Well, sort of. Last week I decided to give myself a break from creating all the articles and extra bits and pieces that usually keep me occupied behind the scenes at SED. Not from SED itself. You weren't getting rid of me that easily. 😂 And actually, it was quite nice to stand back for a minute and realise just how much there is now for you to explore without me constantly creating something new. Because there is loads happening this week. Events are still being added to the website, there are all sorts of different subjects and communities represented, and you can now simply pop over whenever you fancy and see what's coming up. 👉 https://eventsdaily.online/events So I'm easing myself back into the articles and other bits this week. But in the meantime, go and have a nose around the events. Attend one. Support another SED member. Find someone you've never come across before. Or just be nosy and see what everyone else is up to. You know I'm always going to approve of that last one. 😂

Des and I have been talking about something we’re both actually rather good at, connecting people.And that has come about due to knowing A LOT of people here on skool and being well connected ourselves. We often spot opportunities between people and think, “You two really need to talk!” 😂 So we’re wondering whether we could turn this into a service within Collaboration Station. The idea would be that we get to know what you’re looking for and what you can offer, then help match you with people who could be a genuinely good fit. That could be someone to: ✨ Run an event with ✨ Join you on a panel or discussion ✨ Speak or guest in your community ✨ Cross-promote with ✨ Help you reach new audiences, members or potential clients ✨ Or simply create a collaboration neither of you had thought of yet Rather than Des and I disappearing off and creating something because we think it’s a brilliant idea 😂, we want to know whether you would actually find it useful. POLL: Would you use a collaboration matchmaking service?

Tuesday 15th New York 9pm and Wednesday 16th New Zealand 1pm, and yes this is the same event because I am from the future here in /new Zealand lol. Come and join me for some fun, informative and inspiring conversations and get to meet your fellow members. https://www.skool.com/live/cTSGfkRzBnF You never know who you might meet and end up collabing with by the end of the session. 🙌

On closer inspection of my calendar for next week I see I have made an almighty cock up. I do have a very good excuse, believe it or not, but Im still annoyed I slipped up on my organisation. And you can find our about my really good excuse here in the video. So what this means is that there is a change in time for my fortnightly Coffee, Chat and Collab. It is still on the same day but you can check the time out here for where you are in the world. And some of you may now find it is at a time you can attend, which is a great bonus. But do tune into the video........please

We had our very first Coffee, Chat and Collab this week, and what a great group to kick things off with! It was lovely connecting with @Kerry Upham , @Krissi Driver , @JoAnna Johnston , @Karin Crawford , @Kevin Gebert and @Peter Di Giorgio And one thing became very clear pretty quickly… People here really do want to collaborate. Even better, some of our members are already putting collaborations into motion after connecting with each other here. That’s exactly what we hoped would start happening. We got chatting about the art of collaborating too, because there’s definitely more to a good collab than simply saying, “Shall we do something together?” 😂 So naturally, @Des Dreckett’s name got thrown into the conversation! We talked about getting Des to do a workshop or session around collaboration, and this is also something we’re looking at including in the new sequence of event workshops we’re creating. Growth Boost came up as well. It’s certainly a hot topic at the moment, especially as Skool seems rather fond of moving the goalposts just when everyone thinks they’ve worked them out. 😂 And amongst all the chatting, we shared some really useful event tips and ideas that other members could try for themselves. I shared one of mine that I think deserves a post all of its own… so I’ll share that separately. For our first Coffee, Chat and Collab, I’d say we’re off to a pretty good start. ☕️ And I have a feeling there are going to be some very interesting collaborations coming out of these calls. Our next one is in a couple of weeks, you will find it here so you can save it to your calendar.