The Guest Speaker Series is a part of the General Track under The Learnery. The General Track consists of a full suite of programs : Preschool, Village, ParentED International and Guest Speaker Series. It is meant for whole families to learn with one another. In this program, we predominantly focus on these 4 criteria : Relevance, Curiosity, Courage, Long Term View.
As The Learnery mainly works with homeschooling families and families-facing-adversity, we are mindful of the safety of parents and children in our care. Membership to the General Track is currently based on word-of-mouth recommendation, selected invitation and referrals.
Interested individuals, organisations and agencies may write to us. We would be happy to speak at your events and collaborate on projects.
Career Guidance through Stories
The Little U Guest Speaker Series is the most well known program in Little U. It is both a knowledge sharing and career guidance platform that gently allows children and their families to understand different paths available. We link these paths to individuals whose stories reflect the breadth and depth of their decisions, and the sacrifices involved. Come with a desire to learn from the best. In one hour, they will share their life story around the questions below, and then take questions from you.
● What is your job?
● Why do you do what you do?
● How did you get started?
● How would you advise others?
● What do they need to do to get there?
Our invitation is only extended to individuals who
● Have mastery in their field of practice
● We think is interesting and compelling to listen to
● Have respect and compassion for young people from all stations of life
We desire to empower young people to have access to quality career guidance and mastery of learning. You may view the list of our distinguished guest speakers on this page.
These speakers come with a wealth of knowledge, broad experiences and are very passionate about their work. My hope is that their stories will inspire us to work on our dreams and aspirations. – Sabrina Salleh Quek, Director of Guest Speaker Series (2021-2023)
2024
2023
2022
Our Guest Speaker Series 2022 was sponsored by ABRY.
“In 2021, I asked ABRY if they would sponsor The Guest Speaker Series 2022. I have a dream that Singapore’s youths would have access to the best industry practitioners for career guidance. There would be no barriers of entry except interest. Whether the youths want to come for our Guest Speaker Series, would be a matter of interest to them. They should not be held back by the lack of money, networking opportunity, age, background, religion, ethnicity. Adriana Lim Escaño, ABRY’s CEO, said yes. I received a cheque from ABRY at my book launch in Dec 2021. ABRY has built our confidence to grow the Guest Speaker Series to reach the nation’s young people.” Dawn Fung, founder of Little U
2021
- Elizabeth Wu, Co-founder of Trehaus
- Jason Tan, Associate Professor of Policy, Curriculum and Leadership at NIE
- Pang Shu Ming, Director of Mothercare
- Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir, Associate Professor of Sociology, NTU
- Max Boon, Co-founder of the Aliansi Indonesia Damai
- Suhaili Osman, Curator of Malay Heritage Centre
- Kelly Davis, Co-founder of Galileo
2020
- Ken Yuktasevi, Founder and Creative Director of Parable Studio
- Ashley Lieu, Marathoner and Chiropractor
- Andie Ang, Research Scientist at Mandai Nature, President of Jane Goodall Institute
- C. Kunalan, Olympic Sprinter, Relay Runner, Educator
- Sonny Liew, Comic Illustrator
- Alvaro SanMartin, Founder and Learning Engineer of Minds Studio
- Kenneth and Adeline Thong, Co-founders of The Last Resort (TLR)
- Chia Han Sheng, Vice President of Innovation at GiveDirectly
- Professor Leo Tan, Director of Special Projects at Faculty of Science, NUS
2019
- Bryan Tan, CEO of Dads for Life and the Centre For Fathering
- Lee Lashi, Counsellor and Mandarin teacher for children with different abilities and special needs
- Tong Yee, Co-founder of School of Thought, Director of The Thought Collective
- Luo Ling Ling, Advocate and Solicitor, Manaing Director of Luo Ling Ling LLC Law Firm
- Dr. Tan Siong San, Senior Consultant Surgeon, and Dr Rebecca Yap, Paediatric GP
- Loh Lik Peng, Hotelier and Restauranteur Unlisted Collection Founder
- Jason Wong, Founder of Yellow Ribbon Project and Dads for Life Movement
2018
- Paul Seah, Senior Partner of TKQP Advocates and Solicitors
- Tan Cheng Bock, Politician, Medical Practitioner and 2nd Chairman of Progress Singapore Party (PSP)
- Jean Tan, Singer-Songwriter, signed under indie Korean label LEEWAY
- Patrick Ng, Chapter Lead of Urban Sketchers Singapore
- Wesley Loh, Founder at Memphis West Picture, Photographer
- Kenneth Lau, Founder of Studio Asobi
- Mark Wee, Executive Director of DesignSingapore, Principal/Founder of Annex A
- Katharyn Peh, Director of Visitor Services at Gardens by the Bay
- Bernice Lee, Founding Director of Graceworks
Find out more about our General Track
