Join us for a opportunity to network with professionals from London and across the South East of the UK. Meet up to 100 new contacts directly and gain access to a potential goldmine of third party referrals. Find full details of this event at http://www.originalnetworks.com or call us on 0870 7447 885. Tickets £19.95

SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS – JOURNALISTS Rachel Bridge is the enterprise editor of The Sunday Times newspaper and has written two books about successful entrepreneurs, How I Made It and My Big Idea. She will cover what makes a story for her. Further speakers TBC SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS – PR EXPERTS Francis Ingham, director general of the Public Relations Consultants Association, will explain how agencies operate, how to choose the most appropriate one for you - and tell you what PR firms can and cannot do for your business. Kaizo CEO Crispin Manners (see above) will cover word-of-mouth marketing. Helen Westgate, founder of Westgate Communications, a marketing agency specialising in all forms of creative design, PR and event management. Westgate will talk about her work with Suffolk brewery Adnams and how a targeted PR campaign reaped huge rewards for the business. Matthew Rock, co-founder of Caspian Publishing and former editor of Real Business magazine, is hosting all four media training events. Keith Elliott, a former Fleet Street journalist and chairman of Europe’s largest media training company PMA Training, will introduce delegates to the world of news at all four events.

SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS – JOURNALISTS Lynne Jones is deputy editor of BBC2’s Working Lunch. Jones will look at what makes for a good story on the programme and how you and your business can feature on the programme. Dave Sumner-Smith, journalist and entrepreneurial founder of Wordzone. Sumner-Smith works with many leading newspapers and magazines and knows what makes a story and why. SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS – PR EXPERTS Francis Ingham, director general of the Public Relations Consultants Association, will explain how agencies operate, how to choose the most appropriate one for you - and tell you what PR firms can and cannot do for your business. Belinda Lawson is co-founder of media relations specialist Lawson Dodd. The agency handles corporate positioning, experiential and guerrilla marketing and Lawson will outline the most effective marketing she has undertaken and how you and your business could benefit from similar tactics. Dominic Shales is co-founder of Paratus Communications and formerly of international PR firm Hill & Knowlton. He will talk about business-to-business marketing techniques. Michael Hayman, chairman of The Communications Group, will discuss the vital importance of reputation to the entrepreneur. Matthew Rock, co-founder of Caspian Publishing and former editor of Real Business magazine, …

Get face to face with other BizConnector members at a free, informal networking lunch. In order to attend, you must first register free at www.BizConnector.co.uk and send a message to BizConnector expressing your interest. Places are limited and issued on a first come, first served basis.

If you are a small or medium sized business located in East London, you may be able to attend a free BizConnector networking lunch. We are holding a series of functions in September in Shoreditch (nr Old Street tube). When: Wednesday, 17 September - 12:15pm to 2:00pm Where: Shish, 313-319 Old Street EC1V In order to attend, all you have to do is register your business at www.BizConnector.co.uk and request further information about the events or email info@bizconnector.co.uk Numbers are limited for each event and invitations will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis. BizConnector is a FREE, government-funded networking site for small and medium sized businesses in East London and offers new business opportunities as well as a forum for local businesses to discuss the issues that affect them. Registration takes 5 minutes and is entirely free.