KEYNOTE #1

Setting Big Audacious Goals Will Transform Your Life.

World-class Adventurer, Everest Summiteer and First Woman to Skydive Everest, Holly Budge, will energise your audience to think BIG. Holly is a deeply personal and highly actionable speaker who shares game-changing leadership insights to supercharge your business. She will take you on an uplifting, often nail-biting journey up to the summit of Mount Everest, into an icy freefall skydiving past the world's highest peak and racing 1000km across Mongolia on wild horses. Holly's powerful stories will motivate and inspire you on how to embrace life's peaks and recover from the troughs. She demonstrates the power of positive active thinking, even in times of great adversity. Holly believes we all have an Everest to climb, but often the enormity of a big goal is simply overwhelming. Stepping into the unknown is uncomfortable, and the thought of failing can be crippling. After Holly's talk, you will be asking yourself, 'Am I ready to climb my Everest?'

KEY

TAKEAWAYS

  • When you first show up at Everest Base Camp on the North Side, it's unfamiliar. It's freezing cold and very barren. You stare at the mountain; it's imposing. It's an overwhelming proposition initially, with no clear path from base camp to the summit. After a while, you start to acclimatise and get used to your environment. You find 'comfortable' in the uncomfortable.

  • I met people on Everest that had never stepped foot on snow before. Don't be that person that simply becomes a statistic because they didn't show up prepared. Whatever your goal is in your personal life or in business, planning and preparation is key.

  • Not everything goes to plan. You have to accept that there will be misadventures along the way. But it's about how you deal with them. Someone once said to me, "Smile through the pain, and it really does work!" It reframes your mindset, and a positive mindset is a resilient mindset.

KEYNOTE #2

Racing Extinction: Why We Need Elephants Now More Than Ever.

Earth is, for now, a human planet. Species are facing extinction at up to 1000x the natural rate because of us. Few people know that 96 elephants are poached each day. At this rate, they will be extinct in the wild within a decade. Humanity needs elephants now more than ever. For us to tackle and mitigate the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss, we need healthy and thriving elephant populations. Elephants are a keystone species that play a critical role not only in balancing natural ecosystems and biodiversity but in ensuring the future well-being of humanity. Holly Budge, Founder of UK Charity, How Many Elephants, has worked for over a decade to raise global awareness about African elephants and funding frontline conservation efforts. She’ll share the importance of community involvement and the critical role of female rangers in safeguarding elephants.

KEY TOPICS

  • Species are facing extinction at up to 1000x the natural rate because of us. Few people know that 96 elephants are poached each day in Africa. At this rate, they will be extinct in the wild within a decade.

  • Humanity needs elephants now more than ever. For us to tackle and mitigate the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss, we need healthy and thriving elephant populations. Elephants are a keystone species that play a critical role not only in balancing natural ecosystems and biodiversity but in ensuring the future well-being of humanity.

  • Holly Budge has seen first-hand the significant ripple effect of investing in women and that bringing gender equality into the ranger workforce strengthens community conservation efforts and relationships.

KEYNOTE #3

Global Opportunities for Gender Equality and Female Empowerment. The Rise of Female Rangers.

International Speaker and UN Women UK Delegate, Holly Budge, will deliver a compelling keynote on the rise of female wildlife rangers globally. Holly has seen first-hand the significant ripple effect of investing in women and that bringing gender equality into the ranger workforce is strengthening community conservation efforts and relationships, with women being natural communicators and educators and investing their earned income in their families. Many of the 5500 inspirational female rangers Holly works with through her NGO 'How Many Elephants' and 'World Female Ranger Week', have overcome adversity, poverty and marginalisation. Becoming rangers has empowered them, creating opportunities and hope.

KEY TOPICS

  • WHEN WOMEN RISE, WE ALL RISE. Join Holly Budge & her NGO 'How Many Elephants' to help transform humanity’s relationship with nature and to scale up and support female wildlife rangers on the frontline.

  • The female ranger movement is powerful to be aligned with. There is bravery, grit, overwhelming odds, triumphs and unity, with hope and gratitude at its core. Holly Budge works closely with those who have dedicated their lives to the often challenging and dangerous work of protecting the planet’s wildlife and wild spaces.

  • Holly Budge launched the hugely successful World Female Ranger Week, which amplifies the voices of female rangers worldwide to support their impactful work: Protecting wildlife, empowering women, and uplifting communities.

“THANKYOU FOR ALL YOU DO TO PROTECT ELEPHANTS”

SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH