Wendy has been poorly (I think I gave her whatever it was that I have been suffering with this past month - we are business partners, we share and share alike!), so I ran the event on my own.
I met a really lovely lady called Jacky and we hit it off straightaway, having some similar views, the main one being that young adults should leave school at 14, not 18, as is being planned. I will talk about this is another blog!
However, what was particularly interesting, was our views on the lack of ceremony for young people to move from 'child' to 'adult'.
Certainly, where children are brought up within a faith, there are ceremonies, and yet the number of people moving away from religion, means that many young people are not always acknowledged by society as having made that transition - and indeed when does it occur?
What was even more interesting about this discussion, was what happened to me the following day.
One of my daughters' friends came around, and whilst we waited for her to get sorted out, the young lad started to talk about what he was going to do that day - nothing, just wander around. This was not the first time I had heard that this is what he did. What bothered me most, was the fact he is a lovely lad, one who, for some reason just seems to lack direction and motivation. What he needed was a someone who would inspire and motivate him, which despite our efforts as parents, is not what we are good at.
When we had Getrude Matshe in talking at a recent Community Event, she talked about the tribal culture, where everyone was responsible for the upbringing of a child - there seems to a lesson in this for us I think.
The biggest challenge of course is for parents - with the pressure to work, and the increasing rise of the 'me' culture, it is becoming incedibly difficult to know what to do for the best. Parenting is definitely not an easy option, and more guidance needs to be available for them
Saturday 31 March 2007
Relish Launch Guildford Community Event - featuring Getrude Matshe
I was really excited that Relish finally launched into Guildford recently!
The event was one of the best ever yet! Over 30 people attending and the atmosphere was fantastic!
The usual format for our events begins with half an hour of socialising, allowing opportunities to meet and talk with others. The next hour tends to be either a guest speaker or some sort of activity (with content such as games, quizzes or challenges which help us to mix together and also learn something new). Before bringing the meeting to an end and allowing people to ask questions and continue to talk and socialise.
We were really fortunate to have Getrude Matshe, an inspirational and motivational speaker and storyteller from Zimbabwe. She spoke about her life back in Zimbabwe and how fortunate she had been to receive an education, when many women did not. She told us about emigrating to New Zealand and how when she arrived she had nothing.
Her ability to succeed, in times of adversity, were a lesson to us all, and she encouraged us to take every opportunity that came our way, as we could never know where this might lead us.
Certainly, from the conversations I had after the event with some of the audience, it would seem that she inspired a number of people and caused a few others to reflect on what was going on for them.
And this is what our events are all about - inspirational, challenging, thought provoking and motivational, as well as being a friendly and sociable environment to meet new people.
Want to meet new people?
Want to be inspired, motivated, encouraged?
Look here for the nearest Community Event to you
The event was one of the best ever yet! Over 30 people attending and the atmosphere was fantastic!
The usual format for our events begins with half an hour of socialising, allowing opportunities to meet and talk with others. The next hour tends to be either a guest speaker or some sort of activity (with content such as games, quizzes or challenges which help us to mix together and also learn something new). Before bringing the meeting to an end and allowing people to ask questions and continue to talk and socialise.
We were really fortunate to have Getrude Matshe, an inspirational and motivational speaker and storyteller from Zimbabwe. She spoke about her life back in Zimbabwe and how fortunate she had been to receive an education, when many women did not. She told us about emigrating to New Zealand and how when she arrived she had nothing.
Her ability to succeed, in times of adversity, were a lesson to us all, and she encouraged us to take every opportunity that came our way, as we could never know where this might lead us.
Certainly, from the conversations I had after the event with some of the audience, it would seem that she inspired a number of people and caused a few others to reflect on what was going on for them.
And this is what our events are all about - inspirational, challenging, thought provoking and motivational, as well as being a friendly and sociable environment to meet new people.
Want to meet new people?
Want to be inspired, motivated, encouraged?
Look here for the nearest Community Event to you
Relish become LBC experts!
Wendy and I are very excited!
Wendy has become the Life Design expert for the Jim Davis show on LBC radio!
Wendy has made 2 appearances with Jim and has already made her mark on him! He made the mistake of explaining how a friend had rung him up and that he would try to go out for a drink with them that week. Big mistake!
Wendy was straight in there and pointed out that there was no such thing as try! Anyone who says try, is actually being very polite or is using it to postpone saying no.
In the words of Yoda from Star Wars "Do or do not. There is no try"
I used to say try all the time, now working with Wendy has made it very apparant it is not a word to use lightly!!
If you fancy listening to what she has to say - click here
Wendy has become the Life Design expert for the Jim Davis show on LBC radio!
Wendy has made 2 appearances with Jim and has already made her mark on him! He made the mistake of explaining how a friend had rung him up and that he would try to go out for a drink with them that week. Big mistake!
Wendy was straight in there and pointed out that there was no such thing as try! Anyone who says try, is actually being very polite or is using it to postpone saying no.
In the words of Yoda from Star Wars "Do or do not. There is no try"
I used to say try all the time, now working with Wendy has made it very apparant it is not a word to use lightly!!
If you fancy listening to what she has to say - click here
Wednesday 14 March 2007
Reading Community Event Mar
Wendy and I have been promoting the Reading Community event since October 2006 and on Monday night we had a significant improvement to the numbers attending!
For some reason, Reading seems to be a tough area to crack regarding networking, and we are hoping that our group, which is aimed at the individual, will be significantly different!
Most people attending did not know each other and once initial introductions were over, Wendy and I facilitated the discussions, only where it went quiet - which fortunately for our guests, was rarely (Wendy can talk "a hind leg off a donkey" as my family were apt to say!).
Discussions included global warming and whether this was indeed down to the carbon emissions that we are being led to believe is the key reason for the earth warming up (I believe a Panorama programme challenged this view - for mine I think I might put in another blog!),what we all did, who we would like to meet etc.
Part of what our community event is all about is helping people to meet each other, to have some fun, learn something new and have a gentle introduction to the "Relish way". Our activity on the night was to ask everyone to write down 6 things that they have always wanted to do and have never quite got around to doing. Interestingly, some people struggled with this, not necessarily that there weren't 6 things, it was just that they had never been asked the question before. And Relish is good at that - asking challenging questions that make you think!!
We then asked them to roll a dice and whichever number came up, that was the thing they were to commit to doing sometime during the year. Everyone found the activity interesting and it sparked even more conversation about the choices people had made ie visting Japan, going on Safari, to improving themselves - how fab is that - truly inspiring!!
Anyway, have other events in Basingstoke and Guildford as well and it would be great when we build upon the numbers, so that we can hire a separate room to provide really valuable snippets of information included in our courses, that will be a real value to people coming along!
In the meantime, Wendy and I will be found in various hotels and bars around the south east inviting lots of interesting people to join us as a social occasion, whilst enjoying ourselves at the same time!
For some reason, Reading seems to be a tough area to crack regarding networking, and we are hoping that our group, which is aimed at the individual, will be significantly different!
Most people attending did not know each other and once initial introductions were over, Wendy and I facilitated the discussions, only where it went quiet - which fortunately for our guests, was rarely (Wendy can talk "a hind leg off a donkey" as my family were apt to say!).
Discussions included global warming and whether this was indeed down to the carbon emissions that we are being led to believe is the key reason for the earth warming up (I believe a Panorama programme challenged this view - for mine I think I might put in another blog!),what we all did, who we would like to meet etc.
Part of what our community event is all about is helping people to meet each other, to have some fun, learn something new and have a gentle introduction to the "Relish way". Our activity on the night was to ask everyone to write down 6 things that they have always wanted to do and have never quite got around to doing. Interestingly, some people struggled with this, not necessarily that there weren't 6 things, it was just that they had never been asked the question before. And Relish is good at that - asking challenging questions that make you think!!
We then asked them to roll a dice and whichever number came up, that was the thing they were to commit to doing sometime during the year. Everyone found the activity interesting and it sparked even more conversation about the choices people had made ie visting Japan, going on Safari, to improving themselves - how fab is that - truly inspiring!!
Anyway, have other events in Basingstoke and Guildford as well and it would be great when we build upon the numbers, so that we can hire a separate room to provide really valuable snippets of information included in our courses, that will be a real value to people coming along!
In the meantime, Wendy and I will be found in various hotels and bars around the south east inviting lots of interesting people to join us as a social occasion, whilst enjoying ourselves at the same time!
Monday 12 March 2007
Relish on the Town!
Wendy and I are real social animals!
And one of the benefits of working with our clients are the opportunities to socialise with a wide range of people. Our latest jaunt took us to the Foxhills Club & Resort in Ottershaw, Surrey.
They have recently opened a new restaurant and bar called Nineteen and I have to say it was absolutely fabulous. Whilst I did not get to see much of the resort, looking at the website shows that this place has style and I can honestly say their menus were mouth watering - in the words of my business partner " we will come for breakfast, stay for lunch and leave after dinner!"
We arrived at about 7.45, fashionably late, and was met with white, pink and green (?)champagne with canapes - fab! There was a great turnout, and a real buzz in the room. For us, it provided us with plenty of opportunities to network. We met a couple of lovely ladies, one in PR and another who was the photographer for the event and we spent at least half an hour just talking (well we are girls who can talk!) about what each of us did. It is always interesting to find out what other people really do, and what they enjoy - as the saying goes "every person has a story" and this is certainly something I have found.
I am well know for my lack of attention to detail, so it came as no surprise that we completely missed the fact that comedian Mrk Curry was also at the event, and apparantly he is looking to set up a dating agency of some kind - you heard it here first!
For any of you who network regularly, you will know that the social scene is the best place to network and certainly, both Wendy and I managed to do some more over the weekend - talking about our 1:1's and Creating Personal Success courses.
As we had so much fun, we shall be looking for more events where we can enjoy ourselves and talk about our business!
And one of the benefits of working with our clients are the opportunities to socialise with a wide range of people. Our latest jaunt took us to the Foxhills Club & Resort in Ottershaw, Surrey.
They have recently opened a new restaurant and bar called Nineteen and I have to say it was absolutely fabulous. Whilst I did not get to see much of the resort, looking at the website shows that this place has style and I can honestly say their menus were mouth watering - in the words of my business partner " we will come for breakfast, stay for lunch and leave after dinner!"
We arrived at about 7.45, fashionably late, and was met with white, pink and green (?)champagne with canapes - fab! There was a great turnout, and a real buzz in the room. For us, it provided us with plenty of opportunities to network. We met a couple of lovely ladies, one in PR and another who was the photographer for the event and we spent at least half an hour just talking (well we are girls who can talk!) about what each of us did. It is always interesting to find out what other people really do, and what they enjoy - as the saying goes "every person has a story" and this is certainly something I have found.
I am well know for my lack of attention to detail, so it came as no surprise that we completely missed the fact that comedian Mrk Curry was also at the event, and apparantly he is looking to set up a dating agency of some kind - you heard it here first!
For any of you who network regularly, you will know that the social scene is the best place to network and certainly, both Wendy and I managed to do some more over the weekend - talking about our 1:1's and Creating Personal Success courses.
As we had so much fun, we shall be looking for more events where we can enjoy ourselves and talk about our business!
Thursday 8 March 2007
Aurora and International Womens Day Event in London
As a last minute thing, I came across the above mentioned event held in London last night, as a great way to promote my business Relish People Ltd.
What I did not expect was the high calibre of the guest speakers and the messages they had to convey.
Whilst I am not sure how I feel about women only events (although there were men there), I certainly can recognise how much support women will give women.
Jo Salter, explained some of the difficulties she faced when becoming the the first female fighter pilot, and to be honest her attitude (I believe) made all the difference. She had some great tips on making it in whatever you do, and that was to make sure you surround yourself with those people who make you feel good, make sure your cup is always half full and have fun! Sounds like a recipe for success to me!
Susan Hooper of Royal Caribbean talked about her experiences that came through grabbing opportunities as and when they arose and her key tips for success were to ensure you have drive to fend off the detractors, as there will be many; to 'grab the brass ring', the opportunities as they arise; to follow your passion; and to get your personal priorities right - Certainly some things to take on there!
And last, but by no means least was Mary McPhail who stood up to talk about the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. Her speech talked about women and girls all over the world, particularly those who perhaps were somewhat less fortunate than us in the UK and encouraged us to support each other as our efforts can make a difference for others all around the world.
So what did I get from this event?
Certainly, not what I would have expected. I loved Susans' comments that the messages given throughout the evening and certainly hers in particular, were gender neutral and could be applied whether male or female, something I feel much happier about. As Mary said, we can all do with support at one time or another, whatever or wherever it may come from.
I for one learnt much from last night and made the trak to London worthwhile - so well done everyone from Aurora who organised it!
What I did not expect was the high calibre of the guest speakers and the messages they had to convey.
Whilst I am not sure how I feel about women only events (although there were men there), I certainly can recognise how much support women will give women.
Jo Salter, explained some of the difficulties she faced when becoming the the first female fighter pilot, and to be honest her attitude (I believe) made all the difference. She had some great tips on making it in whatever you do, and that was to make sure you surround yourself with those people who make you feel good, make sure your cup is always half full and have fun! Sounds like a recipe for success to me!
Susan Hooper of Royal Caribbean talked about her experiences that came through grabbing opportunities as and when they arose and her key tips for success were to ensure you have drive to fend off the detractors, as there will be many; to 'grab the brass ring', the opportunities as they arise; to follow your passion; and to get your personal priorities right - Certainly some things to take on there!
And last, but by no means least was Mary McPhail who stood up to talk about the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. Her speech talked about women and girls all over the world, particularly those who perhaps were somewhat less fortunate than us in the UK and encouraged us to support each other as our efforts can make a difference for others all around the world.
So what did I get from this event?
Certainly, not what I would have expected. I loved Susans' comments that the messages given throughout the evening and certainly hers in particular, were gender neutral and could be applied whether male or female, something I feel much happier about. As Mary said, we can all do with support at one time or another, whatever or wherever it may come from.
I for one learnt much from last night and made the trak to London worthwhile - so well done everyone from Aurora who organised it!
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