Focus on the future for B4
Prior to the B4 Classic Event at Rhodes House in September, 30 B4 Members from a wide range of sectors gathered to tell us what we do well and what we could do better. As part of an ongoing assessment of B4 and how we can improve what we do for our members, the next stage of the process is the formation of a B4 Advisory Board.
We hope to provide our members and readers with some exciting news about future developments we will be focusing on to make your B4 experience even better than it already is.
With thanks to Isabelle Barber and her team at Rhodes House for their generous hospitality and to the following for their time in helping us to shape the future of B4:
B4: Colin Rosser
B4: Richard Rosser
B4: Lydiah Igweh
B4: Lorna Dodson
B4: Emma Davis
B4: Jess Palmer
B4: Rob Scotcher
ADS Advertising & Design (Oxford) Ltd: Mandy Biddle
Alberon: Tim Ault
Ashmolean: Wendy Ball
CIS Ltd: Richard Marsh
Conference Oxford: Marie O’Connor
Grant Thornton: Toby Newman
In Touch CRM: James White
James Cowper Kreston: Andy Cowie
Knights 1759: Victoria Marcham
Oxford Bus Company: Phil Southall
Oxfordshire LEP: Sebastian Johnson
Oxford Innovation Ltd : Jo Willett
Oxford Professional Consulting: Alison Haill
Oxonetix: Paul Avins
Rhodes House: Isabelle Barber
Shaw Gibbs LLP: Fran Kidd
Sobell House Hospice: Tim Wraith
Strangebrew: Phil Strachan
Wenn Townsend: Tony Haines
Wildbore & Gibbons: John Kennedy
You HR: Jonna Mundy
POSITIVE FEEDBACK
It was a pleasure Richard and I hope the findings are useful.
Alison, Oxford Professional Consulting
Many thanks for inviting me, it was very interesting. I hope you found the feedback constructive and positive. You really are held in very high esteem in the business community.
Fran Kidd, Shaw Gibbs
Great meeting. I will do what I can to help you grow!
James White, Prospect Conversion Champion
Good event and good on you for asking how B4 can be better and getting us all in, you clearly have a lot of support from a great group of people.
Richard Marsh, CIS Ltd
Always a pleasure to have the B4 Team and the members here at Rhodes House. Varied, interesting and interested – thank you all for attending – hope you had a good evening.
Isabelle Barber, Rhodes House
An excellent evening and superb, highly interactive workshops. Thank you and well done.
John F Kennedy, Wildbore & Gibbons
An absolute pleasure to be involved in the conversation.
Wendy Ball, Ashmolean Museum
It was a great location, great people, great ideas and great insights to help the B4 Brand. Honoured to have been asked to be a part of it – thank you B4.
Paul Avins, Oxonetix
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