Business Networking Blog

After a disrupted April we have a full programme of events in May.
JACKIE CROSS who has quickly established a fine profile for herself as a social and business photographer will be giving a presentation,hints and tips on digital photography at the Four Pillars,Abingdon on  Friday May 4th. www.JacquelineCrossPhotography.com

Melanie Greene of Inspire Transformation is the speaker at Cornerstone Arts Centre,Didcot on Wednesday May 9th. A Chartered Occupational Psychologist and NLP Master Practitioner who works as a coach,consultant and trainer with a wide variety of clients,Melanie will be be giving an interactive and practical session on ‘ Your Brain at Work ; How to Increase Your Performance’ providing ideas and techniques which can be put directly into action !
www.inspiretransformation.co.uk

Productive, Successful AND Content? – A journey from Burkina Faso to Mt Kilimanjaro and back, and along the way some useful and practical tips to help you make best use of your greatest asset, you.Lottie Moore will be leading the trip at The Spread Eagle Hotel in Thame on Thursday,May 17th
www.lottiemoore.co.uk

We are delighted to have Brian Miller ,founder of ByBox as our guest speaker at the bi-monthly event organised with Jennings at their head office,Hampden House on Monument Park Chalgrove on Thursday May 31st.At the forefront of the Distribution Revolution,ByBox is leading the way in box-based logistics which are doing to Distribution what ATM’s did to retail banking ! www.ByBox.com

Not only will Oxford-based novelist TD Griggs be speaking at the Oxford Literary Festival and Worcester Litfest among others this year but the day after his latest novel is published on March 1st,he’s coming to talk to The Late Breakfast in Abingdon ! This is a real PREMIERE.

Tim will be talking about the real life of a ‘mid-list’ writer but drawing on his continuing 30 years as a professional industry,science, business and corporate writer to stress the importance of how relevant good writing/communication skills are in today’s world of proliferating media.

His latest novel ‘Distant Thunder’ is a sweeping Victorian epic set against the backdrop of the British Empire at it’s zenith and moves between India,the Sudan and England and holds up a mirror for our own times.Copies of ‘Distant Thunder’ in trade paperback at a discount rate ( £10 ) will be available and of course Tim will be happy to sign them.

‘The Warning Bell’ ( written under his pen-name of Tom Macaulay ) is still selling well in bookshops and as an e-book and his first novel ‘Redemption Blues’ sold nearly a million copies internationally. www.tdgriggs.co.uk

Friday March 2nd at the Four Pillars Hotel , ABINGDON

The launch event at the Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot was a big success yesterday !
The Diamond Room was buzzing with a crowd of over 40 before and after a hugely interesting presentation from the entertaining Ayd Instone.Cornerstone proved a popular venue with its’ location in the centre of town to businesses based in Didcot and the surrounding area.We’re already looking forward to the February event !

The Late Breakfast is delighted to invite you to an interactive session exploring Getting to Grips with Body Language led by Elizabeth Kuhnke, author of Body Language for Dummies and Persuasion & Influence for Dummies.

During this session you will come to understand the traits of leadership body language – the good, the bad and the ugly PLUS find out how you can use body language to help advance your professional career.

For over twenty years, Elizabeth has nourished a steady stream of FTSE 100 companies, professional services, and charities, providing one-to-one and group coaching in key areas relating to interpersonal communication, personal impact, and executive presence. Whether international sports stars, CEOs of global corporations, or graduates on the career path, her clients’ concerns are around connecting with their audience and presenting themselves with clarity, confidence and credibility. Elizabeth’s combination of advanced degrees, a career in the performing arts, expertise in administering psychometric instruments and a passion for personal best are some of the reasons clients turn to her for support.

She is often quoted in the media addressing issues concerning confidence, image, voice, body language, and public speaking skills.

Her international best-selling book, Body Language for Dummies, is available at bookstores and Amazon. It is currently published in the USA, UK, Australia, Germany, Poland, Bulgaria and The Netherlands. The second edition will be available at the end of January, 2012.. Elizabeth’s second book, Persuasion & Influence For Dummies was published in October 2011

Initial response to our first event at Cornerstone Arts Centre in Didcot on January 11th has been very positive and we’re looking forward to getting our 2012 schedule to a great start !

We’re thrilled that Ayd Instone has agreed to be guest speaker at our launch event in DIDCOT on January 11th.One of the leaders of Creativity and Creative Thinking,he’s always original,innovative,enlightening and hugely entertaining.

An audience of 67 were treated to a highly interesting and informative presentation from Paul Lindley,CEO and founder of the multi-award winning baby and children’s food producer Ella’s Kithchen which has had dramatic growth in their sector of the market in the few years of it’s existence and now become a major exporter.Paul took us through the history from concept to leading market share,from working at home alone to a team of 50,from £0 sales to £50 million and at all times educating and showing the audience that so much can be acheived by determining and staying with the philosophies that created the product and then following their path to acheive growth and sales targets at the most sustainable pace.

Hugely well received,our favourite comment on the presentation was that it was so good to hear from someone who was out there doing it in a way that was easy to admire rather than just being told by someone how easy it was for you to go out there and do it !

Starting on Wednesday January 11th we will be holding events on the second Wednesday of each month at CORNERSTONE ARTS CENTRE in Didcot.
South Oxford District Council’s exciting venue in the centre of town is a location we’re looking forward to using and where we will be inviting individuals from all business activities to join us.