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The Complete Networker with Steve Graham
The ever growing popularity of LinkedIn has made keeping in contact and making new contacts so much easier. It may have made the job easier… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Monday, April 23rd, 2012Business Networking on Facebook with Linda Parkinson-Hardman
Networking in real life is about building word of mouth referral contacts. Networking isn’t limited to network meetings. You are networking all the time. Talking… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Thursday, March 29th, 2012Massive, Immediate, Action with Steve Cook
Steve Cook doesn’t just read books; he studies them and devours the ideas that spring from books AND audio books, blogs, webinars and seminars. In… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Saturday, March 17th, 2012The Selling Secrets of Socrates with Olivia Roberts
For 24 centuries after his death Socrates is still honoured as one of the widest persuaders of thought, this is somewhat bizarre, as he claimed… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Wednesday, March 14th, 2012What’s CSR and WIIFM? with Darren Northeast
So CSR stands for Corporate Social Responsibility? So what is all that about? Is it just big business speak? CSR is about how companies manage… Continue reading…
Posted on Wednesday, March 14th, 2012A Beginners Guide to Pig Farming with Martin Orridge
Licensing involves offering other businesses the right to use your intellectual property (IP), corporate image, logo etc to sell a specific type of product or… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Wednesday, March 14th, 2012How to Train your Dragon/Client with Margaret MacKenzie
We’ve all had them haven’t we? The client from hell! Continually changed the spec Didn’t give the information to you on time/at all Didn’t pay… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Wednesday, March 14th, 2012All ‘About Us’ with Andrew Knowles
It is often the most undervalued page on a company’s website and yet it is the third most visited page on top searched websites. This… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Friday, February 24th, 2012The Attention Economy – With Emma James
The new rare resource is …attention. The problem of information overload has a serious impact on economics. In their book, The Attention Economy, Davenport &… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Friday, February 17th, 2012Power Your Business Success with Rosie Barfoot
The purpose of this session is to enable you to clarify your power and to share that power more effectively with others. You know how… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Monday, February 13th, 2012Focus on Results – with Alison Moore
How often do you take a good look at your business? In fact how often do you take a good look at your business with… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Thursday, January 26th, 2012Take Ownership with Fiona Sutherland
What are you putting off or avoiding that you know you really should be doing differently in your business? What is it, that seems to… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Friday, January 20th, 2012REWORK explored – with Andy Larkin
To view his slides please click through to Andy Larkin’s LinkedIn profile and scroll down to slide share. http://www.linkedin.com/in/alarkin77 There are 88 insights or… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Thursday, November 24th, 2011If I knew then what I know now – with Rebecca Fordham
It is very nearly REAL People Solutions fifth birthday. When Rebecca Fordham started out in business five years ago, she knew her HR stuff but… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Friday, November 18th, 201120:20 Vision? with Caroline Bell
A clear business vision will ensure that all your goals and actions will align. When you hit an obstacle, your increased focus will help you… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Tuesday, November 8th, 2011Up in the Clouds with Fiona Murray
What is cloud computing? Here is a neat three minute summary http://www.commoncraft.com/video/cloud-computing. The big benefits of cloud computing is that there are no servers therefore… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Thursday, October 27th, 2011No Contract – Big Problem with Ralph Elliott-King
A written contract drawn up by a well briefed solicitor is still the street smart way to go … however, if funds are tight …… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Friday, October 21st, 2011You Had Me At Hello with Richard Mack
Word of mouth marketing for most businesses is the single most effective part of their marketing plan. It’s why most of us go networking. However,… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Tuesday, October 11th, 2011Gold Plated Publicity with Faith Tait
1. When someone says I saw you in the paper. The fact lends credibility to your story. The fact that the story is reported by… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Thursday, September 29th, 2011Competing with Tescos with Susannah Brade-Waring
This September, Suzannah Brade-Waring has been trading as Aspirin Business Solutions for exactly one year. Not only did she set herself up as a freelance… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Friday, September 16th, 2011Complacency Kills Companies with Jon Jenkins
When Laura McHarrie asked Jon if he’d like to do a presentation at BXC little did know that he was about to present from a… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Tuesday, September 13th, 2011Say more with less with Andrew Knowles
Say more with less or in other words brevity is beautiful! [Ops! There’s another!] Top tip number 1. Don’t over use the exclamation mark ……. Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Friday, July 29th, 2011The L Factor with Beverley Hamilton
How to accelerate your business success and enjoy it. The reason why many people fail to achieve as much as they would like is down… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Wednesday, July 20th, 2011Never Stop Learning with Lee Taylor
Lee Taylor started his business 12 months ago this July. He left corporate life having left university with a marketing degree and took a job… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Thursday, July 7th, 2011The Six Ps of Presenting Yourself with Casterbridge Speakers
Presenting our business is something that all of us in the room do when we are business networking. Some will take the courage and present… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Wednesday, June 29th, 2011Will you pick up the phone? With Tristan Webb
It has been widely quoted that fear of death is of less concern than the fear of public speaking – but what about picking up… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Saturday, June 18th, 2011Wotchu talkn bout Willis? With Sian Goodbourn
The Art of the Networking ‘Conversation’ You would never walk into a sales meeting where you would be expected to pitch without having prepared your… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Saturday, June 11th, 2011Prospecting for Gold with Alistair Powell
If gold could be found lying on the surface, everyone would pick it up. The fact is that you need to dig for it, sometimes… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Friday, May 27th, 2011Socrates Cave with Harvey Taylor
So how do you challenge, provoke and educate without arousing fear and hostility? One way is provocative questioning. According to the oracle at Delphi, Socrates… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Tuesday, May 17th, 2011What I Learnt in the Cold War with Steve Cook
As a young chap I was stationed in Germany protecting the west from the rampaging hoards of the red army. I serviced tornado jet bombers,… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Tuesday, May 10th, 2011Yes or No – decisions, decisions with Rosie Barfoot
We make decisions every moment of our lives from getting up in the morning to what to wear and whether to come to a brilliant… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Wednesday, April 13th, 2011Know where you are going with Steve Worth
If you make yourself indispensible you’ll never be promoted. So Steve set about making himself dispensable and then got made redundant. ) He bought the… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Sunday, March 20th, 2011Focus and Balance with Jo Dale
Juggling what needs to be done and what should be done and what is fun to do can be tricky. The fun stuff can start… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Tuesday, March 8th, 2011The Point of Presentations with Margaret MacKenzie
The aim of this presentation is to demonstrate that it is possible to give an interesting and informed presentation without using a computer and without fear. … Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Sunday, February 27th, 2011Network Marketing Models with Paul Beard
There are some very successful and established businesses that use the network marketing model to distribute their products. Kleeneze for example was established in theUkin… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Sunday, February 20th, 2011Growth the Forum Way with Alison Moore
The Forum 21 Model The following has been lifted from the Forum 21 website: http://www.forum21.co.uk/forum21model.htm Developed and refined over years of consulting and professional development… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Saturday, January 29th, 2011Make Events Happen with Kate Chastey
“Events… are opportunities for you to talk with buyers… Events offer time and common experiences – two key ways to develop relationships with people you… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Saturday, January 29th, 2011All’s Fair in Love & Business with David Foster
Don’t worry about your competitors. They are who they are and will be who they will be. Ignite your sole. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev2duJejO3o All you need to… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Friday, December 10th, 2010Selling without having to close! With Roy Griffiths
Here are the 7 Secrets of the ‘Triple S’ Structured System of Selling that helps you close deals without ever having to sell. It is… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Tuesday, November 30th, 2010The Strategy Behind the Profile with Linda Parkinson-Hardman
I’d like to start with a question. Who are you, who are you being today, right now, this morning? We are asked this question frequently,… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Tuesday, October 26th, 2010The Winner’s Scorecard
So often ‘scorecards’ rely on measuring the outputs of systems and processes (the hard stuff) but most small businesses know that it is how we… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Wednesday, October 13th, 2010Website Persuasion with Marta Eleniak
Visiting a website is a bit like going on a first date. If the website talks about itself all the time then it tends to… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Sunday, September 26th, 2010Siphoning the Sales Funnel with Mark Chivers
To put this into context; this presentation is not about marketing, PR and lead generation, it assumes that you already have an abundance of enquiries… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Tuesday, June 16th, 2009The Credibility Factor with Steve Graham
Credibility is about adding professionalism to the products and service, which may mean admitting what you cannot do. This might seem like acting against self-interest… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Monday, April 6th, 2009To Blog or Not to Blog with Linda Parkinson-Hardman
Blog – short for web log – an online diary of sorts, but it’s also just a website too – just a different way of… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Tuesday, December 16th, 2008Beat the Procrastination Devil with Dave Carey
Procrastination is the art of putting things off with the absolute thought that the task will disappear. Of course it does not, and the more… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Monday, March 26th, 2007It won’t happen to me! with David Gregory
‘IT’ is an unforeseen event causing disruption or interruption to your business.  This presentation is not describing the sensational but instead, simple technological disruptions that… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Monday, March 26th, 2007Dealing with Difficult Employees with Audrey Spencer
What is a difficult employee; a bully, a liar, a moaner/complainer, or the office Romeo? One who is off sick again, who never gets the… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Sunday, February 26th, 2006