The centre piece of our meeting this week was a presentation by Len Maylin regarding the art of public speaking with particular reference to our 60 second efforts.
His own presentation itself was instructive. He spoke clearly and slowly with awareness of his audience throughout and interspersed his pearls of wisdom with humour and interesting information.
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Despite the absence of several members through half term children duly there was good turnout of 22 members. Our alternative meeting agenda was used this week to accommodate an Education Session provided by Len Maylin, a Public Speaking Coach. The essence of our alternative meeting is that we limit ourselves to the 60 second round…
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Have you been sitting at home, quietly reading or watching TV, or been dining out with friends or family, or been laughing and joking with friends in a pub or club when WHAM! your heart starts beating so fast it feels as if it will burst out of your chest, your breathing is rapid and…
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Do any of you get that panicky feeling that comes from being locked in a small room for a long time? Well 25 of us were indeed afflicted by the claustrophobic effects of being relocated to the small room behind the restaurant for our meeting.
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Email newsletters – only for huge organisations, right? Wrong. They are the perfect marketing tool for growing a business too. So, we asked Jill Willis, the copywriter who helps deliver our Eseyo email marketing service to give us the lowdown, and have set out her advice as a guide: Why email newsletters will be your…
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Although there was no ice on our windscreens it really was a cold morning with a misting drizzle (mizzle) making things even more unpleasant.
Despite the inclement weather a really good turnout of 23 Members and 1 guest, Charlie Hurlock of A Matter Group.
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Chairman’s Business Networking Blog, Thursday 19th January 2017. Back on track with numbers, 22 Members and 1 visitor Dimi Bakalov who makes “stairways to heaven”. We hope he will return next week. Kim Redwood-Lee delivered the Education Slot and pointed out some of the not so obvious benefits from being a member of the group…
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Chairman’s Business Networking Blog, Thursday 12th December 2017. Back in the full swing of things there was a good turnout, 23 Members and 2 visitors Len Maylin and former Billericay member Ian Stanley. Ian is threatening to return and join up. David Plumley delivered the Ed Slot and focused on the 60 second round and…
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Chairman’s Business Networking Blog 5th January 2017. New Year’s hangovers and Christmas germs having been picked up from relatives rendered our first meeting of the New Year a little light on personnel. There were 16 of us in attendance and we kicked off with an Ed Slot from Jill Willis. Her themes were that New…
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Chairman’s Business networking Blog, Thursday 15th December 2016. At this last meeting of the year we had an altered format to enable us to try and cope with the Brian Painter Experience. 23 Members turned up, all bright eyed and bushy tailed, sporting festive pullies of various sorts. There were even that ones that flashed…
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