Total Networking Event - sponsored by Hood Parkes & Co

Sponsored by Hood Parkes & Co

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is our keynote monthly networking opportunity - chaired by Thea Hood our Deputy Chair.

This month will be our popular "Ask the Expert" style event, focusing on 'social media for business'.

Now confirmed with 3 experts in 'social media for business':

Paul Wilson of PRWilson Media

Louise Hudson of thebestof Grantham

Simon Hamer of Visibility Extremist

Our experts will share their experience this evening in small workshops. Bring your laptops, tablets and smartphones and questions about Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook along to supercharge your social media campaigns.

Agenda:

19:00 - 19:05 : Meeting Chair Intro (Thea Hood)

19:05 - 19:10 : Sponsors (Trevor Parkes)

19:10 - 19:25 : Round the room intros, "I'm XX from XX - I can help members with..."

19:25 - 19:35 : Split into 3 networking groups, "Are you currently using social media, if so what for?"

19:35 - 20:00 : Social Media workshop #1

20:00 - 20:30 : Buffet & free networking

20:30 - 20:55 : Social Media workshop #2

20:55 - 21:00 : Close by Chair (Thea Hood) & intro to next meeting (Darren Joint)

21:00 - later : free networking

 

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  • Jim Calverley

    Great meeting thank you, one of the most enjoyable networking events I've attended yet, feeling much more enthused about my social media activity. Looking forward to the next meeting.

    1 · March 15

  • paul wilson

    Thanks to Julia McGinn of Stone Moor Business services for agreeing to share these fantastic notes from the Linked-in and Twitter sessions with the group http://www.scribd.com/doc/13033... Plenty for you all to take away and work on!!

    2 · March 14

  • tony brooks

    Huge congratulations to the leadership team and trainers for what was a very ambitious event, which I fell you pulled off really well! lots of good hints and tips picked up, some good networking and the best buffet I have had in a while too! Thank you to all

    March 14

    • Darren Joint

      Thanks Tony - we really appreciate your feedback & hope you'll come back, if only for the buffet! Seriously - great to have you along... Regards, Darren.

      March 14

  • Amie-Leigh Claricoats

    Really good meeting last night. It was informative yet fun and everyone was so engaged that we didn't want to leave. Great job to the team who organised it. I look forward to the next one.

    1 · March 14

    • Darren Joint

      Amie-Leigh - I'm so glad you enjoyed the meeting. Sorry I didn't get a chance to chat with you - I hope we'll get a proper chance at the next meeting!

      March 14

  • Paul Clayton

    Woke up this morning feeling really good and working out how to improve my social networking. A great meeting last evening at Grantham, well organised, educational & great people.

    March 14

    • Darren Joint

      Paul - thanks for the feedback, and for making the effort to join us from Sleaford! Hope to see you at another TN meeting very soon.

      March 14

  • Martin Radford

    Really good event this evening which was informative (Social Media) and fun as well. Particulary thanks to all the organising team & to Hood Parkes for sponsoring this event

    1 · March 13

    • Darren Joint

      Thanks Martin for your support - it really is appreciated.

      March 14

  • paul wilson

    Absolutely brilliant to see all the "pennies dropping" in the room as we explained the business benefits and best practices to get the most out of social media. Very impressed with the interaction and willingness to learn from all the attendees

    1 · March 14

  • Julia McGinn

    Very informative - I am already putting the tips I learned into practice

    2 · March 14

  • Thea Hood

    Thank you to our great social media experts, Simon Hamer, Paul Wilson and Louise Hudson who made this evening such a success.

    1 · March 14

  • Thea Hood

    Thank you to everyone who attended the meeting last night. Great feeback and a real buzz about our new Social Media skills. I look forward to seeing all those new Linkedin Connections and Tweets, and I promise I will not be a Blank Egghead for long - you had to be there! We look forward to seeing you at the next meeting and ask members to please complete your Standing Orders for the great value for money £10 a month membership.

    March 14

  • Tony Lee

    Another great event last night. Twitter here we come! Good to see some new faces, and the feedback has been really positive.

    March 14

  • Suzanne Lewthwaite

    Excellent. Just need to ask Lou how to import into lists in Twitter now! Look forward to seeing people again soon

    1 · March 14

  • Julia McGinn

    Thanks to everyone for making me feel so welcome last night. It was great to meet you all. The evening was very helpful and I learned quite a few new tricks for using my social media more effectively. Thanks for putting that all together.

    2 · March 14

  • Joe Caneen

    Great lot of sociable and friendly people, good food, interesting, enjoyable and engaging meeting and learned some key fundamentals of social networking to boot.

    1 · March 13

  • Darren Joint

    Thanks everyone for coming. We'd really like to hear your honest feedback, tell us good and bad so we can do it better...

    March 13

  • Peter Berry

    Excellent, very informative evening with good support

    1 · March 13

  • Heather Butler Smith

    Sorry I can't make it. There just aren't enough hours in the week!

    March 12

  • Liz Stevens

    Sound like it will be a very interesting meeting - looking forward to it.

    1 · March 11

  • Sue Hodgson

    Looking forward to seeing you all again

    March 6

  • Dave Taylor

    I'm in!

    1 · February 28

  • Darren Joint

    Guest/Experts - Mark Longbottom & Simon Hamer

    February 21

  • Darren Joint

    Simon Hamer
    Mark

    February 20

  • paul wilson

    And because I'm feeling extra generous after a great reception from the members, here's the 2nd lesson (please don't share publicly) which goes through basic account settings http://youtu.be/Yq1zXKQC0q0 should make sure everyone is on the same or similar page on the night

    February 14

    • Darren Joint

      Paul - thanks for sharing these - hopefully everyone will be raring to go at the meeting!

      February 20

  • paul wilson

    Hi everyone, to help any members who are not yet on twitter get started , here's lesson 1 of my twitter basics training course video which walks you through how to register an account http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

    February 14

  • Bernard Carey

    Sorry, prior engagement :-(

    February 13

  • Darren Joint

    We're currently planning for this to be a meet the expert event, focusing on social media. Any social media experts who'd like to volunteer their services, please get in touch with me, [masked]

    January 26

34 attended

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