POETRY IN BUSINESS CONFERENCE
Hear from speakers, panel members and poets at the forefront of this innovative and creative professional practice.
ADHD AWARENESS WEBINAR
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Photo credit to Emma Beaumont
POETRY IN BUSINESS CONFERENCE
Hear from speakers, panel members and poets at the forefront of this innovative and creative professional practice.
ADHD AWARENESS WEBINAR
FOR HR PROFESSIONALS, COACHES, LEADRES & MANAGERS
Get your full Poetry in Business Conference Ticket for £125 below.
POETRY IN BUSINESS CONFERENCE
The Poetry in Business Conference is ground breaking. You will hear from speakers, panel members and poets at the forefront of this innovative and creative professional practice.
How can poetry when harnessed in the service of business create a human centric workplace, innovative leadership and creative enterprises? This conference will showcase how. Each speaker brings years of experience and insight that demonstrate how poetry can enhance leadership, increase wellbeing and drive a more creative and innovative growth strategy in your organisation.
This conference is vital for our times, cathartic and healing, helping people embrace uncertainty with ease instead of fear. Our final session will equip coaches, therapists and counsellors with the skills and resources to apply key concepts immediately in their practices.
- 🗓️ Dates: 14th November 2024 starting at 10am GMT – closing at 7pm GMT
- 📍 Location: Online on TEAM
Alternatively, you can buy individual tickets for each section below at £25 each.
The intro will be delivered by Vincent Avanzi, Chief Poetic Officer, founder of The Ink of the Future.
Opening Keynote What Poetry Brings to Business – Dr Clare Morgan, Author of ‘What Poetry Brings to Business’, introduces the benefits of Poetry for Business.
10am – 11am
Poets in Residence: Chloe Jacquet and Brian Connolly
Sponsor: Paula Cohen of Taylor
Get your ticket for this session for £25
Wellbeing Panel – Join Nancy S Scherlong President of the IFBPT, Lauren Ducrey, Peter Roe and John Stoddart who will be discussing the benefits of drawing on poetry through reading, reciting and writing to enable wellbeing.
12pm – 1pm
Poets in Residence: Jon Aylett and Brian Connolly
Sponsor: Charlotte Faulconbridge of Inclusive Creatives, Nancy S Scherlong, Lauren Ducrey and The Jawbone Collective
Get your ticket for this session for £25
Leadership is Poetry – Dr Kate Jenkinson Dr Fateme Banishoeib in conversation with Michelle Gao.
2pm – 3pm
Poets in Residence: Soraya Shawki
Sponsor: Petra Lens of DiffHrence
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Innovation & Creativity Panel – case studies from Deb Alma of The Poetry Pharmacy, James McInerney of The Poetry Project and Dr Jacki McCartney’s use of poetry for organisation development and Vincent Avanzi, Chief Poetic Officer, founder of The Ink of the Future be inspired by our diverse panel!
Poets in Residence: Aysha Wallace and Brian Connolly
Sponsor: Zoe Wadsworth of Ask Zoe
4pm – 5pm
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Poetry for Coaching – interactive workshop with Ross Nichols, Founder of this project and leader of the Poetry for Coaching Collective – experience how poems and their stories can help transform and heal in coaching.
6pm – 7pm
Poets in residence: Frank Bolaji Irawo and Brian Connolly
Sponsor: James Sale of Motivational Maps
Get your ticket for this session for £25
What is the Poetry in Business Conference
- It’s the beginnings of a Community of practice.
- It’s creating human centric workplaces through language.
- It’s finding the beauty and truth in your workplace so that you and many more people thrive.
- It’s a route to Neuroinclusion.
- It’s the result of 8 years of Kate exploring the Power of Poetry to Make a Positive Impact in the Workplace.
- It’s the culmination of speaking, listening and connecting with poets who work, business poets, those who love poetry and want to find more meaning in the workplace.
- It’s where poetry, science and enterprise overlap.
This is what it means to Kate our founder, come and find out what Poetry in Business means to you.
about the course
In this one hour interactive online webinar, Kate and Esther will discuss how to recognise ADHD traits and to understand the struggles and challenges that these can cause.
We will explore some top tips to help people recognise their strengths and to support them with developing strategies, overcoming barriers and managing difficulties related to their condition.
Kate jenkinson
next step hr
ESTHER BARRETT
BARRETT COACHING & TRAINING
In 2023 Kate completed the National Poetry Writing Month Challenge of writing a poem a day in April. She created her own writing prompts. These prompts are reproduced here with her own poetry as examples. You are given spaces to create your own poetry in response to these prompts. Kate also offers her thoughts and insights on her own Neurodiversity and different way of thinking.
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testimonial
“Kate’s calm and thoughtful delivery, her charm, her exquisite writing, the variation in tasks and knowledge, the fact she taught me something new.
The level of teaching mixed with interactive elements was perfect.
The gentle flow and diversity of what Kate brought was inspiring, grounding and extremely helpful. Thank you.”
Photo credit to Emma Beaumont.