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Guest Speaker This Monday (8 March): Dr Bryan Pidwerbesky

How can the knowledge and experience we gain at uni help us succeed in industry? And what role does communication play? These are some of the questions our guest speaker, Bryan Pidwerbesky, former UC student, UC lecturer and now Technical Director at Fulton Hogan will answer from his perspective!

Bryan Pidwerbesky
From UC student to Technical Director at Fulton Hogan: Dr Bryan Pidwerbesky, our guest speaker

Join Our Open Night!

If you are thinking about joining our club, what can you expect to learn? What are some experiences other students have made? Nicola Green joined U-CAN-SPEAK during her times as an accounting student at UC. Come along this Monday night when Nicola will share her ‘Toastmasters Journey’ with us!

Join us for our Open Night to start your journey towards becoming the better speaker you want to be!

This Monday, 1 March 2021, 7pm
Rehua 529, University of Canterbury

or join us via Zoom (Password: haeremai)

Update (28 Feb 2021): Bryan Pidwerbesky will visit Monday next week!

Prof Cheryl de la Rey @ U-CAN-SPEAK

How does the Vice-Chancellor present her research

Professor Cheryl de la Rey, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Canterbury, is visiting our club this coming Monday, 1 February 2021 to give a talk on Leadership & Gender! On top of that, U-CAN-SPEAK is also looking back at 25 years of club history.

As always, everyone is welcome to join us for another action-packed and educational evening!

This event is free. Light refreshments are provided.

What’s Happening at the UC Centre for Entrepreneurship?

Find out this coming Monday! James Carr, Business Manager of the university’s Centre for Entrepreneurship will be our special guest for the night.

What is the difference between innovation, creativity and invention? How can identifying this difference enable you to have more impact more quickly? Find out at our next meeting, starting at 7 pm this Monday in Rehua 529 (formerly Commerce).

James carr joining us from UC’s Centre for Entrepreneurship

This coming Monday’s 7pm meeting, we have University of Canterbury’s Business Manager of the Centre for Entrepreneurship James Carr joining us.

His role involves a little bit of everything from coaching and mentoring student founders to facilitating workshops and running competitions. Over the last decade, James has worked with a startup English language services firm in Budapest, studied experimental condensed matter physics in Montreal, developed integrated health, safety and quality management systems for a young engineering design company in Christchurch, and took a year to explore Eastern Europe out of the back of a Mini.

See You on Monday 7pm in Rehua 529!