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About Me

David McQueen is an entrepreneur, career activist, youth advocate, professional speaker and social commentator. David is also happily married with two energetic, creative and sometimes challenging daughters.

David's main business interest is Milestone Unltd a career development company. Milestone delivers two key programmes on career development. Unlimited Potential is about empowering teens to be the best they can be both now and in the future, and SMART Working is about empowering adults to work smart in whichever career path they choose.

David is also a TV presenter and was the cohost on Vocation, Vocation, Vocation a ten part series for UK television company Channel 4. The programme focused on helping ten teenagers to chose what career paths they wanted to go down. David is currently working on another TV project for teens making career choices for the future.

David is also a keen networker always looking for opportunities to connect and build partnerships. He has a deep passion and love for all things African!!!

David is straight talking, opinionated, humourous and has spoken on five continents (two to go!).

Location:
United Kingdom, Watford
Current organization:
Milestone Unltd
Current role:
Founder, CEO, Chairman
Gender:
Male
Areas of expertise:
Mentoring, entrepreneurship, education, career development, learning styles, temperament preferences
I am:
Activist, Blogger, Change Agent, Christian, Educator/Teacher, Entrepreneur, Idea generator, Philanthropist, Social entrepreneur
My website links:
David McQueen's Blog, Milestone UnLtd
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More About Me

I'm passionate about

empowering people to be the best they can be.
inspiring youth to achieve their potential.
the opportunites for growth in sub saharan africa.

An idea worth spreading

to create a platform for youth voices to be heard from speaking to drama to visual arts. a kind of TED for Youth if you will.

Talk to me about

using varying learning styles for children and adults. opportunies for education and enterprise in african countries.

People don't know that I'm good at

singing gospel and jazz, and solving jigsaw puzzles!

My TED Story

I was invited by Ben Saunders a TEDster to look into going to TEDGlobal2007. I was one of the fortunate few to be awarded a fellowship and was blown away by the passion, energy and ideas of those who attended the conference. Being in Tanzania was a life experience that I will always remember and I hope to come back one day and speak to the TED Conference about some of the work I have been involved as a result of this opportunity.

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  • A comment on Talk: Ory Okolloh on becoming an activist

    Sep 4 2008: I remember this speech very well. I do remember the slides moving quite fluently at the speech though and think it is a crying shame that one of the livliest speeches effectively had some of the funniest slides censored. Or maybe its just me.

  • A comment on Talk: Ben Saunders skis to the North Pole

    Jul 1 2007: Ben is an amazing person to listen to online or in person.
    He reignited my passion for TED again and was instrumental in me going to TEDGlobal2007.
    A truly magnificent explorer indeed!

  • A comment on Talk: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: Want to help Africa? Do business here

    Jul 1 2007: Having sat down and met this remarkable lady in person, this speech still resonates with me.
    I have met a number of people who have had family members who have lost their lives because of corruption in Nigeria. She stood up and will continue to use her influence.

    People may not like her views on asset recovery, potential investment in Nigerian companies, but hey its a start. Meeting a number of other Nigerians who have benefited from external investment shows that there is a start. Corruption abounds everywhere and I applaud her for what she has done.

    For some people it's hard to give people a little credit for what they do, but heck it's a start.

  • A comment on Talk: Majora Carter: Greening the ghetto

    Jul 1 2007: I love her passion. We could do with a couple of Majora's over here in London

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