Tuesday 21st June 2011

Congratulations to Ervin Welsh, owner of the Beyond Timeless Network. He is the winner of the locally held version of the Puente in the Caribbean competition. The object of this contest is to design a logo and create a local name that encapsulates the objectives of the Puente in the Caribbean Program and is related or reflective of our local Kittitian and Nevisian culture and history.

“The Slogan is in the form of an acronym MEND SKN (Mold • Empower • Nurture • Direct, Families in St. Kitts and Nevis). The acronym speaks to the uniqueness of the program, which lies not in what you are doing but how you are doing it. For those that pass through it, the program will:

Mold: The program will mold families into the healthy lifestyles they should be living, this will take most of the effort in the program but it is the first thing to be addressed, identifying the things that constitute a good family and learning, through training, and the other program competences, to fit into that mold as we all should.

Empower: The families will be empowered to maintain the healthy family structure and functions that it was taught via the program.

Nurture: This takes place both with the program nurturing the family and the family nurturing itself. In this phase the program will allow families to put into practice, the skills and lessons it was taught. Naturally a “good” family is a nurturing entity, so once all is going well the family members will be nurturing each other. Where assistance is necessary, the program facilitators will aid with the development of the problem areas – thus this is program’s nurturing phase also.

Direct: The draw to this program (for the Department) was not only the evaluative measures it implements but also the fact that it seeks to enable those that pass through it, to stand on their own two feet and grow in a well structured, functional environment. At the direction phase, the program will allow those passing through it to see their way forward. Having seen the mold they should embody, then being empowered to maintain that mold, then being allowed to make mistakes as we all do and being shown how to develop past them (being nurtured), this phase will pass those within it, into society with the strength not only to maintain their status (maintain the mold) but to deal with positive growth (e.g. increased income which they would be trained to identify as an opportunity for investment whereas during the program they may have been only making enough to pay bills so investing was not a consideration) and with issues that may arise. This phase would also be a consultative one for those that need to and choose to utilize it.”
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Friday, 17th June 2011

The Caribbean ICT Roadshow has been developed to raise awareness within the public sector, the private sector, civil society and academia, of the innovative approaches possible and necessary for the effective use of ICT in government, business and social development.

Mr. Ervin Welsh has accepted an invitation to speak among a group of experienced professionals, fellow technologists, proprietors and individuals new to the field of technology.

This Innovators forum is part of the Caribbean ICT Road Show to be held at the Marriott Hotel Friday, 17th June 2011. The forum will consist of entrepeneurs in the field of technology sharing their unique business stories, sharing about opportunities for entrepeneurship in the field of technology, sharing on the use of technology to facilitate business growth and etertaining questions from participants with regard to their presentation.

Mr. Welsh expressed shear excitement at the invitation to present at the forum, an invitation extended by one of the Caribbean ICT Road Show local correspondents.

Saturday March 19th 2011

Public Relations and Information Consultant Terry Nisbett has recently interviewed two local entrepreneurs for an article that will run in the Daily Herald (St. Maarten) titled Youth Entrepreneurship.

The article features Mr. Khrystace Wallace alongside Mr. Ervin Welsh as they tell of their experiences as entrepreneurs.

Friday 11th February 2011

Partnering for Life’s Skills Promoting Love and Unity for Success. Pals Plus was started April 2008 in the Basseterre High School – initiated by the Business and Professional Women’s Club which arranged for various individuals to come to the school to speak on class basis on areas relating to holistic development – personal, spiritual, social educational. About a year and a half later it was formally handed over to the school with the intention that the PTA to be the new driver.

Mr. Ervin Welsh has been invited to facilitate a wrap session with approximately 150 students of the Basseterre High School Second Form, prior to their promotional examinations. The initiative was organized by the Pals Plus (Partnering For Life Skills – Promoting Love And Unity For Success).

With a mandate to better prepare students for success the Pals Plus saw it fitting to organize a 1 hour session wherein the students would be exposed to the encouragement of as they put it “Someone closer to their own age.”

The presentation will cover:

Excellence – Excelling in Exams (WIN)
Service – Helping one another; Team Spirit., Making a Positive Difference ( SHINE one’s Light)
Purpose & Purposefulness – Being One’s best self (WIN)

Mr. Welsh shared his delight for the opportunity to speak with such an impressionable group and morsso to offer encouragement prior to their most important series of examinations that year.

27th November 2010

At each forum dubbed Let’s Talk Leadership, we’re going to hear stories and views of some persons who came highly suggested as young leaders in the areas of business, entertainment, community activism and agriculture etc, but we want yours as well. Help us help you to help us all.

The voices and opinions of the youth are echoed most articulately and consistently by the St. Kitts National Youth Parliament Association (SKNYPA). They, in collaboration with the Departments of Youth in St. Kitts and Nevis will be hosting two leadership sessions one at 9 a.m. Saturday 27th November (at the Red Cross Building, Charlestown Nevis) and one at 4 p.m. Saturday 4th December (at the Old Boy’s School in St. Kitts). Mr. Welsh has been approached as a facilitator of the session at the Red Cross Building in Nevis. Mr. Welsh, a seasoned businessman under 25, owns an Advertising, Website Design and Photography company beyond Timeless and is the founder of PositivelyInclined.com.

The forum will be an interactive session with Nevisian youths between the ages 12 and 30. Identifying current leaders and encouraging participants to see themselves as leaders are some of the aims of the forum.

The project dubbed “Let’s Talk Leadership” was the brainchild of the members of SKNYPA who indicated that the absence of youth leaders speaks negatively to the future of the federation’s leadership.

Mr. Welsh shared that he is more than willing to share all he can on the topic and is humbled by the organizer’s invitation to use his story as a testament to what is achievable by our youth.

July 2010

“As the world continues to grapple with escalating crime rates, sexual promiscuity, dysfunctional families and a loosening moral fiber, one young man from King Street, Basseterre, St. Kitts thought that he had had enough and that there must be some way to combat the negative influences that are attacking the country.”

- Excerpt from the article

Mr. Ervin Welsh has been featured by one of the federations newest newspapers News Link. The feature focuses on Mr. Welsh as a transformational leader based on his initiative Positively Inclined.

The feature follows an interview done by Jihan Williams for the Caribbean Institute for Women in Leadership (CIWIL) workshop in Antigua from July 11 – 22, 2010. The annual workshop requires all invited women to interview an individual from their country whom they consider to be a transformational leader. The interview explores their motivation, their perspectives and their goals among other things.

Most often the interviewees are female but Miss Williams identified Mr. Welsh as an appropriate candidate for the feature and sought to bring a male perspective of selfless leadership to the fore.