Chris Thompson

1
(Broadcast Advisory Board) BAB - ROA awards

• Chris Thompson
• Head of Enterprise Innovation
• Ravensbourne College
• Lesley Everett
• Head of Production, ITV News
• Chair, Ravensbourne Broadcast Advisory Board
• Sarah Charlton
• 2006 winner - Team Player Award

2
(Broadcast Advisory Board) BAB - ROA awards

• Includes members who are senior executives from
  the broadcast industry
• Gives advice, opinion and direction for the
  Colleges broadcast courses
• Offers student work placement and tutor
  development wherever practical
• Acts as a think-tank for the College move to
  Greenwich
• Develops mentoring links

BOARD AIMS
3
(Broadcast Advisory Board) BAB - ROA awards
LESLEY EVERETT Chair of BAB Head of Production,
ITV News MIKE SOUTHGATE MD, BBC
Resources KATE HORTON HR Director, BBC
Resources SIMON FELL Director of Technology, ITV
Consumer PATRICK WALKER Head of Content
Partnerships, Google Video RICHARD
BROOKING Broadcast Training Manager, BSkyB DAVID
KLAFKOWSKI Technical Director, The Farm
Group MIKE SHORT VP, Research Development,
O2 DEBBIE HILLS MD, The London Studios NIGEL
PICKARD Director of Family Childrens
Programming, RDF Media
BOARD MEMBERS
4
(Broadcast Advisory Board) BAB - ROA awards

• The BAB-ROA awards aim to reward high-level
  PERSONAL SKILLS
• demonstrated by individual graduating students
  contributing to ROA
• 2008 in 3 award categories
• LEADERSHIP
• TEAM PLAYER
• SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION
• The prize for each of the award winners will be
• a personal high-level industry mentor in their
  chosen field for the
• first six months after graduating.

AWARD CATEGORIES
5
(Broadcast Advisory Board) BAB - ROA awards

• Course Leaders will nominate students, but you
  can also nominate yourself or a student
  colleague. Nominations must be typed on specific
  forms available online.
• A list of questions which youll need to answer
  verbally at interview are available online.
• All nominees will be interviewed internally -
  this is when youll need your answers ready!
• If you are shortlisted, you will be invited to
  a lunch at ITNs London base, to meet with the
  final judging panel and tell them what you want
  from a mentor.
• Deadline for nominations Friday 20 June
• First round interviews _at_ Ravensbourne Monday 30
  June
• Second round interviews _at_ ITN Tuesday 8 July
• Award winners announced Convocation
• Nomination forms, interview questions and this
  presentation at
• intranet.rave.ac.uk/faculties/communicationmedia

KEY DATES
6
(Broadcast Advisory Board) BAB - ROA awards
REMEMBER The award is aimed at all levels of
involvement in ROA you dont HAVE to be managing
a team to win. Were looking for all sorts of
abilities Decision-making Crisis-handling Giving
or taking constructive criticism Motivating
skills Negotiation Problem-solving Collaboration D
elivery on time and on budget Its your PERSONAL
SKILLS that will win you a mentor.
SKILLS
7
(Broadcast Advisory Board) BAB - ROA awards
REMEMBER Good mentorship is a two way
process. An opportunity provided by the College
and its exceptional links with industry This is
not owed to you. It is an opportunity for you
to embrace Work with your mentor in two-way
process to build an effective mentorship and
ongoing relationship It could launch your career
and open up many future opportunities You are
likely to get from it what you put into it Were
here to help you. Keep in touch and use us Its
your PERSONAL SKILLS that will make the most of
your mentor.
Two way process