Business Networking Breakfast

End the year off on a positive note!

Join us as we explore sales and marketing on a tight budget!
Brought to you by SalesPartners Alberton (www.salespartnersalberton.co.za) this event is split into 3 fast-paced sessions - a REAL networking event for serious business owners.

Talk: Sales and Marketing... on a tight budget

Presenter: Anthea Vorster of SalesPartners Alberton.
SalesPartners Alberton is part of a global team that has, over the past 17 years, helped thousands of businesses achieve positive growth of 10 - 85% in 6 - 12 weeks by increasing sales and reducing costs.

Talk: Social Media Marketing... is it right for you?

Presenter: Helen de Coster of De Facto Media & Marketing
Specialists in the field of marketing, De Facto provides practical training to equip business owners with the skills and know-how to self-market using Social Media.

Speed-Meet

This fast-paced, fun-filled session will ensure that everyone meets everyone else - one-on-one!

Event Properties

Event date:	09-12-2011 08:00 AM
Event end date:	09-12-2011 10:00 AM
Available place	20
Cut off date	09-12-2011
Individual Price	R129.00
Location	Rietvlei Farm & Lifestyle Centre

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Ten Tips to Increase Your Networking Capability

by Heather Wheeler

With today’s technology and boom in the use of social media websites networking has never been as easy or indeed as crucial as it is now, as an established relationship can make you stand out against the competition.  But it’s not enough just to register with social media websites or groups, we need to be active, competitive and effective in our use of them.  As Edward de Bono famously quoted “if you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd”.

According to research and through my own professional experience as a consultant/trainer in careers and career management 65-70% of jobs are gained through personal referrals or networking connections.  So how can we improve on our networking capability?  

1.    Maintain relationships by staying in touch with people you know or get back in touch with people you know preferably before you have to…nothing worse than going to someone just because you are desperate

2.    Join every networking club / group / association in your field and attend as many networking events as you can.  Be an active member and contribute appropriately to blogs and meetings.  Ensure your professional profiles on social websites are complete, effective and specific

3.    Prior to attending organised networking events ensure that you do your homework on the individual or organisations of interest that way you can break the ice when you introduce yourself  with something you know of them such as: I see  from your linked in profile that you used to work for xyz…how did you make the change?

4.    If you are new to a networking group consider asking questions such as: How does my CV look? What would you change or modify? Do you have any advice or ideas for me? Who else should I be talking to? Are there any groups or organizations I should attend? Are there any books or publications I should read? What would you do if you were me? Who would you be talking to?

5.    Talk to people, introduce yourself; ask questions and treat every chance meeting in the wine bar, bus stop, or party as a networking opportunity.  Very recently a client of mine gained a fantastic job opportunity talking to someone he didn’t know whilst at a Wake!

6.    Learn how to market yourself, rehearse your story, practice your presentation of skills and back them up with your experience

7.    Keep a record of the events you attend and people you speak to perhaps record a short brief of the conversation.  Keep in touch and build on new relationships and trust will follow…consider sending a follow up letter/email to individuals stating how much you enjoyed meeting them and thanking them for their time or advice etc.

8.    Keep a copy of a targeted CV, or portfolio with you at meetings and hand out business cards.

9.    Gain a Mentor

10.   Keep in touch with your Career Consultant if you have one and seek appropriate advice and guidance

Once you have the job that you want it is imperative that you don’t stop networking, think of it as gaining credibility within your chosen field and creating future opportunities.

This article was written for www.NetworkingDates.com by Heather Wheeler – a Career Consultant who has been coaching service leavers and other professionals in an advice and guidance capacity for over 11 years.  Highly regarded by her peers and clientele alike, Heather is contactable via her LinkedIn profile.

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Networking Johannesburg Meetup

Time: December 14, 2011 from 2pm to 4pm
Location: Cafe Bacinis, Shop U47, Cresta Shopping Centre (Use Entrance 4 - near cinemas)
Street: Weltevreden Rd
City/Town: Cresta, Johannesburg
Website or Map: http://Meetup.com/NetworkingJ…
Phone: 011 478 0622
Event Type: networking, meetup
Organised By: Derrick Markotter

EVENT DESCRIPTION
Get together with business owners and directors in Johannesburg!

Networking Johannesburg facilitates gatherings for business people to network, make friends, find suppliers, partners and clients and create strategic alliances.

Discuss challenges and share ideas such as new opportunities, business trends and marketing tactics. These meetings provide an opportunity to collaborate and associate with like-minded individuals.

Please RSVP on the Meetup page at http://Meetup.com/NetworkingJohannesburg

Invitation to The Womens Network last Business Breakfast for 2011

It's our last meeting of 2011!!!!

Join me as we celebrate at our new NEW VENUE!!!!

THE WOMEN'S NETWORK INVITES YOU

to the last Business Breakfast for 2011.

Its going to be the best one yet...we have two great speakers and we will be announcing The Womens Network networker of the year for 2011...and we may even have some bubbly....

New Venue: Pastis Brasserie in Constantia.

New Time: 08:30 am till 10 am.
Date:  Thursday 8 December 2011
Venue: Pastis Brasserie and Bistro
Shop 12, High Constantia Center, Constantia Main Road

Safe free parking and credit card facilities avaliable.
                     
Arrive early and enjoy a  cup of Tea or Coffee from 8am.

A delicious 2 course English breakfast included!

Cost: Visitors R100 :
Members and NGOs/ NPOs R80 :

GUEST SPEAKERS:

Anne Siroky.

Anne Siroky is a great humanitarian that has left a legacy behind in her sports coaching, playing and all her while making, moulding and shaping athletes to reach their full potential.

She is a remarkable person that has Proudly South African imprinted in all her work and a great role model for all to emulate.

She will be inspiring us to make 2012 an even better year for South African women!

Kathleen Day from Rape Crisis.

Kathleen Dey studied Social Work at the University of Cape Town, graduating in 1987.  Her first social work job was with the National Institute for Crime Prevention and the Reconciliation of Offenders (NICRO) where she worked mainly as a parole officer but also developed their first volunteer training programme in 1989.  In 1990 she took up a position at Groote Schuur Hospital in the Psychiatry Department’s Out Patient Unit.  Thus began five years of rotation through various psychiatric units including the Eating Disorder Unit, Anxiety Management Programme, Alcohol Rehabilitation, Adolescent Unit and Emergency Psychiatry.  In 1994 she went to live in Knysna where she ran a small private practise treating child survivors of rape and sexual abuse and volunteered for the local Black Sash’s Violence Against Women Project as a volunteer coordinator.  She then returned to Cape Town to take up the post of Counselling Coordinator at the Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust where she moved on to become first Operations Manager and then Director, the position she currently holds.  Her work at Rape Crisis involved extensive experience in the field of rape, volunteer training and coordination, community development work and the development of ongoing government civil society partnerships.

Kathleen will be talking to us about " Social Enterprise and Rape Crisis: Safe Space Corporate Training and Consulting".



Please don’t forget to book; bring your diary and business cards!

Increase your turnover through effective Networking.

Please feel free to bring along a gift/voucher for the lucky draw. This will help maximise your marketing opportunity

N.B. Booking is essential. (No-shows will be charged, please cancel in time.)

Telephone bookings or Late bookings please call June Knight on             0826147211    

PLEASE EMAIL YOUR BOOKING (or cancellation) BY the  6th December 2011 for catering purposes
Thank you for your co-operation.

EFT Payment

Bank FNB Account Name: J J Knight

Account No: 62265203712 Branch Name Rondebosch  Branch Code 201509

 Please email proof of payment or fax to 0217882025