Talks

The World Needs Your Passion

The most effective way of contributing to the world is to get in touch with your passion

We hear a lot about climate change and the need to reduce our carbon footprints. I present the case for finding our Contribution Footprint ™ – our way of sharing our unique gifts with the world. Come and discover how to find and follow your passion and how to deal with obstacles along that path.

This motivational, provocative talk is based on my article of the same name, as published in Permaculture Magazine and which won the Ooffoo Laureate 2008.

Upcoming Public Events:

Wed 16th June 2010, 7.30pm (doors open 7.15pm), Friends Meeting House, Jesus Lane, Cambridge (part of the Environment Festival programme, hosted by Transition Cambridge), £2. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Previous audiences include:

Transition Cambridge, Jan 2009

I was at your talk last night. It was wonderful to find myself at such an event, you were so uplifting. Much of what you said touched on themes that are familiar to me, however I have never ever come across such generosity, such natural warmth. I felt that you were there for the greater good, that you had no personal agenda, that you were not out to get something or that you were doing something with the hope that a reward might happenchance appear as a result. That I found truly inspiring. Thank you.

- Marcie Roche

How To Find And Follow Your Passion

Discover my top tips for how you can find and follow your own passion. You’ll hear about the outlook and choices which have helped me create You Inspire Me. Follow my journey – from turning down a place at Oxford University, through job-hopping in Australia, to training as a teacher, becoming self-employed, becoming certified as a coach, and now to running a successful full-time business which flourishes in spite of the recession.

It was a great talk, Corrina. Really confirmed my decision to quit work and find my passion and I felt you were talking just to me.

– Penny Askew, Mature student

Previous audiences include:

Cambridge University Graduate Women’s Network, May 2009

I heard you speak about a year ago in Cambridge, right at the time when I was struggling to decide about doing a PhD. You encouraged us to think about ourselves and do what makes us happy so that we can better share that happiness with the world. Now I’m a PhD student at Cambridge, living a fabulous life of learning and independence. Thanks for your work.
- Caitlin Wylie

How To Start A Business By Accident

Many of us associate business with detailed planning and plenty of forethought. However, sometimes when a venture emerges out of our passion, it can evolve as if it has a life of its own. YOU can be the source of next steps, rather than the goal ‘over there’, and thereby create a naturally authentic vehicle for sharing your gifts.

By the end of this talk, you’ll have discovered:

* how to access your innate entrepreneurial spirit
* how simple the fundamentals of business really are
* how your natural strengths offer new possibilities for how you develop your venture
* how following your heart can bring clients, income and fulfilment

If you’re starting up a business and are feeling daunted and planned-out, this will be the boost of inspiration you need. This is also ideal for school/college Careers conferences.

Previous audiences include:

Careers Convention, Newstead Wood School, Kent, 2008

Y9 Careers Conference, Bullers Wood School, Kent, 2007

Sixth Form Careers Forum, The Leys School, Cambridge, 2007

The World Needs Your Passion – For Teens

“I’m here to save you a decade of your life. I’m also here to ensure that you earn the money that you want to earn, doing what you love”

This talk has been designed to set teenagers up on a career path of love AND money. They match activities they love to do with those issues they care most about and are inspired to believe that following their heart can be viable and profitable.

Previous audiences include:

Newstead Wood School, Year 11 – 2009

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