Guest speakers
The Gen allows member businesses to 'opt in' where they can contribute to inspiring the next generation. Choose from a range of employers across a range of inspiring subjects, as they willingly share their life and business experiences with you!

Starting in business
Available until: 31/03/2023
Entrepreneurship is the engine for change. Building a sustainable business requires creativity but also a specific set of skills that are not taught in academic settings. The destiny of a business is not fate, it is navigation. Learning fundamental navigation skills will turn a great idea into an impact full business and it is never too early to learn and implement navigation tools.
Business: Micro organisation
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Securing a job within the digital marketing industry
Available until: 01/12/2023
The digital marketing industry is under resourced and it needs new passionate individuals. Mark A Preston will visit your college or university and present a 30 minute talk on what young individuals need to do if their goal is to secure a job and grow within the digital marketing industry. As a professional speaker and someone who has been working within the digital marketing industry since 2001, Mark A Preston understands exactly what it takes and he is on a mission to educate the young community.
Business: Micro organisation
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Routes into Law
Available until: 30/06/2023
Careers talk on the different routes you can take to get into law.
Business: SME
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Setting up a solid foundation for starting your business -
Available until: 31/12/2022
Understanding the requirements to set up a solid foundation which includes all the admin, legal and finance needs, a summary of tax and breakeven analysis, an overview of sales and marketing and use of social media to enhance your brand.
Business: Micro organisation
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Flexible Working Arrangements
Available until: 30/11/2023
Flexible and agile working arrangments have become the new norm and expectation from employees and people aren't going to return to work in the same way they did before the Pandemic. We would like to have an open conversation with any large companies looking to introduce these new ways of working into their organisation as we have over 40 years experience in this sector and with 'Hybrid Working' becoming more and more popular we would like to share our knowledge and expertise in this area and see if we can help you navigate this better.
Business: Large organisation
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Apprenticeship
Available until: 30/06/2023
Happy to talk with Kelsey (our Apprentice) about Apprenticeships and benefits or taking this route to gain working experience alongside studies
Business: Micro organisation
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Health and Wellbeing, Inspirational career stories, how to spot burnout and what to do about it. Female in tech
Available until: 31/12/2023
People find my story about the girl brought up on a council estate in Haslingden, with poor GCSE results to achieving Head of Technology in Boohoo Plc very inspiring.
My story about severe burnout and my calling to retrain as a health coach, build a business to help people prevent illness and burnout is interesting.
Aside from my back story and specifically about health and wellbeing, I can cover holistic health and any topic within it - female health, male health, diabetes, digestive, reproductive health, how what we put into our bodies can influence mental health etc - any subject that falls within the remit of health is possible.
Business: Micro organisation
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Higher Apprenticeships
Available until: 21/07/2023
It is important those in education understand all opportunities open to them. I can bring an employer's perspective from running a successful Chartered Management Degree Apprenticeship within BAE Systems.
Business: Micro organisation
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Fitness
Available until: 31/12/2022
After 30+ years of health and fitness training for myself, I took the leap in 2017 and created GymWolfPT Online Fitness Solutions. I now train clients across the UK and World specific to their personal health/fitness goals.
Business: Micro organisation
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Growth Mindset
Available until: 31/08/2023
An interesting opportunity to discover the foundation for learning - our mindset!
Grow Your Mindset is built on personal experience within both the education and business sector, looking at how you can develop your mindset so that you can be the best version of you - whoever you are.
Business: Micro organisation
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Business / Employment / Sustainability
Available until: 22/12/2022
We've delivery experience with primary through to university settings covering a range of topics including; employment, print, sustainability and the environment and business leadership.
Business: Micro organisation
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Leadership, Entrepreneurship!
Available until: 31/12/2023
Leadership
Business - Start Up
Career Choices
Marketing
Business: Micro organisation
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Importance of Patient Safety in Routine Procedures in Healthcare
Available until: 22/06/2023
Any topics relating to birth trauma for women, common misconceptions after childbirth, dealing with repeat illness and increasing awareness for aspiring or existing healthcare practitioners when performing routine procedures such as blood testing, and what can go wrong - patient perspective. Overcoming hurdles
Business: Micro organisation
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Eating Disorders, Body Image, other mental health and wellbeing topics also possible
Available until: 02/03/2023
Shelley is an expert on Eating Disorders and surrounding mental health issues, having experienced her own when younger and going on to recover, study and train in these areas, then found the charity SEED (Support and Education for Eating Disorders), and it's clinical arm, Breathe Therapies. She and her team of volunteers and clinicians are passionate about raising awareness of how these terrible illnesses can effect people, how recovery is possible, and reaching out to support sufferers, carers, educators and others.
Business: Micro organisation
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Electrical careers, social work careers, the princes trust, employability skills, CVs
Available until: 31/12/2025
Electrical careers, social work careers, the princes trust, employability skills, CVs
Business: Micro organisation
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Importance of Sales to success of any business
Available until: 31/08/2022
Sales Enablement
Business: SME
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Business Insurance and protection
Available until: 31/01/2024
With so many new companies being embryonic ideas at university its important to understand the risks associated, what you may need to do in relation to protecting your ideas and assets and the mistakes new business get wrong when looking to protect their business.
Business: Large organisation
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Mental health
Available until: 31/12/2022
Talking about mental health support available and sharing coping strategies for a variety of mental illnesses.
We have a variety of mental health trained experts at Mind in Bradford. Check out our services and people here:
https://www.mindinbradford.org.uk/about-us/meet-the-staff/
Business: Micro organisation
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