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stepupnetwork.bsky.social
The award-winning network and social enterprise for the development of educators, particularly educational leaders. Founded and led by Ben Hobbis in 2023. Named in the top 100 of UK social enterprises in 2024. Website - https://stepupnetwork.uk/
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Happy Friday (and half term in most cases), our next speaker reveal for our Midlands Leadership Day is Albert Adeyemi from @blackmentch.bsky.social He will be leading a session on thriving over surviving. Interested? Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/step-up-mi...

We’re really excited to host this @attinstitute.bsky.social event to share & develop our collective expertise, supporting the next generation of female leaders across the sector to thrive! We’d love for you to share the message and join us! ✈️ @womened.bsky.social @stepupnetwork.bsky.social 🪜

Excited for our @attinstitute.bsky.social Lowering the Ladder!💙 Discussing how we can use our collective might to pave the way for the next generation of female leaders! ✈️ With the fantastic @misspritchard.bsky.social, Liz Barrett OBE & Kiran Satti🤩 @stepupnetwork.bsky.social @womened.bsky.social

Emma Yentis sharing her thoughts about the all important issue of 'time' in our latest blog! 👇🕑 stepupnetwork.uk/2025/02/11/m...

Happy Monday, our next speaker reveal for our Midlands Leadership Day is our very own @rroyal110 Rachael will be running a workshop on how to be an effective Head of Department. To join us, get your ticket here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/step-up-mi...

You will have seen lots of coverage of our Midlands Leadership Day, but March also sees us host our North Lunch and Lead Meet in Leeds Join us and hear from Patrick Ottley-O’Connor, @nsriazat.bsky.social and Jaycee Ward. Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/step-up-no...

Fantastic event! A joy to be a guest on the panel

Loved being a part of this tonight. Hope our conversation helped people thinking of leading in whatever capacity, now or in the future. Thanks @stepupnetwork.bsky.social

Tonight’s the night… that we hold our Leadership Journeys webinar. All you need to do is head to YouTube at 7pm: www.youtube.com/live/J9GmXzi... Join @boundlessltd.bsky.social alongside Sam Gregory, @miriamhussain.bsky.social @mradamkohlbeck.bsky.social and @nicola-mooney.bsky.social

Happy Monday! And we have another speaker reveal for our upcoming Midlands Leadership Day. Phil Denton is an experienced educator, leader and author who has continually championed us. To join Phil and many others get your ticket today: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/step-up-mi...

Looking forward to being on the panel this week 🙂

Happy Friday and Happy Pay Day Weekend!!!! Treat yourself with a ticket for our Midlands Leadership Day in a month's time. You could join us and hear from the amazing Andrea Welter amongst others. Join us on 1st March in Wolverhampton! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/step-up-mi... #EduSky

It was a huge honour to be asked by @getrealleadership.bsky.social to give my insight into Scenario 4 So, let’s chat! Do you agree? Thoughts? I’d love to see what other leaders think about this from the view of a Headteacher @headteacherchat.bsky.social @stepupnetwork.bsky.social

Serving leaders being given the opportunity to express their opinions from the ground up is a brilliant initiative from the @getrealleadership.bsky.social team Here, our own @chrispassey.bsky.social tackles a really tricky scenario ... We'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback

This will be a great day . The last one was buzzing .

The official trailer for #EmpathyWeek is here 🚀⚡️ We are celebrating the theme of #WhatsYourSpark with more than 300,000 students joining us. Get access to... 🎬 #Film based resources 😎 Amazing #CPD 📣 Awesome #speakers 🦁 Some incredible partners 🚀 Live shows, events and more! #Edusky #Empathy

David is one of the kindest people I know who is committed to supporting others be their best self. Don’t miss out on this day where you get to hear his wisdom!

So pleased @keziah70.bsky.social is joining us at this event. This day is going to be epic 💥 Don’t miss out, you’ve got over a week to secure your tickets!! #PunkLeadership #WomenEd @womened.bsky.social @headsroundtable.bsky.social

Happy Monday - forget all about the Monday blues, especially when @boundlessltd.bsky.social is involved, who will be speaking at our Midlands event this year. If you would like to hear from Julia and others, get a ticket for 1st March in Wolverhampton. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/step-up-mi...

🖊️New Blog Post🖊️ @mradamkohlbeck.bsky.social gives some insight into coach recruitment in schools and the messages this sends … www.edupulse.co/post/coach-r...

Our next speaker reveal for our Midlands event on 1st March is the one and only, punk leadership extraordinaire that is @keziah70.bsky.social Would you like to join Keziah’s talk? Then get your tickets today: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/step-up-mi... @womened.bsky.social @headsroundtable.bsky.social

We're pleased to be able to share some information about the fantastic group of speakers for our upcoming event in the Midlands on 1st March. And we of course, had to start with our keynote speaker, David C Hall. Want to join David and us? Get your ticket… www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/step-up-mi...

Happy Friday!! 👏 Treat yourself to a ticket for our Midlands Leadership Day on 1st March - our largest event of the year! We would love to see you there! We have a great line up, including a keynote from David C Hall. Tickets can be bought here: tinyurl.com/2nh5xhh4

Only 3 weeks to go until our next webinar! This time, it will be discussing leadership journeys and it will be hosted by the fabulous @boundlessltd.bsky.social 👏 Reserve your spot on the link below 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/step-up-ne...

Huge thank you to @stepupnetwork.bsky.social for blog-publishing my evolving thinking around authentic leadership. Would love hear thoughts and feedback @shaneleaning.com @samgibbs.bsky.social @andywolfe.bsky.social @alisonpeacock.bsky.social @nikkisullivan.bsky.social @teacherhead.bsky.social

Kicking off our 2025 blog posts is @chrispassey.bsky.social talking about authentic leadership and tips to improve your authenticity! 👇 stepupnetwork.uk/2025/01/14/c...

In a few weeks time our tickets close for our Midlands Leadership Day on the 1st of March. Get your tickets quick (they close off on 3rd February): www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/step-up-mi...

We are super excited to share that our Bristol event has now SOLD OUT! 😱🎉 We cannot wait to see you all and hear from the amazing @samcrome.bsky.social, @carlawhelan.bsky.social and Domini Choudhary. If you missed out on tickets, check out our other events! www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/step-up-n...

It's the start of a new term and our offices are back open! We hope Spring 1 is a positive one for you! ✨ We have an amazing line up of events coming to you in 2025. Be sure to grab a ticket whilst you still can! We would love to see you there. 👇

I’m very much looking forward to this week. Getting back into the routine. Seeing children & colleagues again. Teaching some of my favourite topics. Leading developments in curriculum, T&L and much more. And of course our @stepupnetwork.bsky.social Bristol event & leadership journeys webinar…

In a few months time @stepupnetwork.bsky.social will be meeting for our annual leadership day, this time in Wolverhampton (see what last year’s was like here: youtu.be/njiivMMHNIk?...) This is a great day of CPD, networking and lots more. Get your tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/step-up-mi...

As 2024 comes to an end, we'd like to say a huge thank to all our speakers, attendees, exhibitors, partners and collaborators who have formed our community and built Step Up. Just a snippet of what we've done. Joining us in 2025? Check out our website… youtube.com/shorts/a6GqU... #Sharing

#Educationalleadership is about creating safe spaces where every voice can flourish and every pupil feels seen. 2024 taught us that authentic leadership requires both moral courage and sustained commitment to change. We’ve got this!

I'm running two events over the holiday to help your personal wellbeing. Reflect on 2025 with @diarytoolkit.bsky.social , a free live webinar 3rd Jan 10-11am www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1104357485... Life admin reset, be more organised in 2025 dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/570160...

It's officially the end of Autumn 2 for most of us, so we wanted to take this opportunity to wish our community a wonderful Christmas! 🎅🎄🎁 We will be closing our offices over the Christmas break and be back in action on 6th January 2025.

Team work makes the dream work and all that jazz 🙌🏻

It’s the last week of term (only 2 more get ups if you’re still going until Friday! 🫣) and our volunteers are still working hard behind the scenes. Both Brooke and @christineivory.bsky.social (our vice chairs) are hosting meetings tonight - dedication at its finest!

We have a great series of FREE webinars lined up this year and our next one is all about Leadership Journeys hosted by @boundlessltd.bsky.social Reserve your spot here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/step-up-ne...

We don't have many tickets left for our next face-to-face event in January! We will be hosting a Brunch and Lead meet in Bristol with amazing talks from @samcrome.bsky.social , Domini Leong and @carlawhelan.bsky.social! 👏👏 Grab your ticket here before it is too late! 👇 tinyurl.com/3ppzksx8

Absolutely delighted to be nominated for three awards as part of the West Midlands Leadership Awards 2025. 👶 Young Leader of the Year 🏫 Education Leader of the Year 🤲 Third Sector Leader of the Year Thank you to everyone who has made the Step Up and my educational journey possible! #EduSky

We are so excited to share with you that our founder, @mrbhobbis.bsky.social , has been nominated for multiple awards at the West Midlands 2025 Leadership Awards! 🎉 Join us in congratulating him by leaving a comment below 👏👏👏

There’s only FOUR tickets left for our Bristol Lunch and Lead Meet on 25th January 2025. Who is joining us to hear from @samcrome.bsky.social Domini Leong and @carlawhelan.bsky.social You get breakfast, three fantastic speakers and lots of networking! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/step-up-so...

It was a pleasure to chat to @mrbhobbis.bsky.social about how he fits so much in to his life. From teaching, leading, exercising, cool holidays to running @stepupnetwork.bsky.social it's all in the podcast. A great listen! Available on Apple, Amazon and Spotify or here buzzsprout.com/2181499

Our Founder and CEO @mrbhobbis.bsky.social is now on BlueSky. stepupnetwork.uk/our-founder/ Please do go and connect with him. #Connecting #Networking #Sharing