Chairman’s Business Networking Blog Tuesday 14th April 2016. 19 members present and for the first week in several, an absence of visitors made it feel a very relaxed and homely affair. The education slot frequently provides both the sublime and the ridiculous. We have Alan Shaw delivering the Ed Slot as the next guest presenter,…
This week’s Essex Business Forum meeting may well have been all about the stand-ins; but that did not diminish its success. Brain Painter of Pilgrim Hypnotherapy (doing his best impersonation of Aidan Squire of Quality HR) chaired confidently, and guided us all through the proceedings. Headlines to take away and savour include; 1. Paul Booth…
Chairman’s Business Networking Blog, Thursday 31st March 2016 Another good turnout. 20 members present and 3 guests who had been with us in previous weeks, Jo Flannigan and Daniella Wiltshire from last week and the week before respectively and Carmel Jane, a visitor for the last time and who was duly inducted as a member. …
Chairman’s Business Networking Blog, Thursday 17th March 2016. The pre breakfast meeting was buzzing. 22 Members and 4 visitors made for a record turnout at Mary Green Manor. We welcomed Derek Buckle for the second meeting and he has handed in his application to join. A good start if ever there was one. Carmel Jane…
Chairman’s Business Networking Blog, Thursday 10th March 2016. 20 Members present with 2 visitors; Health and Safety man David Everett and Printer Derrick Buckle. They both left the meeting clutching membership application forms and promising to return next week. The Education presentation came from our educationalist Mr Plumley who majored on the 60 second round…
Chairman’s Business Networking Blog, Thursday 3rd March 2016. A good turnout of 22 members with a visitor Simon who is a Painter and Decorator. David Plumley is a resident of Great Baddow now and it was his first meeting back after his removals He celebrated this fact by delivering the Ed Slot. His theme was…
Chairman’s Business Networking Blog, Thursday 25th February 2016. It was our 5th anniversary and in keeping with our anniversary I presented the annual review to the meeting before we got under way. This review will be published separately on the Website. Headline Information related to an increase in business passed and recorded showing an increase…
Chairman’s Business Networking Blog, Thursday 19th February 2016. Only 16 members this week. Howard Bullock only stayed long enough to show off his legs on what was another cold morning. His individual bare legathon is drawing to a close. Final donations need about £100.00 or so to get to his target. Let’s make sure he…
Chairman’s Business Networking Blog, Thursday 11th February 2016. It was a morning for metallic monkeys to speak with high pitched voices. We all, no doubt, had to scrape the ice of the windscreens of our cars. 19 hardy souls braved the elements for a visit to Mary Green Manor. The bravest of them all was…
Chairman’s Business Networking Blog, 4th February 2016. Once again a really good turnout with 22 members. David Plumley delivered the Ed Slot and made very good use of the flip chart. The topic was the divergence between a lead and a referral. The presentation on the flip chart comprised two circles joined by a line…