by Sophie Jewry | Jan 9, 2014 | Branding, Business, Marketing, Networking
I attended a BNI meeting this morning in Norwich (for details see the base of this article), the first I’ve been to in a while and I really enjoyed it. I wrote up a script to read out and when I timed myself I found it to be 60 seconds… and I knew that, as the group...
by Sophie Jewry | Dec 3, 2013 | Business, Networking
So you’ve walked into the room and you know no one there. Eek! Butterflies kick in and you don’t know where to put yourself or who you should be speaking to. And breathe! We’ve all been in this situation at an event and it is never a comfortable one. The thing to...
by Sophie Jewry | Nov 30, 2013 | Business, Networking
Most of us tend to have slightly different persona’s in the different groups we meet in. I’m not talking Jeckel and Hyde here, more that you can let your hair down a bit more with friends or at home than you might at a networking event or convention. And that’s...
by Sophie Jewry | Nov 27, 2013 | Business, Networking
I’ve been there. You’re running late because you didn’t allow enough time. STRESS! Driving like a loony or walking like you’re on some speed record attempt and you turn up feeling flustered, hot and bothered and potentially barging into the meeting late like a small...
by Sophie Jewry | Nov 24, 2013 | Business, Networking
I’ve seen this done more times than I can count. A business person turns up to the networking event and has absolutely nothing to give anyone with their business details on. Now, I know that it’s possible to write down telephone numbers or information and with the...