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Today
I attended my first meeting, as a 'visitor', to decide
whether I'd like to join. Having ended the meeting
with three prospective new clients, and a lot of very
excited interest. I'm in! Wrap it, I'll take it!
AS
Visitor
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just thought that you might like to know that I have just
totalled up the amount of revenue TipTop generated through
Athena referrals from June 2005 to end of June 2006 (my 1st
year) and it came to: £24,740.12p.
Needless to say, I will be renewing my membership this year!
GR
Member |
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It
was lovely to meet you today and I really did enjoy the
meeting. Having been really apprehensive about the whole
networking idea it was great to meet so many nice ladies in
such a relaxed environment and to see networking happening
naturally without any pressure.
ER
Visitor |
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I
felt privileged to have been part of the workshop and will
certainly digest and put into practice all that you have
taught us.
AL
Member |
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Enjoyed being in an
atmosphere that is both warm and ‘buzzing’ whilst increasing
my knowledge and experiences of networking.
SS
Member |
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What
I enjoyed about today's workshop was that I am learning more
about the 'ease and grace' of networking ... it's finally
becoming less daunting. Thank you.
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Robyn Hatley - Regional Director,
South West London, Richmond Upon Thames Borough
 Robyn
is the Regional Director for the South
West Middlesex area, currently
encompassing Teddington, with
Twickenham, Richmond and Hampton Groups
launching in early 2008.
After 12 years of climbing the corporate
ladder as an HR Consultant, working both
in South Africa and the UK, and in
industries ranging from Corporate Retail
head offices to Public Sector
Departments, Robyn found that a large
part of her job involved career
counselling women employees who found
themselves at a crossroads. Soon after
facing her own career crossroads, Robyn
took the plunge and launched her own
venture called “Mums
The Business”. As a coach and small
business advisor, Robyn specialises in
helping other mums successfully start-up
and grow their own home-based business.
Driven by a desire to show that mums can
have a successful and profitable
home-based business that is based on
their own terms, Mums The Business now
also offers Inspirational MumPreneur
Events, teleforums, business start-up
telecourses and personalised business
coaching.
Robyn currently also volunteers her
expertise to
Enterprise First
– a not for profit Business Advisory
Service based in Surrey, Hampshire and
Berkshire.
Having moved to the UK from South Africa
10 years ago, Robyn is also committed to
charities which support both her country
of birth and her local community in the
UK. As such, she is a serial fundraiser
for
The Shooting Star Children’s Hospice
(based in Hampton), for which she
recently jumped out of an aeroplane at
10,000 feet for! And Robyn is an
Ambassador for
The Starfish Greathearts Foundation
(which supports children in Southern
Africa, who have been orphaned or made
vulnerable by HIV/AIDS).
As a skilled work/life balance artist
(after much practice!), Robyn also
manages to spend quality time with her 2
young and energetic daughters, and her
equally energetic husband (who recently
retired as a professional sportsman).
“Athena is so much more than a business
network for me – it’s also a community
of like-minded women who are as equally
supportive and inspirational, as they
are professional. The focus of Athena is
on sharing, collaborating, and
encouraging - all mixed in with a huge
dollop of fun! Not only are business
alliances made, but friendships too. For
someone like me who recently started up
her own business from home, Athena is my
monthly tonic towards achieving both my
professional & personal best!”
Robyn Hatley
Regional Director - The Athena Network
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