Tales of an Apprentice
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Maddie Hollis | 
27th May 2010 at 13:49 | 996 views | 
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Bish, Bash, Bosh!
Now, as you may or may not remember, I wrote a Blog a couple of weeks ago about networking… Well, this very morning I went to my first ever networking event! It was the Dorset BusinessXchange breakfast in Kingston Maurwood, near Dorchester. Laura, the group leader, was keen to emphasise that it is a business support networking group and not a lead generating one. However, I swear that Margaret could find a lead in the Gobi desert… So I’m now going to tell you all about it…
I don’t think that I’ve ever had so much fun… In a business, boring-to-your-average-17-year-old kind of way. If you know what I mean. (Chuckles…).
Everybody who went to this event was just so lovely and kind…I swear it has nothing to do with the free full English breakfast that they receive beforehand.… Well maybe a little. But can I just add when eating this breakfast you are sitting next to potential clients, so I ...
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Maddie Hollis | 20th May 2010 at 09:43 | 361 views | 1 comments(s)
Just because the suns out, it doesn’t mean it’s hot..
You know when you look out of the window on a nice sunny day and instantly decide to wear shorts or a summer dress …but when you get outside you are freezing! That slight swaying in the trees that you mistook for a gentle breeze is in fact an icy northern wind that whips right through you. Well I think today is one of those days…..
So I’m sitting here freezing, trying to sound intelligent, interesting, professional, business-like and altogether gorgeous. BUT.. every time I come to write this blog, my mind goes into lock down mode… I can’t work it out. All week I’ll be doing stuff and thinking to myself: ‘Oh yeah, I’ll put that in my blog…’ The day of the of the blog arrives and I’m twiddling my thumbs, having no idea whatsoever what to write!
So…..as this is a recurring problem I’ve decided to do something about it…
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Maddie Hollis | 12th May 2010 at 14:59 | 272 views | 1 comments(s)
Networking
This blog is all about the Dos and the Don’ts of Networking….
Now some of you may be wondering what exactly is Networking, well the dictionary definition is:
A supportive system of sharing information and services among individuals and groups having a common interest: e.g. Working mothers in the community use networking to help them manage successfully.
However in business terms, (well, especially with The Swan Company), the definition seems to be:
Meeting up with all your business associates for breakfast in a big hall somewhere and having a good old chin wag about what everyone has been up to.
Having the opportunity to meet new business people, get to know and to build relationships with them.
I personally think that this is a big difference…
Networking cannot really be defined as it is completely different for every single person and company, depending on what they are hoping to achieve. It is not a platform to sell, sell...
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Maddie Hollis | 04th May 2010 at 11:15 | 1106 views | 0 comments(s)
Bank Holidays
Don’t you just love nature? We have a bank holiday weekend and ……it rains. Isn’t that what we all love? The one day we can go out and enjoy ourselves….We can’t.
Gutted. :-(
Still you can always do what we did over the cold…wet…weekend. Have a BBQ in the rain!! Though to be completely honest it’s not quite the same. You still have the BBQ routine. The whole waking up early in the morning filled with excitement, (and maybe dread at the amount of food that will be consumed on your premises – as well as the cost of this food ….), standing in front of the kitchen window making a massive potato salad, slight grin on your face…then suddenly…..Rain!! Pitter-pattering on the window……If you’re a duck, you love it…Sadly you’re not.
When everyone arrives you realise just how small your kitchen is and just how noisy small people are….. Althou...
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