Catch up with old friends, make new ones, listen to great music, eat fantastic food supplied by Big Day Catering, wear a festive hat and learn the secrets of success from the master!

Food sponsored by Bob Garbett of O4RB

As well as having lots of fun we will be raising money for the Cambridge Cancer Help Centre

Comedian Steve Trister appears as Guru John Popolini to show us all how to stop living in No-Hoper Street and join him in SucksessVille!

“Guru John Popolini combines the tact of David Brent with the compassion of Don Vito Corleone. Steve Trister is a remarkable talent” - Doug Holeman, Director, New Dimension Enterprises

“John Popollini does for Networking what Borat did for journalism. Really very funny!” - Suzanne Cauchi, Director & Franchise Owner SALT (Europe) LTD

I wonder how many times you have heard messages like this?

• Be more successful!
• Change your mindset!
• Network effectively!
• Get more sales!
• Follow my system and you can run your business from your yacht in the Caribbean!
• Pay me money and I will make you rich!

Tickets just £15 include fabulous food, music, comedy and great fun. Why not treat a friend or client?

Book your ticket here >>>

Fundraising

We will be holding an auction of donated art works – see some of some of the wonderful donations on the Art Auction page. If you’d like to make a bid please get in touch.

Date: Wednesday December 15th 2010

Time: 18.30 – 21.30

Venue: Cambridge Cancer Help Centre

Scotsdales Garden Centre

Great Shelford

Cambridge  CB2 5JT

…. and to all the sponsors, donors and helpers (you’ll find them all on the pages of this blog)

Video clips from Phil Begnett www.wtvmedia.co.uk http://www.youtube.com/philwtv#p/u/3/mEvvFkwPs-E

Photos from Adam Hawkins www.anodizeproductions.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/annhawkins/sets/72157622896549547/show/

Here are a few of the comments from attendees:

Thank you for making last night such a success. From experience I know how much effort goes into events like this, so can appreciate all the hard work that went on ‘behind the scenes’. Simon Brooks www.contacts4business.com

A big thank you for putting on last night’s event. Great Fun, great contacts and I am sure you will be very proud of the value you brought to the Cambridge business community. It was a real success. Should you do the same next year! Bill Nelson and Graham Reading www.cmrworld.com

Thank you for a fabulous evening. Great company, great food and a lovely atmosphere – what more could a girl ask for! Please pass on my thanks to all those involved. Sue Isaacson www.thehrdept.co.uk

Thank you for the party – it was a great night and a brilliant atmosphere! It was good to meet people too that I hadn’t seen for a long time. Pauline Creek www.cambridgeaccounts.co.uk

What a fantastic event. Lots of cambridge women there I was pleased to note but I think there will definitely be some new attendees in the new year. Thanks so much for all your hard work in organising this, went with a bang! Jane Horwood www.cambridgewomen.co.uk

Wow Ann, a brilliant evening with lovely friends and wonderful entertainment. Thank You QTMervyn via Twitter

Thank you for arranging such a great event last night. My voice sounds like yours did last night, today. DaveAllan72 via Twitter

Awesome night at the Christmas networking party!#TCN PVE67 via Twitter

Well done for #tcn. Great event TheAndyIrvine via Twitter

Many thanks. Great night – the most fun I’ve had networking in years. Asapce2b via Twitter

Many thanks for the party last night & for the opportunity to network & help raise money for such a good cause. DibsFlinders via Twitter

RT @Emma_Fryer @AnnHawkins @MisterCrispy @ReaderRoz Fab #TCNevent last night Thanks to all involved. Great event < — Here, Here BombshellAcad via Twitter

Fab event last night Thanks to all involved. Clearly lots of hard work went into this great event Emma_Fryer via Twitter  PS @Lindsay_Abbott great performances last night at #TCN

Thank you for organising a great evening, it was fun… UpShotMedia via Twitter

Big thank you to all people that helped at last night’s #tcn it’s always more a gathering of friends than a networking event MaxGaet via Twitter

Thnxs to all the  helpers for #TCN party last nightand special thanks to @mistercrispy for the great Burmese food MoiraUpton via Twitter

Many thks for excellent network party last night NigelWathen viaTwitter

Lovely to meet you tonight at#tcn very much enjoyed it.. good show put on by all  YourfirstPA via Twitter

Lovely 2 C so many tweets from ppl who met up 4 1st time 2nite. As usual I dnt get 2 talk 2 half the ppl there! #TCN Lindsay_Abbott via Twitter

Excellent night #TCN Congrats@AnnHawkins @MisterCrispy and team on a super evening avonfin via Twitter

Great to meet @IanMcKendrick@AnnHawkins @ToniHunter@ChrisWebplus @bartercardgary@avonfin to name a few at #tcn tonite. Merry Xmas all click4causes via Twitter

RT @kristidunlap Great time at #TCN, lovely to see so many of you there! Thx@AnnHawkins and all the other helpers! // ditto! NatFinnigan via Twitter

Great time at #TCN, lovely to see so many of you there! Thx @AnnHawkins and all the other helpers! KristiDunlap via Twitter

A great night at #tcn good to see so many friendly and familiar faces, well done. SimonLaskey via Twitter

Just to say a huge thank you for all your efforts both in putting the event together and in the running of it this evening. Everyone I spoke to thought the evening a great success and something which would be good to do again. John Gibson Giddings Lane Will consultancy

Just a quick message Ann to say thank you and everyone who organised and contributed to last night’s bash, a very big thankyou from me, it was a great event! Joanna Holding www.wearmyhair.com

Thanks for a nice evening. Whoever did the food well done. Clare Driver www.domesticblissappointments.co.uk

December 16th Event

This event started out as a little idea and has grown into a big event with over 200 people enthusiastically supporting it!

It is a clasic example of how setting out to create a win-win situation can blossom to benefit a huge number of people. Please read the pages for all the people who are making the event happen as sponsors, volunteers and donatators of prizes.

STOP PRESS: To cope with the number of people who want to come have had to move to a BIGGER venue: The Cambridge Cancer Care Centre in The David Rayner Building at Scotsdales Garden Centre, 120 Cambridge Road, Great Shelford, Cambridge, CB22 5JT

Time: 6.30pm – 10.00pm Cash bar (no credit cards!)

Please help to spread the word – not everyone has seen the email about this!

Use your ticket to get a discount at Scotsdale’s Garden Centre from 5pm on the night or on Thurs 17th &  Fri 18th Dec

The premier networking organisations in Cambridgeshire would like to say “thank you” for your support throughout  the year and invite you to a joint celebration where you can have fun making new contacts for your business.

The Very Early Lunch Club (Best of Cambridge), Business for Breakfast, The Business Club Cambridge, Cambridge Women, Cambourne Network, The Womens Business Clubs, O4RB, ABC Advantage BT Tradespace and The Inspired Group are sponsoring this event. The Cambridge Business Breakfast Club has just joined in and there’s room for more! If you run a Business Networking organisation and you’d like to present your offering to over 200 networkers at this fantastic event just get in touch

These organisations all offer very different ways of networking and would like to give you the opportunity to extend your personal network by getting to know people from other networks that you may not usually meet.

The event is free of charge and oversubscribed so if you’d like to go on the waiting list, please email me. If you are registered and can’t come, please let me know asap. ‘No shows’ will be invoiced for £10 to cover the cost of catering.

Food and drinks will be provided and music and goody bags will add to the party atmosphere.

Bring your own party hat!