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. A big welcome to her; with the aid of photography she will bring life into tired faces and thereby invigorate our Web Site….you don’t get more challenging than that.
The Ed slot was graced by the spiritual leader of the Naughty Corner, Howard Bullock. He delivered a recipe to make the sad and the anxious happy. The 4 things that he suggested were:
- Think what I am to be grateful for
- Label negative feelings
- Make decisions, don’t put them off
- Physical contact at least 5 times a day (presumably with another human being)
The Naughty Corner, that is quickly turning into a Naughty table, immediately started hugging each other. An excellent start to the meeting.
The 60 second round was one of learning.
Stuart Smallcombe explained about how you could have a flexible telephone system that gave you mobility in the office.
Carmel Jane illustrated with a series of photographs that she does not just do head shots.
Donna Evans can provide upholstery services and renew tired or old sofas. Like a later day “dodgy car salesman” she explained how she could join two sofas together and then presumably make it look like new.
Gill Willis rather surprisingly explained how she had been inspired by Alan Moller and Alan Moller revealed how colloquially he would not pull anybody’s pants down…not even his own?
Jo Eastwood reveals how Polyphenols and other ingredients of her bacchanalian products were really good for thinning the blood in your arteries or was it thinning the arteries or was it stopping them from getting blocked. You will have to ask Dr Jo.
The above represents the revelations that were on show
Jo Jones talked about giving assistance to people’s fitness regimes which included “tweaking”. If anybody signed up for this perhaps they can let the meeting know what they thought of the “tweaking”.
As described above, clearly the Naughty Corner, despite the reorganisation of seating, are in rude health. What of the School of Whimsy. I have been very worried about them in recent weeks. I was therefore in a slightly concerned frame of mind as I watched Alan Shaw rise to his feet; something about a Mr Clark, a building being altered, somebody getting their money back because of mistakes and generally it represented a good impression of Mr Bumble. Nick Cooke, stunning us all with his recently acquired coiffeur, tried to talk about basements and the need for planning permission but the stunning effect of what presumably was a recent visit to the barber detracted from any message he was giving and after he had sat down he could probably have been added as the 5th thing that would make sad and anxious people happy. Brian Painter talked of an actor who had stage fright. I think it is fair to say that the School of Whimsy is back on track.
Howard Bullock addressed the meeting for a second time to declare that it was his 10th anniversary. He then went on to demonstrate maturity beyond his years by talking about ISA’s.
Richard Read is always worth listening to for a bargain. 7 nights somewhere with full board and sunny climate for £549.00 per person has to be attractive although you have got to be ready to fly tomorrow. Watch out for his email with slightly more accurate details.
To round off the 60 seconds I must finally comment upon Kim Redwood-Lee. It was nice to see her back and she produced a box of Anadin and declared that the employment of her services would be the equivalent of a prescription to take Anadin for headaches. She duly won the Oscar and shortly thereafter the 60 second round came to a close.
Scott Griffiths Meeting Secretary’s Report revealed £22,750.00 worth of business written which has produced a monthly total (this is the last meeting of March) in excess of £75,000.00, which, after a record breaking month last month, was a good return.
We had fallen behind with recruitment but things were brought back on track with Alan Shaw producing 10 people to be chased. Terry Maylin was away on holiday this week. Could anyone who has not completed their task of looking out potential visitors make sure they are up to date for Wednesday so that there is plenty to talk about on the recruitment side next week.
The 10 minute presentation was delivered by Kim. She very fluently told of how she came to set up her business and the range of services that they can provide. It was a carefully prepared well-crafted presentation that should remind us all of how easy it should be to find and give her referrals.
I will sign off on this Blog with the reminder that I will not be in the chair next week but under the surgeon’s knife. It might not have been necessary if I had taken Jo Eastwood’s advice and drunk lots of her products, but never mind I will be thinking of you all and see you the following week.
Another really good meeting. Good luck for next week Aidan – I hope that everything goes ok.
Additionally, there is a chance that I might not be there either too. Mrs G wants to book up a last minute getaway and so if this happens i’ll have to arrange a deputy.
Good meeting everyone, very lively and great to see the visitors coming in too. Wish you all the best for next week Aidan hope it goes well. have a good weekend all.
Another good meeting, there’s a real buzz about EBF at the moment, a good time to join!
Another great meeting, congratulations to Carmel (with a “C”) 🙂 for joining up and best wishes Aidan for next week. Have a great weekend peeps!
great meeting and ten minutes presentation Kim.
And a bottle of red
What can I say… – yes, it was a good meeting with lots of pre & post chatterrings – great to see repeat enthusiastic visitors – wonderful that Carmel has joined us (the girls are approaching parity.. that comment was meant well but no doubt someone will make some reference to them being better and not equal bla bla bla) – and then it’s the corrections…it’s REED & always has been – the hotels are both 5* (important fact) – the lead in was departing on 13th April (not yesterday, that would be silly) and this particular offer was for B/B.
C’est la vie.
A good, lively meeting helped by the atmosphere of the location. A well deserved Oscar for Kim which was followed by by an excellent 10 minutes. Welcome Carmel. Good luck, Aidan, I know the feeling! I’ll deputise next week.