Waveney Valley WiRE
List of Speakers 2011

Venue: Fisher Theatre
Broad Street, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1EE

WiRE Network Leaders:
Lisa Jones (01986) 788462
Gemma Parker (01986) 893133
1st February 2011
‘Images in Marketing’
– Antonella Muscat Photographer
Will be giving us a presentation on the correct use of images when marketing your business, and showing us relevant examples.
1st March 2011
‘Now the egg has hatched’
– Selina Noton of Business Vitamins
Will show you how to market your business when you’ve started to go beyond ‘start up’ mode. This is a follow up to last year’s talk on marketing.
5th April 2011
‘How to manage your time more effectively’
– EDP Business columnist & business coach Mary Jane Kingland
Will be telling us about her strategy for coping with the constraints of time on our businesses, our lives and our families.
3rd May 2011
‘Taking a Journey with House of Colour’
– Carolyn Emblen.
Carolyn will cover how she discovered House of Colour and what it did for her, going on to becoming a consultant ,and what HOC can do for other women (and men!)
7th June 2011
Customer loyalty as a route to profit and growth’
– EDP Columnist & Business Coach Paul Tholen. 
Paul will be explaining how you can move a customer from prospect to advocate, how referrals can help you market your business more profitably, and how to measure customer loyalty.
Our Business Development themes in July and August are to be on developing an effective 1 minute Introduction for you to use when meeting potential new customers, and at all levels of network meetings. Our September meeting is an opportunity to try out your new skills.
5th July 2011
How to develop an effective 1 minute ‘Elevator’ pitch
—Nadia Cenci of NA Coaching.
Nadia will show us how to develop an easily remembered and highly effective introduction to others know as an ‘Elevator pitch’ This will help you ensure that what you have to say really gets your point across, and ensures the other person has all the relevant information in just 1 minute!! An exciting an inspirational speaker not to be missed! ** Cost of this session is £12 instead of the usual £5 to cover Nadia’s fee + our usual costs. There must be a minimum of 20 attendees for this meeting, and the additional £6 paid in advance at the June meeting.
2nd August 2011
Elevator pitch Workshop
This month we will be spending time putting together our own Elevator pitch using the information gained at our last meeting. In a relaxed and informal setting we will help each other (probably in pairs or small groups) to work out and write down what we want to say ready for the Speed Networking in September

6th September 2011
Speed Networking
An exciting meeting with the chance to meet as many people as possible by talking one to one for 1 minute each, making new contacts and collecting information. The bells rings and you move to the next person! Great practice for your new Elevator pitch!

No Tuesday night meeting in October, but instead….


Sunday 9th October 2011
Spoil Yourself Sunday!
Full details of this event will follow in due course, but we intend to include a Fashion Show, Hair and Make up Demos, an Auction of fantastic prizes and promises, stalls etc… Watch this space!


8th November 2011
Show and Tell
A chance to bring along your wares or services and spend a bit more time on showing others what you do and how you can help them. Usually about 10 mins each, depending on numbers.
6th December 2011
Christmas meeting…
To be decided!!