Hook in person business networking 20th August 2024

Do you do business in the Hook area of Hampshire or surrounding areas? If so we’d love to welcome you to our Hook in person business networking group.

Your host is expert networker, Claire Johnson of Bluebell Bookkeeping and Admin.. Claire knows what it’s like to walk into a room full of strangers and will make you feel welcome from arrival, or even before,

Grow your business network in Hook and beyond

There’s an old saying that it’s not what you know but who you know that counts. We agree. Our aim is to create the best connections in Hook and surrounding areas. Connections to people who will support you and your business. They might become your customers, your advocates and, very likely, your friends.

Fabulous Networking is a membership organisation, but visitors are always welcome. We don’t restrict attendance by profession or gender. We believe that there are opportunities to be gained by working with our competitors. Visitors are encouraged to attend up to three of our events before deciding if they’d like to join.

Your attendance fee is £10 to cover venue and light refreshments.

Our agenda

There’s time for informal networking and to introduce your business to everyone present. We don’t do the traditional one-minute pitch. Instead, we find ways to be more spontaneous and interactive. Each month we do something a little different.

In August we are asking you to tell us who you would like to meet. This article explains more.

Our agenda is structured but flexible to respond to the needs and size of the group on the day. Typically we will have a speaker on a topic of interest to business people. Our speaker will be Dawn Packham who will discuss some of the changes in HR that we can expect from our new government’ We may have a business hotseat, a mini workshop or some one to ones.

Support, learning and inspiration are three of our core values and will be woven through the meeting. We want you to leave feeling it was a morning well spent.

Your speaker

With over 27 years’ experience in the field of HR, Dawn Packham is a Chartered CIPD-qualified HR professional.

She runs a fabulous HR consultancy which provides small businesses with friendly and straight-forward HR support for all things people.

Outside of her professional life, Dawn is an avid dog lover, motorhomer and a passionate baker. These personal interests bring balance and joy to her life, which enriches her ability to connect with clients on a personal level.

Your host

Claire Johnson is the driving force behind Bluebell Bookkeeping and Admin. She is an avid networker and a big believer that working with your competitors has many advantages. Claire has already established our Hook group as one of the most well connected supportive groups in the community.

Our venue

We’re meeting at the Coach and Horses in Rotherwick, a lovely country pub on the outskirts of Hook. There’s ample parking but if you need help with transport please email Glenda and we’ll try to connect you to a lift.

Reasons for attending Hook in person networking.

• For many, business is especially tough at the moment, it helps to be surrounded by people who ‘get it’ but who will lift you up and help you to stay positive.
• The connections you make today can lead to the business you do, if not tomorrow, then in the coming months and years.

Here’s some of the feedback from the launch event…