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".
| Accountants | Amanda | abk accountants | www.taxbenefits.com.au |
| Accountants | David | Clark & Jacobs | www.clarkjacobs.com.au |
| Bookkeeping | Emma | EC bookkeeping | www.ecbookkeeping.com.au |
| Brand Management | Carolin | Love Branding | www.love-branding.com |
| Business Coaching | Andrew | Action Coach | www.actioncoach.com/andrewlaurie |
| Business Magazine | Patrick | Dynamic Business | www.dynamicbusiness.com |
| Business Strategist | Brendan | Brendan Norris | www.BrendanNorris.com |
| Business Travel | Peter | World Business Travel | www.wbtravel.com |
| Carbon Offset Consulting | Michael | Climakind | www.climakind.com |
| Childrens Charity | Anthea | Make A Wish Foundation | www.makeawish.org.au |
| Chiropractor | Paul | Lyons Road Family Chiropractic | www.drummoynechiropractor.com.au |
| Cleaning Services | Jonathan | Mastercare Cleaning Services | www.mastercarecleaning.com.au |
| Coaching - Executive | Faye | Outshine Consulting | www.outshineconsulting.com.au |
| Consulting & Training | Malcolm | Vivides | www.vivides.com |
| CRM | Michael | Ezy Suite | www.ezysuite.com.au |
| Design Marketing Consultants | Sarah | Pure Equator Design | www.pure-equator.com/ |
| Executive Business Advisors | Kate | Adept Executive Solutions | www.adeptexecutives.com.au |
| Facilities Management | Lisa | ITFM Services | www.itfm.com.au |
| Financial Modelling | Russell | Aether Solutions | www.aethersolutions.com.au |
| Financial Services | Timothy | Profile Financial Services | www.profileservices.com.au |
| Foreign Exchange Advisors | Mark | AFEX | www.afex.com |
| Ideas Evangelist | Mahei | Soderhavet | www.soderhavet.to/ |
| IT Consulting | David | We do technologies | www.wedotechnologies.com |
| IT Hardware Hire | Neil | Hire Intelligence | www.hire-intelligence.com.au |
| IT Managed Services | Michael | Comcity Technology | www.comcity.com.au |
| Legal Service Provider | Alan | Australian Lawyers Networks | www.alnlegal.com.au |
| Life Coaching | Howard | Polaris Media Group | www.polarismediagroup.com/shalosh |
| Marketing Creatives | Andrew | The Other Dimension | www.theotherdimension.com |
| Marketing Merchandise | Tim | Value Added Promotions | www.vap.com.au |
| Marketing Solutions | Judith | Cantor Direct | www.cantordirect.com.au |
| Mobile Digital Solutions | JT | mobione | www.mobione.com.au |
| Mortgage Broker | Mike | MortgageCorp | www.mortgagecorp.com.au |
| Online Web Development | Vince | Domani Digital | www.domani.com.au |
| Photography | Alex | alexvaughan | www.alexvaughan.com.au |
| Product Launch Architect | James | Launch Architects | www.launcharchitects.com |
| Professional Migration Relocation | Claire | Sydney Migration International | www.sydney-migration.com.au |
| Project Management | Graham | Erudite management | www.erudite.com.au |
| Property Buyers Agent | Amanda | Amanda Segers | www.amandaonmyside.com.au |
| Property Management | Dana | McCove Property | www.mccoveproperties.com.au |
| Small Business Advisors | Lawrence | Grow-Achieve | www.grow-achieve.com |
| Stockbroking Advisory Service | Martin | Kinetic Securities | www.kineticsecurities.com |
| Strategic Planning | Kevin | Zeno IT | www.zenoit.com.au |
| Tarot Consulting | Christine | cmktartconsultancy | www.cmktarotconsultancy.com.au |
| Tax Accountants | Janna | Fletcher Tax Accountants | www.fletchertaxaccountants.com.au |
| Tax Effective Charitable Donations | Steve | Leaf Capital | www.leafcapital.com.au |
| UK Trade and Investment | Craig | British Consulate-General Sydney | www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk |
| University Alumni | Heidi | UNSW | www.business.unsw.edu.au |
| Video Website Concierge | Scott | Clive Video | www.clivevideo.com |
| Virtual Offices | Katie | Regus | www.regus.com.au |
| Visual Communications | Linda | Parker-Wood | www.parker-wood.com |
| Wealth Management | Tony | PBD Wealth Management | www.pbd.com |
| Writer, Speaker, Broadcaster | Paul | PaulWallbank.com | www.paulwallbank.com |
