On Wednesday 21st June at Networking in, we heard from the one and only Emma Easton, The Chief Bolloxologist™.She was speaking to us about how to stop bolloxing your marketing and introducing STP into our strategies – Segmentation, Targetting and Positioning for better focus and clarity. Marketing is a lot easier when you’ve got the...Read More
How to grow your LinkedIn network “My business is in DEEP 5H1T!” That should have been my first thought when the COVID lockdown was announced. And I won’t lie, the thought did cross my mind. But it wasn’t my first or second or third thought. Why? Because even though I couldn’t meet my network physically...Read More
A ‘Space to Think’ without interruption with diverse thinkers in a group setting. Continuous development is an important consideration for all of us as we settle into a work routine but don’t want to become settled in our thinking. BESPOKEN’s 2022 initiative is to open a group space to think. Since lock down, we have...Read More
Change Your Breathing: Improve Sleep, Performance & Reduce Anxiety We all breathe anyway, right? But do we breathe correctly and why should we care? We don’t notice our breathing until things go wrong and that is what happened to me in 2016. I started experiencing severe panic attacks and sleepless nights for almost 18 months....Read More
5 Steps: Get Change Ready It’s that time of the year when we are bombarded on social and in the media by the words, goals, resolutions and intentions. A new year can create a sense of pressure and external influences can leave us feeling that if we aren’t thinking about or planning change...Read More
Signs of Burnout : An Outside idea by Rebecca Cheetham What do you understand by the term ‘burnout’? Signs of Burnout. Most people think of burnout and they think ‘exhaustion’ but… burnout is so much more than that… and the prevalence of burnout – on a global scale – is getting worse. A survey launched...Read More
New Oxford Business Networking Group We’re getting set for another big week next week with our first ever partnered Networking in… We’re delighted to be working with South & Vale Business Support to bring a new Oxford Business Networking group with Networking in… on the 2nd Wednesday each month at 10.30am. What’s prompted the new...Read More
An Outside idea from Jim Chetwode : From Shows to Shops – An unexpected Journey So next week I’m due to present at Networking in… I have made a slight change of plan from my initial presentation idea. The original title was “How to make money in your sleep!” Looking at it now, it sounds like a Tony Robbins...Read More
An Outside idea from Tracey Howes : Finding Your Flow Take A Deep BreathI’ve always been drawn to the ocean. It’s been an integral part of my life – swimming with my grandparents,surfing with my dad (on his board, mind you), paddle-boarding, scuba and freediving. It makes you feel goodand I wanted to know why.. During my research...Read More
The Importance of Storytelling : An Outside idea from Fiona Brennan Scott David Perry brought back a very special memory on Wednesday when he spoke beautifully about The Art of Storytelling. It took me back to my first workshop when I still had one foot in the corporate world and the other starting my own...Read More
