MAKE YOUR MARK UK - MARK MY WORDS Mark Smith

In this episode, Mark Smith interviews Tracy Viner from the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce.

Tracy discusses her perspective on the mentor's role, the mutual advantages she's gained from mentoring, and the significance of cultivating a robust network. Additionally, she imparts advice and insights for individuals contemplating a shift from the corporate world to the charity sector.

Links
Sheffield Chamber of Commerce - https://www.scci.org.uk/
Junior Chamber International UK - https://jciuk.org.uk/
Junior Chamber International - https://jvc.jci.cc/#/home

In this episode, Mark Smith interviews the Co-Founder and Director of EvesTrust charity, Clynton Johnson. 

Clynton shares his insights into the challenges of running a charity; how he copes with stress and the impact of suffering a heart attack; the importance of partnership working and more.



https://evestrust.co.uk/

In this episode, Mark Smith interviews Gillian Pickard, Investment Manager from Finance for Enterprise about business startups.

Gillian reflects on what are the key challenges facing business startups; what it takes to be successful when starting your business; some stand out businesses she's worked with and also finance options to help kick start your business.  https://finance-for-enterprise.co.uk/

In this episode, Mark Smith interviews Ches Moulton, The Stress Master, the UK’s leading authority on stress management.

Stress seems to be a common factor in everyday working and personal lives but our ability to cope with it can vary.  Ches shares his insights into working in this area for many years, including how he got into this area of helping people and what motivates him.

https://thestressmaster.com/

In this episode, Mark Smith interviews Chris Hewitt, Head of Co-create about the place of co-production and co-design in service development.  

Co-design is an attempt to define a problem and then define a solution; co-production is the attempt to implement the proposed solution; co-creation is the process by which people do both.

Chris explains the pros and cons of adopting an associate model in delivering the business; how he approached defining the values or 'building blocks' of the organisation as well as the impact of the COVID pandemic on the Co-create business model...and more!  

https://www.wearecocreate.com/

In this episode, Mark Smith interviews charity founder and CEO Vicki Beevers. Vicki set up the charity after experiencing her own personal challenges with sleep deprivation after becoming a mum and feeling there wasn't the help and support available that she needed.  Mark asks Vicki about how the charity has rapidly grown in the last few years, what its like being a charity CEO, advice she would give herself if she was starting the charity and much more!  As in all our episodes, the guest gets to ask Mark a question - Vicki asks Mark what is his favourite coaching question.  https://thesleepcharity.org.uk/