Bridging The Gap Between School And Construction With Fit For Trade’s Joanne Taylor
17th May 2018 Our VIP Guest Our VIP Guest is Joanne Taylor, founder of Fit For Trade Ltd who deliver funded training and accredited qualifications to the fenestration industry. Joanne has a mission to bridge the gap that she sees between school and construction businesses and in particular the fenestration industry. The industry is dealing with a frustrating, but unnecessary skills shortage, while women who could fill that gap and have rewarding careers, are either not aware of these opportunities or have perceived barriers to entering. We will hear Joannes story of setting up Fit For Trade as well as finding out how women can become involved in the fenestration and other industry. Along the way, we will explore any real barriers and how to blast them away. Joanne is also studying these barriers and how schools can bridge the gap for their school leavers entering an industry and so this will also be a good show for anyone involved in education and of course any parents, school leavers or anyone looking for a new career. Linkedin Facebook Website Twitter Also in the studio is Ania Kubow, a woman in tech expert who will share her story with us and take part in the discussion. PLUS – the founder of the Natwest Everywomen Awards, Maxine Benson is phoning it to talk about entering awards and some of the key benefits to you and your business that go way beyond winning!
Zoe Cairns
Zoe Cairns Zoe is a highly respected International Social Media Speaker, Trainer and Consultant. Specialising in many areas but focusing on one of the many areas people do not cover when they first set out in Social Media, their Social Media Strategy. She works with many companies, brands and Fortune 500 companies to make sure that they have a strategy and know how to implement high profile campaigns to get the maximum from their Social Media activities. She has travelled to many places to speak including European Parliament and Government, Amsterdam (The Social Media Strategies Summit), India (Socialathon 2014 for Digital Market Asia), Ireland, Madrid training a 1.2 billion company, Montenegro to speak for NATO, and Malaysia KL. Zoe is a regular on TV as a social media expert and regularly comments on the BBC World News, ITV This Morning, Radio and Global TV ZC Social Media launched over 8 years ago and provide bespoke in-house training and programmes across the globe for international corporates and businesses. Email Linkedin Website Twitter
Social Media – What’s New, What’s Hot, What’s Not
Social Media – What’s New, What’s Hot, What’s Not 10th May 2018 Our VIP Guest Tune in to hear VIP guest Zoe Cairns share the latest about social media for your business. Zoe is a highly respected International Social Media Speaker, Trainer and Consultant. Specialising in many areas but focusing on one of the many areas people do not cover when they first set out in Social Media, their Social Media Strategy. She works with many companies, brands and Fortune 500 companies to make sure that they have a strategy and know how to implement high profile campaigns to get the maximum from their Social Media activities. She has travelled to many places to speak including European Parliament and Government, Amsterdam (The Social Media Strategies Summit), India (Socialathon 2014 for Digital Market Asia), Ireland, Madrid training a 1.2 billion company, Montenegro to speak for NATO, and Malaysia KL. Zoe is a regular on TV as a social media expert and regularly comments on the BBC World News, ITV This Morning, Radio and Global TV ZC Social Media launched over 8 years ago and provide bespoke in-house training and programmes across the globe for international corporates and businesses. Email Linkedin Website Twitter Also in the studio is Raimonda Jankunaite, founder of Crowd Velocity, who will share her story with us and take part in the discussion.
How To Turn Your Idea Into A Product
Our VIP Guest on the show this week was Sarah Dillingham. Loads of women have brilliant ideas about how an existing product can be improved. The number of people who manage to secure funding, design, manufacture and launch their idea as a viable product is considerably less. Tune in to hear how Rheumatoid Arthritis patient Sarah Dillingham’s dream of dancing at her own wedding was marred by having to wear her bland, beige and itchy wrist support. So she gave it a makeover, a bit of a bling up. Her simple idea is now being transformed into a business. We follow Sarah through her journey, her tips for applying for funding, and through the ongoing design process. Sarah is now looking for more people who wear wrist supports to get involved in the development process and also to connect with other businesses who are shaking it up in the chronic or long-term health accessories and support industry. Connect With Sarah
Get Paid More For What You Do – Suzy Miller
About The Show Thanks to Suzy Miller for helping us to create such a varied show with a range of actionable ideas for you to get paid more for doing what you do. This is closely aligned with getting more money generally in situations such as divorce which is Suzy’s specialist area. Listen in to find out how Suzy turned her experience of going through a divorce into her business which helps others do the same. But it didn’t end there because she then ramped her business up another notch to include helping those professionals, such as divorce lawyers, mediators, financial advisors and life coached to better market their services and get paid what they are worth. The end result is a show with ideas to help you negotiate trouble in your personal life and come out on top as well as to grow your business and get paid for the value you deliver. You can find the show on Twitter at https://twitter.com/wibradiolive
How To Create Video With Your Phone
About The Show On the show today our live studio guest was Folake Bee from Beeline Films. Folake has built an amazing business specialising in creating videos for business owners. Along the way, she has also worked with celebrity clients who want to develop their personal brands. In the show, we find out how to create a video using your phone, and when you should consider using a professional video shoot instead. Tune in for business tips, ideas and resources and of course a bit of fun along the way. You can find the show on Twitter at https://twitter.com/wibradiolive Book Of The Week
How To Build Personal Resilience and Wellness For Your Business
About The Show Our studio guest today was Gemma Sharpe, founder of Lordene Learning. Gemma works with individuals and companies to help them build resilience and develop wellness for themselves as business owners or for staff. Tune in to hear Gemma’s story and how she had to build resilience herself, and which then enabled her to start a business sharing what she learnt to grow a business helping others to do the same. We learn how to recognise when someone, and that could be yourself, needs to build more resilience, how it’s not always obvious that someone is struggling and some ideas and techniques to improve the situation and create some coping mechanisms. Book Of The Week
Getting Back To The Basics Of Your Marketing Strategy With Eli Zheleva
About The Show The theme for this show was all about starting with, or getting back to basics. It was also about carrying on despite a few production hitches! Our studio guest is Eli Zheleva, a marketing coach and together we explore what you need to establish before your marketing can work for you as well as those dreaded ‘To Do’ lists. If you created a To Do list to help you deal with the overwhelm of having too much stuff to do and now find yourself in the grip of an overwhelming number of tasks which is growing day by day then this show is for you. Eli also shares the simple process she uses with clients to help them decide which marketing tools and techniques are right for them and their business. Book Of The Week
How Alison Cork Grew Her World of Interior Design
About The Show Our studio guests today were the entrepreneur and TV presenter, Alison Cork and her publicity specialist, Donna Lambert. Having built her interior design and lifestyle empire, and being the first women to float her company on the UK stock exchange and sit as a board member, Alison has recently founded the not-for-profit initiative, Make It Your Business. “Make It Your Business” is a massive collaborative programme created to help women start and grow their business. Listen in to find out more about Make It Your Business; how to join for free; get help from and learn from already successful women business owners who are also keeping it real. Plus, it’s available globally, which means wherever you are, there is support for you as a woman in business. Also in the show, we talk to communications and publicity expert Donna Lambert who left the corporate world of marketing to start her own business and now works alongside Alison. Alison and Donna join in with our pre-amble discussion about recommended business books, tips to grow your business and of course we hear the stories of how they launched and built their companies and how Alison realised her dream of creating a World Of Interiors alongside her Radio and TV career. As if that wasn’t a packed show already, we also hear from Tracy Fance for the regular monthly spiritual business insights. Book Recommendations From The Show
How To Stop Saying You Can’t With Toccara Steel
About The Show We had a varied show today starting off with GDPR – basically, what you must now do if you are handling information about other people. GDPR may not be sexy, it may not be fun, you may not want to do it, but if you’re going to do business in the UK, then you have to comply. Thanks to Nick Bird, CRM expert for sharing how you can do that. In the second half of the show, Toccara Steele joined us from the USA and wowed us with her energy, inspiration, how she founded a women’s leadership group and of course How To Stop Saying You Can’t. Along the way she gave us some new ideas for holding events (which we are going to be copying!) and just a whole load of motivation to get out there and get going with your own business.
Working With Cancer for Employers, Employees and Entrepreneurs
About The Show Read More About Barbara And Working With Cancer Are you dealing with Cancer? Perhaps you care for a cancer patient, manage staff or are still running your business after a diagnosis of cancer? There are so many highs and lows that come into play as well as legal rights and obligations. Not to mention the psychological and physical effects of being told you have cancer and dealing with the treatment. What are the practicalities of dealing with Chemo-Brain?What should you tell work colleagues or clients?If you’re an employer, how can you manage changing performance in your staff? We packed so much into this show and all practical advice grounded in reality because founder Barbara Wilson is herself a Breast Cancer survivor and her business grew out of the realisation there was almost nothing out there to help those returning to work, running their business or dealing with staff tackling the issue of cancer. Listen in and connect with Barbara and her organisation for support, training and resources. If you are an individual with a low income, Barbara’s Social Enterprise company is set up to offer you free or affordable support with the cancer, work, business balancing act. Get The Working With Cancer Newsletter
Barbara Wilson Founder Of Working With Cancer
Barbara Wilson Barbara Wilson is the founder of Working With Cancer, a social enterprise, supporting people affected by cancer across the UK to manage their successful continuation in or return to employment. Previously a senior HR professional with over 40 years’ experience at Catlin Group Ltd, Schroders, Barclays and Price Waterhouse, after treatment for breast cancer in 2005, Barbara chaired the ‘Work & Finance’ workstream of the National Cancer Strategy from 2008 to 2010, which developed ‘work and cancer’ support tools for cancer survivors, employers and working carers. She also became one of the architects of the Work and Cancer Programme run by Macmillan Cancer Support. Staffed mainly by cancer survivors, Working With Cancer supplies services throughout the UK to organisations and individuals affected by cancer and is now the main provider in the UK of cancer-specific coaching and workshops on how to successfully manage work during and after cancer treatment. on Twitter on Linkedin Working With Cancer Newsletter Listen To Barbara’s Show Website Chemo Brain and Other Articles
Top Business Blunders With Shawn McBride TEDx Women Speaker
About The Show Judging by the response we’ve had since this show aired, we managed to pack a load of useful information into this show and that’s all thanks to Shawn McBride, TEDx Women speaker, author, Attorney at Law and top Business Consultant. We start by exploring why women can make good business partners, then move through into the top business blunders. Shawn compiled his top ten business blunders as a result of the problems brought to him as an attorney and so it’s sound advice about how you can set your business up properly from the start and avoid problems down the line. If you’re thinking of starting your business or setting up in partnership this could be the best 45 minutes you could spend listening to how some simple precautions upfront can help you to create the lifestyle you want from the business you create.
Is Anxiety Stifling Your Business?
Today we were joined by co-founder of Avviso Media – Lucy Hall – and we were chatting about social media and anxiety in business. We also had Lucy’s daughter Lily in the studio – just in case you’re wondering what the gurgling and giggling noises are! Anxiety is something that affects many of us even though we may not talk about it. Symptoms include; self-sabotage, extreme worry, not replying to potential customers as well as physical symptoms like racing heart, sickness and memory lapses. Tune in to hear Sian, Laura, Kelly & Lucy discussing their personal experiences as well as giving actionable tips on how to manage anxiety in business.
Is Imposter Syndrome Screwing Your Business?
Well, I think we covered nearly all of it in today’s show with Grace Graham. Grace is a certified business coach (and there aren’t many of those around) who works with women and specialises in helping people identify and tackle imposter syndrome. If you’re wondering what that is, well it turns out that nearly all of us have experienced it at some point in our career. We talk about how to recognise it, what to do about it, what not to do about it and how to help someone you know who may have it. Along the way, we take in her social media tip, the book of the week, top tip to grow your business and Grace’s top tip for being in business. And of course, we ask her what she knows now that she wishes she had known when she started out. Which is a big enough mouthful to actually ask – let along answer! A really fun show with an absolute live wire who’s worked in the US as well as the UK and is an inspiration to anyone not feeling entirely brilliant about themselves – but who should be!
Kelly Tolhust, MP and Business Woman Talks About Balancing A Busy Life
We thought we had busy lives, but Kelly Tolhurst leaves us standing! As a Member Of Parliament AND a businesswoman, full-on days, late nights, no time for meals is a typical day. Listen in to find out how her maiden speech went, how she deals with a busy busy day and her take on social media. Today we were joined by Rochester & Strood Member Of Parliament – Kelly Tolhurst in the studio and what a fascinating insight it was! Kelly owns her a marine painting business as well as being an MP, so today’s show was rather diverse in topic. On the show, Kelly shared valuable insight into what life as an MP is like as well as sharing tips on how to juggle multiple things, resilience and how she cares for herself with such a busy lifestyle. We also dip into overcoming fear and how what scares us, can also help us grow. Kelly Tolhurst in The Women In Business Radio Show with co-hosts Laura Burton Lawrence and Kelly Culver
Working With Cancer (Organisation)
Working With Cancer (WWC) helps both employees and employers to manage cancer and work. We advise employees and their employers on how to successfully manage cancer in the workplace, providing one to one coaching for employees and their managers, training workshops and consultancy. We provide advice on any work-related matter but in particular about returning to work, remaining in work or finding employment at any stage during or after cancer treatment. We also provide individuals with advice on wider life goals too. Our work with commercial organisations subsidises our work with many cancer charities and with individuals for whom we provide coaching and advice. Coaching is free to those who are unemployed and in receipt of benefits. We also support working carers. Our team of associates, all trained and highly experienced professionals, comprises cancer survivors and those who have acted as working carers for family members with cancer. Connect with WWC
How To Get Into Flow With Creativity
Do you keep hearing about ‘getting into flow’ but have no idea what that feels like or how to achieve it? Listen in because we tackle just this, as well as our usual social media tips, book recommendations and growth ideas for your business. I think we managed to pack a lot into this show – a rather unusual book recommendation from our guest Natasha Boardman-Steer, founder of Creatabot. Some social media tips and ideas on productivity in the first part of the show and focusing on getting into flow and mindfulness. We also hear from Natasha about her transition from a crafter selling her creations, to being a creative consultant working with local government and corporate businesses to bring creativity into the workplace and facilitate well-being. A good fun show we think!
Start Up Stories
We were joined in the studio by two new women in business start-ups. Kimberly Smith who started her salon equipment sales and beauty company off the back of her previous business and award-winning Young Entrepreneur, Kelly Culver, who set up her own social media consultancy after finishing her apprenticeship. We pick their brains for what went well, what didn’t, their advice on social media and the all-important task getting those first clients in through the door.
Business After Breast Cancer – More Stories
About The Show For Linda Garcia, a Business Consultant who specialises in productivity, her life has changed drastically, and for the better, since she was diagnosed with breast cancer. At the time of her diagnosis and treatment she was employed, and after her experience made the decision to leave her job and set up on her own as a consultant. We hear her story, what happened, what worked, what didn’t, what she learned along the way and of course we got her to share the secret sauce she uses with her clients to turn their productivity on its head and get some real results. Along the way, we have a book recommendation, social media and business growth tips. Connect With Other Business After Breast Cancer Shows, Resources and Take Part