This week 3 members of the WiRE Team attended the Prowess conference. We were shortlisted with one other organisation for a 'Flagship of Flagships' Award. It became apparent that it was very high profile and highly sought after.Our presentation went well despite the venues A/V equipment letting us down, and by the time the awards were being presented we were in a state of high anxiety. |
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Sadly we didn't win, the judges stressed how close it had been since we were very different organisations (they: south, urban depravation, physical centre, entirely public funded, little sustainability, high level full programme, us: rural, national, sustainable, creative, little money lots of activity).
The Conference was also an opportunity to present WiRE to “movers and shakers” in Women's Enterprise and it was clear that WiRE is regarded very highly in all the right places. We had breakfast with the head of Women's Enterprise at BERR; he remains a staunch supporter of WiRE but it was clear that we need to talk more about the “rural” element of our business. Much is made of under-representation but it seems that rural is not included in this, people seem to discount it as privileged, comfortable and not terribly needy and we all know this is not the case!
The whole process was a great boost and made us realise just how great WiRE is and will shape our next action plan!
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WiRE have started to Twitter!
Twitter is a free online chat/msn for businesses where we will post key news, events and information for all our 'followers' to see. We will still have this information on our website and newsletters, it is just an alternative way to keep in touch. To enter the wonderful world of Twitter and follow WiRE and member's Twitters you need to register at www.twitter.com
When you have set up a Twitter account, search for friends WiREUK (not just WiRE) and you'll find us easily, start following us and start Tweeting. WiRE are also on Facebook and Linked In - looking forward to hearing from you (virtually!) |
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