Monday, March 8, 2010

SPEED CONNECTING



A few weeks back, I was invited by Jen Bishop, editor of Dynamic Business magazine to attend a speed networking event in Sydney, Australia, hosted by Regus Virtual Offices. The format was to spend 60 seconds with each person you were due to meet - 30 seconds introducing yourself and 30 seconds of them introducing themselves. Due to the format and time, I ended up meeting 52 people from various business backgrounds.

By all accounts, it was a great success.

When I got back to the office, I contacted suppliers that I had an urgent need for their services and promptly followed up the business leads during the week. I was still left with a large pile of business cards on my desk. So what to do with these? I added them to my business database and invited them to Linkedin (or asked them to invite me) which is my usual practice. But then I thought ...

I'm a connector - I connect people to other people. So why shouldn't I share these new contacts with others who may be in need of their services. Hence, this post. I've categorised each business based on what I think they do, the person I met, their business name and their website.

Consider yourselves "speed connected".

AccountantsAmanda abk accountants www.taxbenefits.com.au
AccountantsDavid Clark & Jacobswww.clarkjacobs.com.au
BookkeepingEmma EC bookkeepingwww.ecbookkeeping.com.au
Brand ManagementCarolin Love Brandingwww.love-branding.com
Business CoachingAndrew Action Coachwww.actioncoach.com/andrewlaurie
Business MagazinePatrick Dynamic Businesswww.dynamicbusiness.com
Business StrategistBrendan Brendan Norriswww.BrendanNorris.com
Business TravelPeter World Business Travel www.wbtravel.com
Carbon Offset ConsultingMichael Climakind www.climakind.com
Childrens CharityAnthea Make A Wish Foundation www.makeawish.org.au
ChiropractorPaul Lyons Road Family Chiropractic www.drummoynechiropractor.com.au
Cleaning ServicesJonathan Mastercare Cleaning Services www.mastercarecleaning.com.au
Coaching - ExecutiveFaye Outshine Consultingwww.outshineconsulting.com.au
Consulting & TrainingMalcolm Vivides www.vivides.com
CRMMichael Ezy Suitewww.ezysuite.com.au
Design Marketing ConsultantsSarah Pure Equator Design www.pure-equator.com/
Executive Business AdvisorsKate Adept Executive Solutions www.adeptexecutives.com.au
Facilities ManagementLisa ITFM Serviceswww.itfm.com.au
Financial ModellingRussell Aether Solutionswww.aethersolutions.com.au
Financial ServicesTimothy Profile Financial Services www.profileservices.com.au
Foreign Exchange AdvisorsMark AFEX www.afex.com
Ideas EvangelistMahei Soderhavetwww.soderhavet.to/
IT ConsultingDavid We do technologieswww.wedotechnologies.com
IT Hardware HireNeil Hire Intelligencewww.hire-intelligence.com.au
IT Managed ServicesMichael Comcity Technologywww.comcity.com.au
Legal Service ProviderAlan Australian Lawyers Networks www.alnlegal.com.au
Life CoachingHoward Polaris Media Groupwww.polarismediagroup.com/shalosh
Marketing CreativesAndrew The Other Dimensionwww.theotherdimension.com
Marketing MerchandiseTim Value Added Promotions www.vap.com.au
Marketing SolutionsJudith Cantor Directwww.cantordirect.com.au
Mobile Digital SolutionsJT mobionewww.mobione.com.au
Mortgage BrokerMike MortgageCorpwww.mortgagecorp.com.au
Online Web DevelopmentVince Domani Digitalwww.domani.com.au
PhotographyAlex alexvaughanwww.alexvaughan.com.au
Product Launch ArchitectJames Launch Architects www.launcharchitects.com
Professional Migration RelocationClaire Sydney Migration International www.sydney-migration.com.au
Project ManagementGraham Erudite managementwww.erudite.com.au
Property Buyers AgentAmanda Amanda Segerswww.amandaonmyside.com.au
Property ManagementDana McCove Propertywww.mccoveproperties.com.au
Small Business AdvisorsLawrence Grow-Achieve www.grow-achieve.com
Stockbroking Advisory ServiceMartin Kinetic Securities www.kineticsecurities.com
Strategic PlanningKevin Zeno ITwww.zenoit.com.au
Tarot ConsultingChristine cmktartconsultancywww.cmktarotconsultancy.com.au
Tax AccountantsJanna Fletcher Tax Accountants www.fletchertaxaccountants.com.au
Tax Effective Charitable Donations SteveLeaf Capital www.leafcapital.com.au
UK Trade and InvestmentCraig British Consulate-General Sydney www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk
University AlumniHeidi UNSWwww.business.unsw.edu.au
Video Website ConciergeScott Clive Videowww.clivevideo.com
Virtual OfficesKatie Reguswww.regus.com.au
Visual CommunicationsLinda Parker-Woodwww.parker-wood.com
Wealth ManagementTony PBD Wealth Management www.pbd.com
Writer, Speaker, BroadcasterPaul PaulWallbank.com www.paulwallbank.com

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