New In Events: Chatting career development & mentoring with Fast Forward 15's Fay Sharpe

For episode two of Season One, hosts Mike Fletcher and Paul Cook meet up with Fay Sharpe, Founder of the industry mentoring initiative, Fast Forward 15.

With Fast Forward 15 now in its tenth year, Fay tells us why career development through structured mentoring schemes like hers is so important, no matter who you are and what stage of your career you may be at. 

We then cross over to the show floor of IBTM World 2023, which took place in Barcelona last November to hear from Elena Clowes, Senior Creative Producer at Cheerful Twentyfirst and the Co-founder of Event First Steps, a community that helps industry newcomers build their networks.

Elena has some great advice for forging an events career path and for finding out which industry role may suit you best.