Volunteer Resources - Speaker

Alumni Volunteer Resources

Booking a speaker for an event Many Group events rely on finding an informative and enjoyable speaker to give a lecture or afterdinner speech. A large number of senior members of the University are more than happy to come and speak at such events.

Alumni Volunteer Resources

Speakers for events We can assist in finding a speaker for your Group through our quarterly speaker request process. This involves individual Groups submitting a request for a speaker which is added to requests from other Groups. Once compiled, these requests are distributed to a growing list of Pro-Vice-Chancellors, Heads of Houses, Pilkington Prize winners and Senior Members who have previously shown interest in supporting Group events. Once a speaker has chosen a Group to visit, we will put both parties in contact with one another.

We must stress that CARO does not offer travel or accommodation expenses for speakers, so before requesting a speaker, please ensure that you are either prepared to cover these costs (in cash or in kind) or to ask the speaker to make their own arrangements.

As many Groups ask CARO for help in finding a speaker we recommend that you use your own contacts and networks first, as a personal approach can often be more effective.

alumni.cam.ac.uk/groups

The websites listed below are a good starting point to finding a speaker for your Group Find an Expert website mediaguide.admin.cam.ac.uk/ cgi-bin/faesearch/map.cgi University Department websites cam.ac.uk/colleges-and-departments What’s On website admin.cam.ac.uk/news/whatson Alumni Festival alumni.cam.ac.uk/weekend Science Festival website cam.ac.uk/sciencefestival Festival of Ideas website cam.ac.uk/festivalofideas

Alumni Volunteer Resources

Alumni Group Speaker Request Form Alumni Group

Date (including approx. time of day)

Event (title) Venue (type of venue if exact venue is not known)

Expected attendance (approx) Further details

Speaker expenses the Group is willing to cover (if any)

alumni.cam.ac.uk/groups