19 July 2010 10:30 - 12:30 Speaker: Shiel Campbell from Utilty Warehouse Venue: 92 Abbey Street, Faversham Post code: ME13 7BH
Personal Franchise Workshop - FREE
Network Marketing, or taking a Personal Franchise, is a tried and tested method to start a business, to provide a secondary or even mainstream income alongside your existing job or business. But how profitable is it? What are the pitfalls? And why are those who are doing it so enthusiastic about it?
Millipod member Shiel Campbell is an experienced entrepreneur and now works with Utility Warehouse. Griselda Mussett (owner of Millipod) also works with Juice Plus+.
We can share our experience, without any obligation, so you can see the bigger picture. Lots of discussion and debate, taking a look at the typical Personal Franchise business model. How much can you earn? How long does it take? How to choose the right company?
If this time and place does not suit you, please contact us anyway - we can run the workshop again if you can suggest or provide a free venue with parking space.
Please pass this link on to everyone you know... it's a life-changing opportunity, especially in a time of recession.
We'll pop into the Phoenix pub next door for a light lunch afterwards, btw. :-)
4 December 2008 10:00 - 10:00 Speaker: Problem Solving, Project Management, Forward Planning and much much more....... Venue: Iffin House, Canterbury Post code: CT4 7BE
Event price: £25.00
Problem solving, project management, forward planning, conflict resolution, running successful meetings, personal growth, and much more....
All these can benefit from a brilliant and simple method of working things out which we'll be learning about in this Millipod workshop
It runs from 10am - 12 midday on Thursday 4 December at Iffin House, near Canterbury.
Cost is Ł12 to include refreshments on arrival.
If you want to stay for the Directors' Lunch afterwards, it'll be an extra Ł13 - for really high-quality networking.
Joint Meeting with East Kent Women in Business & Kent Wedding Ring
14 May 2008 18:00 - 20:00 Speaker: By popular request: Andrea Hefford, Award-winning Interior Designer Venue: Prewer and Orsborn Showroom, Burgate, Canterbury Post code: CT1
Event price: Free of charge
From time to time we like to hold shared events with other successful networking groups to allow members to meet completely new contacts.
Following our successful meeting in Canterbury city centre last year, we will be meeting at the dazzling showroom of lighting experts Prewer and Orsborn, in Burgate near the Cathedral.
Please note: Details of price, timing etc TBA.
This is a date not to miss! Put it in your diary now!
Creative Writing Improve your writing skills - for business or pleasure The aim of this course is to help you gain confidence in your writing. The course is suitable for beginners or those with some experience who want to move further forward. We'll look at examples of good and bad writing including journalism, poetry, literature and advertising copy. Bring your project with you. The day includes a delicious home-made lunch and refreshments. If you haven't been to Iffin before, you're in for a treat - it's a lovely peaceful old farmhouse not far from Canterbury. Free parking. We are pleased to be associated with the Cultural Workshops Programme at Iffin House Griselda Cann Mussett was trained as a writer and journalist at the BBC and as well as writing for film, TV and national magazines and newspapers, she is also a published historian and poet. She writes and edits a weekly e-newsletter for the smallbusiness sector, and trains people in public speaking, communications and PR. She is currently working on a romantic historical novel.
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Special 'On The Road' event arranged in collaboration with Drake and Fletcher Ltd
14 March 2007 17:00 - 20:00 Speaker: Kent Police Venue: Drake and Fletcher Showroom, Dowding Way, Tunbridge Wells Post code: TN2 3DS
We are delighted to invite you to this special 'On the Road' event for anyone who uses a car to help run their business.
Do
you use your private car for work, or your 'company car' for domestic
journeys? Are you thinking of buying a new (or new-to-you) car?
Should you buy or lease? And how SAFE do you feel on the roads?
This innovative and practical networking event will be held in Drake and Fletcher's glittering new showrooms in Tunbridge Wells. We will have a speaker from Kent Police
to talk about all aspects of improving our safety on the roads, with a
chance to ask questions. This will cover everything from how to
prepare for trouble, to what to do if an emergency arises, whether it's
a flat tyre, an accident or a serious hold-up. Women are not alone in
feeling occasionally nervous about safety when they are out and about -
so this talk is for all drivers.
Drake and Fletcher are hosting this meeting, and can offer guidance about the tax implications of financing your business car.
Entry
to this event is by name only, so please make sure you have booked in.
But do pass the invitation on to other smallbiz people who you think
may be interested to come along.
There will be special offers available for those attending on the night, and for Millipod members.
And - the chance to book a test drive in the latest Honda models.
Networking lunch at the delightful Anchor Inn, a Shepherd Neame pub beside Faversham's historic creek, with its sailing barges and ancient wharves and warehouses. We meet for a delicious sandwich buffet lunch and lots of networking. The Anchor is where Millipod started, over four years ago.
8 December 2006 12:30 - 14:30 Speaker: Chocolate Fountain!!!! Venue: Fusion, St Dunstan's, Canterbury Post code: CT2 8BN
Event price: £25.00 Non-Members price: £30.00
Ooooohhhhh!!!! Christmas is coming, and what could be more festive than..... CHOCOLATE?!?!?!! This year's Millipod Christmas party is a little bit different. We'll meet for lunch, this time in Canterbury, at Fusion, the stylish new restaurant in St Dunstan's. And we'll do some networking, have fun and indulge in some chocolate pleasures. The date is Friday 8th December. This one will be special! Book now...places are limited. £25 for members, £30 for guests. And you can take a party-bag home with you, too....... It's a great opportunity to thank your customers or suppliers...why not bring them along too? Book and pay online, here.
29 November 2006 10:30 - 15:00 Speaker: This event is postpond till the New Year Venue: Iffin Farm, Iffin Lane, Canterbury Post code: CT4 7BE
Event price: £57.30 Non-Members price: £65.00
Stop Press...this event is postponed till the New Year due to illness. Sorry for any inconvenience!
IT SEEMS INCREDIBLE - BUT YOU CAN DISCOVER THE TRUE VALUE OF YOUR BUSINESS IN JUST ONE DAY!
Are you SURE you are PRICING YOUR SERVICES correctly? Do you KNOW how valuable YOUR CUSTOMERS think you are? How much - EXACTLY - is YOUR business worth? Where are you LOSING money?
Come and learn the answers to these questions and more at our workshop
"What's your business worth?"
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 29th
IFFIN FARMHOUSE, IFFIN LANE, CANTERBURY
10.15 FOR 10.30 till 3pm Includes light lunch and refreshments
25 October 2006 18:00 - 20:00 Speaker: Andrea Hefford, of Snappy Title Interior Design Venue: C & H Fabrics, 2 St George's Street, Canterbury - First Floor Coffee Shop Post code: CT1 2SR
Event price: £10.00 Non-Members price: £11.00
We are delighted to have arranged this meeting in the spacious restaurant at C & H Fabrics, in Canterbury High Street - a central location with easy access and parking. This store offers a magnificent and inspiring range of fabrics and services, and is particularly appropriate as a setting for our main presentation.
Our speaker is Andrea Hefford of Snappy Title Design in Rye, E. Sussex, whose work as an architectural and interior designer has attracted awards and big contracts. She is an inspiring speaker and is always worth coming to listen to. She will talk about how she became such a successful designer and built up her business while also being a young mother. She has been a member of Millipod since the early days of the network, and as usual we are pleased to showcase one of our own members, a young and successful designer, whose architectural contracts include hotels, spas, clubs and local and financial companies as well as private clients.
We meet at 6pm in the First Floor Restaurant at C & H Fabrics. Please remember to bring plenty of business cards with you, and be prepared to tell everyone who you are and what services you offer in your business.
Your ticket includes wine and soft drinks, and light snacks, plus plenty of networking. Millipod members have a discount for this evening, of course, and we hope that guests will find the meeting so useful and interesting that they will join our network as fully paid members.
Full details of the evening - parking, access, etc. - will be emailed to everyone who has booked in.
5 July 2006 17:00 - 19:30 Speaker: Late change: Mike Lilford, Property Pathologist! Venue: Gaylords, Pony Cart Lane, Stelling Minnis Post code: CT4 6AU
Event price: £8.00 Non-Members price: £10.00
Millipod will be moving to Stelling Minnis this summer and this is an opportunity to meet Millipod friends and guests in the informal surroundings of our new home.
You can have a free glass of wine or two, or soft drinks and some
nibbles, and wander round the huge long-neglected garden at your
leisure.
If you want to set up a small display for your own business in the house for people to browse around, do please ask for details.
You may like to know that the Rose and Crown pub (just around the
corner) serves delicious meals so you could book in there for a meal
afterwards.
It is advised that you wear clothes and shoes which are suitable for moving round an overgrown garden.
Stelling Minnis is a fascinating old village about 12 miles south of
Canterbury, a turning off the old Roman road known as Stone Street. The
Minnis itself is a long wooded common land, with lovely walks.
Pony Cart Lane is just a track, not a made-up road, so beware potholes and mud if it is wet that day.
5 May 2006 12:15 - 14:30 Speaker: Double Billing this time: Joyce Sewell - and - Daniel Morris Venue: The Minnis Restaurant, The Parade, Birchington, Kent Post code: CT7 9QP
Event price: £19.00 Non-Members price: £21.00
Millipod moves into new territory with our first event in Thanet - a lunchtime networking meeting by the sea at Minnis Bay. A fabulous venue right by the beach at Birchington. Come and meet other entrepreneurs and find new customers and suppliers. Delicious buffet lunch at this highly-regarded restaurant, with soft drinks and tea or coffee included. Now that the weather
is starting to brighten up, what could be better than to spend an hour
or two by the sea - and it's officially 'work'!
We have two presenters for you at this meeting: Joyce Sewell of Your Connection and Daniel Morris of Kent Canvas
- both highly experienced and inspiring business people - with some
practical ideas on how you can improve your own business performance.
22 March 2006 12:15 - 14:30 Venue: Boulevard Brasserie, Covent Garden Post code: WC2E 7BD
Event price: £21.00 Non-Members price: Free of charge
Excellent London event, networking in the heart of London's Covent Garden
Plenty of time for other meetings, shopping or theatre after your buffet business lunch.
We meet at 12.15 for 12.30 and plan to finish by 2.30
This is a regular and popular event for Millibods. More information »
2 March 2006 12:30 - 14:30 Speaker: Maggie Ansell Venue: Faversham Club Committee Room Post code: ME13 8NX
Event price: £15.00 Non-Members price: Free of charge
Maggie Ansell's expertise is in property management, particularly lettings.
The theme of this presentation is Managing your Assetts.
Networking, buffet, pay bar
Fascinating and historic venue. More information »
25 January 2006 10:00 - 16:00 Speaker: Jane Wallace, David Oliver, Miranda Chapman, Kathryn Goddard Venue: Canterbury Christchurch University Business & Enterprise Centre, Harbledown Post code: CT2 9AG
Business Exhibition, Speakers, Networking Theme:Building Confidence FREE Visitor Tickets
Excellent catering, parking
An ideal opportunity to meet small-business entrepreneurs
Why not bring your clients, customers, colleagues, suppliers?
The Exhibition is at the Hall Place Enterprise Centre, on the A2080 main road into Canterbury. The Showcase is sponsored by CCCU and South East Exhibition Services Ltd
13 December 2005 12:30 - 14:30 Speaker: Millipod's Founder - Griselda Mussett Venue: Brenley Farmhouse Post code: ME13 9LY
Event price: £22.00 Non-Members price: Free of charge
Millipod's Christmas Lunch Tuesday 13 December 2005 Brenley Farm House, near Faversham Festive buffet lunch meeting for smallbiz networking
Includes a contribution to Demelza House
Silly hats provided if you don't have your own! info@millipod.com
