Pete Stevens has worked in a variety of marketing, events and communications roles in the UK and abroad. He says: “I get a real passion for a great idea and enjoy delivering a great project or event. In the future I want to continue to develop my own ideas, whilst also giving back to the community.”

Paul Corcoran is 25 years old and is Marketing Director for the award winning Agent Marketing; a full service consultancy servicing a range of clients both in Merseyside and across the UK. Paul is also The Urbanite columnist for the Liverpool Daily Post; writing about the joys of city living week in, week out.

I like nothing more than talking about ideas over a few beers, and then putting people in touch to help each other make them happen. By day I’m the Comms Director for the Make Your Mark campaign, which often slips into the night too.

I’m the Events and Communications Manager at Women Into the Network (WIN) – a networking initiative based in the North East. I’ve been with WIN for six years, relocating from Durham to Hampton in Middlesex five years ago, where I continue to work remotely for WIN from my home office. I manage a membership of over 2,500 and deal with all the marketing and communications, events management and website development for the network.

Dave McTague works with Another Media, a design and communications agency based in Liverpool, operating across a range of fields including design, publicity, PR, events, marketing, distribution and advertising. He also works with RedHouse Originals, offering a range of artwork.

Patricia has provided business support, advice and training to hundreds of creative clients in the last 10 years. She is passionate about marketing and strategic personal and business development, and helping people to make their dreams come true. She has worked at the Crafts Council, Design Nation/The Design Trust and Studio Levien. She currently is Executive Manager at CIDA, the Cultural Industries Development Agency in East London.

Running a marketing business, a children’s theatre school, a home, three teenagers and a large dog should be enough for anyone, but I am also a passionate networker, who gets a real buzz out of putting people in touch with each other for their mutual benefits. Experience ranges from full time plc board director right down to helping people plant and launch their businesses. I’m a member of several thriving networking groups, and am known for my practical appraoch to life. I love working with younger people who have a passion for business, and am currently helping my 19-year-old nephew set up his own business in my spare time.

James is the managing director of London-based marketing communications agency, Human Communications, committee member of central London branch of the Institiute of Directors and Chair of its Young Directors Forum. Human Communications provides strategic marketing communications consultancy for b2b and b2c clients. Its ethos is to put people at the heart of marketing strategy so that actions answer genuine needs and objectives. Services comprise marketing ideation, go-to-market strategy, programme design, support into new markets and territories, and comprehensive implementation of public relations, advertising, website development and web marketing. Sector experience includes technology, financial services, interiors, building and construction, trade and professional associations, transport and logistics, automotive components, food and beverage, beauty, publishing and professional services.

Internet entrepreneur and blogger. Having been a sporting fanatic throughout his life, becoming a national champion and member of the English table tennis squad as a junior, David caught the entrepreneurial bug aged 20. After founding GroupSpaces Ltd (formerly ClickUni Ltd), winning places on courses and internships with McKinsey & Company, Lehman Brothers and JPMorgan, and leading various university sports clubs, David was awarded 2nd place in the UK Graduate of the Year competition in 2007. David is currently CEO at GroupSpaces Ltd, a funded Internet start-up addressing the pains of group management and communication online. In his spare time he enjoys writing “Freed from The Matrix” (www.davidlanger.co.uk) – a blog giving an insight into the lives of young entrepreneurs and also the entrepreneurship section for national student newspaper, The Gateway.

I am a freelance consultant in social marketing. My main clients are currently WYSE International, an educational leadership charity associated with the United Nations, and Equator Media, a social marketing agency that works with organisations such as Channel 4 and Time Out. My background is in development, marketing and communications, in the particular context of social enterprise and youth development. I gained experience in Business Improvement with Oxfam International and worked on the PR for their ‘Oxfam Unwrapped’ scheme. I then worked for a youth development project in Calcutta, before completing a Masters degree in Development Management at the University of Westminster. For the past two years I have been working in the social enterprise sector as Director of Marketing and Communications for i-genius, an online community of social entrepreneurs with members in over 90 countries. I was involved from the start-up stage, and so climbed a steep learning curve which culminated in organising an international conference in Thailand for over one hundred social entrepreneurs. See www.equatormedia.co.uk and www.wyse-ngo.org