On Monday 23rd May 2011, there will be a networking lunch with 6 senior business men and women visiting from Times Square Church New York, in conjunction with Inverclyde Christian Iniative.

The guests are over as part of 5 day business mission initiative, to share their wisdom and experience and will be also be speaking at a leadership & development conference on Saturday 21st May 2011. (Full details available on request).

Each member of this exciting and influential team are excited to be coming to Scotland, they cover a broad range of issues from a business and leadership perspective.

Due to the diversity of the group and to allow the audience to get to know them and build relationship, the format will be “an audience with the team”.

They will take 5 minutes each to talk about their particular area of expertise and then we will network informally with each other and the team over a buffet lunch, before opening up the panel again to questions and answers.

If you would like to attend lunch on Monday 23rd May please RSVP to gayle_cattanach1@hotmail.com and please do extend an invite to other people you know who may be interested in either attending the business networking lunch or Saturday’s Leader’s Equipping event.

Lunch cost £7.50 to cover buffet lunch, Saturday conference free, bookings for conference please email info@inverclydeawake.com.

The same format of lunch will also be running In Edinburgh on Tuesday 24th May, should this be of interest please also let me know.

This event is not being run by BiG but we are delighted to promote as we feel it will be of benefit to support the business community.

Visiting team

• Jerry Hampton: 34 year former senior executive of Fortune top 50 global companies, including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and AXA. Also, an Elder, Board Member and ministry leader at Times Square Church.
• Steve Helms: 30+ year senior executive at Mars Inc-makers of M&M’s. Process Management and Efficiency expert
• Lorenzo Fragala: Commercial Real Estate Developer dealing with all aspects of state, city and municipal leadership.
• Darrell Bridgers: Corporate Investment Banking Attorney.
• Anthony Lenza: Litigating Attorney and Partner of firm.

One aspect that came out of the article was the reluctance of people working in the city to be open about their faith, or even to let their colleagues know that they were Christians. Do you find the same issue in your workplace?

Please discuss below.

• To establish BiG’s presence in the Glasgow Business Community
• The viability of expanding BiG to other parts of the city
• To help enhance our online presence and networking through social media networking such as LinkedIn.
• Identify potential sources of finance to create a permanent position to grow BiG’s service to businesses
• Review current marketing strategy and expand client base

Henri & Habibah joined us at our last BiG talk and here is what Henri said:

“Thank you very much for the invite and allowing myself and Habibah the opportunity to get a better insight into the events. To be honest we were more use to attending seminars where people sit in a line whilst someone talks until everyone falls asleep. Your event was a breath of fresh air from the more traditional approach. The whole setup was fantastic; people can talk & mingle, ask questions, listen to the speaker & also eat.”

Thank-you for making BiG the success it is, welcoming new people and for being part of all we do.

We would greatly appreciate if you would now take a few minutes to answer the short survey that has been put together by Henri & Habibah of behalf of BiG to help us develop our services.

Take the Survey!

The seminars in 2010 will be considering subjects such as:-

• Retaining self-confidence when everything is changing
• Picking up the pieces and sorting out your finances
• Prospering with integrity in a competitive environment
• Change management

New Venue: Glasgow City Mission’s new HQ in Crimea Street

Our final Business in Glasgow seminar for 2009 provides all our supporters and participants a unique opportunity to visit the recently opened premises of the Glasgow City Mission, an organisation which began in 1826 through the vision and compassion of David Naismith its founder.

Once the first of its kind, now duplicated in the major cities of the planet, Glasgow City Mission continues to offer practical as well as spiritual support to the most vulnerable in the City of Glasgow.

With the recession continuing to make significant inroads into our city’s working population it is a good thing to remind ourselves that vulnerability is not just reserved for the poor of society. We are witnessing, if not experiencing, such vulnerability across the business scene too but as with many successful charitable organisations the Glasgow City Mission is a reminder that there is also hope and a future.

We are grateful to Glasgow City Mission for offering to host this event, and we welcome anyone from the business community in Glasgow to join us.

Glasgow City Mission, 20 Crimea Street, Glasgow G2 8PW
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They are holding a one-day conference in Edinburgh on Friday 2 October, entitled “Use your skills to make a difference”. Read more on TBN’s website…

We’ve only migrated this year’s talks so far. If you’re looking for material from before that, please visit our (ahem) “legacy” site.

Please do let us know what else you would like to see on this site. What would help you at work?