Friday 15th August 2008 Meeting
Friday 15th August 2008 Meeting
Aug 15Back after 3 weeks and though we are in the holiday period, 5 subs and 1 visitor are there to ensure that seating is at a premium and a good incentive not to be late in future. Kerelia kicks off the 60 seconds round and mentions that she has signed a new deal with a concierge agency. Much of her business comes from relocation clients.
Jamie asks for help his his PR which my half-addled brain transmogrifies into RPR (What’s that? I ask) confusing it with the RDR or Retail Distribution Review that FSA-regulated people like me have to deal with. He also recommends TWITTER, as has got his first piece of business from there with a Digital Agency.
Lewis wants intros to insurance brokers as he can do pukka jewellery valuations for insurance purposes. Mike Chan mentions “put options” where you can buy back your house at the same price if the market drops – something that might be a useful marketing angle for in2 Consulting.
Gavin M-H stands up and Mike Nightingale, Gavin H and others burst into song as it is his 39th birthday which means he was born on the first day of the Woodstock festival….He offers a prize for the first clever geezer to tell him and maybe all of us, the genus of the Hobby bird? Also wants a venue for new networking group to be held on a Friday afternoon. You Me He She sub wants contact for people with a passion about India as the V&A are putting on an exhibition.
Sub Louise Hassett from Delfont Mackintosh Theatres may be able to help with finding venue for American speaker Jim Ziegler in October. George M has a sponsor for a new (coffee table) book – he writes one every 18 months.
Martin Dunne seems to have 3 teachers in his family – nearly as many as in mine! Dexter Moscow of Audience Dynamics, subbing for Kirsty of Perfectly Tempered does his 60 seconds as a rhyme about a farmer with 3 daughters with 3 suitors, showing the impotance of having the right name. My name’s Chuck…
Justin’s referral requests include one for a hairdresser prepared to work in a salon in Brighton which my tango teacher may be able to help with – a good example of “small world” or the power of networking. Justin maybe able to help witha client of mine who is looking for £1.25 million funding and is kind enough to offer to have a look at the business plan.
David Coburn brings along Jack from TMCards as a visitor who produces personalised playing cards used by professionals as well as the more usual suspects and in a short 1:1 afterwards, points out their USP in marketing – people don’t throw them away.
Hiten does the 10 minutes and Revolution DESIGN is now Revolution Creative. Local authority and public sector work is an increasing part of his work and the posters and other material he did for Hackney council for example, is top class.
With no-one claiming the amazing prize, I will explain the genus of the Hobby.
Mr Adolph originally wanted to call his 1947 table football game ‘The Hobby’, but the Patents Office told him that was too general a term to be patented or registered as a trademark.
He got round this thanks to his keen interest in ornithology – he knew the Latin name for the Hobby Hawk was Falco Subbuteo so he used that Latin word, which is now known round the world as the name of a football game.
So there you go. Falco Buteo Buteo, or Falco Subbuteo, is the latin name for the Hobby, and that is where the flick-to-kick game gets its slightly odd name from.
Prize goes to me, as it’s my birthday.
Not wishing to contradict you George, my 60 seconds was a joke about a farmer and his three daughters. Serving to illustrate that often what we say can be misunderstood and how important it is to get our message across with clarity. Obviously I failed in this respect. Warm regards, Dexter.