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Do it! Take your Mama out all night!
28 April 2010
By Paul White
Seventeen Referrals filled the half-full glass being passed around the table this morning at another triumphant BNI gathering of the Elite Chaper.
Stephanie Lunn of Lunn Human Resources has come up with a twist on the Breakfast Club concept; BNI Youth. The whole area of Networking for the under-tens has been woefully neglected, so it takes only the vision, the commitment and, yes, the sheer passion of one woman to make a difference and bring that innovative idea to market.
La Lunn also needs to take a rest, as she is definitely working too hard! She seemed to be under the impression that Elite meets at night, as there was a question of "how did you find this evening?" to one of the Subs.
"Oh what a noble mind is here o'erthrown!" would be the relevant quotation from Shakespeare for Stephanie and even more so for Malcolm Forbes of Regenesys, who was completely disorientated after a hard night's graft of getting a website ready for launch. His plaintive "Where am I?" drew a sympathetic "At the Park Inn Hotel, dear!" from us all.
The Irish Contingency of four Chapter Members is gathering strength and they have taken to sitting together at the south end of the table. There is the possibility that they may all declare Independence at some point! Gerry Keany of Cara Stationery delivered a blistering ten minute presentation this morning, so it is just as well that the Hotel's First Aid Kit (which can be supplied by Cara, of course) has plenty of plasters.
Sarah Lloyd-Hughes of Ginger Training and Coaching did not play ball this morning, by awarding the "Silver Tongue" trophy to Barry Neil of Ambient Computers, instead of me. Superman was Barry's chosen Public Persona and that Kryptonite-averse Superhero also appeared in Gerry's ten minutes too, come to think of it.
Let Bruce Forsyth be a warning to you! Mel Kenny of Radcliffe & Newlands Independent Financial Planners chose that Octagenarian as living proof of what lies in store, if you fail to do proper retirement planning. Richard Loren, our Architect, also invoked the name of Brucie for his own adopted persona.
If Linky Trott of Edwin Coe Solicitors is anyone to go by, her mother will be beautiful, with blond hair, a clear, perfect skin and penetrating blue eyes. Linky was not able to join us this morning, as she was taking her mother to the airport, for a safe journey back to South Africa. I wondered who was in that limousine this morning, as the Police Outriders blew their whistles to warn people of the hazards of crossing the road at that time, even with the permission of the green man.
Perhaps Ma Trott knows Tali Spink, who is over there at the moment? Or perhaps knows somebody, who knows somebody, who knows the Stable Boy at the Trott's farm? Six Degrees. Pah! We can do better than that.
I know for a fact that Mel is particularly enthusiastic about the possibility of Dr Ivan Misner attending one of our meetings. He is desperate to "hang out" with him, as they say! However much Ivan wants, it's definitely a price worthy paying, so perhaps we could have a whip-round? I would hate to see the disappointment on Mel's face, if he never visits.
Finally, Richard T. O'Brien's Public Persona for the sixty seconds was that of a slightly hung-over, bleary-eyed and tired-out man, which was brilliant acting. It was entirely convincing and worthy of a BAFTA, minimum! Richard can start on that Acceptance Speech right now.
Vivat, Crescat, Floreat!
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Comments (2)
At 05:43 PM on 28 Apr 2010 by Author: MalcolmWrote: Just woken after a 5 hour sleep so it must be morning and time for BNI - hold on the sun is setting - did I miss anything?
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At 11:30 AM on 30 Apr 2010 by Author: Adrian NettleshipWrote: I couldn't agree more with your under tens networking idea. I mean, if I had implemented a methodical networking strategy age 10, think how big my network would be by now!
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