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SBC OCTOBER 2007 MEETING
For October
we returned to the prestige venue of the
Oak Suite at the University of Surrey for
a SpeedNetwork100 meeting - one of the occasions
when we ask non-Members for a small fee
to come and join in the fun.
We began with some informal
networking over the usual succulent buffet,
which is always very welcome at the end
of the working day! Then we adjourned to
the main room and got down to 45 minutes
of serious speed networking. Most people
are familiar with the concept of this frantic
activity, but if you haven’t tried
it yet we can heartily recommend it.
One of the benefits is that
it makes you focus on explaining exactly
what your business does in just two minutes
– several times, in quick succession!
If you’ve never tried this exercise
before, it’s not easy – but
if you practise and refine your two-minute
pitch, you will be able to use it as a powerful
aid to get more out of every networking
event you attend in future.
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We then took a break for another
visit to the buffet, after which Keith Grover
and Paul Cawthorne hosted an informal open discussion
on the value of networking and how to approach
it with the right attitude and make it work for
you.
Then we regrouped refreshed, for
a final session of speed networking, by the end
of which everybody had interacted with more than
a dozen different people during the course of
the evening, and added them to their contacts
list. A fun and productive evening was had by
all.
The meeting ended at 9pm
as usual, after which the SBC Beverage Circle
headed to the Varsity Bar for a welcome nightcap!
Please click
here for a slideshow.
Photographs are taken by our offocial
Club Photographer, Peter Searight
of The
Remarkable Studio.
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