Kiva U Speaker Resource Center
Welcome to the Speaker Resource Center! Kiva U envisions a world where all students and educators are empowered with the tools and opportunities to become informed, inspired, and mobilized citizens. This Resource Center serves as an outline with all of the necessary materials you need to engage your classmates, students, or peers in a dialogue about using microfinance to take action and change lives.
One month in advance
Take the Kiva U Speaker Pledge.
Propose your Kiva Talk to the appropriate authority figure, such as a teacher, a principal, or a club preside. Use these 1-pagers to help explain why you want to share Kiva and Kiva U.
Three weeks in advance
Set the date in stone and reserve a room. Many schools use an online booking tool to reserve a space, so be sure to check out your school’s website.
Two weeks in advance
Outline your talk. Take a look at our Kiva U Talking Guide and browse our video resources to add some flair. We also have two discussion guides (found here and here) as well as an interactive activity.
One week in advance
Promote your Kiva U Talk! You can print, personalize, and post these flyers around campus.
Send out an email invite to classmates and faculty that would be interested in learning more about Kiva U and microfinance. Feel free to work off of this template we created.
Practice your Kiva U Talk for a small audience (like a roommate, friend, or parent). Be sure to ask for feedback!
Day of your Kiva U Talk
Send a reminder email to your invite list. You can reference this email template.
Dress to impress! Studies show that dressing appropriately for a speaking engagement increases speaker confidence and audience respect.
If you are using any handouts from our reference section, make sure you have printed plenty of copies.
If you want to take a picture so that we can feature your event on our website, please print and fill out this photo waiver form.
Arrive at the location of your Kiva U Talk about 30 minutes early. This way you can prep the room and make sure that all necessary technology is working.
Put a sign-in sheet at the entrance to your Kiva U Talk so that you can collect names and email addresses of attendees who would like to continue the Kiva U dialogue on campus.
Day after your Kiva U Talk
Fill out this super quick survey. We want to hear how your Kiva U Talk went!
Email pictures along with completed photo waiver forms to KivaU@kiva.org.
Send a thank you email to audience members who signed in at your Kiva U Talk.
Visit this page for more ideas on how to bring Kiva U to your school.