Getting up and getting dressed this morning was done in the dark and a stark reminder of the onset of autumn. But are we downhearted..…?
Performance League
So August is over! What a month! Over 20 members hit the benchmark, and Paul Corrigan was the outright winner with a record-breaking 585 points. In his absence Terry Maylin would have been the winner with what would otherwise have been a near record-breaking score of 425 points. Stuart Smallcombe with 279 points wasn’t bad either…!
Education Slot
Paul Booth was our presenter this week and this subject matter was our referrals and testimonials round. Here referrals are passed, monies received and acknowledged and testimonials given. It is the last section of the meeting and arguably the most important. It certainly summarises the reasons that we are all present and is largely a celebration of what we have been doing over the previous week. His message was, like the veritable crocodile sandwich, keep it snappy. Do not say that you have no referrals… keep it positive. Eliminate too much detail that might delay this final round. Let it be a celebration, not a funeral.
Membership Matters
One of the meetings highlights is always a new member induction. Sally Waters has now become our newest member. Welcome Sally!
Not only did Terry Maylin administer the induction but also reported that we have several renewals in the pipeline which will be reported upon when completed.
60-Second Presentation Round
Paul Corrigan as current Oscar holder was our adjudicator and got things underway. Short staffed this week he’s been out ‘on the tools’ and seemed to have enjoyed it. It gave him an opportunity of running through the services that they can provide. He wasn’t the only one, Dave Roberts also did a run through of the services that he can supply as an electrician and reminded us that, in particular, testing can be a good intro to further work. Not to be outdone Dave Moore was sporting a ‘Ben Golding’ and also used his 60 seconds to advertise the range of his products which all can be seen on his Saturday stall at Brentwood market between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM.
If the trades we’re anxious to display all of that talents, Joshua Ayettey was not backwards in coming forward. Turning a garage into an annex or doing a loft conversion he provided a range of ways in which he can help you add value to your property. Whilst we were into listing our services, Toby Acton created an acronym of the word mentor and then in true fashion rattled off the various services that he offers in getting your business from A to B, or rather M to R
After so many of us had set out their stalls, the rest kind of paled into relative insignificance. Highlights included Paul Dulieu’s much anticipated first wedding celebration, Ben Goldings help to someone called ‘Jake’ who needed to boost his income and John Hammond’s revelation that if you have good CC TV connected, being woken up by an intruder alarm can make it easy for you to check and then go back to sleep.
Terry Maylin devoted his 60 seconds in praise of Scott Griffiths and the value that he adds to TM Law’s business through its website. Scott himself used the value-added theme in further advertising his own services.
Pole Corrigan is a sucker for a good news story and it was therefore no surprise when he awarded the Oscar to Catherine Foley for her success in breaking a student’s resIt cycle with a pass in English and her request that we look out for people who have had disappointing results this year and need some assistance with resits. Well done, Catherine!
Meeting Secretaries Report
After the great month that was August, September has kicked off well enough. 21 referrals and £16,000 worth of business recorded.
Synergy Team Report
No synergy team this week but it’s the Property Synergy team meeting straight after next weeks meeting.
10-Minute Presentation by Matt Barry
Matt Barry held the floor this week. As always, he was an object lesson in how to use the TV screen. Before that however his biography sheet managed to deal with 10 topics all of which had in their answer Guinness….. The most excruciating being the celebration of having Guinness with your cornflakes…. Is that with sugar, all without? As well as being the master of presentation he is also the master of the logo quiz. The only one that everybody seemed to get was ‘Subway’. It’s probably the distinctive arrow rather than the product.. maybe not.
Referrals and Testimonials Round
After Paul’s Ed Slot there was clear evidence that his words had been taken to heart, if in no other way than it caused many of us to speed the process up by speaking faster. You can be succinct without being unintelligible
At the end of what can only be described as an upbeat meeting, we received a timely reminder of how none of us are getting any younger! Nick Cooke announced that he will not be renewing his membership this year. He was a member when I joined, what was the old BNI and has always been part of the membership furniture. His 10-minute presentations sitting on a beach in a deck chair with Paul Booth remain in the memory and will we ever view Father Christmas in the same light! He reminded us that he was still an ‘Old Git’, if that was really necessary and he did threaten to visit us for synergy team meetings. Along with our fond memories go our best wishes for your retirement Nick.
