Oh 11 ! One of my clients do Christmas crackers , so a lot of my work for them is about Christmas crackers , cards , giftwrap , competitions and so I ’ ve been building up to Christmas for about the last 3 months !
If you were the boss of this magazine , how would you promote it ? I ’ d probably put the magazine all online . I like the paper copies as well , but I would have it all online first and make a Facebook page , put links to all the different articles and stuff like that .
What ’ s your favourite Christmas movie ? Frozen .
Who is your idol ? Emma Watson – by a million miles . She ’ s amazing , she does so much with the UN for women and girls . She ’ s incredible .
When you were in primary school , what was your favourite subject ? English . I really liked reading and writing stories .
Do you keep a dream diary ? I don ’ t have a dream diary , but I do have a dream board . You put your dreams on it , what you want to achieve , and you look at it every day to help you get closer to your dreams . I have a business coach who suggested it – so I have goals , things that I want to do , holidays I want to go on … shoes I want to buy ! ( We think this is a great idea !)
Once I leave school , would it be possible for me to get a job with you ? Potentially yes ! It depends if you ’ re any good at social media I
suppose ! I took my younger sister on work experience with me last year . She ’ s 16 and she was brilliant , she wrote lots of blogs and did research for me .
How old do you think children should be to access social media , and what are your tips for children staying safe online ? Well the legal age for using these sorts of sites is 13 , and I really think if you ’ re under 13 you shouldn ’ t be on social media . It is really important not to add anyone you don ’ t know , make sure you have the highest possible security settings so that no-one but your friends or family can see what you ’ re writing . I think it ’ s really important that you tell your parents so that they can see what you ’ re doing and help you to stay safe . Also be aware what you ’ re clicking on when you ’ re on the internet – ask an adult if you ’ re not sure , that would be my main advice !
Who or what inspires you ? When I was working with a company in Caerphilly , I met a lady there who runs her own business and she was very inspiring . I was 24 and she was in her late 30s / 40s and I thought I wanted to be like her and have my own business . There ’ s also an amazing lady called Sheryl Sandburg who is very high up in Facebook – she ’ s CEO of Facebook and has written a book called ‘ Lean In ’ and is a big inspiration to me .
Have you ever regretted anything you ’ ve ever done ? I try not to ! Even if you ’ ve done something wrong , there ’ s usually a lesson to be learnt from it . Running a business , if you make
a mistake , it ’ s best to move forward and not let it get to you – otherwise you ’ d get nowhere !
What would be your top tips if any of our readers wanted to get into technology ? Do technical subjects at school – like I . T ./ computer sciences . I think it ’ s really helpful and I still teach my clients things I learnt when I studied I . T . in school . Also play around with things that you ’ re interested in , just keep practicing and having fun with it !
How do you feel about Donald Trump becoming President of the USA ? ( cue lots of laughter here from all the group !) I ’ m definitely against it . I don ’ t think he ’ s going to be able to do what he says he can do though ( or promised to do ), he still has to have permission from a lot of other people before he can get things passed . People make a lot of promises during the election campaign , many of which don ’ t come true afterwards ! I think he ’ ll have a hard time controlling himself on Twitter though – his press team took over his account because he kept getting in so much trouble with the things he was tweeting !
Have you ever taught Donald Trump how to use Twitter ? No , he would be better if I had taught him ! J ( lots of fantastic discussion amongst the Schoogle group here , watch this space for the political commentators of tomorrow !)
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