Here’s a quick overview of a few of the important things to know to make your TalentDay a success.
Organising your own local or regional TalentDay can be a rewarding and enriching endeavour. True, there are many issues to think about and a lot of planning and organising to be done, but you should also be able to enjoy the process. Here’s a quick overview of a few of the important things to know to make your TalentDay a success.
- Any community or group of interested individuals can organise a TalentDay:
- your local village or town association
- your local school or college
- colleagues from the same workplace
- trade or craftspeople from any profession
- Make sure you have a basic knowledge of what Talented and Gifted means
- Your participants are actually also your target audience:
- the talented
- their mentors
- their communities
- TalentDays:
- should be fun, colourful and entertaining
- should promote the idea that everyone has some talent
- should emphasise the Mentor-Student relationship
- Determine the aims of your TalentDay
- you could be aiming to promote non-traditional talents
- you could use it to start grant programmes
- or to advertise the results of grants & competitions
- Make sure your event is inclusive not exclusive
- Keep your TalentDay politics and alcohol-free
- Find a suitable location
- Don’t be shy to go out and find sponsors and donors
- Get in touch with/involve your local/regional/national Talent Support network
Remember we're all working to try and build a talent-friendly society, so DO involve your local community in your TalentDay and DO make sure your event gets as much media coverage as possible.