Our Latest News
ViPPR secure 9 pieces of coverage in first 2 weeks of being appointed
March 23 2016
It has been a fantastic month for ViPPR, with another client signing up to work with us. We are delighted to be working with Andy Cope, expert in Positive Psychology and founder of training company, The Art of Brilliance. We will be working to promote new books, events, services as well as to make sure this amazing man gets heard loud and clear – making everyone a little bit happier. Its been a great start and within the first few weeks alone we have secured interviews for World Happiness Day in The Daily Express, The Independent, AskMen, Irish Star, BBC Solent, BBC Merseyside, BBC Devon, Newstalk and Downtown Radio.
ViPPR appointed by top resilience expert
March 23 2016
We are very excited to have been appointed by Rebecca Howard. Rebecca is a multi-award winning entrepreneur and neuro-linguistic psychotherapist whose new innovative ABLE approach to change and challenges is helping hundreds of leaders and professionals develop a mindset of resilience and self-awareness to transform how they deal with stress so they can thrive under pressure and perform.
Through her coaching company, Shiny Mind, Rebecca Howard delivers practical and challenging mindset intervention workshops that help people understand that it is their own personal choice to be resilient through their mindset approach. These empowering sessions have already helped hundreds of individuals and teams in major organisations to create real change in how they deal with stressful situations.
We will be helping share Rebecca’s ideas and advice on how and why individuals and organisations need to be more resilient.
Inc. Magazine Top 100 leadership speaker appoints ViPPR
March 23 2016
We are thrilled to announce our latest ViP, Terence Mauri. Terence is an Inc. Magazine Top 100 leadership speaker, advisor and mentor to top organisations around the world. We will be working to profile Terence and his work, including new book,The Leader’s Mindset: How To Win In The Age Of Disruption. Terence’s keynote talks aim to inspire new thinking and powerful shortcuts to help you disrupt your industry, your organisation and ultimately yourself so we will be looking forward to sharing his insights.
Very Interesting Tweeters
February 08 2016
Like traditional media, social media is a fantastic way to get your message out to millions of people around the world. The big difference with social media, however, is that it really is social, so rather than just broadcast what you have to say, you can enjoy two-way conversations with your audience in real time.
We have put together a short list of some very interesting people we recommend you should follow on Twitter. Not only do they regularly share helpful advice, but you may also get an opportunity to pick their brains and benefit from their wealth of experience:
@Robert_Craven: Author and marketing expert who shares insights via his tweets and blogs that can prove very useful for businesses of all sizes
@AndyLopata: Someone to follow if you’re interested in business networking strategy, but also shares some useful advice all businesses leaders could learn from
@PaulBoross: Successful author, speaker and a world leading expert on communication and pitching, regularly shares tweets that are both entertaining and insightful
@johnsw: Author of excellent book, Screw Work, Let’s Play who shares interesting and motivating ideas that might change the way you think about work
@msuster: Hugely successful entrepreneur, Mark shares his insights into the world of start-ups, venture capital via his entertaining blog posts
@gandy: So many of us depend on our minds to achieve success at work but do very little to maintain its health. Andy has some great tips for what we can do day-to-day to work smarter.
@herdmeister: Author of excellent books HERD and Copy, Copy, Copy, Mark Earls applies fascinating insights from behavioural science to modern businesses
Awards for Very Interesting People (ViPs)
February 02 2016
Awards for Very Interesting People (ViPs):
ViPs do interesting things, have interesting ideas and achieve amazing things. We think you should celebrate those things and awards are a great way for you to give yourself a big pat on the back. Being nominated for awards will give you the feel good factor, raise moral within your team (everyone loves to work with and learn from an expert), boost credibility and raise your profile. We’ve listed some fab awards that are worth you looking into…
Entrepreneur of the World: These awards are aimed at the best high-growth entrepreneurs and their companies, leaders who challenge orthodox ways of doing things to grow disruptive businesses and create new markets.
Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award: The annual Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award champions the success of business women worldwide who share the same qualities as Madame Clicquot: Her enterprising spirit, her courage and the determination necessary to accomplish her aims.
Director of the Year Awards: Open to directors across the business spectrum, the IoD Director of the Year Awards brings together all the winners from the regional heats to determine who is the “best of the best” in British Business at the UK Final held in London.
The First Women Awards: The First Women Awards is the UK’s leading awards programme for senior-level business women and professionals. Since conception in 2005, the awards have grown in influence and impact and enjoy the support of many of the UK’s leading firms, industry bodies and inspirational business leaders.
The Great British Entrepreneur Awards: With 18 categories these awards cover a wide range of entrepreneurs and industries, categories include ‘Startup Entrepreneur’ and ‘Small Business Entrepreneur’ to ‘Fashion Entrepreneur’, ‘Eco Entrepreneur’ and ‘Digital Entrepreneur’.
Digital entrepreneur Awards: These awards honour the pioneers of the internet from steadfast business leaders who spot commercial opportunities to technical geniuses working tirelessly behind the scenes on digital advancement.
Startups Awards: Categories include young Entrepreneur of the Year, Women in Business Award and People’s Champion so there are some brilliant opportunities for ViPs.
Smarta100: The O2 Smarta 100 is an annual celebration of the most resourceful, inspiring and disruptive small businesses in the UK. They do have a Female Entrepreneur of the Year category so go for it!
Growing Business Awards: Organised by Real Business Magazine, these awards include categories suhc as Innovator of the Year, Young Entrepreneur and Employee of the Year, so plenty of space for a VIP to shine!
Nectar Small Business Awards: The Nectar Small Business Awards has something for everyone, with categories including Small Business of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year, Innovation of the Year and Startup of the Year. Winners of each category will be given a £2,000 cash prize, 50,000 Nectar points, a roundtable event with judges and leading entrepreneurs, and nationwide publicity for their business.
EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards: Any list would be incomplete without EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year awards. Running in more than 145 cities over 60 countries worldwide and culminates in a four-day extravaganza in Monaco with leading entrepreneurs, executives, journalists and politicians. Benefits to entrepreneurs include regular opportunities to network with other entrepreneurs, investors, business mentors and prospective clients.
And we know that lots of ViPs are authors so here is one specifically for you:
FT Business Book Awards: The winner of the £30,000 prize will go to the book that is judged to have provided the most compelling and enjoyable insight into modern business issues, with £10,000 awarded to each runner-up.
