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Join us to celebrate the 2021 Bright Ideas winners; you will be involved in selecting the people's choice.
It's time to face the judges!It's the climax to our annual Bright Ideas competition. During the day 50 ideas, approx 100 students, will pitch to a panel of expert judges!This year as a first, schools have been involved in finding a competitive shortlist - thank you to all staff that contributed.Students started their journey by completing an online application then attended Sprint Events and Heats in January where they were shortlisted to pitch at today's final.It's been an exciting journey and the best is yet to come!The finalists will spend the afternoon pitching to a panel of judges and you will get to hear from the runner-up and winner from each panel during the ceremony.Panelists will hear ideas from students representing;BusinessComputer ScienceEngineeringHealth, Social Care and EducationKingston School of ArtsLife Sciences, Pharmacy and ChemistryPlease join us for the Award Ceremony: 5 - 6pm.Agenda;The runner-up from each panel will give a public summary of their idea.We will then have our Keynote speaker, Shed Simove.Shed Simove is a performer, entrepreneur, author, and speaker on creativity. He is an expert in IDEAS and can help you make your ideas happen. Shed believes that "when an idea pops into your head, it can send you on amazing adventures - if you follow the idea through...". He is also a Guinness World Record holder and has been called a 'Marketing God' in the media. Shed's passion is to tackle things that have never been done before - and his own ideas can be for anything, ranging from gifts, books, websites, TV shows, gifts, or even his own currency.After, the winners from each panel will give a 1 minute pitch, from which the audience will vote for their favourite. The winner with the most votes will be awarded "The People's Choice".Please share this invite with colleagues that you think will be interested.
