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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

cat@schoolspeakers.co.uk

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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