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Chatworking ... it's the new networking!

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Forget networking, you need to chatwork! I'm kicking off 'Optimistic October' with a positive story and showing how one simple thing can lead to a whole chain of events. This weekend me and Mr Bob have been mad for it ar kid in the great northern powerhouse city that is Manchester. Way back in July of this year I attended a PA conference and was lucky enough to win a two night stay in a boutique hotel, which also happened to be in Manchester.  All I had to do to enter the competition was to leave my email address and phone number. Well done me for getting both of them correct!    This happy little story came about simply by me plucking up the courage to go to my boss and say, “I don’t suppose I could attend this conference by any chance could I?   I think it would be really good.”   It turned out to be a fabulous two day conference where I not only learnt so much but won this amazing competition to boot!   I'd stopped to c...