rich quick method.
you have the skills to work online on micro work sites such
Work is work and there is no such thing as free money. You do not
as www.microworker.com
need to pay to work online.
Did you know you can record
everyday sounds like a baby crying or urban noise and sell it online to developers who need stock, royalty free audio clips.
There are many different types of online jobs, so many in fact that
What other ways can you think of to enter the digital economy.
a comprehensive list would likely be impossible. This is because as new avenues of the Internet are being developed and discovered.
Telecommuting
Freelancer.com.jm has many skilled and non-skilled jobs that allow
Telecommuting, remote work, or telework is a work
you to work remotely.
central place of work. A person who telecommutes is known
What Employers Shouldn’t See on Facebook
as a “telecommuter”, “teleworker”, and sometimes as a “home
1. Don’t post anything you wouldn’t want
arrangement in which employees do not commute to a
sourced,” or “work-at-home” employee. Many telecommuters
your current employer or a prospective employer to see.
New Media & the Job Seeker
A career brand is an image that portrays you as an expert in your field, attracts your ideal employer, and reveals how you can help their business. How can you promote your career brand effectively, to stand out among increasing competition in the workforce? Self-marketing! Today’s job searchers have a full arsenal of socially savvy tools at their disposal, from professional networking sites to social sites that allow you to reach out to former colleagues and old friends. Before you begin self-marketing, you need to understand: 1. What you are going to market about yourself 2. Who you are going to market yourself to? 3. Why you are going to market yourself to them.
2. Avoid any comments that could be interpreted as racist, sexist or If you’re not careful, everything you post on social media sites can be seen by your current employer or a prospective employer. Inopportune comments and/ or inappropriate photos have cost job seekers offers and have caused employees to be fired. Companies use Social Media to recruit for over 80% of job openings. Before you submit your resume to a dream Google yourself. If an employer did a quick online search of you, what would their first impression be? It is important to check your privacy settings before starting your job search.
discriminatory in any way. 3. Remove or untag photos of you that show you in an unfavorable light. If you prefer not to, then be sure to carefully manage your album privacy settings. These control which people can see which of your albums. 4. Look at your wall. Remove comments from your friends that seem distasteful. 5. Look at the apps on your profile. Does their purpose portray you well? There are more than a few apps that may not be
Keep in mind that employers often “google” candidates before interviewing.
the best ones to have on your page when
Sign up for Google Alerts so you know when something new has been posted online about your name.
6. What groups are you a member of? If you
you’re looking to get a job. belong to “It’s 5 am, I’m drunk, and on Facebook” or any similar groups, you probably want to leave them.
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YUTE GAMESby NIGHT Kerreen Wilson YUTE hosted its first Mentor - Mentee Games Night on July 19. Mentor Kerreen Wilson gives her first hand account of the night’s activities. Dubbed YUTE Mentor Games Night, the atmosphere at the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation on Friday, July 19th was packed with fun and fanfare as Mentors and Mentees readily participated in the activities and games. It was a flurry of ‘guesswork’ as we attempted to guess who wrote what on strips of paper used to describe themselves!!! Descriptions such as ‘honest’ ‘sincere’ and ‘eclectic’ were so vague that participants could never guess who they belonged to. At one point, the host Ms. Gynelle Findlay had such a hard time deciphering a particular word which could have been a cross between abracadabra…..Mississippi….and supercalifragilisticespialididocious!! It was good fun though as we all were able to discover new things about each person in the room.
I for one was not so pleased with the “My Grandmother likes Coffee, but she doesn’t like Tea’ game. The secret of the game was explained to about three (3) persons in the room…..and of course the other thirty or so of us suffered at the hands of these individuals who were making all the correct analogies. To discover that the secret of the game was that whatever my grandmother likes can start with any letter of the alphabet, but anything she dislikes must begin with the letter ‘T’ , made us all seem like glowering buffoons. I know that I will be prepared for the next game and enjoy using this medium to tell the secret to everyone! All in all, Games night was fun. The many Board games such as dominoes, cards, scrabble and bingo provided an outlet for each person to participate; especially if they were not master of all games. Our many trips to the Food stands was a testament to how much we enjoyed the patties, snacks and drinks.
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YUTESTAGRAM
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Attention All Mentors
Nominate Your Mentee for the YUTE Ambassador Program We will be launching a YUTE Ambassadors programme to facilitate greater visibility for our participants, their communities, our stakeholders and the wider YUTE programme. You are being asked to nominate participants who meet the following criteria: • Between the ages of 18 and 32 • Have successfully completed activities in one or more Y.U.T.E. programme stream • Genuine interest in engaging with their peers, Y.U.T.E. stakeholders and the media • Willing and able to commit to training and engagement sessions • Willing to attend ongoing workshops to increase their skills at public engagement Candidates will be asked to submit a one page statement outlining their reasons for wishing to become a “Y.U.T.E.Ambassadors”. Candidates will need to get two recommendations (not formal, but must be able to attest to the young person’s success) from their peers.
DEADLINE August 5. Submit via email to yutementorship@gmail.com
COSMETIC MICRO-FRANCHISE On 2013 July 5, 8 cosmetic micro-franchisees received
Each person will receive an initial set of 45 products
sample products to the response of public to the
consisting of:
products. Each micro-franchisee received 4 oz
• 5 sets of Luscious Mango
products in 3 scents for:
• 5 sets of Berry Berry (name changed from Berry
1.
Body Lotion
Vanilla)
2.
Body Mist and
• 5 sets of Nutty Cherry
3.
Bath Gel
The cosmetic micro-franchisees are:
The scents were:
1. Sophia Baker
1.
Nutty Cherry: Body Lotion
2. Kimberlee Clemmings (photo 939)
2.
Berry Vanilla and
3. Lakita Cole
3.
Luscious Mango
4. Abdulla Johnson (photo 937)
On July 16, the group met to discuss the feedback
5. Danette Lawrence
received from the public. They indicated that the
6. Tameka Love
feedback was overwhelming and that persons wanted
7. Sharnie Moyston
to purchase the product immediately. The signature
8. Tamieka Peart
scent was Luscious Mango. From the response
9. Vanessa Thomas
received, most persons were interested in purchasing
10. Shamar Forbes
an 8 oz bottle rather than the 4 oz bottle.
GROCERY MICRO-FRANCHISE
On the other hand, the public expressed a need for the scent of the mist to be longer lasting and for the
On 2013 July 29, Grace Foods and Services delivered
bath gel to be thicker.
goods to grocery micro-franchisee, Georgia Hamilton Edwards whose shop is located in Lawrence Tavern, St Andrew.
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Y.U.T.E
Making School Count Tour Y.U.T.E. stakeholders, ncluding sponsors and participants will
well- being limits the ability of youth who graduate
be undertaking a special engagement activity this September.
without basic skills to pursue remedial programmes
Dubbed the ‘Making School Count Tour,’ grades 10 and 11
later in life. The Y.U.T.E. ambassadors are very familiar
students across 8 schools situated in communities served by
with the challenges of this reality, and are keen to advise
Y.U.T.E. will dialogue with older peers and professionals on
their younger peers to make more informed choices
the importance of maximising their learning opportunities
while in school.
while enrolled at school. Students will also benefit from hearing first hand from Baseline data obtained from Y.U.T.E. participants indicates
professionals employed to Y.U.T.E. sponsors about their
that while more than 80% report completing secondary
work, the realities of the formal workspace, and what
education, many lack the essential literacy, numeracy
competencies are needed in the working world.
and reasoning skills required to progress directly to postsecondary training. The additional responsibilities of
Y.U.T.E. is pleased with this collaborative community
parenting, caregiving and responsibility for their economic
engagement activity, and trusts that all stakeholders will benefit from Making School Count.
Y.U.T.E. Build Participants engage in Goal Setting Workshop Y.U.T.E. Build participants underwent a practical workshop in goal setting during their monthly personal development workshop on July 26. Facilitated by author and motivational speaker Cordell Williams – Graham, the session took an in depth look at the process of setting goals in the various areas of life in order to attain success. Participants were quizzed about what their goals were in life? What did they wish to accomplish in life? In what time frame? What resources would they need to bring their goals to life? Using a combination of visual presentations, worksheets and discussions, the facilitator guided the enthusiastic group through the goal setting process. Participants expressed that the session deepened their appreciation for documenting their goals, and highlighted the importance of regularly reviewing their progress in attaining their objectives.
Be sure to follow Y.U.T.E. at facebook.com/YUTEJamaica for news and updates
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Y.U.T.E
Mentors Meet Mentors of Y.U.T.E. participants met on July 30
Mrs. Scott from Youth Opportunities Unlimited
at the National Volunteers’ Centre for an update
conducted an informative session on Preparing to
on the programme’s progress to date and to
Close Out the Mentoring Relationship.
discuss strategies for closing out their mentoring relationships effectively.
With six months to go until the major components of YUTE comes to a close, she shared strategies for
Mentorship coordinator Melissa Johnson provided
refocusing both mentors and mentees on goals to be
attendees with a status update on the programme’s
accomplished over the period.
activities, including emerging opportunities for mentees.
The group also discussed ways to minimise the sense of loss for both mentors and mentees feel when their
Mentors were briefed on the status of skills training
formal relationship comes to a close.
programmes, and updated on the traineeship programme. The group discussed possible social
Mentors voiced appreciation for the opportunity to
activities for the next social, and shared strategies
serve, sharing how proud they were of their mentees
with the team for more effective engagement of
who continue to work towards their goals despite
mentors.
their challenges.
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