At this time of year there is nothing better for me to begin the festive spirit than a trip down to Winchester Christmas Market. (Ed: Picture of my mum at German Christmas market) A walk around the grounds of this historic grade … Continue reading Getting into the Christmas spirit, visit a Christmas Market
Get YOUR David Willis Bushcraft Course Gift Vouchers ‘ere >>> These course gift vouchers provide the ideal opportunity to learn outdoor living skills, connect with nature & create woodland crafts. With this voucher the recipient can book any of the courses … Continue reading Environmentally Friendly Christmas Gifts
Pictures paint 1000 words… so they make a great substitute where you can’t use video… videos paint 1,000,000 words! I’m putting together a document called “The 39 Steps of Crowd Funding Success” and I’d like 39 pictures plus one for … Continue reading Crowd Sourcing Some Pictures, Can You Help?
Our next Lunch event in Reading on Tuesday 16 December is the Christmas one and our last Thames Valley event of 2014. Come and enjoy an NRG Networking lunch at the Hilton, Reading with a high quality mix of people … Continue reading NRG Networks Christmas Lunch
A generous benefactor has found a couple of tickets for the Emirates Stadium in their Christmas stocking and he’d like to make someone’s Christmas. We’d like to hear positive stories about people who have overcome adversity or gone beyond the … Continue reading 2 Seats for Arsenal v QPR Boxing Day
Every year, Spencer Denney Centre feed around 100 older people over 3 days around Christmas time. Catherine, the centre manager, likes to make it special with an individual gift for each attendee. The table is decked out with all things … Continue reading Christmas Lunch for Windsor’s Older People
Get down Snappy Snaps, near Queen Victoria’s monument and pick up your Christmas Advent Calendars… only £5 a pop! Monday 1st December sees the first draw of our Windsor & Eton Rotary Advent Calendar prizes… are you in it? You … Continue reading Brian’s got some Rotary Advent Calendar’s just for YOU
Why is it that folk spend so much time procrastinating instead of getting on with stuff? I’ve been banging the drum for a few weeks now on Crowd Funding and so many want to join in but they just have … Continue reading My 1st Community Crowd Funding Project
Nick has kindly donated a silver necklace as a prize for our Rotary Advent Calendar He’s even thrown in a FREE box! I might be banging on a bit about the calendar but then we only have November in which … Continue reading Thank you to Nick from Antiquus…
Denis Blandford Christmas Cards are selling out all over Windsor… he’d be so chuffed! I called into Christ Church URC yesterday, looking for Crowd Patch projects to get my teeth into and they were having a Christmas card sale… where … Continue reading Denis Blandford Christmas Cards selling out…
Maidenhead Twenties, Friday 12th December 7.45 am Fredrick’s Hotel, Shoppenhangers Lane, Maidenhead. The Twenties Maidenhead team set out to create a place where you can be inspired, share insights and connect with like-minded business people over a good breakfast. Join … Continue reading Join us for breakfast and hear how to make a difference…
Last week I tried another experiment with Twitter to see if we could turn engagement into reality. Funny thing Twitter, very much a real time engagement tool… talking about a topic with many using #hash tags or with a few … Continue reading Tweet, tweet, tweet… get your advent calendar ‘ere!
This year it made sense to join with Windsor Business Community for some festive nibbles… yum, yum… Sharon always puts on a good spread for the Windsor Business Community monthly event so when she pushed out a Christmas networking invitation … Continue reading Business in Berkshire Christmas Drinks
Who do you know who is like this guy, a real Santa Claus… Let’s see those twitter hash tags… #REALSANTACLAUS Graham Hill is a really good sort… he employs around 20 people, ensuring their needs are met before he fills … Continue reading Who is your # REAL SANTA CLAUS ?
Windsor & Eton Rotary are looking for people who can sell our 2014 advent calendars… you look like you have lots of friends who would love to join in the fun! Last year, as you can see, we really enjoyed … Continue reading Are you Windsor’s Best Christmas Sales Person?
It’s Twilight Time Friday 21st November 2014 at The Castle Hotel, Windsor… Again! Champagne Reception Three course meal Dancing to “Nightbird” Black Tie Tickets £ 49.00 per person This year’s Glittering Ball will be held once again in the Georgian … Continue reading Black Tie, Twilight Ball, Dancing
Sean started a post on the Business in Berkshire LinkedIn Group about organising a Christmas bash… After considering the options and those who have helped us out during 2014, we came up with 2 + a bonus options for you … Continue reading The Berkshire Blog Christmas Bash
What do you buy the girl or guy who has everything? Something to store photos of you on of course 😉 Now that’s one perfect Xmas gift… obviously you are way popular and will need to buy like 100, nah … Continue reading Searching for that perfect Christmas gift?
Summers over, the nights are closing in so I guess it’s OK to start looking forward to Christmas 2014. Last year we launched our Windsor & Eton Rotary Club Advent Calendar and I used Twitter to engage with some of … Continue reading Social Media ensures our Windsor Calendar Sparkles this Xmas
Windsor & Eton Rotary are looking for prizes for our 2014 advent calendar… you look like a generous sort! Last year we had fun selling the calendars and making a few thousand pounds for local charities… this year we want … Continue reading Windsor & Eton Rotary Advent Calendar 2014
Christmas is a good time to catch up with busy people as they allow themselves time to catch up with other things that they mostly have to ignore day to day… I pushed out an email on Christmas morning to … Continue reading Making contact with busy people
Thought I’d have a bit of a giggle and see how many of those on my email newsletter list will open an email on Christmas Day… Happy Christmas everyone… Might I suggest you turn your computer off for a few … Continue reading Happy Christmas everyone
Enjoy The Merry Wives of Windsor’s version of “The 12 Days of Christmas” ably accompanied by Windsor & Eton Rotarians and guests… And the band play on… Blues & Royals Changing the Guard at Windsor Castle this Christmas… The Salvation … Continue reading 12 Days of Christmas
When anyone asks me to smile for a photo I still don’t know what to do with my face! I should go and look in the mirror and practice I suppose but then I forget and someone else wants me … Continue reading When you’re smiling…
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