For any questions or concerns about your presentation, e-mail Sabrina Johnson, YBA Program Coordinator at sjohnson@youthbizalliance.org

If you’re interested in learning more about other ways to get involved with the YBA, reach out to Priya Sodha, Executive Director at psodha@youthbizalliance.org

Welcome to the YBA Community 

Thank you for signing up to become a guest speaker! Please follow the below steps before speaking:

Step 1:

View guest speaker on-boarding video on the left

Step 2:

Complete your speaker profile in your profile settings – this will be visible to our YBA teachers!

Step 3:

View our speaking calendar & Choose a slot.

Step 4:

Upload a presentation and prepare your activity! Upload a PowerPoint presentation to your profile! Guest speakers are encouraged to present a visual or PowerPoint presentation to the students. If you have a presentation, please upload in your profile settings

 

Activity: Guest speakers are asked to facilitate a 20 minute activity that could be from your day to day job or a topic that falls under one of the following categories: soft skills/career readiness, financial literacy or business 101/entrepreneurship. (don’t have an activity? It’s okay! YBA will reach out and provide you one)

Step 5:

The big day!

First time guest speakers will receive a call from our YBA team one week prior to your presentation.

Here is the agenda of a typical presentation:

 

  • Introduce yourself, your background and your career (~20 minutes)
  • Facilitate an activity or teach a life lesson (~20 minutes)
  • Q&A: Leave room for students to ask questions. If you are hiring, have internships or are looking to mentor – please bring business cards.

 

(schwag is allowed, if you want to bring any giveaways- run this by our YBA staff).

Step 6:

Post Presentation –Share pictures on social media #youthbizalliance and learn more about how to get involved with the YBA. Oh and don’t forget to come back and speak with us ☺