SPEAKING

Presentation on ‘strategic networking’ for WREN Property Network

February 2023

Here, I delivered a presentation on ‘strategic networking’ to a room of corporates, many of which worked for large companies within the law, finance, property & construction sectors.

Some of my audience were mature professionals in high level management, others trainee’s but all with one thing in common: their desire to improve their networking & communication skills in order to further their careers & increase their confidence.

KEYNOTE: ‘Work the Room like a Pro’ Part 1 for ‘Build Your Network’ Event @ Nottingham Business School

November 2022

It was a privilege to once again be involved in the ‘Build Your Network’ event at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University as I was asked to deliver my keynote titled ‘Work the room like a pro’ to around sixty students…

I worked together with the business school during lockdown to design this hybrid practical networking skills training event, which was initially delivered online through a series of virtual events, eventually moving back in the room for the first time last year & has continued to go from strength to strength, giving students the opportunity to learn & practise new communication techniques with real business folk in the form of the alumni fellow volunteers.

NTU’s Very First Student Networking Event

SEPTEMBER 2018

I was delighted to be asked to support the academics on Nottingham Trent University Business School’s very first networking event, held at the St Mary’s Church in Nottingham’s Lace Market.

My role included an initial event consultation with the academics involved, followed through with support on the day to provide a speech to 250+ students on stage, offering support and motivation.

In December 2021, I was asked to get involved in the very first ‘in-person’ #NBSConnect event at @nbs_ntu which was hosted specifically for end of year business students to practise their networking skills in a real life setting…

Students were given half an hour to mingle with the invited ‘Alumni Fellows’ without any preparation, which there followed a 45 minute keynote delivered by myself in the lecture theatre, where I talked them through tangible tools & techniques to encourage them to ‘work the room like a pro’.

They then went out into the event for a second time armed with the skill set & increased confidence to improve upon their experience & the results & feedback since has been nothing short of positive & inspiring & I’m delighted to have had the opportunity to be involved!

East Midlands Business & Property Show

HOST OF THE PROPERTY SEMINAR

NOVEMBER 2021

I was asked by the organisers to host and facilitate this years property seminar held in the lecture theatre.

The role included welcoming guests, introducing speakers onto stage and facilitating the Q&A session.

Speakers included Directors and senior management of large corporate property and construction companies including Galiford Try, Pwc and East Midlands Councils.

I was delighted to be asked to guest speak on stage at the Game Changes Live 2019 event hosted by Paul Chapman.

My topic was storytelling - sharing my own personal journey and story on stage whilst relating it back to business and the subject of marketing and business networking.

The demographic were SME’s from a wide range of industries and took place at Nottingham Council House.

Small Business Forum-HSBC Commercial

I have been delighted to be asked on more than one occasion to speak at the small business forum events hosted by HSBC Commercial in Nottingham.

The events usually take a relaxed round table format beginning with light open networking followed by short talks from a panel of sneakers covering various topics.

It was here I was asked to share my business story and personal journey to a very receptive crowd.

Lunchtime Locqdown with Creative Quarter

Here, I was asked to speak as part of the organisations online initiative during the 2020 pandemic and chose to cover the topic of ‘maintaining relationships at a distance.

Areas covered included:

-What key areas we should be focusing on right now.

-Conversations- then & now.

-Come back strategy planning

The talk concluded with a Q&A session and I received positive feedback from those who attended.

International Women’s Day - UCreate Events

This involved being a part of a female led guest speaking panel for an event organised on International Women’s Day .

My content involved sharing my personal journey and story leading up to career success.

Women’s Conference @ Nottingham Belfy Hotel

I was asked to guest speak at this female led conference as part of my role as Editor- in- Chief of my digital business magazine- Affari.