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Live Market Testing

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

Ready, Set, GO!

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.

Make sure only friends can see your photos.Make sure only friends can see your religious and political views.

Make sure only friends can see your posts.With the privacy settings, you are given an opportunity to preview your site, a feature that lets you see what the outside world sees when they access your Facebook page.

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Developing Effective Communications Skills

Listening: Listening does not have

to be passive. It can be as active as

talking, if you do it right. To listen

effectively, you should:

• Pay attention.

• Not think ahead to what you are

going to say

(ignoring the speaker while

rehearsing your own comments).

• Not interrupt.

• Listen for feelings underneath

the words

• Keep an open mind—don’t judge

immediately.

• Encourage the speaker to continue

and clarify what has been said.

Looking: People communicate with

both verbal and body language. Pay

attention to the whole person. Take

note of facial gestures and body

movements. There are clues that will

help you more fully understand what

the person is saying. Some helpful

tips:

• Make eye contact.

• Show that you are listening by

leaning forward,

saying “Uh-huh” or “Go on.”

• Check out what you are

understanding; repeat back what

you heard. Ask if that’s what the

mentee “said.”

Leveling: Leveling means being

honest about what you are feeling

and thinking. Tips include:

• Be honest in what you say.

• Speak for yourself. Use “I” statements

instead of “you” statements.

• Deal with the other person’s

feelings. Don’t give unwanted advice

or try to change the other’s feelings.

Just listen and try to understand.

Adapted from “Bridging the Gap: What’s

Happening Now?” Hatcher, Robert,

Bridging the Gap: What’s Happening Now.

Atlanta, Georgia: Printed Matter, Inc.,

1983

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Tips For Effective CommunicationTalking and communication are not the same! There are three basic skills:

Listening, Looking, and Leveling.

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Almost 30 young ladies have been suited through the Dress for Success/ YUTE Partnership since 2013, many from the Whitfield Town community.

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coming in septembersee these young ladies prep for work

Dress for Success!A must see article

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YAAD Seasoned to the Bone

The young entrepreneurs and reps from the

YUTE PMO attended the meeting with Mrs

Miller and Mr Wynter from the SRC. They

received a sample of the product with the

recipe soon to follow. The process will take

3 months to complete after which a training

session will be facilitated by SRC with the

group.

SRC will be doing:

• testing for stability

• making adjustment where necessary e.g pasturing

• supplementing some of ingredients if necessary

• improving method of preparation

• improving the nutritional facts

• access the recipe

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.

Just right! real Jamaican

flavour

6 NEW DIRECTIONS in 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

new media have become sources of competitive upheaval

and innovation in business processes and models. Bits of

information rather than material goods are processed,

accelerating the shift away from the production of material

goods and toward an economy based on the production and

circulation of information and knowledge-based services.

Think you don’t have IT skills? Think again if you can click ‘like’

you have the skills to work online on micro work sites such

as www.microworker.com 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.

What other ways can you think of to enter the digital economy.

TelecommutingTelecommuting, remote work, or telework is a work

arrangement in which employees do not commute to a

central place of work. A person who telecommutes is known

as a “telecommuter”, “teleworker”, and sometimes as a “home

sourced,” or “work-at-home” employee. Many telecommuters

New Media & the Job SeekerA 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.

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.

Keep in mind that employers often “google” candidates before interviewing.

Sign up for Google Alerts so you know when something new has been posted online about your name.

What Employers Shouldn’t See on Facebook1. Don’t post anything you wouldn’t want

your current employer or a prospective

employer to see.

2. Avoid any comments that could

be interpreted as racist, sexist or

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

the best ones to have on your page when

you’re looking to get a job.

6. What groups are you a member of? If you

belong to “It’s 5 am, I’m drunk, and on

Facebook” or any similar groups, you

probably want to leave them.

work from home, while others sometimes called “nomad workers”,

use mobile telecommunications technology to work from coffee

shops or other locations. According to Reuters approximately

“one in five workers around the globe telecommute frequently and

nearly 10 percent work from home every day”

There are so many people who are turning to the internet for

work these days. There are several ways to work online. Please

understand that working online is not a get rich quick method.

Work is work and there is no such thing as free money. You do not

need to pay to work online.

There are many different types of online jobs, so many in fact that

a comprehensive list would likely be impossible. This is because as

new avenues of the Internet are being developed and discovered.

Freelancer.com.jm has many skilled and non-skilled jobs that allow

you to work remotely.

YUTEGAMES NIGHT

by Kerreen Wilson

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Dubbed YUTE Mentor Games Night, the atmosphereat 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.

YUTE hosted its first Mentor - Mentee Games Night on July 19. Mentor Kerreen Wilson gives her first hand account of the night’s activities.

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On 2013 July 5, 8 cosmetic micro-franchisees received

sample products to the response of public to the

products. Each micro-franchisee received 4 oz

products in 3 scents for:

1. Body Lotion

2. Body Mist and

3. Bath Gel

The scents were:1. Nutty Cherry: Body Lotion

2. Berry Vanilla and

3. Luscious Mango

On July 16, the group met to discuss the feedback

received from the public. They indicated that the

feedback was overwhelming and that persons wanted

to purchase the product immediately. The signature

scent was Luscious Mango. From the response

received, most persons were interested in purchasing

an 8 oz bottle rather than the 4 oz bottle.

On the other hand, the public expressed a need for

the scent of the mist to be longer lasting and for the

bath gel to be thicker.

Each person will receive an initial set of 45 products

consisting of:

• 5 sets of Luscious Mango

• 5 sets of Berry Berry (name changed from Berry

Vanilla)

• 5 sets of Nutty Cherry

The cosmetic micro-franchisees are:

1. Sophia Baker

2. Kimberlee Clemmings (photo 939)

3. Lakita Cole

4. Abdulla Johnson (photo 937)

5. Danette Lawrence

6. Tameka Love

7. Sharnie Moyston

8. Tamieka Peart

9. Vanessa Thomas

10. Shamar Forbes

GROCERY MICRO-FRANCHISE

On 2013 July 29, Grace Foods and Services delivered

goods to grocery micro-franchisee, Georgia Hamilton

Edwards whose shop is located in Lawrence Tavern,

St Andrew.

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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

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Y.U.T.E. stakeholders, ncluding sponsors and participants will

be undertaking a special engagement activity this September.

Dubbed the ‘Making School Count Tour,’ grades 10 and 11

students across 8 schools situated in communities served by

Y.U.T.E. will dialogue with older peers and professionals on

the importance of maximising their learning opportunities

while enrolled at school.

Baseline data obtained from Y.U.T.E. participants indicates

that while more than 80% report completing secondary

education, many lack the essential literacy, numeracy

and reasoning skills required to progress directly to post-

secondary training. The additional responsibilities of

parenting, caregiving and responsibility for their economic

well- being limits the ability of youth who graduate

without basic skills to pursue remedial programmes

later in life. The Y.U.T.E. ambassadors are very familiar

with the challenges of this reality, and are keen to advise

their younger peers to make more informed choices

while in school.

Students will also benefit from hearing first hand from

professionals employed to Y.U.T.E. sponsors about their

work, the realities of the formal workspace, and what

competencies are needed in the working world.

Y.U.T.E. is pleased with this collaborative community

engagement activity, and trusts that all stakeholders will

benefit from Making School Count.

Be sure to follow Y.U.T.E. at facebook.com/YUTEJamaica

for news and updates

Y.U.T.EMaking School Count Tour

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.

Y.U.T.E. Build Participants engage in Goal Setting Workshop

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Y.U.T.EMentors Meet

Mentors of Y.U.T.E. participants met on July 30

at the National Volunteers’ Centre for an update

on the programme’s progress to date and to

discuss strategies for closing out their mentoring

relationships effectively.

Mentorship coordinator Melissa Johnson provided

attendees with a status update on the programme’s

activities, including emerging opportunities for

mentees.

Mentors were briefed on the status of skills training

programmes, and updated on the traineeship

programme. The group discussed possible social

activities for the next social, and shared strategies

with the team for more effective engagement of

mentors.

Mrs. Scott from Youth Opportunities Unlimited

conducted an informative session on Preparing to

Close Out the Mentoring Relationship.

With six months to go until the major components

of YUTE comes to a close, she shared strategies for

refocusing both mentors and mentees on goals to be

accomplished over the period.

The group also discussed ways to minimise the sense

of loss for both mentors and mentees feel when their

formal relationship comes to a close.

Mentors voiced appreciation for the opportunity to

serve, sharing how proud they were of their mentees

who continue to work towards their goals despite

their challenges.

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