Archive for October, 2009

Prizes every week of the Rocking Future Roadshow!

Become a fan of our facebook page, and follow us on twitter. That way, you won’t miss the opportunity to win yourself some amazing prizes. “What can I win” you ask? Well just check out some of the cool stuff we have to give away in 2012 :

Vouchers from

-Musica

-Look & Listen

-Dion Wired

Mp3 Players

And way way more!

Remember you need to “like” us on facebook to enter any of the competitions, which is also where you can find more information about entering. See you there!

Missed the Rocking Future Roadshow? Or maybe you were too excited to listen properly? Just click on the links below to go to the tertiary institutions that are part of the Roadshow. There, you’ll find all the information you need to make informed choices for your studies after school.

Don’t let lack of knowledge force you into doing something you’re not interested in! And even if you’re sure about your career path, you still need to look at as many colleges as possible, to find out what’s going to be the best option for YOU. Take a while to browse through these great opportunities. Your future passion and prosperity awaits you!

The Future Guide is a 114-page full-colour magazine that we publish and give out to every matric who sees the Rocking Future Roadshow or the Rocking Future DVD. Crammed with exciting articles on life after school, as well as advertising and features on tertiary institutions, it is widely read and used as a resource by guidance teachers. Now in its eighth annual issue, it has a current distribution of 120 000. In 2012, it will be distributed to 600 schools in all 9 provinces. Advertising for the first edition of 2012 is closed. Advertising for the second edition of the 2012 Future Guide will be opened in February 2012.

EMAIL US TO ORDER COPIES OF THE 2011 ISSUE!

What happens in a show?

It’s a process that has been refined to perfection over the last ten years! Every day, two shows are done in two different high schools, one in the morning, and one just before the end of the school day.

Before the Show
An hour before the show, the team arrive and start to unload the huge sound system. That gets set up on the school stage, along with the banners that make it look cool. While that’s happening, reps from various colleges are arriving with their banners, and set themselves up around the sides of the hall. The sound gets turned on, the music pumps, and everything is ready for the show.

From left to right: John Mafohla, Pascal Lwambwa and Musa Sthapela (Inland Team) and then Chris Watkins, Jared Munien and Mzi Sobopha (Coastal Team)

The Show
Lights, camera, action! Okay, not always camera – but certainly lights and action! Learners file into the hall (having been handed a glossy magazine and a pen) and sit down, wondering what this is all about. The MC soon tells them, and the next hour is a fun-filled rollercoaster ride. The MC introduces all the colleges, and shows the students how to enter the competitions, and what’s inside the Future Guide (the magazine they’re given). In between, we hear from our brand partners. Then there’s twenty minutes free time, during which the students can get information directly from the college reps. There are between 14 and 20 colleges at every show, offering a wide variety of courses – something for everyone.

After the Show
And when it’s all over, the team are taking down gear, rolling up cables, packing the van, and ready to leave in an astonishing 30 minutes. Then it’s time to get the show back on the road, travelling to the next school to do it all again.

The Impact
Guidance teachers all over South Africa testify that this is the most informative, fun, memorable careers show in the country. That’s why we get asked back again and again, to tell another group of matrics about the choices waiting for them after school. Inspiring, motivational, and geared directly to learners, it’s become a calendar event for many schools.

It gives me great pleasure to write the first post of our new website for the Standard Bank Rocking Future Roadshow. This last year was great – but 2010 is totally going to ROCK!!! We’ve got Ster Kinekor on board for the most awesome prizes ever, both at the schools and in our weekly competition. And a bunch of other cool stuff lined up, ready to give away as well! We’ll be hitting 20 schools every week from January 14th to April 30th, so make sure you don’t miss out. You can check out the calendar to find out when we’re at you’re school.

Above all, don’t forget to become a fan of our facebook page, especially if you’re in matric in 2010. That way, you won’t miss a single one of our prizes and events.