Global Challenge 2007
2007 Global Challange  | Stacey Shaw from "Stop-Popz" (Southland Girls High School) and Ricky Craw from "Illuminate" (James Hargest Collage) were selected to attend the 2007 Global Enterprise Challenge held in Auckland from 16th to 18th June.
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Eighty Young Enterprise Students (40 from the Auckland region and 40 from the remainder of New Zealand) met at Massey University where they were put into ten groups and allocated to a corporate host company.
The first day was the New Zealand Challenge which was the 'practice run' for the Global Challenge the next day.
This challenge was "To develop your food product so it appeals to the European Market, while complying with the 'food miles', and then to present a business plan for it that will grow your business to $20m in five years". Five hours later the teams presented their three minute presentations to distinguished guests.
Later that evening they were linked to the Welsh General Assembly to receive the International Global Challenge which was "To produce a working model of an innovative model to appeal, inform and educate 8 - 12 year olds about Global Citizenship".
On Monday the teams spent the day developing their product concepts, mission statements and business plans ready for presentation.
The winning team from New Zealand went on to present their presentation via video email against twelve other countries. The USA team won with Japan runner up.
Ricky reports that one of the judges came to their team and told them they thought their product was the best and that if they were to have continued on with it, they would have invested. High praise indeed!
As well as the two challenges, the students were treated to motivational speakers. As Stacey reports "They certainly left a great footprint in all of our minds in terms of reaching our dreams and not wasting the precious time we have."
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More comment from Stacey "Several seminars were held on marketing, finance and business planning which were very helpful as many of us were new to Enterprise. During this experience, I learnt such valuable skills that I will never lose, including communication, time management, co-operation, team work, problem solving, creativity and determination to name but a few. What was particularly rewarding was seeing our team of strangers turn into a team of life long friends. I departed Auckland Airport as a different person having endured…massive skyscrapers, humid temperatures, traffic jams, and I won't forget having to get up at 5.20am to get anywhere in time!. Needless to say it was the most worthwhile enterprise experience that a secondary school student could ever participate in, and I am truly grateful that I had this extraordinary chance. The Global Enterprise Challenge was one of the most beneficial and educational, yet fun-filled experiences that I will ever have."
Ricky reports: "Regardless of the results, it was an amazing experience, and I know for a fact that this will be the opinion of everyone who attended. I met some amazing people and made the best of friends. I seriously recommend this experience to anyone who ever gets the chance to take it and have absolutely no regrets. It was by far the best schooling experience I have had in my school career."
The Chamber congratulates Ricky and Stacey on their tremendous endeavours and is proud of their two young ambassadors.
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