Business Mixer with a Touch of Home
Business Mixer with a Touch of Home was a home-based business networking event that recently took place early September in Tyne Valley. Graphically Speaking hosted participants from across the Island who work from home offices or interested in meeting those who do. This less-corporate style of business mixer received the following very positive feedback: (Why mix up the mixer format? Click here)
“The location and other attendees combined to make it much more intimate feeling than other mixers. I made a better connection with the other participants than I ever had before.” —Jay Adamsson, Analytic-OR (St Peter’s)
“The home-based office atmosphere was more relaxed and open for truly connecting which is the ultimate point of a mixer but often really hard at a more corporate event.” —Heather Wilson, Heather Wilson International (Stratford)
“This style of mixer was interesting and inspiring. It offered great exchange opportunities yet relaxing and welcoming. A great combination!” —Angie Cormier, AcA Consultants (Cap-Egmont)
“Thanks for hosting the home-based business mixer this evening. It was a delight to meet so many new people!”—Dottie Daly, Tír na nÓg Inn (St Peter’s)
“I didn’t know what to expect at a mixer being held at a home-based business. It provided a friendly atmosphere and an excellent opportunity to meet business owners I’d never met before.”—Steve Reaman, Business Development Officer, Innovation PEI
“Your home office served as a perfect venue to meet with other home-based business owners from across the Island.”—Lise Lafontaine, Plum Copy (Stratford)
“This was a wonderful networking experience!”—Barb MacDonald, Rural Action Centre (Alberton)
Although Nancy Quinn, Economic Development Officer, City of Summerside was not available to attend, she summed up the concept of a home-based mixer saying “It was a great idea and encouraging to see something like that come from the business community. We need more of this kind of effort.”
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PHOTO CREDITS
Photo shows a few of the attendees (left to right): Dottie Daly, Tír na nÓg Inn (St Peter’s) and Cross Keys Bar & Grill (Morell);Nicholas MacLeod, Future Web Solutions Inc. (Charlottetown); Janice Gaudet, Mary Kay Consultant (Summerside); Jay Adamsson, Analytic-OR (St Peter’s), Rosemary Ghiz, Key Mortgage Solutions (Charlottetown); Debbie Brady, Graphically Speaking (Tyne Valley), Lise Lafontaine, Plum Copy (Stratford); Heather E. Wilson, Heather Wilson International (Stratford); Jo Ann Doughart, Membership Coordinator, Greater Summerside Chamber of Commerce; and Ann MacNeill, Sees the Moment Photography (Charlottetown).