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June 30, 2023 / 9:30am - 3:00pm
5 Hours
Are You Ready to Unlock Your Potential and Achieve Success?
Come to Carrow Road, home of Norwich City Football Club, on Friday 30th June and join us at Leap Events “Activate Your Potential: Winning Strategies in Sports and Business” – the ultimate event for everyone who wants to achieve their goals and dreams.
Our incredible speakers include former sports professionals, business mentors, authors, nutritionists, and public personalities who have all achieved great success in their fields. They will be sharing their experiences and expertise, providing valuable insights and practical advice on how to achieve success.
We will be exploring the connection between a winning mindset, a healthy lifestyle, and success.
Shelley Rudling, Founder of Leap Events
Our belief is that a strong, healthy, body and mind are essential for success, and we want to share this message with everyone who attends. We aim to start the conversation between individuals and corporations here in Norfolk, and beyond, to spread a nurturing workplace culture and empower yourself and your team to be the best version of themselves.
Our engaging speakers and panelists will share their insights on a range of topics, including the benefits of physical activity for mental, hormonal, and physical health, the challenges and opportunities facing women in sports, and the ways in which businesses can support and encourage physical activity among their employees and customers. You’ll learn about different physical activities, from team sports to individual pursuits, and discover the role of mental health in achieving success.
However, “Activate Your Potential: Winning Strategies in Sports and Business” is not just about gaining knowledge and insights. It’s also about building connections and collaborating with like-minded individuals. As always you will be able to network and collaborate with other attendees in an inclusive and supportive environment.
Event Schedule
9:30 am Arrivals & Networking
10:00 am Welcome by Stephen Balmer-Walters
10:05 am Ben Coomber: Unlocking Our Potential: Overcoming Self-Limiting Beliefs
10:40 am Flo Allen: The Rise Of NCFC Women’s Team
11 am Panel Discussion: Societal obstacles and gender bias in fitness.
11:30 am Ian Hacon: Maximise energy and minimise stress
12 pm Break & Networking
12.30 pm Nicola Haste Chapman: Living with MS-the healing power of self-care and rest
1 pm Panel Discussion: Optimising Performance: The Interplay of Fitness, Mental Health, and Hormonal Balance
1:30 pm Nigel Cushion: The role of physical activity in the management of stress and performance
2 pm Panel Discussion: Healthy Employees, Thriving Business: The Case for Promoting Wellness in the Workplace
2:30 pm Networking
3 pm End of the event
Don’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable knowledge and tools to take yourself or your business to the next level.
Register now and activate your potential for success!
“Activate Your Potential: Winning Strategies in Sports and Business” is not just an event with a fantastic lineup of speakers and panelists. It’s also an opportunity to engage with a variety of exhibitors from health, wellness, and fitness providers, and nutritionists. These exhibitors are dedicated to providing high-quality products and services that can help you optimise your health and well-being, whether you’re an individual or a business.
Our exhibitors are experts in their respective fields, offering the latest fitness trends, wellness programs, and healthy eating options. During the event, take the time to browse and engage with our exhibitors to discover something new that can help you achieve greater success.
Meet Our Speakers
Stephen is the founder and Director of AskStephen LTD, utilising his vast knowledge and expertise to provide invaluable guidance to a diverse array of businesses and individuals. 🧠
His objective is to empower them to surpass their present achievements and strive for continual improvement. This is accomplished through the application of eight foundational principles and four fundamental pillars that serve as the bedrock for future growth: structure, purpose, well-being, and positive energy. 🌱
Stephen’s impactful work encompasses successful launches of multiple US sports brands in the UK market, alongside providing unwavering support to local and national enterprises and individuals in overcoming the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.
We are delighted to introduce Ben Coomber, who will be joining us at the #ActivateYourPotential event on the 30th of June.
→ Ben, an acclaimed Coach, Speaker, and Author of the book “How to Live an Awesome Life,” brings a unique 11-step self-development system to empower individuals.
→ With an insightful podcast titled “Ben Coomber Radio” which held the coveted #1 spot for 10 years and garnered over 20 million downloads, Ben’s expertise and influence are widely recognised.
→ As the Founder & CEO of The BTN Academy, a distinguished Nutrition Education Company, and Awesome Supplements, a multi-award-winning plant-based supplement company, Ben has had the privilege of working with professional athletes and countless individuals seeking to elevate their lives.
→ He has also worked with corporate leadership teams, including those at M&S and Sky TV.
🗣️ Ben will be our inaugural speaker of the day, and we cannot wait to hear what insights he will be sharing about Overcoming Self-Limiting Beliefs.
Meet Flo Allen, who will be joining us as one of the speakers and panellists at the #ActivateYourPotential event on the 30th of June.
→ Born and raised in Norfolk, Allen played at the Norwich City Girls Centre of Excellence until the age of 15, before becoming a full-time professional for Bristol City Football Club Womens Club, where she made 85 appearances for the Robins in the Women’s Super League.
→ Flo also studied sports business management at the University of Gloucestershire alongside her footballing commitments.
→ She was a Continental Cup finalist, who won the FA Youth Cup and stood as a candidate in the PFA players’ board in 2020.
→ Upon the conclusion of the 2021/22 season, Flo announced her retirement from professional football and was appointed as Norwich City Football Club Women’s Team General Manager ahead of the 2022/23 season.
🗣️ During the event, Flo will be telling us her story and explaining how she uses the skills, determination, and perseverance she learned from playing football in her everyday life and in her career. We’re excited to hear all about the progress of the Women’s NCFC team and their plans for the future.
If you are local to Norwich / Norfolk, you are likely to know or have heard of our next speaker – Ian Hacon. 🙌🏼
→ Ian is a successful multi-business owner with an impressive and varied corporate career (and an accountancy degree!).
→ Non-Executive Director for several organisations and co-owner Zaks (Norwich)
→ TEDx speaker [His talk ⇢ “How to DREAM Big and Achieve your Goals and Dreams “]
→ World Triathlon Athlete for GBR.
Ian’s motto is to ” help you maximise your energy and minimise your stress. With more energy and less stress, you will feel happier, more fulfilled, and be more likely to achieve the success you deserve – both at work and at home.”
🗣️ During his talk, Ian will be sharing his tips and guidance on how to maximise energy and minimise stress in your daily life and business.
We’re getting our notebooks and pens ready ✍️ (and so should you!), so we can jot down some of Ian’s golden nuggets of wisdom. 😉
Speaker 04 | Nicola Chapman
We are thrilled to announce that Nicola Chapman will be joining us as one of our awe-inspiring speakers at #ActivateYourPotential!
🌟 A Battler and a Beacon of Hope 🌟
Nicola, who has a staggering 2.06 million subscribers on YouTube, has touched the lives of countless individuals with her exceptional makeup skills and beauty expertise. However, her impact reaches far beyond the realm of beauty.
In a heartfelt and deeply personal video titled “My Secret Illness,” Nicola made the brave decision to open up about her MS diagnosis. With unwavering honesty and vulnerability, she shared her experience of living with this chronic illness, shedding light on the physical and emotional struggles she faces every day.
By revealing her own journey, Nicola has become a beacon of hope for others facing similar battles.
🗣️ Nicola will be sharing her story after the lunch networking break. She will talk about living with MS – the healing power of self-care and rest.
Living with an auto-immune condition such as MS can be incredibly difficult and can significantly change one’s life. However, we are confident that Nicola’s story will provide inspiration and offer valuable insights to those facing similar challenges, helping them find ways to make coping a little bit easier.
Speaker 05 | Nigel Cushion
This man hardly needs an introduction to the Norwich business community. But for those, who have not yet had the pleasure to meet him, please meet our final speaker of the day at #ActivateYourPotential – Nigel Cushion. 👋
→ Nigel is a businessman, leadership mentor, and speaker. He has (co)founded many businesses, has chaired six Norwich-based companies, and has been the runner-up in the national Sunday Times NED of the year awards.
→ Today he mentors over a dozen business and community leaders in Norfolk, London, and abroad.
→ He is the founder of the social impact business Nelsonspirit, providing leadership mentoring to over 50 Norfolk business and community leaders, as well as leadership opportunities for young people.
→ Nigel has written three books and speaks all over the world on business and leadership topics. His book “Action Stations” looks at the role of sport and physical activity in the management of stress and performance.
🗣️ Nigel’s talk will be focusing on the role of physical activity in the management of stress and performance.
Nigel’s leadership and performance speaking is grounded in his own personal experience of leading both in business and in the voluntary sector. He draws extensively on his experience on boards and chairing six companies, his mentoring of hundreds of leaders, mainly CEOs and MDs, as well as his work in leadership consultancy.
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