A Merry band of 18 of us were in attendance today with a good few wearing shorts to show off their tans and keep cool!
We had a stand in chair person in Jane Maylon who for the second week in a row stood in for Aidan.
Performance League
Scott gave the stats so far this month with the top being Howard Bullock in first place. Second place is currently Paul Corrigan and third place is Toby Acton.
Education Presentation
Ben gave an excellent education slot using asking us as his opening lines “ are you in or out of the closet”- The EBF closet ! He expanded to say that being active in the group starting with attendance, asking questions of each other, listening and understanding what the other members are looking for and generally getting the most out of EBF membership. Are you in or out of the Closet?
The 60 Second Round
John Hammond demonstrated visually how his company does things right the first time and while you may pay slightly more you will get a proper job done that will not need redoing.
Scott told us that he is able to integrate live chat with WhatsApp now and this is an easy referral for him and a useful tool for the customer too.
Jane Maylon is looking for introductions for speaking assignments on the topic of “cream teas” or indeed anything else that the client wants.
Blake had a colourful array of goods with him to remind us all of the variety of things that Ammo Hive sells other than just airsoft stuff!
Given the time of year and temperatures Jack standing in for tall Paul told us that the company install air conditioning either one room or a whole house.
A very lively and entertaining 60 seconds round and the Oscar was awarded by Vince to the person who got the nearest to dead on 60 seconds and it went to Toby who was almost bang on 60 seconds- very impressive.
Ben Golding then let us know who is speaking over the next few weeks and who is doing an Ed slot and then Terry introduced todays 10 minute speaker Toby Acton from Pole Position Business Solutions.
10-minute presentation by Toby Acton
Toby Acton of Pole Position Business Solutions was the 10 minute speaker and chose something novel for his time namely the guess which box the carrot is in game where there are two identical boxes one of which contains a carrot and the other does not. Two people each have a box and have to try and get the box with the carrot in and only one of them knows which box It is in- I guess you had to be there to really get it but it was very effective and entertaining.
Referrals and Testimonials Round
A good round showing that there is plenty going on as follows: apart from referrals there were lots of thanks for the money received, testimonials and lots of 1-2-1s that have taken place.
Great meeting, and loved playing the Carrot in a box game.
Well done Ben for getting us to all come out with our referrals!
I’ve no idea what Tobys presentation was about, lying to your customers maybe? But still a fantastic game of carrot in the Box and a fun meeting all round!
I tried to shoehorn some business relevance, but honestly it was just an excuse to have some fun!
Sounds like I missed a great meeting. Looking forward to next week x
Your Jack was a great substitute, Paul – cheery, prompt, joining in etc. All good x x
Good to hear, thank you Jane x
Well done Jane on your very competent Chairmanship!
Interesting Ed slot Ben thank you and a different 10 minute presentation Toby which I struggled to explain!
Toby – you set a high bar today!!!
Fun meeting. Great Ed Slot from Ben. I’m glad my 10 minutes went down well – I was a bit nervous that it would not work out!
AND you had the start of a casserole for later too! Thanks for the ingenuity, Toby x
The carrot in the box, what other games have I missed? Commiserations to Terry but why wait until you’re a goal down before you think about attack? Enjoy the weekend.
Thanks for the notes Terry and it was a very enjoyable and supportive meeting as ever. Ben Ben set us off with great food for thought and Toby ‘edutained’ us after with the carrot/box negotiation tactics! Good stuff one and all x
What a fab meeting!! Lots and fun and energy in the room this morning!!
Loved your 10 mins Toby!! Though the comment of the meeting award has to go to Matt for his banter during ‘find my carrot 🥕!!!
Another fantastic meeting. Great ten minutes Toby with carrot in the box.
Great Ed slot Ben .
Excellent 10 minutes Toby great fun. Great meeting. Excellent ed slot Ben a welcome reminder for me to be more out there about referrals 😂