What we ask of you

A member of our team has written to you about speaking at a Lunch & Listen session. This page sets out exactly what that involves, so you can decide without a second email.

In short

Duration
Thirty minutes, total.
Questions
Shared with you in advance.
Slides
A slideshow is required. Please prepare your own.

30 minutes total

The session, minute by minute

We send the three guiding questions ahead of time, so nothing asked in the room is a surprise.

Introduction

5 min

You give an overview of yourself, some context on your life, and why you are speaking at SSIS.

First guiding question

5 min

Our student MC asks the first of the three questions we send you beforehand.

Second and third guiding questions

10 min

The conversation continues through the remaining two questions, in the same format.

Student Q&A

10 min

Students raise their hands and ask their own questions.


Where and when

Venue
The SDC Stairs at Saigon South International School, Ho Chi Minh City
Timing
Second lunch, usually starting between 1:00 and 1:05 PM
Audience
Students at Saigon South International School
Frequency
We host roughly every two weeks

What we provide

Lunch & Listen is an independent, student-founded speaker series. Our sessions run on the Saigon South International School campus, hosted with the school's AWWA club.

Microphone and screen
A microphone, and a large projection screen to present your slideshow from.
Photography
A photographer from our own crew covers the session.
Introduction
A student MC opens the session, introduces you, and asks the guiding questions.
Promotion
We handle the posters and announcements for each session.

Accepting

Reply to the member of our team who contacted you. They will confirm a date and send you the guiding questions. There is nothing to fill in here.

If you would rather check who wrote to you first, the whole team is named on the about page.

Past guests: Elizabeth Homfray, Henry Nguyen, Zac Crush and Chef Rang.