The West London Business Network can help you towards your success! The WLBN is an independent networking group which meets every third Thursday of the month in Ealing, London. Our meetings are friendly and informative with regular speakers delivering their experience and advice. We are currently meeting at the Drayton Court Hotel in West Ealing on the third Thursday of every month in one of the meeting rooms upstairs.
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In 1990, Hamida Bellenie gave up a successful career, in advertising and marketing, to study holistic health care. To this day She continues to study intensively, looking at traditional as well as new holistic treatments. At present she is studying European Astrology at the LSA. Hamida has appeared on several TV and radio programmes as well as featuring in national newspapers and magazines.
Our next meeting is the Thursday 17th April at 8pm at the Drayton Arms, West Ealing. Our speaker for the evening is Catherine Carthy of Aquila. She is going to speak about Emotional Intelligence.Emotional Intelligence or EQ is the personal and social aspect of overall intelligence and it differentiates outstanding performers from the average. It has been found to be twice as important for success in business as cognitive ability and technical expertise combined. Aquila is a leader provider of EQ products and services. Catherine, who comes from a corporate background, is trained in the most scientific tool available on the market for measuring EQ and runs seminars and training courses to help business people grow their Emotional Intelligence. This short presentation will provide an introduction to EQ and will show how using emotions more effectively in daily interactions can develop more co-operative relationships with customers, in meetings and in all interpersonal relationships.
We met on March 20th for the AGM, with our invited speaker, Allan Conway.
Allan Conway is 'one of Europe's foremost graphologists'. (Harvard Business Magazine - New York).
He is a leading consultant in the field of recruitment selection. A regular lecturer at both Oxford and Cambridge Universities, Allan divides his time between 'sell out' tours and consultancy work.
A £1,000 PRIZE for the Hammersmith and Fulham media, fashion or software business with the best start up or growth plan for 2008-9 has been launched by The Business Support Agency, The Innovatory and UBS Bank.
The cash prize has been donated by media investors in London. The short-listed businesses will also be offered mentoring and coaching.
The award will go to the company with the best approach to growth in the new and changing markets which are emerging in the media and cultural and creative sectors.
Sas Soubhi of Business Medics talked to the group about marketing. He explained how a thorough analysis of a business's products prior to doing any marketing can identify where money would best be spent. He told us how to identify our stars, cash cows and dogs, and showed us some pretty scary logos. We also learned the difference between advertising and marketing - and you won't be surprised to learn that the biggest difference is cost. Do contact him for further information. He intends to be at the next meeting, so if you want to grab him for an informal chat come and join us on the 20th March. See on the news page for further information about the March meeting. Many thanks to Sas for a very enjoyable and informative evening.
