Budapest Calling
A story about the power of asking your network for support. A question I’m often asked about networking, especially by NNB’s (Networking Non-Believers) is ‘Can networking really help?’. This personal story epitomizes everything about the power of a network. In June 2024, my 19 year-old daughter ended up in Budapest. Alone. She’d planned the trip […]
Closing the Connection Gap
A story about the unexpected power and proximity of connection. It’s November 2017 and I’m hosting a Colony Networking event in my home village of Lymm, south Warrington. New attendee Kate Jenkinson is setting up her business and decides to attend because the event is local to her and she’s “between things”. As she leaves, […]
A review of TEDxNorthwich 2024
Fancy some TEDx-themed brain food? One of the biggest events that took place for me in 2024 was TEDxNorthwich. And this time, I was not on the organising side of the TEDx line but speaking. Whilst on leave after the event, I had chance to watch my fellow TEDx speaker’s talks again, reflect on our […]
Do you network every day?
How often do you network? Daily, Weekly, Fortnightly, Monthly? I suspect you may be underestimating just how much you already network, and where and when you’re networking. It’s always more than we realise. In a poll I ran on LinkedIn, 86% said that they weren’t networking daily. Source: Networking frequency LinkedIn poll, June 2024 I […]
5 tips to be more timely and time-efficient with your networking
TIME! It’s the main excuse we use for reducing or removing networking events from our diaries. For not pursuing quality follow up steps with people we meet. And for reducing opportunity moment when we attend events. I’d like to share 5 top tips regarding time and networking in a quick fire Q&A style format based […]
Would you like flowers or donations?
Part 1. Would you like flowers or donations? This statement is poignant. It’s also not mine. But I have been using it and here’s why … I’d like to share some stories that relate to this line. I’ll do this in two parts. The line I’m using belongs to one of my TEDxWarrington 2023 speakers […]