Speed Mentoring Event at The Burgess Hill Academy

About the Business Leaders

These business leaders have been chosen because their companies are growing quickly. Combined they employ 2+ people.

About the teacher and students

The event was created by Linda Dorgan for 150 students at The Burgess Hill Academy aged Age 14 - 14.

Event description

Inspire our students

Business leaders participate in a series of short, focused conversations about specific career questions and topics. Business leaders meet a limited number of mentees in 10-minute time slots each.

These encounters should be set up as a student-led, ‘carousel’-style activity, where groups of students move between different business leaders, with pre-prepared quick-fire questions.

Speed mentoring offers students the opportunity to ask meaningful questions to a range of different business leaders, to gain an insight into their working life and receive advice on the skills that are needed to be successful in today’s economy.

The aim is to run two sessions with approx 75 students in each session. We would like to give our students an opportunity to find out about careers and qualifications needed prior to choosing their GCSE options.

In exchange for your valuable time, we will provide the opportunity to network over breakfast from 8am.

I look forward to hearing from you.