Small Business, Big Network

I am the founder of Kindred Business Networking Uk and Ireland . About me

Barbara Ann Fitzpatrick:

▶ Has 30+ years of experience in the global corporate space leading teams

▶ Been at the coal face of Client Relationship Management & Business Development

▶ Successfully led and mentored global teams

▶ Had to re-invent herself in mid 50's following redundancy & loss of income

▶ Successful entrepreneur & business owner

Barbara teaches small independent business owners how to NetGive not just Network. She loves supporting small business owners and seeing people grow personally and professionally.

Stuart describes himself as a “frequently underwhelmed engineer lurking in the murky cybersecurity realm” and is Managing Director of The Armour Group of Companies who are a group of cybersecurity focused businesses. The group’s aim is to help “people” understand the threats relative to them so they can make accurate risk assessments and take the right steps to form their defences against these dark criminals who are hell-bent on pillaging our digital communities BUT an increasingly disturbing amount of time is now being spent helping organisations of all sizes understand WHY they lost the contents of their bank account, lost a load of customer data or had their entire infrastructure encrypted by criminals.

As much of what Stuart does is sensitive, he can't easily talk about what he does at networking meetings. Instead he focusses on helping other people make connections.

Matt Holmes is the World Record holder for the longest handshake between two people - you'll have to listen to the episode to find out how long it was!

His company, not surprisingly is called 'Handshaking', but what is surprising is that it has no clients and doesn't sell any services. It's a very interesting concept and it all came about through networking.

Robin Hills is the director of Ei4Change - a training company specialising in Emotional Intelligence.

Robin has used networking from the start to grow his business and Ei4Change is now active in over one hundred countries around the world. Networking has even led to him becoming a published author.

Understanding ourselves and others through Emotional Intelligence will help us on our networking journey.

www.ei4change.com

Phil Parker is the owner of Lycosa web services - a website design company based in Driffield.

Phil is a member of a couple of very different networking groups, and he never refuses a 121 with anybody.

Jennifer Gilmour is a speaker and author on the topic of domestic abuse, joint owner of small business OuTFox, and also the founder of the Latte & Live network.

Jen's meetings always start with an ice-breaker which makes her meetings fun and memorable, and members are encouraged to 'spill the tea' with each other!

Chris Jacobsen is the founder of Slice - a full service marketing agency based in Hull.

Chris used networking as a way to get his business off the ground 6 years ago, and continues to network for his business today.

Jack Allen is the owner of Innate Creative Productions, a creative agency that produces radio adverts, videos etc.

He is also one of the hosts of the Loose Dads podcast - four Dads talking about Dad stuff!

Hanah Rayner runs Sterling VA Services and is also the joint founder of Mix and Mingle networking. She's not a fan of pitching, so Mix and Mingle is more about having a chat!

Richard Askam is a multi-business entrepreneur and public speaker. He has worked with some big-name multinational companies and has some fascinating stories to share about networking, marketing and why speaking in public is not the same as public speaking.