Beverley Walters Email & Phone Number

Manchester, Gb

The Programme Director role is a senor content role within MA Exhibitions, which serves as a strategic link between the sector and each event, and includes curation of content programmes, identifying and managing Advisory Boards as well as researching and writing the educational programmes for the events. Leading on content development the Programme Director knows the target audience, and issues and the topics they’re interested in.

London, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for brands Tes SEND Show, Music & Drama Education Expo and Nursery World Show, ensuring each event meets the needs of the target audience, improves attendance and increase market share. Leading growth across exhibition brands through the design of compelling products to deliver world-class customer experiences, sustainable revenue and profit growth. Management of exhibitions from floorplan and feature design to sales and developing lasting, commercial, industry relationships.

As Head of Content for the Show I lead on the show’s structure and strategy, delivering a fresh approach to content, introducing new features and internationally renowned speakers. The Tes SEN Show comprises a comprehensive two-day, 42 seminar programme for the education workforce and a first class exhibition showcasing the very best education resources. I have responsibility for developing the show's profile by identifying new B2B partners, opportunities to promote the event within the education sector, and content to support teaching practitioners and government policy.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for business development account management, customer relationship management (CRM) business-to-business (B2B) Sales and direct business negotiation.

Tamworth, Staffordshire

The main focus of this post was development of organizational membership events, fund-raising, bid writing and international business development.

Tamworth, Staffordshire

Project Lead for DfE funded project to develop a web based resource to support schools and education settings to access high quality information, resources and training. The SEND Gateway has enabled the education workforce to develop new skills and understanding of special educational needs.This role included responsibility for lead project management of the SEND Gateway, reporting quarterly to the DfE on KPIs, budget management, governance and key achievements. This responsibility was managed alongside existing Professional Development Management responsibilities.With an emphasis on strategic planning, this role included responsibility for the sustainability of the SEND Gateway and its links to nasen’s e-learning platform, launched in Spring 2016. This included liaison with colleagues at a variety of leading voluntary and community sector organisations in support of the 2014 SEND Code of Practice: 0 – 25.

Tamworth, Staffordshire

Planning and operational delivery of 7,500 DfE funded training places for special educational needs co-ordinators (SENCOs), and 3,600 delegate places at events in support of consultation on the 2014 SEND Code of Practice: 0 – 25. In addition to DfE funded training, each year I delivered up to 2,800 delegate places at nasen’s flagship event nasen Live as well as bespoke training events identified by schools and Local Authority groups. This role also involved working closely with i2i Events, Event Directors for the Bett Show and The Education Show to curate SEN Learn Live programmes for each event and identify special speakers and presenters.I was responsible for planning and organisation all events run or attended by nasen including writing and designing promotional material, identifying trainers, keynote speakers and contracting venues. In 2010 I was also responsible for planning and organization of nasen’s first solely run exhibition, nasen Live.

Tamworth Staffordshire

On joining nasen my responsibilities were those of a general manager and included managing a team of 12 staff; production schedules for three professional journals (the British Journal of Special Education, the British Journal of Support for Learning and the Journal of Research in SEN), the organisation’s magazine Special and the facilities management of nasen’s head office in Staffordshire. Nasen is a membership organisation that relies heavily on membership subscription. I was asked to investigate and develop new income streams including training services, which is now a major income generator for nasen that attracts significant government funding.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

This role was responsible for managing the devolved recruitment processes and central support for the housing association.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Postgraduate Diploma, Management Studies, Bsc

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