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31st March 2010 ..... Meet with other inspirational business people at our networking event! More information to follow.

Past Events

Lyceum Theatre, 20th May 2009 - "Shooting Stars"

An inspiring woman has spoken about how businesses should embrace the recession – and bin their SMART objectives.
Liz Jackson, managing director of Great Guns Marketing,was the key speaker at the latest Women in Business Annual Joint Chambers event, organised by the three South Yorkshire Chambers and hosted by Sheffield Chamber.
Liz left school with three O-levels and, with little funding, decided to launch Great Guns Marketing. But the year she started to develop the business, she lost her sight completely as a result of the eye disorder Retinitis Pigmentosa. She ignoredmedical advice to shut down the business and today Great Guns turns over more than £3million and is continuing to grow, despite the recession.
Liz said: “Themedia will tell you can’t build a business in a recession, but the downturn has built innovation and creativity in the workplace and we’ve all had to think outside the box. It has made business fun. There is more competitiveness and we should embrace and work with it. “That’s why I’m not enthused by SMART objectives. Smart, Measureable, Achievable, Realistic and Timely take the fun out of business – you need the fun stuff to achieve goals. My motto in business is if you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re absolutely right!”
Also speaking on the day was ‘Young Gun’, Ruth Amos,a 19-year-old entrepreneur who designed the StairSteady in response to a teacher challenge at school when she was 16.
InspiringWomen is a forumof Sheffield Chamber and has been created to help the region’s business community recognise the benefits we gain from the passion, power and dynamism of women in business.
The InspiringWomen event, ‘Young GunsMeet Great Guns’, was held at the Lyceumand sponsored by Natwest
Bank, Business & Education South Yorkshire and BiG.

This event recieved fantastic feedback and was a huge success. We hope you will continue to support the Inspiring Women group, and look forward to holding more fantastic business events with great speakers.