My Vision

My Vision – The Big Picture

My vision is of a social enterprise where there is a complete cycle of giving and of mutual benefit; a process where young people who are disadvantaged by the education system who may be excluded from school or disillusioned with education are taught REAL skills from which they can earn a living or start a business with.

I am planning to teach young people online marketing, website building and social media for business but in a way that is real and not theoretical. With real projects rather than assignments, with real clients rather than textbook exercises and in real time with real deadlines risking real money!

In my coaching business, the majority of people I help are mums wanting to build a business from home but struggling to see their own strengths and skills come together into a business. The majority of my clients who need IT support or websites are coaches, healers and spiritual entrepreneurs who want to help others. In the future, I envisage taking a client brief for a website for example and using it as a real live case study with my students.

I can see me working with my students to understand the brief and to translate it into a product that can be presented to the client. It might be that each student works on their own design with my support and that we are able to present a number of options to the client for feedback. The client might choose a design from one of the students or a combination of elements from the group. The students begin to get real work experience for their CV and build a portfolio as they go.

The client gets the website and support that they want overseen by me but also gets a real sense of social responsibility.

Whilst I will be helping people to visualise and build a business or learn to build their business online, at the heart of my vision is building self-esteem, self-confidence and a belief that everyone regardless of background can go on and build a future with real possibilities.