September Meeting

Blogging and Jacqui Dodds gave us a very interesting and informative presentation on Blogging and particularly how Jacqui has been able to use this medium together with other social media to improve and promote her professional Printmaking Practice.

In the photo, it's time to leave, but Jacqui is still answering our questions and giving us some top tips - many thanks Jacqui x

Newport WiRE Summer Lunch

September and after a summer break (no meeting in August this year) several of our members met up at Huckleberry's Tea Room, which is based within Swan Pit Nursery near Gnosall and is a new business owned by one of our members, Storm Battatt.  Lovely sunny day, so we were able to sit outside, which was a bonus.

July Meeting

Another fascinating presentation, this time from Anna Goodwin (Anna Goodwin Accountancy) who was able to show that preparing your accounts can indeed be fun - can you believe the theme of the talk was 'baking a cake' and how lovely, we all had a cup cake from Anna too x

June Meeting

 

In the photo here, Penny is thanking Karen Woodcock, whose business is Spoton Business Improvements, for a great presentation where Karen gave us some top tips on marketing small businesses on a very small budget.

May Meeting

Promoting yourself with confidence at Networking Events - this was the title of our presentation today from Grace Marshall

April Meeting

Great meeting today with a moving and fascinating presentation from Carole Renshaw about her business Sincere Moments and how she made the move to becoming a full time Civil Life Celebrant.  www.sinceremoments.co.uk

Spring Lunch

As you can see we had another great lunch at Smallwood Lodge in Newport, we will plan to arrange another one in the summer, so watch this space.

Spring Lunch

Our Spring Lunch will be held on 4th April at Smallwood Lodge Restaurant and Tea Rooms in Upper Bar  Newport  Shropshire at 12.30.  If you would like to attend please email MagHoll@Aol.com for an invite to the event or follow this link http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=106671216123416&mid=5ad5575G5af3bf45241dG4c9179G23&bcode=eyhex1EG&n_m=maggie%40pictureshopandgallery.co.uk.   Smallwood Lodge is a lovely black and white building with a pretty rose garden and is situation right on the high street with parking in the nearby Co-op.

Where are we going ?

We are well into a new year now, so how are things going?   This was the question we asked ourselves today and the answers were all positive.  We discovered, if we didn't already know, that WiRE business women are resourseful, we don't let a set back diminish our enthusiasm, but seek fresh inspiration to move our business forward, perhaps in a different way.  We continually discover that many of our members have more than one business or various strands to one particular business.  Therefore, when one area is weak, another keeps things going and, more imporantly, keeps an income coming through.  As always, our members were keen to help one another with very constructive information.  We pride ourselves on not having a policy of thrusting our business cards upon each other or aiming to meet a particular number of new 'contacts', but allowing our members and visitors to engage with each other in a natural way and, thus discover for themselves the contacts which seem most appropriate.  As a result, people were chatting and exchanging information, notes were being taken, electronic devises were being 'stroked' with gay abandon - Newport WiRE truly Network. 

New Years Resolutions

Happy New Year to all Newport WIRE Members

Here are the dates for the next six months so that you can update your diaries. 18th Jan,15th Feb, 21st March, 18th April, 16th May, 20th June, 18th July, look forward to seeing you at our next meeting in February.

You can book your place at any of our meetings on the WiRE Website, Newport WiRE Network pages or come along on the day, if you can email to give us numbers for lunch that would be appreciated.

Members (£5) and Guests or Visitors (£7) are very welcome and your attendance fee includes lunch.

Our Christmas Lunch

Not a turkey dinner in sight as we celebrated the festive season with a lovely lunch at Smallwood Lodge in Newport.   Many thanks for all who attended and made it such fun, we are planning to make this a seasonal event with our next lunch date coming up this Spring.

Peace of Cake

Newport WiRE Network support the charity CORD by hosting a Tea Party, many thanks to Yorkshire Tea for part sponsorship and WiRE Members for their contributions both in terms of cakes and donations.   As you can see from the pictures, we throughly enjoyed our International Day of Peace x

NEWPORT WIRE NETWORK HAVE A NEW VENUE

Beginning with our March meeting, we will be at Harper Adams University College Near Newport Shrops


We shall still meet on the last Wednesday of the month from 12.00 noon until 2.00pm WiRE Members £5.00, Visitors and Guests £7.00, to include tea/coffee and buffet lunch. Please RSVP MagHoll@Aol.com we need numbers for catering, thanks.


Our next meeting is Wednesday 30th March and our speaker will be Jill Bagnall of Ancestry Anorak. Our speaker for 27th April will be Anna Mason of Distant Dieters and we have several other speakers lined up for the months ahead including Caroline Law, who gave such an interesting presentation at the recent WiRE Conference.

A Bit of a Do for Oxfam...

Newport WiRE Network

are having

A Bit of a Do for Oxfam

to support International Women’s Day

We’d love you to join us on

Wednesday 23rd February 2011

At

The Upstairs Bar and Foyer

The Royal Victoria Hotel

Newport Shrops TF10 7AB

12.00 noon - 2.00pm

WiRE Members £5.00

Visitors and Guests £7.00

includes tea/coffee and sandwich lunch

Space limited, so please RSVP

MagHoll@Aol.com

Bring your business cards for the Free Draw

WiRE Members Stands

space limited so must be prebooked

£10 (access from 11.00am for setting up)

email - MagHoll@Aol.com

To find out more about Oxfam and their work, visit www.oxfam.org.uk

A good start to the New Year ...Business Beliefs Busting and Boosting....

A very Happy New Year to you all.
Our first Newport WiRE Network Meeting is this Wednesday 26th January 2011, as usual we shall meet in the upstairs Bar at The Royal Victoria Hotel in Newport Shropshire, 12.00 - 2.00. The charges are £5 for members, £7 for guests and visitors, this includes tea/coffee and biscuits on arrival and a sandwich lunch.


Our Speaker for this meeting is Dawn Petherick www.appearingday.co.uk - this is going to be a fascinating talk, so please do your best to attend and bring along a guest, we would like to have a good turnout for the first meeting of the new year.


Start 2011 with a Business Boosting taster session with Dawn Petherick - get set for a successful year!

- Are you taking one step forward with your business and two steps back?


- Know what you need to do but keep putting it off?


- Struggling to charge what you're worth?


Learn how to clear your blocks, apply the law of attraction to your business, become magnetic to your clients and visualise your best ever business year!

CHRISTMAS VISIT TO HAMPTON HAYES FARM, Wednesday 14th December 2010

We would like you to join Newport WiRE Network Members as guests of Bev Chitterm at Hampton Hayes Farm, Worthen, Shrewsbury SY5 9JJ on Wednesday 14th December, from 12.00 to 2.00pm for a Christmas Activity with some of her youngsters, Bev has also kindly offered drinks and mince pies, so it would be good to have the numbers, please email Bev directly to confirm attendance, bebchittem@btconnect.com It is really generous of Bev to host this festive get together, so please do your best to attend, even if you can't make the full two hours.

This was a lovely visit and we would like to join with Bev again to arrange something similar when the weather is better and more of you can come along.  Many thanks to Bev for opening her lovely home to WiRE, which is very much appreciated, thank you.

Hat's Off....

Newport WiRE Network Co-Leader, Penny Eccleston led the meeting today and, brought along some of the wonderful hats she makes to show to us and explain how she makes them and how we should wear them.  A most enjoyable session, thanks Penny.

Marketing - a most enjoyable task?

Wednesday 27th October is the date of our next meeting. We shall be focusing on Marketing. Over the past twelve months, this seems to be the subject which is most often raised. Apart from Producing our Products or Providing our Service, Marketing seems to be the next most important part of our business and, rather than being something you learn and move on from, it is a constant task and for many of us, it can be a most enjoyable task too. Penny Eccleston will be on hand with her Professional Photographer's hat on, to help us achieve that quality image for our publicity .  For each 'candidate' Penny will take a few photographs, which she will then email to you and will charge £10.00, so come prepared for this.  We shall also have our popular Mini Masterminding Session and plenty of opportunity for Networking. Come along and join us, remember same place, same time - The Royal Victoria Hotel, Newport 12.00 - 2.00. £4.00 Members, £6.00 Visitors, sandwich lunch included.

Flower and Produce Show - Vale Head Farm

How delighted I was to be invited to be one of the Judges at Vale Head Farm, the venue for The West Midlands Network Flower and Produce Show. This was a particularly enjoyable show because it is specifically designed for those persons who are less able and / or disadvantaged, nevertheless, the array of cakes, pies, jams and chutneys and the flowers, plants, herbs and vegetables were amazing. My fellow Judges and I were able to , indeed we had to, sample the cooking which was to a very high standard and making the choice for the Best in Show was extremely difficult. It was a day to remember and looking around the crowd as winners smiled to have their photos taken and everyone else cheered and clapped, it was hard not to shed a tear - a most rewarding invitation, thank you. Pictured here is Bev Chitterm (WiRE member) with her 'Team'. Bev says ' Over six months is spent planning, preparing, growing and making for the show. On the day our group trundle home tired but proud, medals around their necks, bursting with pride. We rest for a week or two, then we tell every visitor about our medals and show the photos, Christmas comes and goes and in the dreary months of January and February, we look at pictures and start to plan our entries for the next Flower Show. Thanks for the kindness of persons planning, hosting and helping at the event, they give a years happiness to our group and all others'.

Our Speaker Carol Lovatt from the APE Academy of Personal Exellence - Training for a Purpose gave us an enlightening talk revealing some of the techniques she uses in her training. Photographer Sara Moseley took us outside for a photo shoot, which was fun and wet!! It was great to meet two new faces from the WiRE office and we wish Catherine and Jaia a warm welcome from the Newport Network. Social Media was, once again, a major talking point and our Mini Masterminding Session prompted masses of good advice from member to member. How many of us will be at Stoneleigh next week for The Power of Social Media Event...