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15 November 2008 - Founder of innovative new young people’s charity to speak at latest EYP London event

Richard Morgan, Ministerial advisor and founder of genYus, a new charity aimed at supporting young people to enhance their careers and networking skills through effectively engaging with senior policy makers and business people, is set to speak at EYP London’s latest event, to be held during Global Entrepreneurship Week (17-23 November 2008) next week.

Richard has an incisive knowledge of how organisations operate having had extensive experience working within the political, public, private, and voluntary sectors, in both the UK and EU. He has advised Ministers and EU Commissioners on a wide range of business policy issues from the perspective of young people’s involvement, and has been a Business Adviser for Young Enterprise, and a Trustee of several social enterprise businesses. He is a member of The Economist Intelligence Unit’s CEO panel.

Richard will be talking to young professionals about how they can engage with senior policy makers and government departments so that they can turn their business ideas into a reality at this event, which will be held from 7 to 10pm on 18 November at the Association of Photographers venue in Old Street. It is hosted by EYP London, a professional networking organisation which hosts regular events in Central London, and Make Your Mark, the national campaign to give people in the UK the confidence, skills and ambition to be enterprising.

He said: “Young professionals may not know how to tap into the wealth of opportunities, knowledge and support available to them through senior government policy makers and key business leaders in order to develop their entrepreneurial ventures or to simply progress within the business world. The genYus initiative is all about making the right connections between young people and senior executives across the public and private sectors – and my talk at EYP London’s event will explore how these connections can be made.”

Also speaking at the event is one of Management Today's 35 women under 35, Internet entrepreneur and advisor to Bebo, Sháá Wasmund and Sheridan “Shed” Simove, TV producer, comedian, author and novelty entrepreneur. Sháá Wasmund is best known for being the whiz kid who helped build the Dyson brand.She is an intrinsic part of the new wave of UK entrepreneurs combining real entrepreneurial drive and experience with a genuine desire to encourage and inspire others. Sháá’s latest venture, Smarta.com is an online business platform supporting entrepreneurs and SMEs.

Shed Simove has been described as a modern-day entrepreneurial genius. Having once changed his name to “God” by deed poll, he has had a highly successful career in television production working on such shows as The Big Breakfast, Space Cadets and Big Brother. He’s since forged a highly profitable merchandising empire including products such as the Cock-A-Doodle Pad, the You’re Old range of birthday candles, the Control-A-Man and Control-A-Woman remote controls, to name a few. His second book, The Ideas Man, was launched earlier this year.

Following the speakers, attendees will be able to take part in speednetworking and further networking opportunities.

Dougie Slater, EYP London’s Events Director, said, “We’re thrilled to have Richard, Shed and Sháá speak at our upcoming event. While they all have very different careers, they have forged success by being able to turn their great ideas into profitable business ventures. I’m certain our members will come away from the event feeling inspired to follow their own dreams.”

This is a flagship event for Speednetwork the Globe, part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, which was founded by Make Your Mark and the Kauffman Foundation, the world’s largest foundation dedicated to entrepreneurship. During the week, 17-23 November 2008, young professionals from around the world will be involved in thousands of events and activities celebrating enterprise.

To tie in with the event, EYP London is asking individuals from around the world to share their idea about issues that are affecting them by videoing and posting their view on a new website, www.wewanttosee.com.

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If you would like to attend the event on 18 November to hear the speakers, network or just share the wine, let me know. I can be contacted at katrina@eyplondon.org or by phone on 077 3725 7719.

Notes to editors:

About Global Entrepreneurship Week/Enterprise Week (17-23 November)

Enterprise Week (17-23 November) is a national celebration of enterprise with thousands of events and activities happening across the UK. www.enterpriseweek.org.uk
This year it’s gone global as part of the first-ever Global Entrepreneurship Week, an international celebration of enterprise based on the UK’s highly successful model. It will run in more than 75 countries and inspire millions of 14 to 30-year-olds across the globe to join a growing movement of entrepreneurial people, to unleash their enterprising ideas to make a profit and address society’s biggest issues. www.unleashingideas.org
Global Entrepreneurship Week is supported by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, sponsored by NYSE Euronext, Ernst & Young and IBM and organised by Make Your Mark (founders of the UK’s Enterprise Week) and the Kauffman Foundation.
Make Your Mark is the campaign to give people in the UK the confidence, skills and ambition to be enterprising - to have ideas and make them happen. It was founded by the four leading UK business membership organisations – the British Chambers of Commerce, the CBI, the Federation of Small Businesses and the Institute of Directors.

About EYP London

EYP London promotes links between business professionals living in London. We welcome executives from across every industry, every nation and every age to attend our hugely popular, monthly networking events to make friends, establish valuable business contacts and to have fun.
We have over 3000 members across a range of industries, including banking and finance, law, media, PR, travel, IT, dentistry and medicine and a recent survey found that EYP London members represent over 40 countries.
For more information, visit www.eyplondon.org