Speaker Preference Form - Speakers for Schools

Speaker Details

Title*

First name*

Last name*

Career / Professional Title*

This is to let schools quickly know who you are on our website e.g. CEO of Aviva Group, Journalist & Presenter for ITV, Former Diplomat, Microbiologist & Academic

Company/Organisation*

Sector*

Biography*

Please provide a short biography below to go on the S4S website, so schools can see who supports the charity and learn more about a speaker should they be paired for an event. (min. 100 words)

Twitter Profile

Schools love to thank speakers for their support and so do we. Please provide your twitter profile URL or “@” handle so we can include it on your profile and to give you the public recognition you deserve!

Company Twitter

Speaker preferences for the Talk

This section helps us narrow to schools that would best fit your preferences and interests before getting in touch with you about an event. This information is not put online with your profile or shared with schools.

Preferred locations for a Talk
Since speakers donate their time and travel, we endeavour to set up events within areas you are already based or are happy to travel to where possible. We will filter and prioritise school requests to match these areas, and check with you/your office if we have suggestions further afield. Feel free to include those regions you both occasionally visit (e.g. for friends, family, work trips) and those which you are based (e.g. office, home) and/or those locations en-route that might work for finding a school. We have a significant shortage of speakers in the North East, rural North West and East Midlands. If there will be any possibility of co-ordinating a talk with travel plans to these regions, please let us know. Please list at least two locations.

Preferred towns/cities*

A heatmap, from yellow to red, of where we have the greatest difficulty serving local schools

Details for Travel

Please let us know more about your ability to travel within these locations or any further preferences on areas (i.e. “I am based in London, but have annual conferences at the University of Manchester so could do a talk there in the Spring.”):

Topic Guideline for the talk
The topic areas below both relate to your area of expertise, as well as the potential topic of the talk itself, but are used a general guideline when pairing you with a school. You/your office will be directly in touch with the school and should tailor the particular focus of the event based on their students’ needs and your preferences. As a note, these are non-curriculum specific talks. They are a chance for a speaker to share their personal insights and background to more broadly inform and motivate students.

Please select at least one topic area.*

Art, Media & Communications

Culture, History & Language

Economy & Business

Sciences, Engineering, Technology & Mathematics

Social Sciences

Government & Politics
Social Care
Law, Ethics & Philosophy
Psychology & Sociology

Sports, Leisure and Health

Sport
Health & Well-being
Hospitality

Please list any subjects or specific areas you would enjoy speaking about that might not be listed above:

If you give school talks regularly and would like to list the title of those talks, please do so here:

In order to keep the Speakers for Schools programme free for schools to use, we ask that all of our speakers donate their travel and time as part of their work with us.*

I acknowledge that as part of my volunteering I am donating my time and travel to help keep this service free for schools to use.

Contact Preferences

*

Please contact me (the speaker) directly to make arrangements
Please contact my office to make arrangements

First name

Last name

Preferred email*

Preferred Phone number

As a reminder please note:

-That we keep all contact details confidential and never passed on to 3rd party organisations

-Contact regarding S4S events will always come from our team initially

-As we work with schools and children, speakers should notify us directly if any point there is any reason to pause participation due to professional or personal circumstances that might potentially cause reputational or safeguarding concerns.

If applicable could you tell us who invited or nominated you to take part in the programme?

Demographic Data

We use these questions to ensure that we are creating a representative network to inspire students, and also to use the data in aggregate for marketing or promotional purposes.

What best describes your gender:*

Female
Male
Prefer not to say
Prefer to self-describe

Self-description:*

What best describes your ethnicity:*

Describe your background:*

The Equality Act 2010 defines disability as ‘a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial & long term effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day to day activities’. Do you consider yourself to have a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition?*

Yes
No
Prefer not to say

If yes, what best describes your disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition? [Please tick all that apply]*

Self-describe:*

Would you wish for this demographic information to be added to your Profile on our website? This is where schools will look to find out information about you before a talk.*

Yes, add it to my public profile
No, do not add it to the profile
No, but you may let a school know privately if we are organising an event there

Updating You

We only communicate with you when it is about your application, participation or important updates, including in our occasional newsletters and annual impact monitoring to guide our work. Please know we will never pass your details on to third parties without your consent.

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I am happy to receive infrequent emails on important highlights, news and impact from the charity
I would not like to receive these useful updates

Working with your Firm/Company/Organisation*

Speakers for Schools has launched a free programme for its speakers' organisations, S4SNextGen, helping open up fairer work experience placements, insight days and related opportunities to the state school students who need it most.

I am happy to hear how the charity might be able to help my organisation better reach state school students lacking access to our industry or company
I do not wish to hear further about this new programme

Obsolete Work Experience Opt in (Kept for data)

Speakers for Schools is also soon launching a new programme focusing on providing fairer work experience opportunities and related opportunities by targeting the state school students who need it most (more here ).

I am also interested in hearing about the new work experience programme and other related opportunities.

Obsolete Opt In (Kept for Data)

as a participant in the Speakers for Schools programme I agree to the Terms and Conditions as stated on the website and understand that the charity will only contact me regarding its programmes, and will not share my details with third parties except in agreed cases for organising school talks.

Important*

I am ok with Speakers for Schools contacting me regarding my registration and their services

Email

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