on March 23, 2019
Stop number four on our #MonsterConfidence tour was Bristol. On November 16th, Just Eat welcomed us and 33 girls for a day of confidence building.
For our keynote speech, the lovely Samira Abokor (Associate Product Manager, Just Eat) enthralled the girls; they were certainly left pumped for the day ahead! Just Eat, Aerospace Bristol and Mathematics Education Innovation partnered with us to boost the confidence of the girls and young women that came along. From speed mentoring to mock interviews to professional headshots, the girls had a fun-filled day learning how to prepare for interviews, present themselves online and be confident whilst public speaking. Our panel of inspiring women included:
- Clare Marston, Aerospace Bristol
- Nicola Grahamslaw, SS Great Britain
- Chloe Allan, Just Eat
- Christa-Awa Kollen, Just Eat
- Emma Markham, Innovate UK
- Rachel Beddoes, MEI
Twitter had a lot to say about the day:
Our team are here in Bristol for the @Stemettes #MonsterConfidence event today! We're providing advice and mentoring for young women and girls looking to start a career in STEM @Monster_UK #WomenInSTEM #GirlsInSTEM pic.twitter.com/Y1PagVgXYW
— BristolEnergy (@BristolEnergy) November 16, 2018
Im attending my 1st STEM event today. Proud to be part of a company that invests heavily in inspiring and developing young talent for the future. I’ll be doing mock interviews and mentoring young women between the ages of 15-22. I’m nervous!!#monsterconfidence#computacenter
— Philip john pearson (@phillippearso13) November 16, 2018
Jess and AJ, two of our super awesome engineers, are at @Stemettes #MonsterConfidence in Bristol today to chat about engineering, bionic arms aaand oversized sunglasses..! #WomenInSTEM #womenintech 😎 pic.twitter.com/byluLiEt9l
— Open Bionics (@openbionics) November 16, 2018
Bristol #MonsterConfidence is almost ready to begin at the @JustEatUK #bristol offices!
Monster and the @Stemettes are excited to give future #stem talent a confidence boost at the start of their careers! #jobs #advice #fur #womeninstem pic.twitter.com/XqlaGRZzcY
— Monster UK (@Monster_UK) November 16, 2018
Year 10 Engineers being inspired today by talks, mentors and STEM careers advice at #monsterconfidence at Just Eat https://t.co/WzTP6geVis @JustEatUK @VenturersTrust @BristolEdu #STEM #GirlsInSTEM pic.twitter.com/PsXcqQ5xUp
— CelebratingCGS (@celebrating_cgs) November 16, 2018
In terms of impact…
- 78% had increased awareness of STEM careers
- 89% had increased positive perception of STEM careers
- 89% had their STEM confidence increased
- 94% had their STEM networks increased
Girls rated the event a strong 9 out of 10 and one girl commented that she had learnt ‘Confidence skills for presentations and I’ve learnt that there are a lot of passionate, strong women who have made it in STEM and are being “badass” – everything I now inspire to be’.
Thank you to our host and partner, Just Eat, along with fellow partners Aerospace Bristol and Mathematics Education Innovation! As always, thanks to Monster for being the star of the tour. For more details about the tour, visit monsterconfidence.co.uk
Head over to our Flickr for more pics!
