Our Events

This event is ideal for young, ambitious professionals who wish to know more about managing themselves effectively and learning how to navigate their professional life with ease. Our guest speaker Clare Manning will tell the story of her journey from senior leader to business owner and share tips on how to be your own best boss, making the most of the good times and still being able to access your A game when the going gets tough.

This event is ideal for young, ambitious professionals who wish to know more about how public relations can help to raise the profile of their business – and how to deal with the media.

The team will follow The Ram Trail made up of the 30 ram sculptures, threading through Derby City Centre - and somewhere hidden within the city is our Generation Next Ram! The Ram Trail is a perfect opportunity to network with likeminded individuals, while taking in the city sites and increasing your step count!

Join Generation Next, Laughtercise and East Midlands Chamber for an afternoon of joy. This fun wellbeing session will have everything. Movement, fun, chuckles and zen. What’s not to like about that? This session is designed for everyone at all physical levels.

This event is ideal for young, ambitious professionals who wish to know more about building personal resilience. Pippa Blessett will give you a brief overview of what personal resilience is and why you might be feeling less resilient than usual during the pandemic. NB: Bring a tea spoon (No spoilers .... you'll just have to find out why on the day)  

This event is ideal for young, ambitious professionals who wish to learn some practical solutions to strengthen your mindset. Get set to create and grab your growth opportunities.

The final session in the series is all about bringing your learnings together to formulate the ultimate plan for your business. Throughout the sessions you will have identified key areas that need urgent attention and you will now be able to create a plan that you can work towards in the next 90 days and beyond. The 90 Day Plan is more comprehensive than the "Game Plan" you started with as you will now be aware where you need to focus your attention to maximise your online marketing profits.

This event is ideal for young, ambitious professionals who wish to know more about what’s really involved in starting your own business in an ethical and environmental way. Jessica will give insight into what she wishes she had known at the early stages, instead of the hard way through experience. 

Using social media in your business is essential but just as important is working the opportunities. In this session, you’ll learn what each opportunity is and how to maximise each one through to conversation. We will also cover how to create a sales funnel using a CRM system to nurture online leads through a sales pipeline to conversion.

This event is ideal for young, ambitious professionals who wish to know more about brand. We'll be answering the question, "what is it and why do those who respect it achieve so much more in their business?"

This session covers the process of setting up lead generation campaigns on various platforms including the setup and optimisation of targeting, adverts and lead management. Once we have helped you generate your key target audience, we will take you through various campaigns on Facebook, Google Adwords and LinkedIn, to demonstrate how to generate leads on all these key platforms.

The Generation Next Awards are a celebration of the amazing young talent across the East Midlands. The 2021 awards applications are open from 25 March until 26 April. We want to encourage young professionals from across the region to tell their story and celebrate their successes through the awards programme. We carefully crafted a board range of categories to give our young members the opportunity to apply and showcase their stories. There is an award to suit every young professional and entrepreneur at each stage of their career.