JCI TOGETHER series: Taj Pabari - Innovation Nation
Event description
Welcome to JCI TOGETHER
For those of you who don't know, JCI Together is a new initiative that we're running, which is a live-streaming event aimed to help JCI members globally survive the COVID-19 crisis.
About this event:
Taj Pabari is one of Australia’s youngest and most successful social entrepreneurs.
Taj established Fiftysix Creations, Australasia's Largest Youth Entrepreneurship Provider at the age of fourteen. As of 1 October 2019, Fiftysix Creations has educated 54,963 Australian Students. Fiftysix Creations run workshops for schools teaching young people as young as five all the way to eighteen about the world of business, entrepreneurship and financial literacy.
The organisation has partnered with Westpac, MYOB and the State and Federal Government to deliver it’s workshop programs to regional and remote areas around Australia and New Zealand. Taj’s work and story has been featured by Sunrise, 60 Minutes, The Today Show, National Geographic, ABC, Nickelodeon and CNBC.
Accolades collected by Taj and Fiftysix Creations include being named the 2017 Young Australian of the Year for Queensland, The Australian Young Innovator of the Year and Winner of Westpac's Top 20 Businesses of Tomorrow.
Bio:
Taj Pabari will walk you through his journey through the education system and how young people can prepare for the challenges of the innovation economy. Taj will talk about Fiftysix Creations "Future Proofing Young People" Report on why people skills are the skills employers and industry believe are fundamental for success, and highlighting the importance of enterprising and creativity in the workforce of the future.