Does The Business Club work? I am happy to say that YES IT DOES!! I was asked to organise a networking party at Barn Therapy Centre and was given a rather tight time scale of three weeks. This really focused the mind – not only as it actually allowed me 12 working days to arrange marquees, catering and everything else, but I also had an operation scheduled and an inpatient spell in hospital right in the middle of the three week period. Great timing! So, what to do...Linda Thursby and I had a chat and instantly thought of who would be able to help us out. We contacted Marie Coles of Business Connections to help with the marketing. Now we were on a roll. Over the next few days, I got down to work and organised all the ‘fixtures and fittings’ whilst Marie rang, e-mailed, texted everyone she knew who may either exhibit, present or attend – or all three. In the meantime, we decided that we would support Help for Heroes, and I contacted this amazing charity who were more than happy to furnish us with banners and collecting boxes. With all this fantastic work happening, we felt it was important to have a permanent record of the event, so onto the next Business Club member, Ian West Photography, who very generously agreed to give his time to the charity and take photographs of the event. So, who needs 6 months to organise an event? Not me. Not when I have such fantastic contacts within The Business Club to work with – I would not have been able to do it without the help of Marie and Ian.
Wendy Norman