Why Honey Bees Are Mother Nature’s Best Storytellers, Leigh-Kathryn Bonner, Bee Downtown

In this episode of Irish Tech News Sangeeta Waldron is in conversation with Leigh-Kathryn Bonner, a fourth-generation beekeeper, who started her entrepreneurial journey at just 22 years old. 

Her company, Bee Downtown, which is based in North Carolina in the US, provides unique year-round employee engagement and leadership development for many of the largest corporations in the world by placing honeybee hives on corporate campuses. Leigh is part of the TED speaking community, a 2018 INC Magazine-30 Under 30 Rising Star, and most recently named to the exclusive Forbes 30 Under 30 list.

Sangeeta speaks to Leigh on her birthday, St. Patrick’s Day this year. Leigh gives us a wonderful insight into bees and tells us that honey bees are Mother Nature’s best story-tellers, who are telling us right now about the decline of the environment, and how we can listen to hives. Leigh also discusses the next generation of business leaders in the US, who want change; the challenges of being an entrepreneur and that how you can be a mission and corporate social responsibility led business, and still be profitable!

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Sangeeta Waldron is a multi-award winning Public Relations professional with over three decades’ worth of publicity, branding, communications, crisis management, marketing, media and social media experience. Sangeeta is a published author; her first business book, The PR Knowledge Book is published by Business Expert Press and received high acclaim by international business leaders.

She is a guest lecturer at Coventry University, teaching PR and global journalism. Sangeeta is also a writer specializing in sustainability and corporate social responsibility, where her work has been published by the United Nations and other leading news platforms. Sangeeta started out her career writing speeches for a previous UK Prime Minister and Ministers, and has worked at the top level with big, powerful global brands, which includes - being global communications director for the Economist Group; working for The Times Education Supplement; the Mayor of London; Cass Business School; and charities such as Breast Cancer Campaign. 

A regular international speaker and moderator. Sangeeta sits on different boards.