Keynote Career Speech at Bristol Brunel Academy

About the Business Leaders

These business leaders have been chosen because their companies are growing quickly.

About the teacher and students

The event was created by Suzy Paice for 250 students at Bristol Brunel Academy aged Age 12 - 14.

Event description

STEM related Careers Event. We are holding a day of STEM related engaging and inspiring activities at Bristol Brunel Academy on 12.7.18 for half of our year 8 and half or our year 9 cohorts. We have invited a range of prestigious organisations to deliver activities that are future focused and will encourage the students to wonder at the marvels of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics and inspire them to be the next generation of pioneers and inventors. We are looking for 4 Founders to come to our opening talk to set the day. We are thinking that Founders would each talk for approximately 10 minutes about their careers and how STEM in school was/is and will always be important to such a successful career. There would then be approximately 10 minutes for questions and informal conversation with the students.

A successful business leader can inspire a group of students by talking in-depth about the journey they took from school through their career. This format usually includes one business leader talking for an extended period of time.

A business leader can ‘tell a story’ about their career journey:
• What inspired them to choose their career path
• Why they find it high impact
• What they enjoy most about their career
• What subjects did the study and what decisions did they make along the way
• What mistakes did they make and how did they learn from them
• What skills is their company currently looking for in their new hires

As the Keynote Career speech generally have less business leaders, the speakers can offer a more focussed, in-depth and comprehensive discussion. They will take students through their entire journey and reflect on their successes and failures in the world of employment. There will also be a Q&A session so that students can ask their own questions.

These meaningful encounters inspire students and have a positive impact on their future life choices.