Anyway, here's Jane's account of this very positive and interesting meeting. I have not made any changesd to her blog entry, resisiting the temptation to alter her spelling, punctuation and grammar, even if it is patently incorrect occassionally:
This week's widely trailed Intros Round saw 20 CreativeCoffee members given two minutes to introduce themselves. This was more daunting for some than others, especially those who are doing lots of different things! You'll see that there was a lot of passion in the air this time!
I gave myself the unenviable task of both timing the intros and starting things off. I didn't get much time to note down what was said, so I'm sorry because I know I missed some things. If you'd like to add or amend anything, please leave a comment!
For once, I introduced a creative project I am working on- making Nottingham Lace from original lace drawings. I followed a tip learned from George Ballentyne, and gave out a snippet of lace to everyone! Shameless self promotion http://www.jcmiddlebrook.co.uk/
Emily Keal is a young designer from rural Leicestershire who also works for SME Marketing (Who were well represented, having recently moved into new offices in Phoenix Square!) She has a new project selling countrycrafts and items for shooting (not the guns I assume!) which satisfies her creative urge and her entrepreneurial spirit! Westrell Country Products Limited
Vicky Dean and Sian Savage work for new Phoenix Square residents, SME Marketing www.smemarketing.com. Not only do they deliver excellent Search Engine Optimisation, Social Media and Pay Per Click campaigns, they also teach companies how to do it for themselves. SME are currently working on Facebook Fan Pages which are delivering excellent payback.
Vicky is also Alpha Design, and organising a Craft Fair on 27th Nov at Rockafellas Bar on High St Leicester.
New member Holly Yanez is a woman with a vision. She is passionate about recycling and style, and is combining these in new project Venus Cow . The day job which pays for this is Wilson Purviss recruitment, a company who helps people find their perfect job, so they never 'work' again!
Sukhjit Singh is a individual who loves film, not being in front of the camera, but behind it and in production. He is looking to make contact with other film makers.
Lee Tomes is another film maker and producer, working with Twist and Shout publications. Also working with Ross McMinn from Twist and Shout on a new project. http://twitter.com/findenlake
Samantha Birnie is also a new member of CreativeCoffee, she is working with Citizen's Eye and getting back into her true love, which is writing. She is particularly interested in writing about Women's issues and stories.
Helen Varley also has a passion. She loves... finance...yes you heard right! She travels all over the world training businesses how to think about their finances in order to communicate them better to staff, keep ahead of the competition and not get lost in a sea of numbers. We love people who are creative with numbers, in a good way of course! http://www.financetalking.com/
Rebekah Harriman is a creative woman, helping creative businesses get on with the job of beig creative by providing back office solutions and doing all the mundane tasks for you! As well as runnin her company R&R VA http://www.rrva.co.uk/, she runs local Mums the Boss networking groups.
Rob Weale is an academic at De Montfort University running the CPulse programme to help creative people from across the East Midlands get themselves heard by hosting a showcase of creative content!
Ian Davies is a 'Network Weaver' working with De Montfort University and a number of charities. His passion is photography and poetry. http://twitter.com/@iandai
Trevor Locke is the Editor of Arts in Leicestershire webazine. He and a team of volunteers reveiw arts and music across the county. They also put on shows. Check out the website http://www.artsinleicestershire.co.uk/
Farhana Shaik filled her two minutes telling us about her recent publication, her new company Dahlia Publishing Ltd, the Asian Writer website and filming for a documentary. http://theasianwriter.co.uk/
Shovan Sarganum is SME Marketing web designer, although he also told us about the 'Getting British Business Online' project he is working on with BT, whereby businesses can registerand host a domain for free! http://www.gbbo.co.uk/
George Ballentyne is Equality and Diversity Officer for Leicester Council of Faiths. He is putting on a showcase in the HighCross centre for LCF and is looking for volunteers! He is the longest serving member of CreativeCoffee Club, was the first to be interviewed by Farhana for her documentary, and also blogs and tweets about his activities http://equalitydiversityofficer.blogspot.com/
Lorraine Turnpenny speaks with enthusualsm about health and personal wellbeing. Luckily for her, she has turned her passion into a job with Forever Living health products. http://www.lorraine.myforever.biz/store
Nick Rawle is a photographer. His business focusses (!) on corporate photography but Nick works with Citizens Eye to offer photojournalism and events photography. He is currently planning an exciting project with designer makers in traditional East Midlands crafts. http://www.nickrphotography.com/
Tara Gatherer joined us for a very short time, but enough time to tell us about her work writing for Citizen's Eye and working in video production.
So there you have it folks, sign up for next time on Eventbrite and comment any amendments!
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