Visitors Guide to AAW

Jo Cameron’s Achievers Academy for Women, Institute of Creative Enterprise ICE, Parkside, Coventry CV1 2NE Tel: + 44 (0) 843 289 2839 Email: [email protected] Web: www.achieversacademyforwomen.co.uk

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Visitors Guide to AAW

Welcome to your first AAW meeting. We call them ‘Energisers’ because energised is what you should be feeling when you leave.

To make sure that you get the most from today, please read this information booklet to get a full background on AAW and the most from today,


FRIENDS OF AAW For many years, AAW has collected friends in all manner of professions and industries, to name a few…

• Rachel Elnaugh – Former Dragon on Dragon’s Den. Judge for AAW awards and speaker at AAW Powerup event for several years running.

• Gill Fielding - Secret Millionaire. Speaker at AAW event 2010 and judge for AAW Awards

2011, as well as speaker on the AAW Business Growth Programme 2014

• Cherie Blair QC – Guest at AAW Business Extravaganza 2010

• Ffion Hague – Guest at AAW event 2009

• Penny Mallory – The first Female UK Rally Driving Champion was an AAW awards judge 2012 and speaker on business Growth Programme 2014.

• Amanda McKensie – Marketing Director at Aviva and judge for AAW Annual Event 2012.

• Sarah Speake – Former Head of Marketing at Google, now director of Development ITV,

speaker at AAW annual event 2012 and speaker on Business Growth Programme 2014.

• Jacqui Smith – First Female Home Secretary, speaker on Communications programme 2011 and guest at AAW event 2009.

• Irene Curtis – Most senior ranking police officer in UK, judge for AAW Awards 2010-2011.

• Emer Timmons – First female CEO of BT, speaker at AAW Annual event 2013.

• Julie White – Midlands Businesswoman of the Year and ‘Round-the-world’ yachtswoman,

speaker AAW Annual event 2013.


TESTIMONIALS

• HITACHI “It was lovely to see Jo again in Sefton Park, everyone was very impressed with her speech especially our European colleagues. I cannot wait to show the video to our Talent Management team. Thank you again for lifting our spirits and making us think differently every day, you are truly an inspiration.”

Zerr in Selen, HR Business Partner, UK Ireland, Middle East, Turkey

• HSBC

“Just wanted to thank you for a very enjoyable two days; I usually hate courses and get myself so worked up over having to stand up and present things or get involved in role play that I go into complete panic mode and learn absolutely nothing. The relaxed environment you created was wonderful and for the first time I have actually gone away and remembered things after leaving the course.”

Senior Manager, Corporate Banking Event

• BT

“Once again, thank you for meeting with us yesterday. Your facilitation helped us to get people to talk and put issues out on the table for discussion.”

Head of Diversity, Gender at Work Event

• SHELL

“It was a pleasure to work with you, I really enjoyed yesterday. The feedback we got was amazing, with many employees saying how positive and inspiring you were, how they loved the energy and have lots of good take messages about confidence to take away with them.”

Sarah Stanway, Shell Global Solutions


WHERE IT ALL BEGAN… In 2010, Jo decided to put together a community of women that supported her drive to change the way women are represented in the world. Together today, they work synonymously as they pave the way for a new woman’s global leadership paradigm. Putting together the community was the culmination of many years hard work, testing of the concept and building of a best practice model that served to delight its members. For over twenty years Jo Cameron has been learning, observing and studying women’s leadership styles. Having upheld several senior management positions in the motor industry, it was 2004 when Jo left to become an entrepreneur. It was here Jo was exposed to the world of networking. Whilst she found some value from it, it was here she listened to the requirements other friends in business that sought a safe place for experienced women in business to meet and energise one another, to motivate each other, to challenge current thinking and learn. She discovered that the other women also wanted it all done in a non-pretentious, down-to-earth fashion. OUR VISION AAW is a dynamic fast-growing enterprise inspired to cultivate leadership development and relationship building amongst professional women across all industries. Created by Jo Cameron, it is a hub for learning and connecting with women a shared outlook, to motivate, cultivate and exhilarate. AAW comprises of specially crafted events all over the UK throughout the year and smaller more intimate ‘energising’ meetings every month. Each ‘energizer’ has a different business led topic and is designed especially for you to take away our rich knowledge, resources and expertise. MEETING ETIQUETTE Being a member of AAW is as much as what you bring to the table as what you take away so if you keep this in mind at all times, you will have a fantastic first visit. We ask you to observe our meeting etiquette:

! No selling or pushing out of leaflets

! No over-promotion of what you are doing

! No shoving of business cards into anyone’s hands

! Share positive information, advice or stories you may have that could help others ! Offer compliments to other members

! Support and encourage each other

! Ask for help and support if you need it

! Never communicate anything to others that one could read into negatively or take as a

personal attack

! Never mislead people and never tell lies


MEMBERS OPTIONS

As a member of the Achievers Academy for Women this is what you will expect to receive…

Premier

Member

Monthly ‘Energiser’ meeting √

Access to 12 members professional development workshops √

Access to 12 on-line classes (from Jan 2015) √

Appearance in ‘Purple Moments’ members news and views √

Two Free Visits to all other groups (£25 + vat) for other visits √

Appearance in the ‘Ask the Expert’ Chair (from Jan 2015) √

Promotion of yourself in the online areas ‘ What we do Wednesdays’ √

Full profile listing on Academy website √

Load events and offers on the AAW website for inclusion in monthly e-news √

Access to the Premier Members online areas √

Monthly learning video and hints and tips √

Monthly members newsletter ‘Buzz’ √

Subsidised events √

Weekly ‘stop and think’ text message from Jo Cameron (from Jan 2015) √

Priority tickets to events √

SIGN ON PACK

Premier Member Pack

Journal, folder, name badge

√

JOINING FEES

Registrat ion Fees

£47 + vat

Monthly subscript ion £47 + vat


EXTRA MEMBERS BENEFITS COMING ON STREAM 2015

These are some additional benefits that our members asked for that will be coming on stream in January. Promotional Activi ty

• Members Directory so you can contact other members in other circles To be able to attend more meetings

• Paid for pass (£50 - £75) to access any meeting for 3 months – price TBC Business Coaching

• Approved list of AAW Coaches to become available – approved list to be drawn up Meeting Content Planner

• Your very own planner which will include all of next years content from January to December, allowing you to see what’s coming up, do your own research prior to meetings and any areas you feel your have a strength in, do let us know beforehand and we would love for you to get involved.

VALUES

Our vision here at AAW is to wake up the women of the world, through leadership development and relationship building, to learn, connect and motivate yourself and those around you. We work hard to execute this on a daily basis and believe our AAW values are a true representation of everything we wish to implement and how we aspire to be perceived. ENERGETIC – To get women to make a change, to take action and to develop both personally and professionally. MOTIVATING – To offer women all the right components needed to encourage change and sustain the newfound growth we help drive and support you with. CHALLENGING – To offer thought provoking content and activities that challenge women’s habitual way of thinking. DOWN TO EARTH – To be genuine and true at all times and maintain a balance of professionalism and approachability.


WHERE ARE WE NOW? AAW currently has over 15 locations throughout the region and is always growing. With over 100 members and on average two launches a month, we are fast approaching our objective, to wake up the women of the world!


TIMELINE [INTRO LINE] 1989 – Jo starts her Career in the Motor industry as an apprentice with Rover Group.

1991 - Wins Coventry Apprentice of the Year

1994 – Sponsored to do an Engineering Degree

1997 – Graduates with a 2:1 in Manufacturing Engineering

1999 – Graduates with a Post Graduate Diploma

2002 – Graduates with a Masters’ Degree. Wins course prize for best dissertation and receives a

distinction from her second marker at Oxford University

Spent several years in Senior Management roles in HR, Sales, Communication and Trainer.

2003 – Led a project to train all Managers in improved Communication Skills

2004 – Jo Cameron decided to leave the motor industry to set up her own business. Becomes

Management Consultant and Trainer

2004 – Trains to become a life coach. Sets up her first company doing Life Coaching

2004 – Writes for various industry press on Women in Leadership

2005 – Best Friend suggests she goes on the Apprentice. Apprentice filming takes place

2006 (Spring) – Apprentice is screened. Jo is inundated with requests with various media

projects

2006 (Summer) – After an agonising summer spent in hospital with a troubled pregnancy, Jo’s

life crashes terribly apart when her baby daughter is born prematurely and dies on 31/08/2006.

She was called Emmeline. Jo has to relearn all the basics, how to hold conversations again, how

to live again and how to re-build from the devastating loss.

2007 (spring) – Jo leaves Emmeline’s dad and lives in a friend’s bedroom with her stuff in plastic

bags. Spent several months on ‘self-destruct’ until she realised she had to scope out the life she

wanted. When she couldn’t remember getting home from a night out, she knew there was only

one way forward. And that was up.

2007 – Begins her speaking career

2007 (Summer) – Meets Julian, her ideally matched partner. He runs his own Golf School.

2007 (Summer) – Jo wins The Weakest Link and £11 000 for the Charity which she is Patron of

SANDS.

2009 – Jo starts putting on big events for Women to celebrate their success

2009 (Autumn) –Julian and Jo have baby girl called Georgia

2010 – starts talking to people about setting up AAW

2010 – Convinced Starbucks to stay open to help her run a ‘positive living group’. The people in

the group start having successes

2011 – January – Launch of AAW – most women joined.

2012 – AAW starts to grow and people start to set up their own circles

2013 – Reach 100 members

2014 – More Circles to launch around the UK.


MEMBERS DIRECTORY NAME CIRCLE COMPANY PROFESSION

Lyn Bromley Kenilworth Change Maker First Impressions Training Ltd Managing Director

Annette Gann Kenilworth Camden 360 Communications Director Helen Hone Kenilworth Woodside Sales Manager Abby Wilkes Kenilworth Abby Wilkes Photography Owner Elizabeth Gordon Kenilworth Female Success Director Melanie McCall Kenilworth Wootton Park

Sarah Gorev Kenilworth Social Media Spice Owner, Social Media Consultant

Tracy Cross Kenilworth Band Hatton Button LLP Collaborative Family Solicitor/Mediator

Andrea Bayles Kenilworth Natural Solutions Nutritional Therapist Kirsten Norton Kenilworth ARTVIK Photography Photographer Judy Hall Kenilworth The Lighthouse Children's Nursery Director Monica Garcia-Romero Kenilworth Altamira Global Executive Coaching Global Executive Coach Jude Jennison Kenilworth Leaders by Nature Ltd Leadership Coach Lucy Swindells Kenilworth Sweet As Cakes Ltd

Carol ine Suggett Coventry Change Maker ROM Consultancy Ltd Managing Director

Linda Scannell Coventry Linda Scannell Photography Photographer and Manager

Lorna Harling Coventry Jigsaw Complete Communications Services Ltd

Sandra Garlick Coventry De Marco Solicitors Principal Zoe Russell Coventry ZHR Marketing Marketing Consultant Dr Denise Taylor Coventry Bridge PR & Media Services Limited Managing Director June Picken Coventry Coombe Abbey Hotel Director of Sales Jane Yates Coventry Sweet Lime Interior Design Design Director

Helen Routledge Coventry Totem Learning Instructional Systems Design Manager

Amanda Weaver Coventry New Leaf Solicitors Principal Solicitor Nicola Pittaway Coventry Rachel Wade Coventry Bruker HR Director EMEA

Caroline Kempster Leamington Spa Change Maker The Lett ing People

Founder and Marketing Director

Debbie Wiggins Leamington Spa GreenEdge Director

Denise Watson Leamington Spa Denise Watson Business Support Services

Sandra Sitoianu Leamington Spa Diana Fallowes Leamington Spa Crazy Kiln Mobile

El inor Perry Warwick Change Maker

Pentlands Accountants & Business Advisors Managing Director

Dr Anna Molony Warwick Ingenium IP Patent Attorney/Director Claire Salmons Warwick The PR Doctor MD Ann Ballinger Warwick dazzle AB limited MD Helen Jeffrey Warwick Jackson Jeffrey Financial Services Director Jo Stroud Warwick Fabulous Managing Director Julie White Warwick D-drill Group Managing Director Kate Swinson Warwick Intex Projects Ltd Company Secretary Lesley Russon Warwick ShowOff Display Ltd Liz Katz Warwick Noisegate Media Ltd Director Sarah Baker Warwick Mallory Court General Manager Sonya Wallbank Warwick Capellas Ltd Director Ann Marie Swift Warwick Louise Partridge Warwick Merryhill Accountancy Services Ltd Managing Director


Gurdip Chatha Warwick EsquÌ© Beauty Heather Salter Warwick Jigsaw HR Limited Nicky Gough Warwick Cotswold Family Law Director Fiona Cockburn Warwick Ollila Law Ltd Jenny Hudson Warwick Sweet As Cakes Director Emma Heathcote-James Warwick Little Soap Company Founder/Director

Jackie Casey Birmingham Change Maker SucessTrain Managing Director

Emma Jennings Birmingham The Studio Venue Company Director Tammy Ball Birmingham Coaching By The Balls Associate Director

Elaine Kingston Birmingham Bournville College Business Partnership Development Manager

Elizabeth Gooch MBE Birmingham eg solutions plc Chief Executive Denise O'Neill Birmingham Advantage Business Agency Ltd Director

Nusrat Sadiq Birmigham Washwood Heath Technology College

Business & Community learning Co-ordinator

Angela Armstrong Solihul l Change Maker Armstrong Coaching & Consult ing Managing Director

Rebecca Orson Solihull Winning Moves Growth Manager, GrowthAccelerator

Jane Weaver Solihull AYS Logistics Ltd Managing Director Ann Rivera Solihull Trident Social Investment Group Margaret Croucher Solihull m4music CEO Jayne Beasley Solihull Travel Counsellors Travel Counsellor Donetta Bradley Solihull Braddons Decorators Owner/Director Helena Hogarth Solihull Hogarths Hotel Director Susan Dunbar Solihull Barbryn Ltd Managing Director Pardip Singhota Solihull Crispin Rhodes HR Consultant

Lorraine Burnell Solihull Baker Goodchild Direct Marketing Ltd Managing Director

Kam Soomal Solihull DG Marketing Source Marketing Consultant Sylvia John Solihull Africabound Adventures Managing Director Rosalind haswell Solihull Jays Sourcing Group Limited Louise Holgate Solihull Louise Holgate Photography

Jackie Casey Wolverhampton Change Maker SucessTrain Managing Director

Kath Rees Wolverhampton The Haven Wolverhampton Chief Executive

Grace Marshall Wolverhampton Think Productive & Grace Marshall Coaching

Coach, Author, Productivity Ninja

Annie Dunn Wolverhampton Tall Order Promotions Ltd Director Emaan Syed Wolverhampton Health Smart Midlands Ltd Director Kim Taylor Wolverhampton KT Management Co Director Sarah Moorhouse Wolverhampton BCRS Operations Manager

Emma Moore Loughborough Change Maker Print Monkey UK Ltd Client Services Director

Rebecca Harvey Loughborough Let Me Organise You Virtual Assistant specialising in New Media

Caroline Hunt Loughborough Emerald Starfish Director Joanna Helcke Loughborogh Zest4LifeUK Director Kate Lucas Loughborough Laura Kearsley Loughborough Nelsons Solicitors Limited Partner Lisa Perry Loughborough Whittaker Office Solutions Ltd Operations Manager Joanne Withers Loughborough Joanne Withers Photography Photographer

Ann Skidmore Lichfield Change Maker Ann Skidmore Associates Ltd Managing Director

Claudia Brown Lichfield Staffordshire County Council Commissioning Manager


Clara Wilcox Lichfield Graduate Advantage Project Manager Ruth Sneddon Lichfield Dream Copywriting Freelance Copywriter Ann Schwarzenbach Lichfield Data and process Advantage Ltd Director Elly Lichfield St Johns House Lorna Sumnall Lichfield Lorna Sumnall Properties

Nicole Hynek Droitwhich Change Maker Endeavour Images Ltd Photographer

Geraldine McCullagh

Cheltenham Change Maker

Geraldine McCullagh Coaching & Facil i tat ion Owner

Deborah Franklin Cheltenham Jennifer Allen Cheltenham Director

Emma Kingscott Cheltenham Osmosis Dynamics Founder, Coaching & Development Specialist

Kim O'Rourke Cheltenham Merrie Marketing Ltd Director Mary Pearson Cheltenham The British School of Meditation Melanie Eatough Cheltenham Kiss HR (UK) Ltd Director Karlee Jarvis Cheltenham University of Gloucestershire Miranda Jenkins Cheltenham Skills to Go Lead Development Consultant

Sally Bernham Northampton Change Maker

Idyia Coaching and Development Ltd Director

Lisa Brice Northampton The Old Dairy Louise Gordon Northampton Louise Gordon Consultancy Ltd Director Dorothy Foote Northampton Level Seven (UK) Limited Director (UK)

Georgia Parker Manchester Change Maker

Cascade Coaching and Training Director

Valerie Garrett Manchester Valuable Solutions Director Vicky Carroll Manchester Identity Consult Associate Director Karen Duggan Manchester Boxberrie Ltd Managing Director Ann Djordjevic Manchester Ameena Ahmed Manchester Direct-Path Consulting Ltd. Company Director Sara Boyd Manchester Graylaw Freight Managing Director Vicki Howard Manchester Calico Group Head of HR Karen Ainsworth Manchester Smile Mediation Ltd Marie Boyer Manchester France Line Managing Director Melanie Bray Manchester Barrett Steel Limited

Emma Wennington Leicester Change Maker Blaby Holist ic Massage

Christ ine Gilbert Tamworth Change Maker Plum Happy Ltd Company Director

Lorna D Sheldon Tamworth LDS (International) LTD Managing Director Valerie Culley Tamworth Culley Lifford Hall Ltd Managing Director Emma Jeffries Tamworth The Plough at Fazeley Sarah Hendon Tamworth Flexibulk Ltd Managing Director Sharon Gonsalves Tamworth Interactive Software Limited Professional Services Manager Karen Wharton Tamworth Obsession salon and spa MD

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