Small Business, Big Network

Craig Chaytor was a chef for 16 years, but is now dedicating his life to developing his virtual reality product IMME (Imagine making Memories Everywhere). IMME is named after his daughter Imogen who has Williams Syndrome. This means that she easily experiences sensory overload and can find everyday things very difficult.

The IMME virtual reality product is hugely beneficial for children like Imogen and has been shown to improve their development.

IMME is currently being used in a research study in the health sector.

Links to stories about IMME:

https://immemedia.wixsite.com/immemedia

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/education-45983010

https://www.designcouncil.org.uk/news-opinion/video-designing-better-life-craig-s-story 

https://www.yhahsn.org.uk/news/supporting-children-with-medical-conditions-through-the-power-of-storytelling-using-virtual-reality/?ref=

Connect with Craig here:

https://twitter.com/chaytorcraig?lang=en

https://www.facebook.com/imme.media

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/craig-chaytor-b948b3182

This is the story of how business cards became cool again. Pieter is the founder and CEO of Mobilo, the smart business card where you tap your card on a phone and a link opens with your contact details. It's as simple as holding your card near a phone and then receiving contact information. Their patent-pending lead generation mode automatically shares and gathers contact details from both parties via a text message. 

Pieter has been embedded in internet companies since the late 90s, but he became fascinated with Radio-Frequency Identification technology in the last couple of years. Pieter saw the untapped potential of this technology and launched Mobilo in October 2019. 

Bev Thoroughgood runs Floresco Training, a training and coaching company that specialises in menopause awareness.

Lisa Townsend is a creativity and mindfulness coach who works with business owners to get them unstuck and moving.

She describes herself as being an introvert who loves to network with complete strangers!

Leisa Pickles from Find Me the Leads helps food producers make connections to grow their businesses. During lockdown her work dried up overnight, so she used her skills and knowledge to create a local online network to help people shop local and find the things they needed.

Bjorn Bojen is the managing director of Orisel, a digital growth agency that helps businesses get more customers and clients through marketing online. Bjorn was shown how to network by one of my previous guests, Austen Hempstead, and he said that it took a mindset shift to make networking work for him.

He also has a wonderful networking nightmare story to share....!

It's a solo episode from me today to tell you about a free webinar I'm running on Wednesday 15th Sept 2021. If you're a creative freelancer who would like to know more about networking I would love to see you there. Sign up here: zoh1ihnodv

Following on from this I'll be running a whole course on business networking for creative people. Find out more here: https://www.businessnetworkingknowhow.com

John Hinchliffe is an internationally recognised award-winning digital learning expert with over 12 years in the field. He is Head of Talent at Jam Pan, The #1 On-Demand Digital Learning Marketplace, which connects the right expert freelancers and agencies with your digital learning needs. He also is the founder of the Global Learning and Development Community and was shortlisted for Covid Champion at the LPI Learning Awards 2021 in recognition of his efforts to helping others in the industry during Covid.

Find John at https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-hinchliffe-yourskillshub/ Jam Pan https://www.jam-pan.com/ GLDC https://www.mygldc.org/

Hannah Thompson is the business manager at Heritage Lincolnshire, and the founder of the Development Partnership Network. She also runs a support group for people living with conditions such as ME and fibromyalgia.

Pre-Covid Hannah was running a host of business showcase events, and during the pandemic she came up with an online event which she called 'Sofa Networking'.

Hannah is full of enthusiasm and passion for networking as you'll hear in this episode!

Contact Hannah at [email protected]

A short and sweet episode from me, talking about how you don't necessarily need to be at a networking meeting to grow your network. There are opportunities everywhere - including on public transport!

Find me at www.lizdrury.co.uk