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Have you heard about the Bizotunity B2B North East taking place at St James’ Park on 22^nd March?  It’s a great opportunity for you to promote the products and/ or services offered by your business to other businesses in the region.

The business sectors that are likely to be represented are across the spectrum, to include design, IT, corporate entertainment, hotels, marketing and promotion, vehicle leasing, solicitors, accountants, conference facilities, tax advisors, etc.  In fact, any business offering services to other businesses will benefit from having a presence at the event.

Invitations to attend as visitors are being sent to business owners and executives.  Previous experience of similar events suggests that 97% of the these visitors will be decision makers.  For further information visit www.bizotunity.com and follow the North East exhibition link; email enquiries@bizotunity.com; or telephone 01603 500678 and speak to one of the Bizotunity team.

Thanks to Jayne Graham from Space on Tap for suggesting :

Motivating Business Mums
Inspiration, ideas and advice from 45 small business owners

By: Debbie O’Connor

Sunday 25 September 2011 at 7.30pm

Hyena Cafe, Leazes Lane, Newcastle

Comedy + music =a great night out – and all in a good cause!

An evening of fun to help raise funds for Breast Cancer Care at the
Hyena Cafe in Newcastle on Sunday 25th September.

Comedy legend Dave Johns returns to his native north east to host the evening and will be accompanied by fellow funny men Gavin Webster and John Scott. As well as music from gorgeous girl group the La De Das.

Tickets are just £10 (with every penny going to BCC)
You can get tickets online at www.thehyena.com, or ring the box office 0191 232 6030, or you can buy on the door on the night.

One of our business mums, Anna Dorward is hosting a workshop -

Presentation skills development – 22nd September 2011 (10am – 1pm)

Effective presentation skills are more than just having the confidence to speak in public. The ability to develop and prepare for a presentation is also essential.

This training session will enable you to prepare for successful presentations. By the end of the event you will be able to:

• Identify and use techniques for effective planning and preparation of presentations
• Establish methods to ensure you can confidently handle questions from the audience
• Develop a personal action plan so you can apply the learning to the next stage of the presentation process – the delivery!

This event represents great value for money – only £30 per person.

Who should attend? Anyone with no or little experience in developing presentations Anyone who would like to brush up their knowledge in this area and receive some feedback from a supportive facilitator Anyone with little time available for training but who recognises this is an area they would like to develop further Structure of the event and next steps.

We appreciate that your time is precious. This event will be focused in terms of content to cover the key things to be aware of. We also believe training should be practical and you will be required to bring a short presentation you have developed or ideas for a presentation, so you can work on it throughout the session.

The next stage of your development may be to focus on the delivery of a presentation – this can be achieved through one to one coaching or in a group session to enable you to practice the skills – a group session will be held on 25th October (£30 per person). For more details on this stage and associated costs for one to one support please get in touch.

How do I reserve my place?  Please get in touch via the contact us page www.annadorward.co.uk

Where is the event going to be held? Newcastle Business Village, Benton.

There are lots of mums, mams, nana’s, grandmas in business in the North East of England and we’re looking for lots of them to tell us their business stories and experiences, how they got started and how they are finding business in such tough times.

We’re always on the look-out for guest bloggers, which is great for the Newcastle Business Mums community and helps the mums and their businesses raise their profile and increase awareness of their products and services and more traffic to your own site = more business!

Being a guest blogger also opens up many PR opportunities with local and national journalists who often use our site for research and inspiration for stories.

If you’re interested in becoming a Newcastle Business Mums blogger, please contact vicki on vicki@vickistonemarketing.co.uk or tweet @vickistonebiz for more info.

It’s free to blog for us, and we’re happy to offer blog spots on a bite-size basis, with no pressure to having to keep writing week in week out.

Look forward to hearing from you soon

This fusion of drills, circuits and running techniques
helps to safely introduce running to post postnatal
women who have never run before.
 
If you have wanted to try to run, but have never braved
trying, this class is for you.
 
Pushy Mothers On the Run is not a running club, or
a Bootcamp but is aimed at increasing your fitness
levels from 6 months postnatal.
 
Free trial session – for all Newcastle Business Mums
 
Pushy Mothers On The Run -  September and October  9-10am Jesmond Dene
All welcome, so bring a friend and learn to run together.
 
Contact me to book a free trial place,

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Best Regards Debbie Donaldson
Pushy Mothers 07846 237855 
http://www.pushymothers.com/instructor.php?id=34
http://www.facebook.com/pushymothersnewcastle

On 19th September I will be taking part in the Great North Run, raising money for Maggie’s Centres. Am I mad?? They are building a new centre for cancer patients and their friends and families near the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle : www.maggiescentres.org

If you would like to sponsor me and my aching feet you can go to http://www.justgiving.com/Catherine-Eve