Thursday, July 26, 2012

The first event

It went down a storm and everyone arrived on time with lots of thoughts to share and big smiles.  The only down side was that we ran out of time.  


Everyone who bought a ticket arrived - a 100% turnout - thank you.


A massive thank you again to the speakers - Heather Moore, Vicki Sleet, Alex Fraser and Karen Dudley.  There clear passion for what they do I think shone out to everyone in the room.  It was incredibly inspiring and informative.  


I am going to aim to hold these every 2 months and try to streamline the discussion points a little but still have a cross section of speakers - eg:  Blogger/business analyst/designer/foodie etc as I like the different perspectives which apply across all businesses.


The ideas for the next one are flooding in thick and fast so please keep them coming.  Please do comment below with ideas and other business owners who you would love to hear talk.


Some ideas for future talks:  



More talk around World Design Capital 2014 and bringing us all together to make this city truly exceptional.  How do we create a culture of generosity around sharing our great city?

A PR workshop 
- Vicki is on it.  I will circulate the details via the mailing list.

A talk focusing just on PR and marketing
- hopefully Vicki agrees to sit in on this one too. I'd love to get a magazine editor, a brand strategist and a social media guru on board for this.

Pricing and Value of a product as well competition and how do we deal with others who are selling there goods for to little?
- I know there is lots to talk about here.  From the time you put in creating it to the mark ups and commissions.

Retail and Shop owners 
- I would love a panel of shop owners to talk about running  shop, differentiation, relationships with their suppliers and all that good stuff.

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