Network Nouveau is a group of new and established small businesses meeting twice a month, who have a desire to leverage growth on the 3 Decades of the Founders' business experience and contacts, with a focus on the networker and his/her business, rather than the network. Full details can be found at http://www.network-nouveau.com/.
Their next Business Networking event is on 9th December at 6:00-8:30pm at the Rydges Kensington Plaza Hotel, 2-3 minutes from Gloucester Road tube station. The entry cost is £15 (non-refundable & non-transferable to another date), which includes all drinks and canapés for the evening from 6:00pm.
Monday, 22 November 2010
BRAINSTORMING WITH DRAGONS!
Would you like to be involved in an event with the aim of inspiring young people to see that starting their own business is a worthwhile option?
Southgate College is hosting an informal event which seeks to bring selected students and active entrepreneurs together for a 'brainstorming' session. The 'Brainstorming with Dragons' event between 10am and 12 noon on Saturday 4th December (registration and refreshments from 9:30am) will be in the College theatre.
The intention is to expose the students to the energy and creativity of typical entrepreneurs as a means to promote self-sufficiency and private enterprise as genuine career alternatives.
So where to find these inspiring business owners? The organisers immediately thought of the women at the LWMB monthly events! They are keen to give young people an opportunity of meeting women in various stages of their business development.
The plan is for 10 tables of 10 - each table comprising two entrepreneurs and six students, plus a facilitator and a note-taker - and to pose one of a set of 'challenges' to each table. There will be a half-time break for refreshments, after which the challenges will be rotated. The 2 hour event will end with a wrap-up session, followed by a networking opportunity.
Students will be encouraged to take some of these ideas and run with them, and it's already been suggested that this event could be followed by dinner later in the academic year to recognise the subsequent achievements of participating students. If it's as successful as we all hope, the Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS) has also hinted that there may be funding available to replicate this idea at other FE colleges.
Time is of the essence so if you feel able to offer help and advice and are available on Saturday 4th December, or have any ideas/suggestions, then please contact Jo at joanne@franklyconsult.com.
Southgate College is hosting an informal event which seeks to bring selected students and active entrepreneurs together for a 'brainstorming' session. The 'Brainstorming with Dragons' event between 10am and 12 noon on Saturday 4th December (registration and refreshments from 9:30am) will be in the College theatre.
The intention is to expose the students to the energy and creativity of typical entrepreneurs as a means to promote self-sufficiency and private enterprise as genuine career alternatives.
So where to find these inspiring business owners? The organisers immediately thought of the women at the LWMB monthly events! They are keen to give young people an opportunity of meeting women in various stages of their business development.
The plan is for 10 tables of 10 - each table comprising two entrepreneurs and six students, plus a facilitator and a note-taker - and to pose one of a set of 'challenges' to each table. There will be a half-time break for refreshments, after which the challenges will be rotated. The 2 hour event will end with a wrap-up session, followed by a networking opportunity.
Students will be encouraged to take some of these ideas and run with them, and it's already been suggested that this event could be followed by dinner later in the academic year to recognise the subsequent achievements of participating students. If it's as successful as we all hope, the Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS) has also hinted that there may be funding available to replicate this idea at other FE colleges.
Time is of the essence so if you feel able to offer help and advice and are available on Saturday 4th December, or have any ideas/suggestions, then please contact Jo at joanne@franklyconsult.com.
Tuesday, 16 November 2010
BECOME SUPER AT SELLING!!!
Special 1 day event on selling like a beast!
- Want more clients but hate sales?
- Get cold feet when it comes to asking for money?
- Hate networking, cold-calling and the nitty-gritty of sales?
- Lack the confidence to close?
Then this event is perfect for you! Click http://changetosucceed.com/superatselling.html to book now as space is limited.
Join me for this one-off event to get the mindset of a champion salesperson where you will learn:
- WHY you must promote and sell your product or service
- The 6 critical factors that affect your sales
- How to LOVE selling your stuff
- The mind, body and soul to sell with passion and joy
- How to have your clients WANTING to buy what you’re selling
- Ultimate close for selling from stage
- The one question you must use to close the sale!
This is only for people who are serious about getting results!
DATE – 27th November 2010
LOCATION – Central London (Zone 1)
TIME – 0900 – 17.30
FULL DAY SEMINAR VALUE £795 Bonuses worth approx. £2000
All yours for the insanely low price of £105
Plus your friend can come for only £75 (one friend per primary guest)
To BOOK NOW CLICK http://changetosucceed.com/superatselling.html
- Want more clients but hate sales?
- Get cold feet when it comes to asking for money?
- Hate networking, cold-calling and the nitty-gritty of sales?
- Lack the confidence to close?
Then this event is perfect for you! Click http://changetosucceed.com/superatselling.html to book now as space is limited.
Join me for this one-off event to get the mindset of a champion salesperson where you will learn:
- WHY you must promote and sell your product or service
- The 6 critical factors that affect your sales
- How to LOVE selling your stuff
- The mind, body and soul to sell with passion and joy
- How to have your clients WANTING to buy what you’re selling
- Ultimate close for selling from stage
- The one question you must use to close the sale!
This is only for people who are serious about getting results!
DATE – 27th November 2010
LOCATION – Central London (Zone 1)
TIME – 0900 – 17.30
FULL DAY SEMINAR VALUE £795 Bonuses worth approx. £2000
All yours for the insanely low price of £105
Plus your friend can come for only £75 (one friend per primary guest)
To BOOK NOW CLICK http://changetosucceed.com/superatselling.html
Monday, 8 November 2010
NOVEMBER NETWORKING WITH LONDON WOMEN MEAN BUSINESS
Come along and join us on Thursday 11th November for an evening of networking with a friendly, supportive group of business women. We host a monthly networking evening with a regular attendance of between 60-100 guests. No charge for attending, just pay for your own drinks whilst you network in the informal surroundings of The Embassy Club.
This month our guest speaker is the inspirational Atiti Sosimi of Distinctly Different. Having
heard her speak twice before, we thought Atiti had such an interesting story to tell that we wanted her to come along and share it with our guests. Running a business isn't always easy, but listening to Atiti will make you believe that whatever setbacks you may face, you will get there in the end! Come & hear her speak, and have the chance to chat to her personally.
What you need to know:
Venue : We meet at The Embassy Club, 29 Old Burlington Street, London, W1S 3AN
How to get there : Nearest tube is either Piccadilly Circus or Green Park. There is a car park on Old Burlington Street if you're planning to drive. See map http://bit.ly/9QwR3C
Time : Registration begins at 6pm, and we finish at 9pm
There is plenty of time to chat, make some new alliances, meet some friendly, helpful, encouraging women, and possibly also learn a thing or two.
Do join us! We look forward to meeting you.
Dawn & Melanie
This month our guest speaker is the inspirational Atiti Sosimi of Distinctly Different. Having
heard her speak twice before, we thought Atiti had such an interesting story to tell that we wanted her to come along and share it with our guests. Running a business isn't always easy, but listening to Atiti will make you believe that whatever setbacks you may face, you will get there in the end! Come & hear her speak, and have the chance to chat to her personally.What you need to know:
Venue : We meet at The Embassy Club, 29 Old Burlington Street, London, W1S 3AN
How to get there : Nearest tube is either Piccadilly Circus or Green Park. There is a car park on Old Burlington Street if you're planning to drive. See map http://bit.ly/9QwR3C
Time : Registration begins at 6pm, and we finish at 9pm
There is plenty of time to chat, make some new alliances, meet some friendly, helpful, encouraging women, and possibly also learn a thing or two.
Do join us! We look forward to meeting you.
Dawn & Melanie
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
SORT OUT YOUR GIFT PROBLEMS WITH WRAPLY.COM
Following our last event, we asked one of our guests, Kamila Miara, if she would like to write something for the LWMB blog as we thought she had a fantastic new idea with her business Wraply.com. Here's what she had to say (a glowing testimonial for LWMB!); do take a look at Kamila's website as it's such a simple but really great idea.
Ladies,
Last week I attended my second LWMB meeting - for the first time ever I was representing my brand new business - Wraply.com. I just want to say thank you so much to you all - everyone I met is an expert in their field and you have given me greatly encouraging feedback as well as many valuable insights.
By way of thanks, I've listed just a few of the women I met below, along with how they helped...
Maaike of Let's Just Create is the person I spoke to first about my business, Wraply. She welcomed the idea with so much genuine enthusiasm, that straight away I felt really pleased that I'd chosen LWMB as the first ever event for Wraply. Many of you followed with just as much great enthusiasm, but it's not only the fantastic feedback I got from you that made it really special (though it did make it special I must say :-)). LWMB know how to ask the right questions!
Lena from One's Company has asked me about why she should use Wraply and how I am going to convey to people the fact that it solves the problem of unwanted gifts and creates the perfect ones (I am a member of One's Company now by the way, so she had her sales pitch sorted!).
Karen from 73dpi Multimedia immediately came up with new revenue streams; and I will always bear in mind Kathy's four V's! Also, through talking to you, I have realised that it's us, the women who know what we want, who will use Wraply.com to get the gift we really dream of, or to club together with friends to get what we know our friends really want.
So in short - networking with you has been both fun and educational - the best combination. I'm looking forward to more!
For those I haven't managed to meet yet and who are wondering what I mean by Wraply... Wraply.com is a website that makes group gifts so much easier to organise - so you can club together with friends to get the perfect present. No more smelly candles!
I would like to finish by saying how much I appreciate Melanie and Dawn's work that gives me such a fantastic oportunity to meet strong, wise and inspiring women.
See you all soon!
Kamila
Wraply.com
Ladies,
Last week I attended my second LWMB meeting - for the first time ever I was representing my brand new business - Wraply.com. I just want to say thank you so much to you all - everyone I met is an expert in their field and you have given me greatly encouraging feedback as well as many valuable insights.
By way of thanks, I've listed just a few of the women I met below, along with how they helped...
Maaike of Let's Just Create is the person I spoke to first about my business, Wraply. She welcomed the idea with so much genuine enthusiasm, that straight away I felt really pleased that I'd chosen LWMB as the first ever event for Wraply. Many of you followed with just as much great enthusiasm, but it's not only the fantastic feedback I got from you that made it really special (though it did make it special I must say :-)). LWMB know how to ask the right questions!
Lena from One's Company has asked me about why she should use Wraply and how I am going to convey to people the fact that it solves the problem of unwanted gifts and creates the perfect ones (I am a member of One's Company now by the way, so she had her sales pitch sorted!).
Karen from 73dpi Multimedia immediately came up with new revenue streams; and I will always bear in mind Kathy's four V's! Also, through talking to you, I have realised that it's us, the women who know what we want, who will use Wraply.com to get the gift we really dream of, or to club together with friends to get what we know our friends really want.
So in short - networking with you has been both fun and educational - the best combination. I'm looking forward to more!
For those I haven't managed to meet yet and who are wondering what I mean by Wraply... Wraply.com is a website that makes group gifts so much easier to organise - so you can club together with friends to get the perfect present. No more smelly candles!
I would like to finish by saying how much I appreciate Melanie and Dawn's work that gives me such a fantastic oportunity to meet strong, wise and inspiring women.
See you all soon!
Kamila
Wraply.com
Friday, 15 October 2010
COULDN'T MAKE OUR OCTOBER EVENT? THIS IS WHAT YOU MISSED.
Thank you to all of the fantastic ladies who attended October's London Women Mean Business meeting. A great atmosphere once again, lots of good connections being made in the room, and for those of you who were unable to attend, this is what you missed:
The fabulous Kathy Ennis of Envision Training who talked to us about the secrets of The 4Vs Principle©, her method of creating a strong personal brand for business growth. Some great tips and advice on building a personal brand which made us all think about our brand names, colours, and how we communicate both verbally and in writing. Kathy runs Personal Branding Masterclasses with small groups of up to 10 people, in addition to offering Personal Brand Individual Mentoring and Presentation Skills training. Click here to learn more.
We then had 3 ladies talking passionately about what they do in our 5 minute slots:
Lena Benjamin of Ones Company - Lena talked to us about unleashing your power, how important it is to think positively and then great things will happen! Lena runs Onescompany.co.uk, the one stop shop to personal and business development for women (events, products, news, business advice and coaches/mentors). Women can join free by clicking here while Coaches/Mentors can also join free here (men also welcome!!). Promote your services on onescompany.co.uk, join the coaching/mentoring community, increase your exposure and attend networking events. Lots of other fantastic benefits can be found online.
Piya Khanna of Change to Succeed - Piya spoke about how it's imperative for us to communicate our offers so that people who need our services can find us and benefit from them. We need to love selling and see it as communicating our value & offer and become comfortable with sales. Piya helps women to get more clients, make more money, get promoted in their organisation and achieve balance in their lives by helping them become more confident, better negotiators and excellent sales people. Piya is offering all LWMB ladies a no obligation, FREE 90 minute strategy session. Interested? Email Piya directly at piya@changetosucceed.com
Temitope Obasa of TT Denim - Temitope arrived armed with samples of her fab jeans on which she has spent several years perfecting the design. They are made to suit all shapes and sizes, with no gaping at the back and with several different leg lengths. Perfect for those of us who are vertically challenged! TT Denim jeans will be available online initially, and if anyone has a contact within small boutiques or indeed large department stores (Selfridges, Harvey Nicks, Debenhams etc), then Temitope would love to hear from you!
There are a few events coming up soon which we thought may be of interest to you:
Sunday 17th October - Akua Deaba is hosting a charity dining event in aid of Eat So They Can. Details of this event and more info on the charity can be found here. We realise it's short notice and diaries are busy, but if you're not able to attend it's still possible to make a donation.
Tuesday 19th October - Bella of RareWorld is hosting a networking event at Jewel Bar in Piccadilly, beginning at 6pm with a drinks reception followed by a workshop on networking skills at 6.45pm. For more info click here.
Wednesday 20th October - City Business Library - "Under One Roof" networking event. 6-8pm. An opportunity to network, speak to library staff, sponsors & exhibitors, and listen to speaker Stephen Jones OBE. Click for further information.
Thursday 21st October - London Women Mean Business and Innovate London are hosting a joint evening of networking. This will be an opportunity to hear guest speakers and to speak to Innovate London about how they can assist your business to be more innovative through helping to engage with London’s world class knowledge base. Although we now have our limit of 30 people signed up to this event, please still let us know if you're interested as we may be able to offer some additional places. Email us to register your interest.
So if your diary was looking empty for next week (unlikely!), then one of these events might appeal.
Next month's LWMB meetup takes place on Thursday 11th November. Hope to see you there.
Until then, happy networking!
The fabulous Kathy Ennis of Envision Training who talked to us about the secrets of The 4Vs Principle©, her method of creating a strong personal brand for business growth. Some great tips and advice on building a personal brand which made us all think about our brand names, colours, and how we communicate both verbally and in writing. Kathy runs Personal Branding Masterclasses with small groups of up to 10 people, in addition to offering Personal Brand Individual Mentoring and Presentation Skills training. Click here to learn more.
We then had 3 ladies talking passionately about what they do in our 5 minute slots:
Lena Benjamin of Ones Company - Lena talked to us about unleashing your power, how important it is to think positively and then great things will happen! Lena runs Onescompany.co.uk, the one stop shop to personal and business development for women (events, products, news, business advice and coaches/mentors). Women can join free by clicking here while Coaches/Mentors can also join free here (men also welcome!!). Promote your services on onescompany.co.uk, join the coaching/mentoring community, increase your exposure and attend networking events. Lots of other fantastic benefits can be found online.
Piya Khanna of Change to Succeed - Piya spoke about how it's imperative for us to communicate our offers so that people who need our services can find us and benefit from them. We need to love selling and see it as communicating our value & offer and become comfortable with sales. Piya helps women to get more clients, make more money, get promoted in their organisation and achieve balance in their lives by helping them become more confident, better negotiators and excellent sales people. Piya is offering all LWMB ladies a no obligation, FREE 90 minute strategy session. Interested? Email Piya directly at piya@changetosucceed.com
Temitope Obasa of TT Denim - Temitope arrived armed with samples of her fab jeans on which she has spent several years perfecting the design. They are made to suit all shapes and sizes, with no gaping at the back and with several different leg lengths. Perfect for those of us who are vertically challenged! TT Denim jeans will be available online initially, and if anyone has a contact within small boutiques or indeed large department stores (Selfridges, Harvey Nicks, Debenhams etc), then Temitope would love to hear from you!
There are a few events coming up soon which we thought may be of interest to you:
Sunday 17th October - Akua Deaba is hosting a charity dining event in aid of Eat So They Can. Details of this event and more info on the charity can be found here. We realise it's short notice and diaries are busy, but if you're not able to attend it's still possible to make a donation.
Tuesday 19th October - Bella of RareWorld is hosting a networking event at Jewel Bar in Piccadilly, beginning at 6pm with a drinks reception followed by a workshop on networking skills at 6.45pm. For more info click here.
Wednesday 20th October - City Business Library - "Under One Roof" networking event. 6-8pm. An opportunity to network, speak to library staff, sponsors & exhibitors, and listen to speaker Stephen Jones OBE. Click for further information.
Thursday 21st October - London Women Mean Business and Innovate London are hosting a joint evening of networking. This will be an opportunity to hear guest speakers and to speak to Innovate London about how they can assist your business to be more innovative through helping to engage with London’s world class knowledge base. Although we now have our limit of 30 people signed up to this event, please still let us know if you're interested as we may be able to offer some additional places. Email us to register your interest.
So if your diary was looking empty for next week (unlikely!), then one of these events might appeal.
Next month's LWMB meetup takes place on Thursday 11th November. Hope to see you there.
Until then, happy networking!
Tuesday, 12 October 2010
NEXT EVENT - THURSDAY 14TH OCTOBER
Don't miss our next evening of networking at The Embassy Club which takes place on Thursday 14th October 2010.
In addition to Kathy Ennis of Envision Training who will be speaking to us about personal branding, we have our 5 minute slots for 3 lucky (!) people in the group to talk to us in a little more detail about their business. And if you attend on Thursday you too will have the opportunity to be chosen to speak at next month's event.
Registration is from 6pm, with the presentations beginning at 7pm followed by further networking until 8.30pm.
Venue is The Embassy Club, 29 Old Burlington Street, London, W1S 3AN
Entry is free, you just pay for your own drinks.
If you'd like to join us, RSVP to londonwmb@googlemail.com.
Looking forward to seeing you!
Dawn & Melanie
In addition to Kathy Ennis of Envision Training who will be speaking to us about personal branding, we have our 5 minute slots for 3 lucky (!) people in the group to talk to us in a little more detail about their business. And if you attend on Thursday you too will have the opportunity to be chosen to speak at next month's event.
Registration is from 6pm, with the presentations beginning at 7pm followed by further networking until 8.30pm.
Venue is The Embassy Club, 29 Old Burlington Street, London, W1S 3AN
Entry is free, you just pay for your own drinks.
If you'd like to join us, RSVP to londonwmb@googlemail.com.
Looking forward to seeing you!
Dawn & Melanie
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