Basınodam – Erdem Genç
The European branch of the Junior Chamber International (JCI) — the Young Leaders and Entrepreneurs Association — has named Erdem Genç a Change Maker from among its thousands of members.
JCI (Junior Chamber International), which has more than 200,000 members in over 100 countries worldwide, is a United Nations solution partner, and has a history spanning more than 100 years, has had its European branch name Erdem Genç a Change Maker from among its thousands of members.
Erdem Genç, who runs team-building and motivation training for companies and also carries out social responsibility projects at M3 Works, has a number of eye-catching initiatives to his name. Among his projects with major corporations, one of the most popular workshops is the Wheelchair Factory. Erdem Genç has company employees assemble wheelchair parts sourced from the factory, then donates the finished chairs to the Turkish Spinal Cord Paralytics Association for distribution to people with disabilities who are waiting for them. Thanks to this, dozens of disabled people regain at least a measure of freedom every year.
From workshops that give bicycles to children in need to toy factories, and from shelters built for our four-legged street friends to school-bag drives, Erdem Genç has carried out many social responsibility workshops together with employees of major companies, saying, "Dreams have no limits."
The young businessman, previously named Turkey's Most Outstanding Young Person by the same organization's Turkish National Chapter, had also been named Entrepreneur of the Year by various institutions in Turkey.
Who is Erdem Genç?
He is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering at Yıldız Technical University, Public Relations at Anadolu University, and Business Administration at Anadolu University. A scholarship student in the Entrepreneurship master's program at Özyeğin University, Erdem Genç took part in a Marketing Management certificate program in the Events and Entertainment Industry at Boğaziçi University, and completed Professional Coaching training accredited by the International Coach Federation (ICF).
Beyond his English-intensive high school education and university English courses, he attended programs at Oxford House College in London, England, and the EF language school in San Francisco, USA.
In the summer of 2015, he studied Game Design at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts (NYU Tisch School of Arts – Game Design) in the United States.
He is the founder of M3 Works Corporate Organization, which runs team-building and motivation workshops for companies, and Park Kitap Publishing Services. Genç, who also pursues interests such as literature, music, and photography, has written four books: "Boss at 20," "Debut," "Cuban Rhythm," and "Entrepreneur at 10."
