Scamp News

We are delighted to welcome the Scamp Speakers website, Nigel Taberner (Former Hostage Negotiator); Hattie Hasan (CEO of Stopcocks Group Limited, which incorporates Stopcocks Women Plumbers; the first national company of women plumbers), and Darren Edwards, former mountaineer and army reservist who suffered a near-fatal climbing accident would him permanently paralysed from the chest down.

COP26 took place in November 2021 and brought together parties to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Since then we have received more enquiries from companies looking for speakers who can talk about being more sustainable and improving their CSR programs as well as speakers who can talk more on climate change, conservation, and renewable energies. If you looking for a speaker around any of these subjects these are just a few of the speakers we work with that might be of interest.

Our Book of the Month for April is “Kika & Me: How One Extraordinary Dog Changed My World” by Inspirational Speaker, Dr Amit Patel. From the challenges of travelling when blind to becoming a parent for the first time, Kika & Me is the moving, heart-warming and inspirational story of Amit’s sight-loss journey and how one guide dog changed his world.

April 2022 marks the 3rd Anniversary of Scamp Speakers. I could not quite have imagined what a roller-coaster it would have been when after nearly one year of trading the pandemic hit, live events stopped, and slowly the speaking events moved to online talks. Thank you to all the clients that have worked with us in the past year and to all the speakers who have spoken at events for us.

This is our March 2022 speaker news round-up. This month we welcome speakers Chris Lovett and Jackie Handy to the website, have feedback on Anthony Bennett, Catherine Mayer, Ashley John Baptiste, and Shahin Sadafi, and details on Lynne Franks Podcast and Alison Edgar’s new showreel.

Our Book of the Month for March 2022 is the “Discovery of Less” by minimalist, TEDx speaker, career mentor, professional coach, and disruptive thought leader Chris Lovett. Discovery of Less is the true story about one man’s poignant and humorous journey of stepping out of the comfort zone of everyday life and letting go.

Hosted by the Mental Health Foundation, Mental Health Awareness Week takes place this year between the 9th and the 15th of May 2022. The week aims to try and focus on achieving good mental health and this year’s main topic is loneliness. With many people working remotely now and feeling more isolated due to the pandemic, the foundation will be raising awareness of the impact of loneliness on our mental health and the ways we can take to address it. If you are planning an event to mark this week, these are some of the speakers we would recommend, not just covering loneliness but mental health in general.

Throughout her career in business management and psychology, Dr. Marie-Hélène Pelletier has spearheaded a national dialogue on the crucial issues of leadership resilience and workplace health and delivers a number of talks in this field including her talk on “Front line mental agility: Preventing and managing compassion fatigue and burnout” She has kindly allowed us to publish this short article she has written on burnout.