He mihi māhana ki a koutou (Warm greetings to you all).
It has been an interesting experience coming on board with the Positive Speakers Bureau, learning the ropes, reaching out to our Speakers and connecting with them as we book engagements. Thank you to everyone for being friendly and welcoming. I very much enjoy the chats and interactions we share.
It has been my privilege over the past month to reconnect PSB with our most recent Trainee Speakers. They are keen to get involved and I am making every effort to see them attend observations and deliver their initial speaking engagement. I appreciate everyone who is supporting us as we work through this and finish the training process to welcome them fully to the Speaker Team.
I look forward to connecting with more people as time goes on and linking up more speaking opportunities.
One of the absolute highlights of this role is receiving the feedback survey after the speaking engagements. Here are a few of the many delightful things that have been shared through the feedback so far this year.
***** is just brilliant. I cried multiple times during his talk, and I couldn’t be more grateful for his dedication to educating such a vast array of people about his life and in-depth knowledge of HIV pathology and actual experience in living with HIV. Thank you thank you thank you!!
Thank you for sharing your journey with us. It was really helpful, and I learned lot of stuff that I can apply while I am out in the public and in my nursing career.
Thank you, *****, for sharing your personal information, along with your knowledge and experience working with Positive Women.
A very insightful presentation which I enjoyed listening to. Having speakers like ***** raises so much awareness about HIV especially for our future doctors.
Was very eye opening now being well informed of the stigma I was giving people with positive HIV status; the information shared has helped strengthen my knowledge and understanding about condition and how to ensure these people are well nursed and looked after in our communities
Thank you everyone and keep up the good work. I will endeavor to share the PSB feedback with you.
It is great to work alongside you all.
If you would like to book a speaker. Please contact me and I will sort everything for you. My email address is contact@positivespeakers.org.nz
Kia pai tō rā, [Have a good day],
Heather 😊
