AN Edinburgh-based speaker company is celebrating its one year anniversary with significant expansion and a new partnership with next month’s Fringe By The Sea festival.
Speaker Buzz, which represents speakers who focus on wellbeing and making a difference to the world, has quadrupled its roster of speakers, doubled its team and now has a presence in London.
New speakers to its 21-strong roster include Lauren Currie, an internationally recognised authority on design, innovation and how they can be harnessed for social good; Ros Taylor, the clinical psychologist, executive coach, and CEO of RTC Leadership & Coaching; and adventurers Hazel and Luke Robertson, who recount their expeditions and experiences to promote the benefits of physical activity.
The Speaker Buzz team has expanded to include consultants Linda Duncan and Tessa Findlay, who focus on Scotland, and consultant Caroline Morton who operates in London.
Earlier this year, Speaker Buzz started staging its own bespoke events, starting with its A Conversation With Fathers About Autism events in Glasgow and Edinburgh in April, which took place during National Autism Week. Speakers Stuart Cosgrove and John Hatfield shared their experiences of raising sons with autism.
The company has also become an affiliate partner for Fringe By The Sea, the arts festival which takes places in North Berwick from August 2-11.
Speaker Buzz founder Debbie Byers said: “It’s been a successful first year for us and we’re delighted to celebrating our anniversary by joining forces with Fringe By The Sea. It’s a great festival with a packed and diverse line-up, and we’ve no doubt the open-minded audience will be suitably inspired by our speakers. All our speakers are passionate about wellbeing and making a positive social, cultural and behavioural change in society and Fringe By The Sea is the perfect place to get this message across.”
The collaboration with Fringe By The Sea sees Speaker Buzz providing a number of speakers for the festival.
Speakers include Mollie Hughes, the Edinburgh-based adventurer who in 2017 became the youngest woman in the world to summit Everest from both the north and south sides. Hughes, who is in training for a bid to become the youngest woman in the world to ski solo and unsupported to the South Pole, speaks at the festival on August 9.
Also speaking are Speaker Buzz’s Cal Major and Stuart Cosgrove. Major last year became the first and the fastest person to Stand Up Paddleboard from Land’s End to John O’Groats as part of her Paddle Against Plastic campaign. Major appears at the festival’s venue The Scottish Seabird Centre on August 7.
Stuart Cosgrove, the writer, broadcaster and media executive, is sharing a stage with author John Niven on August 6.
The pair will discuss the music and albums that have influenced their work and lives.
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