All Children Need

Vision proudly hosted the launch of Dumhi's new single 'All Children Need' on Thursday 22nd of May at our Head office in Nottingham.

Dumhi, the band name of 'Little Music Room Productions' has been a client of Vision's for over a year now and have witnessed rapid growth (no connection there then !!). As part of our support for the Organisation we provided the venue and associated support for the launch which was attended by over 100 professionals from the Music and Business world. It was a wonderful evening and once the crowds had thinned a little; even yours truly had a bit of a jam session with the band (much to Sharons horror).

Anyhow the aim of the single is to highlight the plight of children and their associated need. All profits are being directly donated to the BBC's Children in need annual appeal, and the word on the street is that this song is a hot bet to become this years official song.

If you would like to hear the song please go to http://www.AllChildrenNeed.com
You may even want to download it !!!!!!! it really is very good.

From Nottingham to Beverly Hills

We really can say that Vision is broadening its horizons with our Managing Director, Sharon Roberts, jet-setting to Beverly Hills California to mingle with the stars, shop and enjoy the California sun, and of course work hard to develop Vision. Sharon Roberts will be accompanying Melanie Vella from DARE UK in Beverly Hills this July, representing both Vision and the British Business Ambassadors.

Vision has traded globally for 2 years now and we know that we are ready to work with the USA. We have been active in the Caribbean, India, and Russia, working closely with the UKTI to raise awareness of; and promote international trade. The UKTI have recommended that Vision targets the USA to develop Vision further by trading with the world?s largest economy. The UKTI believe that Vision?s unique approach to business development through innovative personal development would be fitting for a target sector in California.

In response to this, at Vision we have developed a small portfolio of businesses that are already, or looking to begin, trading in California; and which have expressed an interest in buying Vision?s unique training services.

The aims of this trip are to develop a network of potential clients, while engaging in test marketing techniques. At Vision we are motivated to develop a Vision team in California and look forward to engaging with exceptional high level consultants, who can be commissioned to carry out Vision?s work in California.

While Sharon is in California she will be attending a conference on International Trade & Investment and another on Education & Workforce Development, both held at the LA Chamber. These conferences will be an excellent place for networking to develop new potential clients and contacts to assist Vision while setting up a team in California. We hope to meet with a representative at the business school in City University Los Angeles and California International University.

Sharon will be meeting with 6 small businesses in California to interview them about their success. We hope that this research method will help Vision to identify the areas in which our development services will produce the most successful results for both Vision and its potential clients.

Thomas Schaal from the UKTI has been very helpful in pointing us in the right directions on this project and has given us Training and Education contacts at the UKTI office in LA.

Sharon will also be researching the practicalities of opening an office in California. We feel at Vision that this is one of our priorities and will push towards getting our Vision team in California off the ground.

Wild Orchids Black Tie Boogie Night

On Friday 25th April Vision Development Consultants hosted a Wild Orchids Black Tie Boogie Night to help Marie Ashby from the BBC raise money for Cancer Researchers. With a lot of hard work and organisation, together with a great team, the results were outstanding.

We had aimed to raise £500 but actually achieved nearly £800. The event was an absolute sell out and was an excellent success with a great deal raised for Marie Ashby?s cause, and most importantly everyone had fun on the night!

Vision would like to say a big thank you to Photo Nottingham, Loving Touch Therapies, BBC, Ferrers Gallery, Alight, Cooper and Taylor, Hilton Hotel Nottingham, Natwest Bank, Weavers Wine Merchants, Kate Smith Designs, Luxury Indulgence, JT Beedham & Sons Ltd, Malika Entertainment, Cumin Restaurant and Scrumpies.

Vision are proud to host the 'Women and power circle'

Rosjke Hasseldine is facilitating this Women and Money Power Circle because it is time women get real about their relationship with money. Women have yet to fully embrace their finanacial value. We have yet to really see how money reflects the value others and we ourselves put on our time and skills. Legislation alone, as the Equal Pay Act of 1970 has shown, will not give women true financial equality. It has left full-time employed women earning 17% less than men (Fawcett Society) and the pay gap for an average male and female manager at a whopping £6,076 a year (Guardian September 7 2007). That adds up over a lifetime of earning. Also what is termed "women's jobs" are still languishing at the lower end of the pay scale. What is required is for women to stand up and demand to be paid equally and properly. For the the taboo around talking money to be lifted and to start being very honest about how angry and insecure we feel about asking for a good wage or charging a good price.
Women and Money Power Circle on 16 June 2008 from 7 - 9pm at Vision Development Consultants, 2nd Floor, 63B Mansfield Road, Nottingham NG1 3FN (Blue door) Tel 0115 9418242. Cost £25.
Come with your mother, sister, girlfriends, or as yourself and join the discussion about how to raise your expectations about your financial worth. We are all worth more and support is an essential ingredient to reaching our financial worth! Barbara Stanny discovered during her research for her book "Secrets of six-figure women" that one of the key traits of six-figure income women was that they had a support team around them. Come and join this Power Circle and together we can support each other.

To book your place
Spaces are limited. Contact Rosjke Hasseldine to book your place. Telephone 0115 9814535 or mail@thesilentfemalescream.com

To secure your place send a cheque for £25 made out to Rosjke Hasseldine and mail it to Women and Money Power Circle, 4 Mulberry Close, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 7SS. Please enclose your name and contact telephone number.