Mid-August '09 Testimonials

Manie Groenewald writes:

I really enjoy the INNER Circle community. It is great to hear the positive feedback from people who have attended our meetings.

Blessings
Manie Groenewald

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Dr. Marlet Tromp writes:

Hi Trevor, nice to be your friend! I enjoyed the meeting last night. I find INNER Circle a great network forum!

Marlet Tromp

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Allison Martin writes:

Afternoon Trevor. This looks extremely interesting! Thank you very much for last night!

How can I find out more information around getting involved with the Soweto Chamber of Commerce and being their preferred connectivity provider please?

All the best,
Allison

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Manie van Niekerk writes:

Trevor, Congrats, and thanks your INNER Circle meeting last night was very effective.

Regards

Manie van Niekerk
Mobile: 072 745 4554
Fax: 086 614 4803
www.edu-id.co.za
manie@edu-id.co.za

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Elmarie Louw writes:

Hi Ivan and Trevor.

It was great to join you at the INNER Circle meeting. I definitely plan to make this my No 1 networking group. I really felt that it was a safe environment to network with other positive people, and that everyone are there to help one another. Will see you soon!

Regards

Elmarie Louw

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More NEAT Testimonials Roll In

Annatjie Venter writes:

Hi Trevor

Thank you for the wonderful opportunity to be part of this meeting. I really enjoyed the vibe and being around such positive energy mean a lot to me as a new business owner. As I've showed you my Chocolate products with the printing of the Palazzo's Logo, I was actionaly looking forward to see Linda (from the Palazzo) there as well. She did however send me an e-mail to say that she would be on a conference for the rest of the week. Anyway thanks for a wonderful meeting and the opportunity to meet such a bunch of wonderful people. I will definitly attend all the meetings at the Palazzo so you can count me in everytime and I am sure we will get even more people joining our group, if they don't, they are losing the opportunity of a life time.

Kind Regards
Annatjie Venter
Chocolography SA

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Claudia Scott writes:

Hi Trevor

Many thanks for a most inspiring and invigorating meeting last night and for the opportunity of networking with motivated, passionate, knowlegeable and dedicated business people.I look forward to exploring and developing long-standing mutually beneficial business relationships through INNER Circle.

Kind regards
Claudia

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Ute Sonnenberg writes:

Hi Trevor,

Thank you for bringing us together for an inspiring evening with great people. See you next time!

Kind regards,Ute Sonnenberg

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Ronel Vermeulen writes:

Hi Trevor and the Team at Palazzo,

Thank you very much for the opportunity to attend the meeting and being part of such a great vibe of business going on in different industries and sectors. The venue lends itself well to the professionalism of the meeting intent.

Greetings

__________________

Ronél Vermeulen

Director

payITforward - Creating Opportunity for Choice

Office +27 11 827-4127

Mobile: +27 (0)82 460 1799

Fax: 086 503 4815

e-mail: ronel@payitforward.org.za

Testimonial: Tony Vink GETS IT

Tony Vink wrote this on link: INNER Circle meetings - Be there!

Hi all,

I would like to give some feedback to all members of the INNER CIRCLE who have not yet attended a meeting in the flesh so to speak. I was like some members, laying a little low, I thought, I'd join the site and see what gives. Well, to be honest there is only so much you can do by connecting online. You can make friends online, even arrange a few one on one meetings online and , if you're lucky, some business may be had. In fact, I have connected with Graham Mitchel of ActionCoach and have joined him to coach me in my quest to build a great business. I'm glad to report that that is going very well.I digress. The point is, that successful networking will, sooner or later, require some face to face contact.

So I decided that I would take the next step and joint the meeting at Benvenuto Conference Centre on friday the 30th July. In fact, I was so looking forward to it that I miss-read my clock and arrived an hour to early! When the folks all started arriving it quickly became apparent to me that these people don't just meet and sit down and talk business, but that everyone knows very one and are friends. When the meeting got underway, we were all welcomed by Brian Carter, our host for the evening who allowed us to briefly introduce ourselves. I forgot to mention that there were 25 people in the meeting and the room was quite full! Seems there were others like myself who just 'arrived'.

After introductions, Brian afforded everyone a chance to talk about their business and the services they provide. There was some banter between the members who knew each other well which was nice and gave the meeting a pleasant informal atmosphere.There was a short Presentation by Michael about Email marketing which I felt was a bit of a teaser and we are all waiting to learn more. At the end of the meeting Tervor Nel, who is one of the co-founders of INNER CIRCLE, gave everyone an update on the huge project he is involved with and expressed his excitement about the meeting and the possibilities of connections.

What I learned, other than who everyone is and what they do, is that there are many ways to connect. Judging from the multiple Joint Ventures (JV's) that several members had formed there is a lot of scope to do business. It is also recommended that you attend regularly, to give everyone a chance to get to know you, I think it makes sense that having a more personal relationship with each other will make connecting and referring prospects to each other easier. The most important thing I learned is that bringing ideas to the meeting is most valuable. Ideas which you might have floating around and don't know what to do with if brought to the meeting might well be your next big thing, your next big contract. I also feel it is important not to worry that someone at the meeting already does what you do, the important thing to remember is that we need to have an attitude of abundance, there is plenty for everyone, especially those who band together like the INNER CIRCLE.

I will probably be attending the Fairlands meeting every month and then attend some of the other venues on occasion. Perhaps I can ask for comments about attending different meetings at different locations.

I am excited to have this connection and I encourage those of you who have not yet attended a meeting, to make a plan.

See you at the next meeting