Thursday 29th July 2010

• “If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” – B. Franklin
• August events - Bristol - Reducing Stress & increasing productivity, Exeter - Using Social Media Tools - LinkedIn, Twitter et al
• How the Business Network can benefit you. Membership Application Forms
• Business South West, PhotoReading, Brand Workshops,
• Top Tips - contributions from experts

04 August 2010 - Mercure Holland House Hotel & Spa, Bristol

I’m stressed out! – How often have we heard it – and said it?

In this seminar we’ll show you how conventional health and safety techniques and emotional intelligence can work together to provide a solution for any business, large or small, to understand and deal with stress, leading to greater motivation and productivity.

1. We will show you how to identify the signs of stress in individuals (you can take the test – completely confidential!) and the workplace stressors that seem so basic but which often go ignored.

2. We’ll show you how emotional intelligence influences our relationships and behaviour, including how we deal with pressure, both individually and in teams.

Speakers: Sian MacGowan, Sureteam Ltd

Kay McMahon, emotionalintelligenceatwork
Jeremy Marchant, emotionalintelligenceatwork

A new joint venture between Sureteam and emotional intelligence at work is being launched at the BNSW lunch on August 4th. We want to provide clients with the knowledge and know-how to reduce stress in the workplace.

We believe everyone performs better under some pressure. It generates adrenalin, people feel more active, motivated, and they achieve more. But too much pressure turns into stress. Stress develops when people feel out of control or essentially ‘unsafe’ or uncared for or unsupported. This leads to demotivation and an unwillingness to communicate to colleagues and managers about procedures or systems that could be unsafe in the working environment.

Stress can come from a reluctance in people to assert themselves if they feel they are being treated badly at work, and from people tolerating inappropriate workloads. It can also be imported into the workplace from people’s home lives and other environments not under the control of the business, such as the journey to work.

This new service recognises that successful stress reduction is only achieved when the synergy between ‘health and safety’ stressors and people’s working relationships is understood and addressed. After all, health and safety is ultimately about people and the way they react to what they have to do in their jobs. It enables the client to manage health and safety through a practical and pragmatic approach which helps to develop a good health and safety culture from the top, down.

Identifying all types of stressor is a key to making changes to reduce stress but it is not the whole answer, particularly in businesses that have found it difficult to develop an effective team approach. Such an approach needs everyone to work together for the good of the business rather than merely aiming to be compliant with the law.
The benefits of implementing this programme in any workplace are:

• improved health and wellbeing of staff leading to less absence through stress and therefore reduced staff costs
• better attention to procedures leading to more efficiency and effectiveness, fewer mistakes, a general reduction in operational costs and increased reputation in clients’ eyes
• compliance with statutory health and safety regulations, and adherence to management best practice.

The combination of Sureteam’s approach to identifying ‘unsafe’ environments and procedures with emotional intelligence at work’s understanding of how stress can affect team and individual performance provides any business with the tools to remove many of the barriers to success.

http://www.sureteam.co.uk

http://www.emotionalintelligenceatwork.com

Speaker: Glen Morgan - Managing Director of Credebt www.credebt.co.uk

05 August 2010 - The Castle Hotel, Taunton

No seminar before lunch........

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.”
Orison Swett Marden

Host a corporate table at The Castle Hotel

Why not invite along some of your established customers and thank them for their business. And, if you mix in a few prospective customers, your existing customers will take every opportunity to explain just why they do business with you!!

You could arrange with another Business Network Member to share a Corporate table, each of you bringing along two or three customers. You can then all sit together, share ideas, stories, solutions etc. thus creating a really positive business atmosphere. Everybody is a winner, you each get access to potential customers and the guests have an enjoyable lunch

sean@business-network.co.uk

 

Speaker: “A 10 minute sales pitch Could cause a hitch, Far preferable To be memorable!” 10 minutes long informative, enlightening even amusing – an opportunity to address all those attending the event. An ideal opportunity to raise the profile of your compa

11 August 2010 - Sandy Park, Exeter

CW IT Services

Practical Overview of Internet & Social Media: Google, LinkedIn, Facebook & Twitter

Following the illuminating seminar by Optix Solutions on the strategy behind Social Media, Inbound Marketing, CW IT Services will give a practical overview of the tools behind this, as well as Internet Marketing.

The seminar will cover how you can use the Google tools (Ads, Places, Analytics and Webmaster), LinkedIN, Facebook and Twitter to promote your business online so that potential customers can find you rather than you finding them.

CW IT Services use these tools themselves for clients to find them online and Chris Wood runs internet and social marketing workshops at AME Solutions training facilities. See here for details.

To read more on what is internet and social marketing and the end results that CW IT Services have experienced please click here.

Don't get left behind on Internet and Social Media, we look forward to seeing you at the August seminar.

CW IT Services aim to provide cost effective IT assistance by tailoring and delivering the assistance required without being costly to the business or the home user. CW IT Services believe in a proactive approach to minimise IT issues and maximise efficiency and return on IT investment whether for home or business use.

www.cwit.co.uk

CWIT BLOG

Speaker: Amanda Lyon-Smith Purple Promotions

15 September 2010 - Redwood Hotel & Country Club, Bristol

James Short - Augmentor

James is a specialist in strategic planning, leadership and personnel development, and change management. He is a recently retired Army Major General with 34 years of executive experience in operational appointments for both the British Army and NATO.

He was a strategic analyst in the Cabinet Office; a Procurement Project Manager in the MOD; a strategic security adviser in the Balkans and a specialist security adviser to the Police. He planned and delivered NATO’s first joint operational training establishment.

He has run multi-million pound budgets within the MOD and been responsible for delivering resource accounting and budgeting management planning. He worked closely as the key link with British Defence Industry during the first Gulf War delivering urgent operational requirements.

He helps develop organizational structures to improve output. He provides a distinctive analysis on how to motivate small teams through a focus on innovation, inspiration and motivation. He brings a unique outlook on the planning for and delivery of decisive objectives.

His expertise includes:
•Strategy development and implementation

•Change management through leadership and the motivation of people

•Concept development and innovative problem solving

•Organisational development and implementation planning

•Specialist in multi-national, multi-discipline training

•Highly experienced in complex international negotiations

•Accomplished communicator, lecturer and presenter

www.talk2sps.co.uk

Speaker: Nigel Slade - Shred It

22 September 2010 - Exeter Golf & Country Club

Sarah West Recruitment Group

A leading Exeter based recruitment agency - recruiting not only in Devon but throughout the South West. We are a team of recruitment industry experts with an absolute commitment to excellence throughout the recruitment process. Sarah West Recruitment's expertise is commercial office and sales based recruitment, at any level, on a temporary, contract or permanent basis.
Sarah West Recruitment offers a high level of industry experience and excellent local knowledge. Whether you are a business looking for staff or someone looking for work, call us and find out why we believe we are the best employment agency to help you

http://www.sarahwestrecruit.co.uk/

Speaker: Vivienne Carnt - Red Earth Consultancy

29 September 2010 - Somerset County Cricket Club, Taunton

Pre lunch seminar being hosted by Ways 2 Win

Did you know?

• 175 Billion Pound spend a year by the public sector
• 70,000 Invitations to tender each year
• 16% of contracts above the threshold go to companies with 10 employees or less.
• Public sector organisations want to work with Small to Medium sized businesses.

Ways2win is a tender writing and tender training organisation specialising in helping you win new business in the public and private sectors through competitive tendering.

"a real eye opener for me. I didn't realise quite how much potential business we were missing. Even at the introductory level I am already pursuing new business thanks to Ways2win" -Duncan Laker - MD Welcome Telecom Ltd

www.ways2win.co.uk

06 October 2010 - Clifton Pavilion, Bristol Zoo Gardens

Hosted by Inge Dowden of Polyglot Coaching

Polyglot Coaching was founded in 2008 by Inge Dowden. A polyglot is someone who speaks a lot of languages, and Inge is fluent in 6! She has a degree in International Business and spent 15 years working as an Export Manager, mainly in engineering.

After a divorce and a redundancy she took 2 years out, went to Italy to learn Italian, visited friends and family in Europe, travelled through Thailand for a month and ended up teaching English in Mexico. Her love for people, her interest in other cultures and her eternal optimism were a source of inspiration for many and once she returned to the UK, she knew that she wanted to help other people to be as happy and fulfilled as she was. She decided to become a life and career coach.

She qualified with distinction from the Coaching Academy, the UK’s number One coach training facility. She trained in Personal, Corporate & Executive and Small Business Coaching and as a protégé student she continues her personal development all the time. She is also a qualified NLP practitioner, which gives her the tools to facilitate effective change where required.

Specialist subjects:

change of career
taking time off (GAP or GUG – grown up gap – year)
work/life balance
confidence & motivation
financial coaching

Her open and honest personality make her the ideal coach: able to listen to and focus on the client, whilst being professional and empathic to ensure the client immediately feels at ease and in good hands.

"I would not hesitate to recommend her as a coach to others, as I feel she has a relaxed, friendly and professional style and makes you feel comfortable to explore often tricky issues, knowing she is guiding you through the process."

"I am deeply grateful to have been able to work with Inge. Inge was great in walking me through a period of great confusion in my life."

Inge works with other coaches to ensure that she is always able to offer a close match to what the client needs. So whether it is parent coaching or unhappy solicitor coaching you’re after, contact Polyglot Coaching and we’ll find the right coach for you!

www.polyglotcoaching.co.uk

Speaker: 10 minutes long informative, enlightening even amusing – an opportunity to address all those attending the event. An ideal opportunity to raise the profile of your company, you and your business.

13 October 2010 - The Lord Haldon Hotel, Dunchideock, Exeter

Helen Mattacott
BA (Hons), RSA Dip TEFL, MA (App Ling)

Director and Licensed Ology Business Coach

Helen set up her first small business in 2003 after spending 25 years in a range of training, marketing, organisational development and general management positions within the UK and overseas.

Initially trained as an English Language teacher, Helen went on to reach senior management and leadership positions within the industry and notably for English UK and the British Council.

She has been key note speaker on management topics at numerous conferences in the UK and overseas in Brazil, China, Argentina, Poland and Austria as well as providing management consultancy in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Spain, France, Australia, Morocco and Bahrain among others.

As her career in management progressed she wrote three nationally accredited training qualifications and a Management Diploma as well as authoring three management manuals.

With a Masters in communication, and trained in counselling skills, Helen decided to utilise her coaching and business background to provide business coaching services to the local community by becoming the only fully licensed Ology in the South West.

Helen is passionate about supporting business owners and encouraging business development through coaching programmes. She recognises that in today's commercial challenge it is important to motivate people to set high goals and get them out of their comfort zone to achieve them.

By being licensed by Ology she believes that she has found a winning combination: her own real life business experience supported by Ology's extensive suite of tried and tested business tools which have immediate impact on any client business.

In many cases Helen is able to get funding for coaching programmes from Local Government Schemes in the area.

Call us directly on 07901335474 to have a 'no obligation' chat with Helen, to get free business coaching tools and questionnaires and more information on coaching options.

Visit Helen's website HERE

Speaker: Chris Wood - CW IT

20 October 2010 - Mount Somerset Hotel, Taunton

Pre lunch seminar hosted by Dudley Hambleton

Dudley Hambleton - Managing Director of Concorde Copiers, owner of Halberton Priory -12th Century Priory, Member of the Folk Band Devils Elbow, member of the English Civil War Society. Dudley is currently training to become a Spiritual Healer,

How working with your spiritual helpers can assist you in all aspects of your lives including success in business.

With Dudley’s varied background and interests this session would give you the opportunity of looking at and discussing the various aspects of our spiritual connections:

Who we really are, how it all works and fits together, reincarnation, the wheel of life/death, trapped souls and rescue work, the dark side, Power Animals and working with animals, their psychic awareness, getting to know and working with our spiritual Guides/Guardians and Psychic protection and regressing into past lives as well, which has very tangible links to repairing problems people have in their lives, both mental and physical, quite apart from the fascination of knowing something of lives we have already experienced. – just some of the fascinating aspects that can have a really positive impact on your business and personal success in life and beyond.

To quote Dudley “People would hopefully come out with some of their own thoughts and experiences as well as it went along, so I would envisage a really interesting and lively session when we can make it happen”

Speaker: Speaker Slot available 10 minutes long informative, enlightening even amusing – an opportunity to address all those attending the event. An ideal opportunity to raise the profile of your company, you and your business.

03 November 2010 - Redwood Hotel & Country Club, Bristol

Jeremy Townsend

Picture of Health

Jeremy Townsend is an independent distributor for ENIVA and currently specialises in marketing the product VIBE. VIBE represents a major breakthrough in natural nutritional supplement technology which has an ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) rating of a guaranteed minimum 100,000 and appears in the USA Physicians' Desk Reference, both of which are formidable endorsements. This product has been on the market in the USA for 2 years and has already helped many thousands of people suffering from many and varied problems enjoy better health and is now available in the UK.

Article HERE

Speaker: Speaker slot available Karl Ellis of EBRS Information on what is likely to be the pattern of pay rises in the Spring of 2011 www.ebrs.co.uk

10 November 2010 - Exeter Golf & Country Club

Jeremy Townsend - Picture of Health

ATTENTION TO ALL THOSE WHO WISH TO ENJOY GOOD HEALTH
AND ADDRESS HEALTH PROBLEMS OF ALL KINDS NATURALLY.

•VIBE - the liquid neutraceutical representing a major breakthrough in natural nutritional science.
•VIBE puts back into the body the essential minerals no longer obtainable in adequate quantities from the food chain. So important because our bodies do not make minerals.
•VIBE provides 11,000 mgs of nutrients per serving thus enabling the body to be nutritionally replete daily.
•VIBE has a guaranteed antioxidant rating of 100,000 and is extraordinarily effective at quenching free radicals, the body's number one enemy
•All the ingredients are water soluble and so sized that they will be assimilated into the cells moments after ingestionand achieve an approximate 98% absorption level.
•Pills are NOT generally water soluble, are usually packed with chemical fillers and coated with shellac type coatings. They are therefore difficult to break down and studies demonstrate they may achieve only a 10-30% absorption level.
•VIBE is tbe body's fuel and will help people to obtain and maintain an optimum consistent quality of life and address any number of the health challenges which are subject of many column inches in the Press every day.
•VIBE is a brilliant liquid health insurance policy of excellent value for money at just over £1 per day.
•VIBE is for everyone fromthe age of 3 years onwards

Speaker: Anthony McGloin - Straight Forward Success

18 November 2010 - Somerset County Cricket Club, Taunton - DATE CHANGE

Date change - was 17th November NOW 18th November - thank you.

Pre lunch seminar being hosted by Sean Humby - Increase your Networking effectiveness

Whether it is breakfast, lunch, dinner or afternoon tea learn how you can maximise your opportunities from the networking that you do.

Quote from Dave Clarke - NRG.....

"Business people often turn to networking at different times. Start ups will often network like crazy early on and established businesses will often start when traditional routes to market dry up. The thing they very often have in common is the idea that networking is the answer to their problem. The first and BIG mistake that many people make is they dive headlong into the activity of networking with a complete misunderstanding of what networking really is"

A fast paced interactive opportunity that will give you Top Tips on how you communicate, breaking the ice, building rapport, moving on from one person to the next, the art of giving and much more

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.”
Orison Swett Marden

sean[at]business-network[period]co[period]uk

Speaker: Date change - this is now on Thursday 18th November NOT 17th November

01 December 2010 - Mercure Holland House Hotel & Spa, Bristol

Break Through to Business Success and is being presented by
Anthony McGloin of Straight Forward Success.

Learn how to
transform your Business in a world class 90 minutes

Anthony is
an experienced Master Business Coach, involved in helping Business
Owners worldwide achieve great results, Anthony was recently filmed for
programmes on BBC and Sky. He has helped countless local Business
Owners transform their Businesses and achieve great results using
simple guidelines, tools and models.

If you need to improve your
Business and increase Profits this is a MUST-ATTEND event. You'll
learn the 7 Principles of Success - one of which carries a GUARANTEE
to double your Profits in the next 12 months!

This will help
you fulfil the potential and achieve great success, not just in your
current business, but also in anything you become involved with in the
future.

"The information and results from the coaching are
incredible. Anthony knows what he's talking about!"
David Thomas,
Bluegrass Computer Services

Straight Forward Success

Speaker: Charity Raffle to raise money for Children's Hospice South West Any prizes gratefully received - thank you

08 December 2010 - Sandy Park, Exeter

Anthony McGloin - Straight Forward Success

Managing Director
Master Business Coach & Trainer

Anthony is an experienced Company Director, Leader,
Mentor and Coach, with a successful track record in business ownership and development, general management, sales & marketing, team building and training.

He is a qualified Master Coach and co-author of The Business Coach, a practical guide to overcoming the daily challenges in business and creating a better , more profitable business.

A keynote speaker at business conferences for over 25 years, Anthony holds seminars & Training programmes throughout the UK and around the world – and in the process has identified what makes some companies fail, while others become hugely successful.

His personal experience includes major international companies, smaller specialist organisations, start-up operations and family run enterprises. He has helped rescue failing companies and maximise profits in successful ones, managing teams of 2 to 150 and budgets of £25k to £35m.

His passion is for making a difference and achieving results – and he looks for clients with similar passion & commitment.

Anthony has been personally trained and coached in the fields of Sport, Business and Personal Development by the "best of the best" - and has himself successfully coached individuals and companies to achieve outstanding results previously felt to be beyond their reach.

He enjoys life with his wife Julie, and children Nathalie, Claire and Michael and looks back on experiences as varied as playing representative sport, having John Lennon arrange all the Beatles’ autographs for him…and meeting Nelson Mandela, who told Anthony he was an “inspiration”.

Visit Anthony's website HERE

Speaker: Charity raffle to support Devon Air Ambulance Trust, Families for Children, St Loye's and West of england School and College Any prizes gratefully received - thank you!

15 December 2010 - Somerset County Cricket Club, Taunton

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.”
Orison Swett Marden

Seminar Slot Available
The seminar/workshop/business briefing ideally is between an hour and maximum1.5 hours long. The room and coffee is provided by Business Network as is any equipment that you may require laptop, projector, and flip chart. (Lasers, dancing people etc would be at your own expense!)
Business Network will market the seminar to members and potential visitors and handle all the bookings. It will be added to the Business Network (SW) website along with your company logo/photo and a link to your website.
As a seminar host you have the opportunity of inviting customers/clients and potential customers and clients along. All they have to do is book (and pay for) their place with me and they will benefit from your seminar, networking with decision makers and lunch.
Feedback tells us that these are a great opportunity to showcase your expertise and also is a great way for fellow decision makers to understand more about your business and how it can benefit them.
Contact sean@business-network.co.uk

Speaker: Charity raffle to support Headway Somerset Headway Somerset - providing hope and opportunity for people with brain injury and their families Prizes gratefully received - thank you