Speaking About How It Should be with Ruth Anslow - 186

A lot of people have ideas that they think would make things better, but few progress beyond the daydream of what if?  My guest in this show had an idea that she just couldn’t shake, and after enrolling her sister, they set off on an adventure to make it real.  Today, ​​Ruth Anslow is a social entrepreneur and a keen advocate of doing business for social benefit, beyond just making profit. In 2010 she decided to take on supermarkets and co founded HISBE Food with her sister, Amy. HISBE is a supermarket chain with a difference, built on a social enterprise business model and designed to support a sustainable future for food and farming.  Alongside running HISBE, Ruth co founded The Good Business Club, to connect entrepreneurs who are starting, running and growing a “business for good” with the support and resources they need. In 2019 she started “HISBE Bootcamp,” to equip the next generation of food rebels to follow in HISBEs footsteps and launch their own change-making shops and brands. In this show Ruth is sharing tips for how to get your idea off the ground, including how she used TEDx and speaking to spread the message. Enjoy!   What you’ll learn: What drove Ruth to completely change her career trajectory. The story of how HISBE came to be born. What thoughts and feelings Ruth had about challenging the status quo. The eight values that shape HISBE and the difficulties living those values and making a business sustainable. How Ruth is creating a movement and getting the message out there. Why Ruth didn’t launch the company for three years and what she did to build desire and momentum during this time. The role that speaking has played in sharing her mission. How Ruth put her TEDx talk together Tips for getting started if you see something is flawed and could be done better.   All things Ruth: https://hisbe.co.uk https://www.facebook.com/HISBEFood https://www.instagram.com/hisbe_food https://twitter.com/HISBE_Food https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruth-anslow-97ba4b3/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLCE0zGqy3Q Books:  Shopped! (The Shocking Power of the British Supermarkets by Joanna Blythman  Body and Soul by Anita Roddick   Resources: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thespeakingclub/ https://www.saraharcher.co.uk/challenge  https://www.facebook.com/SarahArcherSpeak/ https://www.saraharcher.co.uk https://www.standoutpitch.com   Thanks for listening!   To share your thoughts:                                                       leave a comment below.     Share this show on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn. To help the show out:     Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and review really help get the word out and I read each one.     Subscribe on iTunes.

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If you want to have a laugh whilst learning how to increase your confidence and public speaking skills, for personal or business growth, then you have come to the right place. Discover tips, tricks and strategies on how to speak and pitch using humour and performance. Find out how to better connect with people’s pain points in a way that they will want to talk about and share, and get the low down on powering up your mind set. Sarah Archer, is a stand-up comedian, playwright, speaker and business woman. She is also author of ‘Cracking Speech Mate! – How to use humour to make you an amazing speaker’, and ‘Straight to the Top – How to create and deliver a killer elevator pitch’. Communicating with authenticity and power, influencing through copy, spoken word and body language, managing negative thoughts and anxiety, building authority and trust, story-telling and comedy secrets...oh and we’ll also cover focus and time management ‘cause Sarah has a mind like a butterfly! Join her for fun and aha moments.