The ONE and ONLY thing I have learnt in 2009 that has reinforced my belief and fervour in what I do…
DON’T BELIEVE WHAT PEOPLE TELL YOU…. AND DO YOUR OWN THING!
Some teachers told me with ‘The Big Picture’ …
1. You’ll have nothing to talk about!!
2. You can’t charge schools money for what you do.
3. You’ll never work with more than a classroom of students at a time.
BUT, it’s funny because…
1. I’ve now got 5 different talks all lasting 2 hours including ‘The Big Picture’, ‘The Big Picture Pt II’, ‘The Big Leap & Pt II’ and also ‘The Bigger Picture’.
2. I do charge schools for what I do even though it started out being FREE.
3. I now work with up to 350 students at a time.
Then it got even better. They told me…
1. You won’t be able to make what you do long lasting.
2. You won’t get schools to ‘repeat buy’ what you do.
3. The students will soon get bored of what you do.
Well…
1. The material and learning we have goes throughout the whole year. We have PSHE material that develops students in the form of lesson plans and school assemblies that teachers use all year round.
2. Schools are not only ‘repeat buying’ but they’re also investing in multiple year groups all at once. They hire us for Year 7’s, 10’s and 11’s all at once and then follow up with Year 8’s, 9’s and 6th Formers. We have nearly 40 schools that have committed to multiple year groups this year alone; last year it was ZERO !!!
3. The students are following ‘The Big Picture’ in growing numbers. We now have nearly 1700 members of ‘The Big Picture Keith Warren’ and also have a new group formed (BUT NOT by me) it’s called the “Keith Warren has been to my school” !!!
So, what’s next in 2010 ?
* Target numbers of schools x 225
* More FREE teaching resources for schools
* Edit and publish the 3 books that I’ve written
* Run a Big Picture festival in Stockport with 100’s of students
* Develop the Facebook page to 7000 students!!
* Film inspirational advice for students about careers to go onto ‘YouTube’
* Load up inspirational films and quotes to help students get focused
* Personality profiling to help students learn more about themselves
* Managing Money – A program for students AND “How to make a $Million Quid?”
