Speed Networking News
Global Demand for Speed Networking
The last few weeks has seen an influx of enquiries from all over the world for our speed networking software. We've had people from America, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa calling and emailing for more information. Despite the global fears over credit, demand for speed networking software and services has seen a superb start to 2008. ...
Contact25 have teamed up with offer you a FREE Champaign Reception at our speed networking event on 17th October 2007. Claire Mitchell from Lovely Bubbly will be talking about different styles of Champagne, the growing shift away from recognisable brands to more exclusive hand crafted styles and the benefits of exclusivity and corporate branding. Places are limited so our advice is to book...
Contact25 are delighted to announce that our first event of the Newcastle season 2007/2008 will be a FREE event. If you haven’t tried speed networking before, this is a great opportunity to find out what it’s all about in our biggest event yet. We announced the event just 1 week ago and have already had 44 bookings, so hurry – spaces are limited to 150. The event on 19th September 2007 will...
Well, the curtain has closed on this year's Enterprise Week, and we brought it down with a grand Speednetwork the Nation finale. There were over 225 Speednetworking events all over the country throughout Enterprise Week in schools, colleges, universities, businesses - even on a plane, a bus and a ferry. Lots of new networking groups were launched as a result of Speednetwork the Nation such as the...
The Young Vic has not put on the Scottish play since its refurbishment but there were glimpses of it yesterday when the Chancellor did a star turn at a speednetworking event to mark the end of Enterprise Week. He was supported at the London theatre by Sir Alan Sugar, the Amstrad chairman who moonlights on TV show The Apprentice, and the BBC's Dragons' Den panellists, Peter Jones, Theo Paphitis,...
Contact25 took part in a Speed Network the Nation as part of Enterprise Week 2006.
The event was held at Middlesbrough FC with 80 people in attendance mixing local businesses with forward-thinking school children who took part in Enterprise Week.
The speed netwo...
The speed networking experience An economy stands and falls with its entrepreneurs. To boost their numbers, industry groups and the government have joined up and created UK Enterprise Week. The week ends with "speed networking" events across the country, designed to hook up people with bright ideas with business partners and investors. All day on this page we will be getting regular updat...
Contact25 has reached No 1 in the Google charts for keyword search 'speed networking'. We have been No 1 of Google.co.uk for the keyword 'speed networking' for some time and now we are finally at the top of Google.com. Although search engines change their ranking algorithms all the time, it's great news for all the peopl...
Entrepreneurs are getting together to trade their knowledge in a variety of innovative events. Rachel Bridge reports IF you thought that networking was all about making polite conversation over tea and biscuits in bland function rooms, it may be time to think again. In the past few years there has been a transformation in the type of events on offer. As Britons finally throw off their inhibi...
Fancy starting your own business and becoming the UK's next big entrepreneur? Then maybe "speed mentoring" and the half-hour it offers with a panel of hard-hitting experts is the thing for you. Rupa Chilvers goes quiet when asked for more information about her idea for a baby gadget. The 30-year-old businesswoman has travelled to London to take part in a high-profile "speed mentoring" prog...
Speed-networking is a fast way to meet contacts — and it can help your career First came speed dating, then speed recruitment — now speed-networking is the next big thing to hit the business world. If you’re a nervous networker, or never quite got to grips with pressing the flesh, then this kind of event is a short, sharp shock. They are now held all over the country, gaining enthusiastic ...
EDITOR—We were intrigued to read Ridd and Shaw's recent communication on the use of a modified form of "speed dating" to improve their collaborative academic outlook in Bristol.1 We are pleased to report a refinement of this method and its application to the identification of research and education projects, and supervisors, for students undertaking the MSc in primary health care at King's College...
The following extract is taken from the Macmillan English Dictionary Online. Please follow the link for the page. speed networking also speed-networking noun [U] /spid netwk/ a method of making a potential business contact by briefly talking to a series of people at an organised event and exchanging contact details speed networker noun [C] /spid netwk/ ‘… Speed networking, as it’s more ...
EDITOR—One way for universities to revitalise academic medicine might be to look outward.1 Research takes money, and competition for funding is fierce. The chances of success are improved by demonstrating an expertise in both subject area and appropriate methods. Collaboration can be one way to achieve this, but how do you know with whom to collaborate? It's not just about the interests or the ski...
It had to happen. After the phenomenon of speed dating, speed networking could be set to become the latest workplace buzz. This week second and third-year science PhD students from the north West of England gathered in Manchester to take part in an organised "speed networking" event. Just as speed-dating saw singletons working their way around a room of potential partners, so the scientists ...
DOZENS of future scientists will take part in an organised ‘speed-networking’ event in Manchester this afternoon. Casting off the traditional format of a networking event, PhD researchers from across the North West will have two minutes to ‘chat up’ potential partners from bioscience organisations, just like speed-dating events. The ‘speed-networkers’ will get two minutes with each of 20 guests...
LONDON, England (CNN) -- First there was "speed dating," the search for romance reduced to a two-minute conversation with a total stranger. Now the business world has its own equivalent for card-collecting executives. And if there's nothing you hate more than working a room for contacts, orange juice in hand, then perhaps "speed networking" could be for you. Key Contacts, a London-based n...
Speed dating - where single people meet dozens of potential partners in a night - has spawned a vocational offspring. Have plenty of business cards at the ready and prepare for speed networking. "Speed-networking, oh my God," a colleague comments, calculating the combined discomfort of speed dating while maintaining one's professional exterior. The exact arrangements vary but basically one...
Devotees of the corporate expense account are in for a shock. Long, boozy lunches, the traditional way of making business contacts, face a new and cost-efficient challenge from the burgeoning world of "speed networking". Devotees of the corporate expense account are in for a shock. Long, boozy lunches, the traditional way of making business contacts, face a new and cost-efficient challenge from...
Business has adopted the speed dating concept and uses it for everything from recruiting to company mergers. Carly Chynoweth gets her skates on IDLENESS? Don’t waste my time. The office isn’t for relaxing or taking me-time or, heaven forbid, napping. It’s for getting work done, fast. While some slowpokes try to excuse their laziness by calling it a movement, there is plenty of evidence that t...
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Following the success of "speed dating," "speed recruiting" looks set to become the new trend in the workplace. A London staffing company this month launched the first ever speed-recruiting event in a bid to fill graduate vacancies in the city's financial sector. Graduates from all over the U.K. were given 10 minutes to meet and impress employers from big city firms ...
The idea that the city's business people are starting to feel like unhappy singles seems almost absurd, given New York's history. With its power breakfasts and working lunches, squash and golf outings and endless rounds of Martinis and cigars, the city is a temple to the art of networking. But these days even type-A personalities need a little help. David Zweighaft, a forensic accountant at Laz...
Oliver Mack came over from Common Purpose yesterday to discuss plans for this year’s London Conference. It will be for all those who have completed their courses in the London area. This year we are planning use speed dating techniques to create some new alliances between graduates. Behind Common Purpose is the simple idea that with a little push and some support many people will get involved...
The last few weeks has seen an influx of enquiries from all over the world for our speed networking software. We've had people from America, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa calling and emailing for more information. Despite the global fears over credit, demand for speed networking software and services has seen a superb start to 2008. ...
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Antony Vila (Contact25) 8th March 2008
Contact25 have teamed up with offer you a FREE Champaign Reception at our speed networking event on 17th October 2007. Claire Mitchell from Lovely Bubbly will be talking about different styles of Champagne, the growing shift away from recognisable brands to more exclusive hand crafted styles and the benefits of exclusivity and corporate branding. Places are limited so our advice is to book...
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Antony Vila (Contact25) 22nd October 2007
Contact25 are delighted to announce that our first event of the Newcastle season 2007/2008 will be a FREE event. If you haven’t tried speed networking before, this is a great opportunity to find out what it’s all about in our biggest event yet. We announced the event just 1 week ago and have already had 44 bookings, so hurry – spaces are limited to 150. The event on 19th September 2007 will...
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Antony Vila (Contact25) 5th July 2007
Well, the curtain has closed on this year's Enterprise Week, and we brought it down with a grand Speednetwork the Nation finale. There were over 225 Speednetworking events all over the country throughout Enterprise Week in schools, colleges, universities, businesses - even on a plane, a bus and a ferry. Lots of new networking groups were launched as a result of Speednetwork the Nation such as the...
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Jo Hill (Make Your Mark) 21st November 2006
The Young Vic has not put on the Scottish play since its refurbishment but there were glimpses of it yesterday when the Chancellor did a star turn at a speednetworking event to mark the end of Enterprise Week. He was supported at the London theatre by Sir Alan Sugar, the Amstrad chairman who moonlights on TV show The Apprentice, and the BBC's Dragons' Den panellists, Peter Jones, Theo Paphitis,...
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Richard Tyler (Telegraph) 18th November 2006
Contact25 took part in a Speed Network the Nation as part of Enterprise Week 2006.
The event was held at Middlesbrough FC with 80 people in attendance mixing local businesses with forward-thinking school children who took part in Enterprise Week.
The speed netwo...-
Antony Vila (Contact25) 17th November 2006
The speed networking experience An economy stands and falls with its entrepreneurs. To boost their numbers, industry groups and the government have joined up and created UK Enterprise Week. The week ends with "speed networking" events across the country, designed to hook up people with bright ideas with business partners and investors. All day on this page we will be getting regular updat...
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N/a (BBC Online) 17th November 2006
Contact25 has reached No 1 in the Google charts for keyword search 'speed networking'. We have been No 1 of Google.co.uk for the keyword 'speed networking' for some time and now we are finally at the top of Google.com. Although search engines change their ranking algorithms all the time, it's great news for all the peopl...
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Antony Vila (Contact25) 17th October 2006
Entrepreneurs are getting together to trade their knowledge in a variety of innovative events. Rachel Bridge reports IF you thought that networking was all about making polite conversation over tea and biscuits in bland function rooms, it may be time to think again. In the past few years there has been a transformation in the type of events on offer. As Britons finally throw off their inhibi...
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Rachel Bridge (The Sunday Times) 15th January 2006
Fancy starting your own business and becoming the UK's next big entrepreneur? Then maybe "speed mentoring" and the half-hour it offers with a panel of hard-hitting experts is the thing for you. Rupa Chilvers goes quiet when asked for more information about her idea for a baby gadget. The 30-year-old businesswoman has travelled to London to take part in a high-profile "speed mentoring" prog...
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Ben Richardson (BBC News) 23rd November 2005
Speed-networking is a fast way to meet contacts — and it can help your career First came speed dating, then speed recruitment — now speed-networking is the next big thing to hit the business world. If you’re a nervous networker, or never quite got to grips with pressing the flesh, then this kind of event is a short, sharp shock. They are now held all over the country, gaining enthusiastic ...
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Catherine Quinn (Times (UK)) 2nd November 2005
EDITOR—We were intrigued to read Ridd and Shaw's recent communication on the use of a modified form of "speed dating" to improve their collaborative academic outlook in Bristol.1 We are pleased to report a refinement of this method and its application to the identification of research and education projects, and supervisors, for students undertaking the MSc in primary health care at King's College...
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Roger H Jones (BMJ (British Medical Journal)) 29th October 2005
The following extract is taken from the Macmillan English Dictionary Online. Please follow the link for the page. speed networking also speed-networking noun [U] /spid netwk/ a method of making a potential business contact by briefly talking to a series of people at an organised event and exchanging contact details speed networker noun [C] /spid netwk/ ‘… Speed networking, as it’s more ...
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Kerry Maxwell (Macmillan English Dictionary) 27th October 2005
EDITOR—One way for universities to revitalise academic medicine might be to look outward.1 Research takes money, and competition for funding is fierce. The chances of success are improved by demonstrating an expertise in both subject area and appropriate methods. Collaboration can be one way to achieve this, but how do you know with whom to collaborate? It's not just about the interests or the ski...
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Matthew J Ridd, Alison R G Shaw (BMJ (British Medical Journal)) 24th September 2005
It had to happen. After the phenomenon of speed dating, speed networking could be set to become the latest workplace buzz. This week second and third-year science PhD students from the north West of England gathered in Manchester to take part in an organised "speed networking" event. Just as speed-dating saw singletons working their way around a room of potential partners, so the scientists ...
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Nic Paton (Management Issues) 22nd July 2005
DOZENS of future scientists will take part in an organised ‘speed-networking’ event in Manchester this afternoon. Casting off the traditional format of a networking event, PhD researchers from across the North West will have two minutes to ‘chat up’ potential partners from bioscience organisations, just like speed-dating events. The ‘speed-networkers’ will get two minutes with each of 20 guests...
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onrec.com (onrec.com) 21st July 2005
LONDON, England (CNN) -- First there was "speed dating," the search for romance reduced to a two-minute conversation with a total stranger. Now the business world has its own equivalent for card-collecting executives. And if there's nothing you hate more than working a room for contacts, orange juice in hand, then perhaps "speed networking" could be for you. Key Contacts, a London-based n...
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CNN (CNN) 27th January 2005
Speed dating - where single people meet dozens of potential partners in a night - has spawned a vocational offspring. Have plenty of business cards at the ready and prepare for speed networking. "Speed-networking, oh my God," a colleague comments, calculating the combined discomfort of speed dating while maintaining one's professional exterior. The exact arrangements vary but basically one...
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Susannah Cullinane (BBC News) 8th December 2004
Devotees of the corporate expense account are in for a shock. Long, boozy lunches, the traditional way of making business contacts, face a new and cost-efficient challenge from the burgeoning world of "speed networking". Devotees of the corporate expense account are in for a shock. Long, boozy lunches, the traditional way of making business contacts, face a new and cost-efficient challenge from...
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Steve Bloomfield and Janet Murray (Independent on Sunday) 4th December 2004
Business has adopted the speed dating concept and uses it for everything from recruiting to company mergers. Carly Chynoweth gets her skates on IDLENESS? Don’t waste my time. The office isn’t for relaxing or taking me-time or, heaven forbid, napping. It’s for getting work done, fast. While some slowpokes try to excuse their laziness by calling it a movement, there is plenty of evidence that t...
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Carly Chynoweth (Times (UK)) 28th October 2004
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Following the success of "speed dating," "speed recruiting" looks set to become the new trend in the workplace. A London staffing company this month launched the first ever speed-recruiting event in a bid to fill graduate vacancies in the city's financial sector. Graduates from all over the U.K. were given 10 minutes to meet and impress employers from big city firms ...
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Lisa Desai (CNN) 26th August 2004
The idea that the city's business people are starting to feel like unhappy singles seems almost absurd, given New York's history. With its power breakfasts and working lunches, squash and golf outings and endless rounds of Martinis and cigars, the city is a temple to the art of networking. But these days even type-A personalities need a little help. David Zweighaft, a forensic accountant at Laz...
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Paul Sullivan (FT (Financial Times)) 25th March 2004
Oliver Mack came over from Common Purpose yesterday to discuss plans for this year’s London Conference. It will be for all those who have completed their courses in the London area. This year we are planning use speed dating techniques to create some new alliances between graduates. Behind Common Purpose is the simple idea that with a little push and some support many people will get involved...
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Jonathan Briggs (Online Blog) 6th January 2004