Author: Wendrie Heywood
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#AdventWord 2019: 1 Unexpected
“For the sixth year in a row, #AdventWord will gather prayers via a global, online Advent calendar. Virginia Theological Seminary is offering meditations and images during this holy season beginning Sunday, 1 December. Images and meditations can be experienced via the #AdventWord website, direct daily emails, as well as on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, and
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National Guttering Day 2019
Did you know there was such a thing? SPAG (a Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings) founded this national day in 2002 to encourage people to look at their roofs and gutters as we go into winter. You can read about it on the SPAG blog where they have a useful ‘top ten tips’
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Sharing generic email accounts
Generic Email I recommend generic email addresses to all clients, recommending them for a range of reasons: Correspondence is held in a role specific email box. When a new person starts they can catch up, or search for previous conversations. The generic email box means that when a person leaves the role, or doesn’t want
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Quakers & Business Gathering and AGM 2019 – Strategy Day
The Strategy Day is an opportunity to: Explore what Q&B does now. Help shape its future with plans on how it can best support both its members and further abroad. Quakers and Business Group promotes Quaker values and principles in business and the workplace. It provides a supportive network for those upholding these principles, researches
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Face to Face with some of London’s cleaners
Clean for Good is a cleaning firm with a difference. I was delighted to attend the preview evening for this exhibition at St Sepulchre’s Church, Holborn Viaduct, London, EC1A 2DQ. It opens formally on Monday and will be open Monday – Thursday 11am – 2pm until the end of August 2019. This is a selection
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The Quaker Business Method: How It Works Is Why It Works
At the 2018 Quakers & Business Conference Peter Cheng gave some very well received talks on his research into the Quaker Business Method and Cognitive Science. The talks led to another event held in Birmingham, sponsored by the Quakers and Business Group and hosted by Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP. The videos are now available and
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Social Enterprise Day 2018
Although Mindful Business Services is a limited company for profit, we specialise in working with charities and social enterprises. Thursday 15th November 2018 is Social Enterprise Day. This is a global event run by Social Enterprise UK, that highlights the valuable difference that social enterprises make to peoples’ lives. Social enterprises can address poverty, tackle
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Trust and Integrity in Business – which questions do we ask? And of whom?
Quakers & Business Annual Conference 2018: Wednesday 5th December 2018, at Friends House, 173-177 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BJ. 9:30am to 4:30pm. Please click here for a detailed programme including a description of the stream and speaker options. Who is this for? Anybody in the world of business, owners, managers, employees, public and third sector,
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Society of Virtual Assistants Survey 2018
Virtual Assistant I’m often asked by clients, where do I get my information about rates and other virtual assistants? One of the biggest answers is from here: The Society of Virtual Assistants (SVA) 9th annual survey. To read about how I define VA, read the home page, and if you are wondering how it all
