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NEWSLETTERA service that provides motivational speakers forschools. Helping teachers and inspiring students.
Issue Four - July 2011
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In this issue:
Our Inaugural Year
GEW Review
New Speakers
School Speakers launched officially on 6th
September 2010, just in time for the start of
the new school year. We didn’t really expect to
make much of an impact within the first few
months, but we were blown away by the
support we received from everyone. Before too
long we had speakers all over the country
inspiring students to aim higher.
A few of the many highlights such as Global
Entrepreneur Week in November saw Claire
visiting 8 schools in 5 days, reaching over
5000 students and flying the School Speakers
flag nationwide. From then on it was as though
a switch had been flicked and the enquiries
from schools started to flood in. So much so
that we launched our very own apprentice
search and found the rather fabulous Emily
who has turned out to be one of the best
investments we have made.
We have taken part in government run
initiatives, been invited to sit in round table
discussions with the Department of Education,
and been the driving force in schemes such as
Go Global and Tenner Tycoon.
In summary, our inaugural academic year
has been breath taking, inspiring, hard
work and we have loved every second!
We are passionate about what we do, and we
encourage any school, no matter how small
their budget to try our service, a service that
provides motivational speakers for schools –
helping teachers and inspiring students.
The Story So Far...
Cat YaffeDirector of School Speakers
Here at School Speakers we’re always looking for ways to give
back, which is why we’ve created our referral scheme
If you pass our details onto another school or college, who in turn book a
speaker through us, you’ll receive a discount of up to 10% on the next
booking you make. This is redeemable for individual speakers or on any of
the Enterprise Days - see www.schoolspeakers.co.uk for more details.
Do you know about our referral scheme?
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The past twelve months have been a whirlwind
of bookings and registering new speakers. We
started off the academic year with little over 15
speakers and now have over 110 speakers
registered ranging from ex–Apprentice stars,
best-selling authors, and top young
entrepreneurs in the UK all with real life stories
to share with the young people of today.
Our speakers are all CRB checked and vetted
with testimonials proving track records. We
have recommended speakers on the website,
who have proven to be popular with the stu-
dents.
With the growth of speakers we have also had
a growth of enquiries and bookings. We have
never done any external marketing purely
using Twitter, Facebook, monthly newsletters,
e-shots and word of mouth.
This is clear evidence that social media is
working well within the 21st Century. Our
speakers have visited schools from Newcastle
to Yorkshire, Manchester to Ipswich and
Dorset to London. We have inspired and
motivated young people on a variety of
subjects including business and enterprise,
careers, science and humanities.
We really do have something for
everyone, whatever your need,
whatever your budget.
Bookings are now being taken for the
academic year 2011-2012, if you would like
to make any enquiries or talk to someone
about our speakers please call the office
on 01924 277343.
Bookings & Speakers
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The UK’s largest enterprise initiative to date
climaxed in a wonderful award ceremony in
London. Winning students from all over the
country travelled to the capital to meet
Dragon’s Den star Peter Jones, entrepreneur
Oli Barratt and businesswoman Claire Young
– along with a number of MPs including Mark
Prisk Business Minister who were there to
shake hands & congratulate the young
entrepreneurs on their successes.
After receiving their certificates and prizes
students were whisked off to the Houses of
Parliament for a VIP tour and afternoon tea!
Over 28,000 students took part in Tenner
Tycoon. They were given £10 each start-up
funding to launch an enterprise initiative. The
campaign will be back in spring 2012 and will
bigger and better!
My name is Daniel and I have just recently
joined School Speakers. I have settled in
well, but am still learning. My role within
the business is to look after our speakers,
old and new.
We have a wide range of speakers from
different backgrounds including Claire
Young, Alex Epstein, David McQueen and
many more. All of our speakers can be
found on our website where they are
categorised in which field that they
specialise in. Some of these categories
include Business & Enterprise, Gifted &
Talented and Careers. All of our speakers
tailor their speeches to everybody’s
individual specification.
We are currently sending all of our
speakers a Code of Conduct to help
ensure that they continue to keep up our
high standards.
All of the speakers that we work with are
very professional, work with honesty and
integrity at all times. They recognise all of
the cultural and diversity needs needed
within the school and represent them-
selves and School Speakers in a positive
light.
If you would like any further details about our
speakers or about booking a speaker then
please do not hesitate to contact the office on
01924 277343.
Tenner Tycoon Student Superstars!
The New Recruit...
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Global Entrepreneurship Week http://www.gew.org.uk/
A key date for your diary is week
commencing 14th November which is GEW.
Last year School Speakers spoke to over 1500 students during those 5 days!
Claire Young toured the UK visiting a school in every region.
Please support this week with an activity.
We have a range of enterprise days available on our website
<http://www.schoolspeakers.co.uk/enterprise> ranging from Primary School ‘Pimp Your
Pumps’ to ‘The Dragons Challenge’ aimed at secondary school students.
You may wish to book a business and enterprise speaker to help kick off your event in style or
run a student workshop as part of a day, we have over 115 speakers so plenty to choose from.
Visit www.schoolspeakers.co.uk for more information.
Global Entrepreneurship Week
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