Wednesday 20 April 2011

Midweek Mingle Take II

If you popped into the Red Lion Cafe Bar on Wednesday 13th April you couldn't miss the buzz of activity that was the first ever Midweek Mingle.  I'm dead chuffed to say that it was a huge success the chatter was amazing and business cards were flying around the room. 

The ladies who attended really got into the spirit of things, and as is always the way when women get together the atmosphere was electric with women telling each other all the exciting things about their business. 

We have arranged a second date, grab your diary now, we'll be meeting again on Wednesday 11th May at 7.30pm at the Red Lion Cafe Bar, Wincanton, BA9 9LD.  Entry is £5 excluding drinks.  The format will be the same as last month with a speed meeting session followed by free time to mingle. 

The whole point is that it is a cost effective, informal and enjoyable way for self employed women and women who are responsible for promoting their employers business to meet up, share knowledge and experience and shout about their work.  I've exciting plans for the Midweek Mingle to be the launch pad for Zest, a refreshing alternative to traditional business networking.  It's my belief that networking should be part of your marketing strategy and not consume your entire budget, therefore the membership fee will be £30, a fraction of the cost of majority women's networking groups.   However, any women who attend any meetings before the website goes live in June/July time will benefit from half price membership should they choose to join.  I'm also planning on holding Midweek Mingles in three other towns in the north Dorset south Somerset area in the near future so women can pick and choose where they mingle and expose themselves to lots of potential clients and suppliers. 

If you would like to attend the May 11th mingle all you need to do is call me on 07872075564 or email to diane@keencoaching.co.uk.

Speak soon.

Thursday 24 March 2011

Introducing Midweek Mingle

Welcome to the Midweek Mingle.  A brand new networking event in Wincanton for professional women.  We are to open our doors at 7.30 on Wednesday (well, what other day would you have a midweek mingle?) 13th April in the Red Lion Cafe Bar, entry is £5 excluding drinks purchased. 

Midweek Mingle has been born following my experiences of networking as a self employed female and is different from other groups because;

A/ It's not a budget blower!  At this moment in time there is no joining fee and the entry will not increase above £5.  (A joining fee will be introduced at a later date but not to women who already network at the mingle.)

B/ You will not turn up, have 15 minutes to introduce yourself to people, have somebody talk at you for an hour then go home!!!  The evening is about networking, building relationships with local colleagues, getting to know eachother, talking.  I don't know about you but I have often found evenings of educational/inspirational talks not the most productive use of my time so the main focus of the evening will be mingling.

C/ It's informal.  Please, if you want to wear jeans, then wear jeans. 

D/ It's not a closed group, there will be different women for you to meet all the time. 

There you have it.  Feel free to comment below on how else you feel networking should be done and I will do what I can to accomodate.... It is your group! 

If you operate as a sole trader, partnership, Ltd company, run a retail outlet, internet business, SME, are responsible for promoting the business you work for, have an interest in the family business yaddee yadde ya call me on 07872075564 or email to diane@keencoaching.co.uk to book your spot.