The Beacon Foundation hosted its annual Western Australia Student Ambassador Conference on March 24 with great success.
The day was designed to introduce the 2010 Beacon Student Ambassadors (BSA) to their new role for the year and inspire positive steps towards a bright future. Year 10 representatives attended from Balga SHS, Bullsbrook DHS Kent ST. SHS, Lockridge SHS, Swan View SHS and Yule Brook College.
This year’s conference was held at the Empyrean Function Centre (www.empyrean.net.au) , an old Imax theatre that has been turned into a spectacular, exciting and different space to hold a function. Alison Ringuet, Empyrean’s Venue Manager, kindly donated not only the venue but her time and assistance to help make the conference a success.
During the day, students were treated to a workshop on public speaking by Peter McLean, managing director of Lamplighter Performance Consulting (www.lamplighter.com.au ). Students learnt about the three C’s of authentic public speaking.
Beth Shaw, former Youth UN representative also took time out of her busy schedule as a lawyer to talk to the students about her journey and her adventures during her time at university and becoming the youth UN Representative.
The day was rounded off by a session of Speed Careering, a chance for students to get a snapshot of the careers of four guest speakers, Adam Galvin, designer draftsman, Hari Sitha, owner manager of a recruitment company, Jane Crawford of Rio Tinto and Vivienne Keeley a youth worker from Mission Australia. Students got to speak to these guests in small groups and ask questions and learn about their various careers.
The Beacon Student Ambassador conference is an annual event and kicks off a year long program of interactive, practical events as part of the No Dole program for this year’s year 10 students at Beacon schools.