BNI UK & Ireland - Chats with Charlie

In our latest episode, Lisa Clunie a member of BNI Hook, talks to Charlie about the importance of colour when branding your business. Lisa has worked in branding and design for over 25 years, working with international corporates to agencies in London. She set up her own design agency in 2012 (Thrive Studios), but soon realised that it was brand strategy that was really needed to help businesses to grow and stand out in this crowded and noisy world. So, in 2021 she started ‘Thriving Brand’ as a brand consultant and mentor, working with start-ups to small-medium sized companies, working either 1:1 or in groups. To teach them how to build a brand for themselves, whether a personal brand or/and for their business. Check out Lisa's website at: www.thrivingbrand.com [https://www.thrivingbrand.com]

BNI member Stephan Mulder shares his story on the challenges he faced during pandemic and how lifelong learning and a positive attitude helped him through. To find out about Stephan's business , see his website here. [https://www.a1vts.com/] If you're in the Cambridge area and are looking for more business, why not visit Stephan's chapter BNI Fitzwilliam [http://bnicambs.co.uk/en-GB/chapterdetail?chapterId=tNmAWTtb5msBCTEr4RK%2FSw%3D%3D&name=BNI%20Fitzwilliam%20of%20Cambridge]?

Charlie talks to Cate Caruth from BNI Fitzwilliam Cambridge. The podcast is about on the topic of Opportunity. Cate explains how opportunity led her to start the business (and how she was nearly too busy to say yes to the golden opportunity that came her way). To find out more about Cate's business: Creative Words, check out her website [https://www.creativewords.cc/teams/cate-caruth/]. For information about how BNI can help your business, check out our website here [https://bni.co.uk/en-GB/Partnerinbusiness].

Charlie's guest this week is former Royal Marines Commando and now Founder and Head Agent of Change - The FUNdaMENTAL Coach. Chris is a member of BNI Ambition [https://bni-berkshire.co.uk/berkshire-ambition-east-berkshire-bni-online/en-GB/memberdetails?encryptedMemberId=JKf1enaxzeg3mrLBmxn1OQ%3D%3D&cmsv3=true&name=Chris+Hunt], East Berkshire, and talks to Charlie about his experience in the marines, how he became a life coach, and how BNI has helped him to grow his business. For more details on The FUNdaMENTAL Coach, click here [http://ukfundamental.com/].

In this podcast, we've gone off-piste and have asked Robin Schuckmann, Executive Director for BNI Oregon and BNI South West Washington, to interview Charlie about his new book 'The Unnatural Promoter', out on 30th September. The book is available to pre-order on Amazon [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unnatural-Promoter-trumpet-without-feeling-ebook/dp/B09CVBNWHC/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1632409807&qsid=261-5947405-3254833&refinements=p_27%3ACharlie+Lawson&s=books&sr=1-1&sres=191230046X%2C1909623695%2CB00SLVJXIK%2CB08FNJK645%2CB01DAR1TLS%2C085206991X].