Future Heroes Estonia

15/01/2022

While Future Heroes Lithuania is kicking-off its first season, Future Heroes Latvia is halfway through its second season! 🙌 Very proud and thankful for all the girls with a grit across the Baltics who pave the way for a more inclusive, responsible and kind future! 🙏

12/01/2022

A New Year, a New Leap in empowering women across the Baltics! 🤩 Future Heroes kicks-off in Lithuania on Jan 15th, 🦄 run by WoW University and steered by The ella fund and British Council! A special thank you to Future Heroes’ amazing godmother Ursula Roosmaa for supporting us along the way and our amazing team of Big Sisters Laura-Liis Järvela, Elina Liina Heno, Maria Heinsar, Jana Ogorodnik, Britt-Lauren Oltsmann who have steered the sisterhood without borders and made the digital transformation of Future Heroes possible!

Last but not least, proud that OECD included Future Heroes in the Better Entrepreneurship Policy Tool for fostering more inclusive entrepreneurship! 🙌

Time to connect more dots in Europe for more diverse leadership and entrepreneurship!

Future Heroes is a sisterhood without borders. It’s a growth mindset driven leadership & business accelerator for 13-17-year-old girls.

12/08/2021

The winners of the 5th season of the Future Heroes program Sugarlestonia had their winner's trip to Germany.

It was full of
⚡️adventure by Standupclub Berlin 🌊
⚡️discovering the sightseeings and culture of Berlin & Potsdam📸
⚡️meetings with an inspiring Estonian company Ampler Bikes 🚲and a German social action program Start With a Friend 👥

💥Check out our Instagram highlights to learn more!

10/05/2021

Our Estonian speaking🇪🇪 young audience listen up!

Kas tunned, et distantsõpe ja koroonast tulenevad lisapinged kasvavad üle pea? Soovid saada nõuandeid ja viise, kuidas neid pingeid leevendada?

"Harutame lahti" on veebikeskkond, kus oma ala eksperdid jagavad oma teadmisi:
🧠vaimse tervise
⚡️ärevuse
📚õppimisprotsessi
⭐️motivatsiooni hoidmise ..ja muudel taolistel teemadel

Infot jagatakse nii online-kohtumiste, podcastide kui ka artiklitena, mis on kõik leitavad lehel http://delfi.ee/noor

❗️Järgmine online-kohtumine toimub juba 11.mail ning selleks on vajalik EELREGISTREERIMINE lehel http://delfi.ee/noor , kus leiad ka registreerimislingi kõikidele järgnevatele üritustele.

Ürituse toovad teieni Eesti Psühholoogiaüliõpilaste Ühendus, Sotsiaalministeerium ja Delfi

👋Kohtumiseni "Harutame lahti"-l!

Oled viimasel ajal mõelnud, kuidas paremini õppida, mida teha, et end paremini tunda või murdnud pead teistel vaimse tervise teemadel… mõtled Sa sellest nüüd? Igatahes on hea, et oled jõudnud siia lehele, kus saad pisut ringi vaadata ja osaleda mai jooksul toimuvatel online-kohtumistel. Sea...

28/04/2021

Same brand & strong sisterhood👭 but in a new country🌍!

Did you know that the Future Heroes program took place in Latvia🇱🇻 for the first time last year?🤩
Our Latvian program Future Heroes Latvia made a great recap of their 4-month program, check out the highlights of the season here!⬇️

16/03/2021

🤩Future Heroes is excited to present to you - Switch.

An event, where we'll talk about entrepreneurship & change:
📌the courage it takes
📌the skills it needs
📌the whole experience
📌the expectations vs reality

Our speakers will share their stories, give their best tips and advice.

This event is perfect for everyone considering making a change in their life, whether it's starting a business or switching a job.

❗️The event is held in Estonian except for our special guest speaker Katy Vincent from NATO Battlegroup Estonia, whose video-greeting you can check down below!

Register to the FREE event at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/145308951987

08/03/2021

🌹W O M E N ' S D A Y🌹

This day is dedicated to all the brave, strong, and powerful women all over the world. Take this day to tell your mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, coworker, friend, classmate how much you appreciate them - support and recognise the most awesome women in your life💪

We, in the Future Heroes program, are always encouraging girls to support other girls to have a powerful global sisterhood to rely on.

⚡️What's even better is that YOU can support the future female entrepreneurs and leaders too by purchasing any item on our ONLINE STORE https://futureheroes.ee/e-shop

👀p.s. Stay tuned for some exiting news and save the date 25th March on your calendar!

(Photo by Harry Tiits Photography)

31/12/2020

Before getting excited about the new year, let's take a look back to this year!

2020 was a different and unique year, to say the least. For the Future Heroes program it meant moving the live workshops online and finding new ways to give the best experience to the participants💻

Despite the challenges, we had a great 5th season, check out the outcome from this season's recap video!⚡️

We wish everyone a happy New Year!🦄

20/12/2020

⚡️The Future Heroes ONLINE STORE is live!⚡️

If you've been looking for making a MEANINGFUL gift this year, this is the place for you!🎁

What makes our online store SPECIAL?

🌿The products are made out of sustainable fabrics
💪All the profit will go back to the program - to support the heroes of the next generation
🎨We have collaboration merch, made with talented Estonian designers Stella Soomlais studio and KarlKorsar
👜The tote bags are made by the Future Heroes alumni's business SISU kott

➡️Check out the products at https://futureheroes.ee/e-shop

We believe in sustainability and sisterhood. Every item you buy in our shop will go 100 % towards empowering girls to make the changes they want to see in the world.

15/12/2020

🎉Another successful season of the Future Heroes program has ended. Of course this unique hybrid season had to end with a hybrid gala at Erinevate Tubade Klubi, that can be viewed on our page.

🏆The winning team of the 5th season of the Future Heroes program was Sugarlestonia, who are raising awareness about sugar overconsumption by implementing a traffic light system. Their award was powered by our partner from day 1 - British Council, who will take them to a study trip to the UK!🇬🇧

Besides that, other awards were given out to the teams for their accomplishments, that were all powered by our partners:

📱Nobel Digital’s “Digital Impact” award went to Sugarlestonia for their strong social media presence.
💪NATO Battlegroup Estonia's "True Grit" award went to the participants who greatly represented our values throughout the program.
📦Elamusstuudio’s “Out of the Box” award went to beYOUtiful for their unique approach to a special task during the program.
👭Workland Estonia’s “Ultimate Sisterhood” award went to Good For Earth, Good For Us, who had the most supportive team.
🗒Clanbeat's “Star Planners” award went to beYOUtiful for their excellent planning and time management skills.
🌎JCI Estonia - Eesti Ettevõtlike Noorte Koda’s “Social Impact” award went to FoodSharing whose initiative can really make a difference in the society.
⭐️AmCham Estonia’s “Rising Star” award went to Raro Kaart, who were showing great and constant commitment in developing their idea.

Also, congratulations to the teams NOPE, BECH and BSA for working truly hard on topics that matter in the world!

*All the photos are by Harry Tiits Photography PLEASE mention him if you post anything!

12/12/2020

Another successful season of the Future Heroes program is almost over and we are ready to celebrate!✨
This year is all about change and finding new ways of normality - just like this season's gala.

29/11/2020

This Saturday we had a workshop of Practice & Pitch🎤

As a speaker we had Mart Koldits, the Head of Von Krahl and the Co-Founder & Coach at Anonymous Presenters . Since he often coaches businesspeople of Estonia, it was an opportunity of a lifetime to learn from him🤩

He taught us the basics of pitching & how to:
⚡️Sell an idea
⚡️Word the problem
⚡️Visualise the solution or prototype
⚡️Make the pitch convincing

24/11/2020

It’s happening! Future Heroes is competing for the title of WSA European Young Innovator 2020! Our young team has moved mountains and we continue to do so, creating sisterhood without borders in action. WSA, thank you for choosing us to be part of it and believing in our cause to empower youth for greater societal impact and gender equality!

The WSA European Young Innovator 2020!

💎 Future Heroes Estonia - Leadership & business accelerator for teenage girls focussing with a blended approach of digital learning solutions, combined with face-to-face workshops, project deep dives and mentor sessions on entrepreneurial skills and a growth mindset.

Meet them at European Young Innovators Festival Nov 30 - Dec 2!

22/11/2020

How could we go through the season without talking about media and digital marketing? To cover these topics we had the 📱Digital Impact & Media Literacy📰 workshop this Saturday.

👩🏼‍💻Eva-Maria Kangro, a psychologist & Leadership Coach at Miltton New Nordics, started the workshop on another topic - mental health. She made a great overview of stress - ⚡️"stress should be a short-term feeling, not a lifestyle".
Since the most important person in your life is yourself, you need to take care of your mental well-being, by practicing brain fitness🧠.

👨🏼‍💻Martin Paršin, Digital Strategist at Nobel Digital, talked about everything from the creation of the internet to how to build a (digital) marketing strategy📊 - our teams' social media accounts will definitely be stronger than ever after all that information.
❔Also, did you know that nowadays websites can be made right from our phones📱!

👩🏽‍💻Annika Arras, the Founder & CEO of Miltton New Nordics, made the participants think like a journalist📰. The girls got to fill cover page canvases to know how to properly present their news in limited time-frame.

(Who are the people on the photo? These are our team leads - Laura-Liis, Maria & Britt-Lauren. Where are they? At Workland Estonia)

15/11/2020

With this Saturday's Leadership & Problem Solving workshop half of the workshops/events have already been done😱

This time the participants had an opportunity to listen to 2 speakers from NATO Battlegroup Estonia🇪🇪

⚡️Captain Lindsey Denyer RHA taught about resilience & how important it is to not give up when you truly want something. She sees leadership as a way to inspire the people she's leading and makes sure to support them in their careers but also lives in general.

⚡️Sgt Sophie Wright definitely encouraged the girls to join the army by telling how she was the first woman in her family to join the army & how the general percentage of females in the army has increased throughout her time there.

*Photo was taken in the NATO army base last year during the 4th season of the Future Heroes program

09/11/2020

This Saturday we had another online🌐 workshop on the topic of Financial Literacy & Fundraising💶.

⚡️Jaak Roosaare, the CEO of Europe1 Ventures, an author, investor, and blogger, told us about smart usage of our personal finances and investments. However, before investing any amount of money make your own research and remember the best investment is in yourself!

⚡️Pirgit Lohk, the Group Finance Manager at Baltika Group, informed us about project funding and importance of planning the budget thoroughly (Read more https://futureheroes.ee/budget-of-your-project)

⚡️Rain Tamm, the Co-Founder of Fotografiska Tallinn and an investor, told us his motivating story of co-founding the most popular museum in Estonia!

Budget is one of the most essential parts of every project, so that you had enough money for every stage of it. That's why you need to plan the amount of expenses thoroughly. Here are some points that have to be included in your budget!

01/11/2020

Yesterday, we had our first
🌐ONLINE WORKSHOP🌐 about Entrepreneurship & Project Management. Not going to lie - we had our fingers crossed that everything would work out without any technical difficulties🙏 Fortunately, we ended up having an informative and interesting workshop!🤩

🦄Emilija Frew, the Former Head of Digital Commercial Performance in HSBC, talked about her journey of taking risks and moving abroad. Her message was, that ⚡️you should do what you want to do, not what others expect you to do⚡️

🦄Kristjan Laja, the Founding Partner of MWorks Eesti, gave us some crucial tips on how to become a successful entrepreneur, how to find people to start a business with, how to make progress with your idea & what are some practical creativity tools.

🦄With Triin Noorkõiv, the Founder & CEO of School for New Teachers & the Partner in Clanbeat, the teams learnt about project management by creating their action plans & setting SMART goals.

19/10/2020

The second Future Heroes workshop: Ideation & Team Formation, took place in the Palo Alto Club

⚡️Kaarel Kotkas, the Founder & CEO of Veriff, inspired the girls to get started with entrepreneurship & made a clever comparison between photosynthesis🌱 and entrepreneurship. Can you guess what the similarities of these two can be?

⚡️Laur Läänemets, Start-Up Advisor, & Joao Rei, Democracy Hack Hero, helped the girls to figure out their business ideas and taught how to do effective teamwork.

⚡️The new participants also formed the teams they'll be working in for the next 2 months.

⚡️By the end of the day, every team pitched their idea, got feedback & found a mentor to help them through the program.