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As the ambassador programme completes I may finally be getting the hang of this networking lark having come away from the reception on Tuesday with some really useful contacts. It was a great evening and I’m only sorry I had to dash back to Leeds on the last train and couldn’t join my fellow ambassadors for a celebratory drink.  We’ll all work hard I’m sure to keep in touch and keep the momentum going.  What I’ve really loved about the programme is how inspired I am by the o...

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It's been a weird and wonderful week with women at its heart.  On Tuesday I made a presentation to the Department of Business Innovation and Skills with Kresse Wesling the wonder woman who specializes in using waste materials to make lovely things.  Her current products include high-end Elvis & Kresse handbags, made from reclaimed fire brigade hoses and jute supermarket bags made from coffee sacks. On Wednesday I received the International Business Women award from SHE magazine ...

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`Meeting of the Minds’. While his sounds like a kind of NLP based dating game for the over-educated, it was in fact a gathering in London last night of a small number of leading civil servants, business people and social entrepreneurs. In Admiralty House, under oils of `The Battle for Martinique’ and other British naval glories, we discussed how the sectors could, just maybe, take working together to the next level. On my table we were joined by Ray Mills of PWC, Rolande Anderson who hea...

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Joe McGarry I first meet Joe when he was Head of the Tenants Association when I joined AHA in 1995 and I worked closely with him for over 13 years on the development of our services and setting up and establishing the Novas Group. Joe is someone who just has the most amazing outlook on life - I would never tire from speaking to him, being motivated by him, or getting a true picture of what works ( and what does not)  for our customer groups. Joe was very open about his life and the t...

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