Home     About Us     Contact Us     Useful Links     Events     News     Who's Who     Member Links     Membership     Site Map      
How to book     Event Archive     Questionnaire      
Forthcoming Events:

How to Get The Most Out Of Networking Part 2 - Paul Clegg

 

 

Thursday, 9th February, 2012, 7pm at The Monks Yard - "Business Networking and Sex" with Paul Clegg 

 

Talk Summary

 

There are just two ways we can view the year ahead.  It's going to be challenging or it's going to be exciting.

 

Whichever way you view 2012 you really must take some time out to attend next week's meeting entitled "Business Networking and Sex".  Actually, it's not what you think.

 

The way men and women approach networking and business is as different as the ways in which the genders relate to one another.  Taking inspiration from the research that went into the book by the same name (author Dr. Ivan Misner, Frank DeRaffele and ) Paul will share some of his practical experience of creating business from effective referral strategies.

      

"Are men and women really so different...or do we have a tendency to just focus on what makes us different instead of how we are similar?"

 

At next Thursday's event you will come away with absolute clarity and excitement about your year ahead.

 

The evening will be interactive and will demonstrate how to adopt a more focused approach to turning business cards into business.  

 

Who will benefit?

 

People with an open mind who really do want to grow their business and have the courage to zig when everyone else is zagging. Not for the faint-hearted ... Paul is a breath of fresh air.

 

Short Biography:

  

Paul Clegg live in Wells, Somerset has an extensive background in marketing and has been the Executive Director of BNI, the world's leading referral organisation for the last ten years.

 

Paul is the 'joined up marketing' guy with a corporate background in marketing within the hair, beauty and anti-aging markets. He has worked with and helped around 2,000 SME businesses in Somerset and Wiltshire to develop referral marketing strategies that have generated over £8 million worth of business in the last ten years.

 

No nonsense 'head in the cloud' theory here. Paul actually walks the talk and knows what it is like to start a business with zero marketing budget. He believes that the most valuable asset you have in business in your network of contacts and your reputation.

 

And your reputation is what people say about you behind your back!


If you would like to come along, to help us with numbers please contact Julie Atterton-Gunn at julie@somersetwire.org

 
If you don't get chance to let us know, don't worry - you are still welcome on the night.

 


 

The core team are listed below;

Jeanette Neale jeanette@nealeaccounting.co.uk
Carly Warren carly@tbdp.co.uk
Jacqui Yeoell jacqui@valueaddedmarketing.co.uk
Sheila Robertson s.c_robertson@btopenworld.com
Julie Atterton-Gunn julie.attertongunn@yahoo.co.uk
Teresa Rose  presentationmatters.trose@googlemail.com
Fiona Wilson f.wilson@emmersonsltd.com


 

Meetings


Most meetings will take place at The Monks Yard just outside Ilminster. As we are self-funding we charge a nominal amount of £5 for members and £10 for non-members (collected on the evening) which goes towards coffee and cake on the evening and the hire of the hall. We meet at 7pm.



 

Some of the SWIRE Members at our September Event


  
 

 

We aim to finish at about 9.30pm.

 

 

 

Just some of our members