Gugu Ndebele, Executive Director of Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy Advises School Suppliers [R8NbtuneT84]
A clip taken from our Schoolscape Industry event held in May 2020. In this clip, Gugu Ndebele, the Executive Director of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls advises school suppliers on how they should approach schools now, during lockdown. Her tips included: - Approach the school, not the name of the school - Be authentic in the way that you approach schools - Get to know the school, personally, before trying to sell them something in order to understand their needs first - Be patient with school (especially now) because of all that they are dealing with She also touches on 3 categories of products/services she thinks schools will need most right now: 1) Online learning 2) Health & Safety 3) Psychosocial Support