KEYNOTE SPEAKING & EVENTS
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Combining industry knowledge and expertise to make training relatable to the real life issues faced by food industry teams
Fearless Foodies’ founder, Amy Wilkinson
renowned keynote speaker celebrated for her inspirational talks on resilience, confidence, and the importance of bringing your whole self to work
Amy’s engaging presentations leave a lasting impact, empowering audiences to embrace challenges, cultivate confidence, and foster authenticity in the professional realm. She is also a sought-after panel speaker and judge at industry events, bringing her unique perspective to discussions on leadership, innovation, and personal development.
Below are some of the Keynote speeches that Amy can deliver. The list isn’t exhaustive but are the subjects that Amy is best known for.
Amy can write and deliver bespoke talks based on business needs
KEYNOTE SPEAKING SUGGESTIONS
REFRAMING
RESILIENCE
10 years ago, Amy well and truly burnt out physically and mentally whilst working as a senior commercial manager in the Food Industry. It took her years to recover and her physical health still suffers to this day.
But she built her career in Food back up to a senior management level but with a new found balance that worked for her. In this talk, she will share with you:
- How success on the outside was papering over the cracks of stress, perfectionism and imposter syndrome
- The true meaning of resilience and how you can build your own toolkit based on a 4 pillar framework
- How tapping into your support network can help you be more resilient through change
How a problem solving, growth mindset is the key to success
CHALLENGES FOR WOMEN IN FOOD
Women working in Food face some real challenges due to a number of factors including less flexibility and male dominated environments.
In this talk, Amy discusses both some of the systemic issues but more importantly what we, as women in Food can we do to help ourselves.
She will discuss how:
- What got you here won’t always get you where you want to be
- Perfectionism and imposter syndrome can hold us back
- How to assert ourselves even when we hate conflict
- How to manage your mind to help you manage others
- How being really good at what you do can be a hindrance (but don’t stop!)
Amy has worked with 100’s of women in the Food and Drink industry and shares her insights on the key issues she sees and what we can do about it.
HOW TO BE MORE ASSERTIVE
Many of us struggle to be assertive, which can lead to us:
- Overworking
- Not getting our point across and not feeling heard
- Struggling to get the job done or to get others to take responsibility
- Feeling stuck in our careers and like we are not progressing
In this talk, Amy will discuss:
- Why we find it difficult and how it may hold you back
- What being assertive can unlock for you
- How to assert yourself without feeling like you’re being aggressive
- The different communication styles and how to adapt
All through a lens of the Food industry and the challenges we tend to face.
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Bio 2024
Short (65 words):
Amy is a coach supporting women and teams in the Food & Grocery Industry to speak up, influence better and get the recognition they deserve in their careers. Her career in Food Manufacturing spans over 24 years and she co-hosts the award winning podcast “Oh for Food’s Sake” which unwraps the struggles and joy of working in the fast paced food industry.
Medium (115 words):
Amy is a coach supporting women and teams in the food and grocery industry to speak up, influence better and get the recognition they deserve in their careers. With a career spanning over 24 years working for large food manufacturers, she is a respected expert in her field.
The co-host of the award-winning podcast “Oh for Food’s Sake” she helps unwrap the joys and struggles of working in the fast paced food industry. Amy draws on her own experience of resilience, having suffered burnout whilst working in a senior management role. Having successfully rebuilt a successful career, her mission is to inspire others to have the same success in their careers, but without burnout.
Long (190 words):
Amy is the founder of “Fearless Foodies”, an organisation supporting women and teams in the food and grocery industry to speak up, influence better and get the recognition they deserve in their careers. With a career spanning over 24 years working for large food manufacturers, across multiple functions including commercial, marketing and development, she is a well-respected expert in her field.
Amy is co-host of the award-winning podcast “Oh for Food’s Sake” where she helps unwrap the joys and struggles of working in the fast paced food industry.
Amy draws on her own experience of resilience, having suffered burnout whilst working in a senior management role. She successfully rebuilt a successful career and now her passion is to inspire others to have the same success in their careers, without frazzling themselves or their teams.
Amy’s breadth of experience across the industry brings a unique insight into the pressures we all face and how we optimise the most important asset the food industry has – it’s people. It’s Amy’s mission that together we can make the food industry a happier place to work for all.
IN CLIENT’S WORDS
ACCESSIBLE…
“I was immediately struck by Amy’s ability to take a subject of passion, frustration and often of emotion, and break it down into easy ways to understand and offer simple strategies to help people.
I was keen to make this accessible for my team. Amy joined our meeting where she shared her thoughts on ‘How to let go of perfect’. The team took a lot of useful tips from this to use in their day to day work.
Amy also facilitated and supported a group innovation session at Greencore, bringing together and supporting out own thinking, helping us to build on this and formulate potential propositions for the future.
Her accessible and energetic approach worked a treat and we all had a greatday ideating and strategising for the future. I would have no doubt in recommending Amy for workships or team coaching support”
– Joanne Elsdon, Head of Food at Greencore Prepared Meals
resonated…
“Absolutely top job Amy. So much of what you said resonated with me and how I know the team are feeling and it will have made a big difference to then to hear you talk so honestly and being so open about your experieince as I know there are peopl that will be having the same experiences you had and not asking for help. You were so brave”
– Client
INSPIRATIONAL…
“Thank you for your inspirational talk sharing your story.
On reflection I can resonate and now recognise the warning signs.
I’m now making positive changes, life is too short to be stressed and unhappy”
– Conference attendee