Keynote Speaking · INSET Days · CPD · Conference Hosting
Before the first session begins. That's where I add the most value.
I’m not just a keynote speaker. I’m the person who sets the tone for your entire event. The energy your audience carries out of my opening session carries through everything that follows; every talk, every panel, every room they walk into for the rest of the day.
(01) — The session structure
What does a session with Baasit look like?
Every session, whether it’s a 45-minute keynote or a full INSET day, is built around the same four movements. They can be delivered together as a complete experience, or individually for specific audiences and events.
The Nuance
We start with what's true, not what's comfortable. Teaching is a business of hope. And that hope is a responsibility that sits on every educator's shoulders, alongside the reality that your school is a microcosm of its community.
Outcome: Educators leave with renewed perspective and genuine permission to be human.
Fail-Safe Strategies
After 20+ years and 400+ schools, I've found a handful of approaches that work every single time regardless of setting, year group, or circumstance. I walk through them, share the thinking behind them, and invite you to push back.
Outcome: Educators leave with 3–5 immediately actionable strategies and the confidence to test them.
No Man or Woman Is an Island
The most effective educators don't work in isolation. They build networks inside their department, across their MAT, into their community, and beyond. This section is about the power of stakeholder engagement.
Outcome: Educators leave with a collaboration framework and at least one new connection to explore.
Your Let's Thrive Moment
Every session ends the same way. I ask every educator in the room to pause, reflect, and name the moment they're most proud of in their career. Not a target hit. Not an Ofsted grade. A moment.
Outcome: Educators leave feeling seen, celebrated, and reminded exactly why they chose this work.
(02) — The ACT framework
The tool I give every audience before the day is done.
Every session closes with the ACT framework. This isn’t a homework exercise, but an invitation.
Notice what you're nodding at. The things you already knew but needed to hear said out loud. These are your anchors.
Two kinds: challenge the concept; the idea itself. And challenge yourself. Sometimes we resist an idea not because it's wrong, but because of the way it was delivered.
If you take one thing from today, what will you go back and test over the next half term? Not a vague intention. A change.
“If I’m hosting your whole conference, I bring ACT back at the end of every session so your audience leaves with one shared tool for turning a full day of insight into actual action.”
(03) — The preparation
I research every client. Every single one.
Every engagement starts with a conversation. I want to know what your event is for, what your organisation stands for, and what you need your audience to leave believing.
From that, I build a golden thread which is a single through-line that runs from my opening word to my last, and ties everything back to what matters most to you. Your values. Your messaging. Your moment.
Your audience won't just remember my talk. They'll remember your message delivered in a way that lands.
(04) — A different audience
If you work in education but not in a school.
Over the last eight years, I’ve spent as much time working alongside education businesses as I have working inside schools. I’ve developed keynotes specifically for education-facing organisations who want to be seen as partners, not vendors.
- → How schools actually work. The language, the pressures, the decision-making calendar, and why timing your outreach to the school year matters more than your marketing budget.
- → Why long-term school relationships outperform short-term campaigns. Every single time.
- → The strategies I use to maintain partnerships with schools year after year, even when budgets change and headteachers move on.
- → Why a teacher advocating for your product is worth more than any campaign you'll ever run.
(05) — Optional modules
Every session is bespoke.
Tell me your audience and I’ll tailor accordingly.
A session drawn from my forthcoming book, Not My Finest Lesson. 52 honest reflections on classroom management slip-ups, lesson plans that bombed, and the moments where everything fell apart and something better was born.
An interactive AI and vibe-coding workshop. Giving educators space to experiment with what AI can genuinely do inside a classroom and take something genuinely new back to their practice.
A Get Ready for Uni thread drawing on years of working with UCAS, Uni Connect, and Widening Participation programmes across the UK. Practical, honest, and built around the conversations students are rarely having with the adults around them.
A deeper dive on school-business collaboration and strategic stakeholder engagement. How the best school leaders build external partnerships that genuinely serve their community.
(06) — What keynote clients say
From the people who were in the room.
Abi Edwards
Head of Educator Programmes – BCS
Baasit’s commitment to supporting and motivating individuals
across the education sector is remarkable. His keynote session at our
conference on positive empowerment was nothing short of
transformative, leaving a last impression on all who attended!
Ellie Rischer
Marketing Manager – Education Mutual
Baasit isn’t a ‘keynote in a box’ speaker working to the same formula – he
takes care on each and every engagement to really drill into the needs of
the event and of the audience and focus on what matters, keeping things
dynamic and bespoke to our needs.
Patrick McGrath
MVP Head of Education – Everway
(07) — One thing I want to be up front about
My value is in breadth, not depth. And I think it is worth saying clearly.
(08) — faq
Frequently asked questions.
Baasit is booked by schools, multi-academy trusts, colleges, universities, education organisations and education-facing businesses for keynotes, inset days, CPD sessions, conferences and awards events. He is equally experienced as a conference host and as a standalone keynote speaker.
Standalone keynotes run 45 to 90 minutes. INSET and CPD sessions can be a half day or a full day. All session links are flexible and discussed at the enquiry stage.
Yes, every session starts with a briefing conversation. Baasit researches each client, builds a golden thread specific to their event and audience, and adapts the content examples and tone accordingly. He does not deliver a standard talk unchanged from booking to booking.
Yes, Baasit is experienced at both in-person and virtual delivery. All formats (online keynote, hybrid panel, in-person conference) are all available.
The 7 Cs to Thrive: Curiosity, Creativity, Collaboration, Compromise, Communication, Courage, and Community is a framework Baasit developed over a decade of working in schools. It underpins his keynotes, his Let’s Thrive Education programme, and his forthcoming book.
(09) — Book a keynote
Tell me about your event.
Whether you’re planning an INSET day, a MAT conference, an awards evening, or a keynote for your team drop me a line.
I’ll come back to you within 48 hours