Thank you for coming yesterday at RustiKo

Your support is truly appreciated.

I invite you to look at our new website gpn.one (because there is only one Gay Professional Network) which gives you more information about our Network, not too dissimilar to that contained here, but with the advantage of all being in one place.  gpn.gb.net continues as our hub where you are able to contact each others directly and view or list special offers and events. It is FREE to join and you can communicate with all our members through this media or through the Facebook Page,  Group and LinkedIn

The Gay Professional Network is your platform to promote your cause, your business, venue and yourself. It  helps your further your business or career and makes meaningful business and social contacts. You get connected, proactive and productive.
It is also a get together of like minded people who enjoy meeting other people. All very nice people in a relaxed atmosphere.
You may want to read a few facts, such as how far reaching we are,  about GPN, here. We are now several million in the world! Possibly the biggest network anywhere.
To be a fully fledged member of  GPN cost  £1 a day, £ 5 a week, £20 a month or £200 a year payable on a recurring basis which gives you FREE registration to all the networking events, including those in the City, Walthamstow and more to come.  If you are ready for this, proceed here.   We connect you with people anywhere in the World.

Our newest full member is Michael McAuley from Boots Pharmacy. I hope that you were able to meet him yesterday.

There are many advantages to be a member such as free legal, financial, property or events consultation and free entries to many clubs, discount and other perks. (Registration/membership does not necessarily include drinks and canapes, we rely on the venues to sponsor this in exchange of considerable publicity to our Network worth several thousand of pounds, we endeavour  to support venues owned and managed by LGBT people) 

It was good to meet new and old friends. I trust you made some useful contacts last night.

Beatrice was unable to join us yesterday to take the pictures, please send me the pictures you took last night to add to those that I have already posted on all the platforms mentioned above.

The raffle for Positive East raised £80.00, thank you very much for your generosity. So far we raised £465.54 for the Charity. The winners of the raffle prize donated by Fabio Pacheco was Mike Adams..

I mentioned yesterday myGwork , you can register on this platform to look at your next  move in your career or hiring someone from the LGBT Community.

Together we celebrate the businesses and organisations that are passionate about LGBT diversity and inclusion at work. myGwork allows members to progress their careers with an employer that understands the importance and value of an inclusive and supportive workplace environment. To preserve your privacy, members' profiles are not findable on any search engines. REGISTER NOW!    myGwork.com

Want to know about me? Have a look here. You are welcome to connect with me on any of the platforms mentioned in my website.

I very much look forward to seeing you again soon.

Happy clicking and have a great weekend!

With all best wishes,

Yours truly,

J-F.

Jean-François Dor

Gay Professional Network
jf@gpn.one
www.gpn.one

Raffle

Thanks to the generosity of Beatrice Colbrant.

We have many prizes to allocate at each of our meetings (up to 10 each one)

One lot of  2 celadons miniatures from Korea

One lot of 2 miniature birds in wood soiseuz  from Korea

- 2 Frames A 4 for 2 works of art by JFD...

- 10 DVD presented in  boxes

a- ELITE SQUAD de Jose Padilha
b- OPERA STARS IN CONCERT- selection d operas extraits italiens
c- ANGELA de Luc Besson
d- LE SOUFFLE de Damien Odoul, version francaise sous titre anglais
e- GOLDEN DOOR d Emanuele Crialese
f- LEFT LUGGAGE de JeroenKrabbe
g- ALL THESE WOMEN d Ingmar Bergman, version suedoise sous titre anglais -
h- JUST BEFORE NIGHTFALL de Claude Chabrol version  francaise sous titre anglais
I- TITANIC de James Cameron
j- COLD MOUNTAIN de Anthony Minghella

 5  CD

-NINA SIMONE
-UN CD SINATRA-DEAN MARTIN-SAMMY DAVIS JR
-UN COFFREET THE CROONERS - Nat King Cole - Sinatra - Bing Crosby - Perry Como
-JAMIE CULLUM
-THE VIRGIN SUICIDES musique du film de Sofia Coppola qui fut tres remarquee a l époque

A book

 HAUNTED de James HERBERT

Consolation prizes 4 porte cles TOUR EIFFEL

and many other prizes being added like vouchers to spa etc...  

July news

Thank you to those of you who attended GPN on Wednesday 15th July at the White Swan.  Your support is really appreciated and it was lovely to see you.

I am pleased to announced to you in preview that gpn.one is now live and gives you more information about our Network, not too dissimilar to that contained here, but with the advantage of all being in one place gpn.gb.net continues as this is our hub where you are still able to contact each others directly. Let me have your feedback.

Some information about GPN:

The Gay Professional Network is your platform to promote your cause, your business, venue and yourself. It  helps your further your business or career and makes meaningful business and social contacts. You get connected, proactive and productive.

It is also a get together of like minded people who enjoy meeting other people. All very nice people in a relaxed atmosphere.

You may want to read a few facts, such as how far reaching we are,  about GPN, here. We are now several million in the world! Possibly the biggest network anywhere.

To be a fully fledged member of  GPN cost  £1 a day, £ 5 a week, £20 a month or £200 a year payable on a recurring basis which gives you FREE registration to all the networking events, including those in the City, Walthamstow and more to come.  If you are ready for this, proceed here.   This link gives you the LinkedIn and Facebook addresses. We connect you with people anywhere in the World.

Our newest full member is Martin Gilbert from the Direct Line Group.

There are many advantages to be a member such as free legal, financial, property or events consultation and free entries to many clubs, discount and other perks. (Registration/membership does not necessarily include drinks and canapes, we rely on the venues to sponsor this in exchange of considerable publicity to our Network worth several thousand of pounds, we try to support venues owned and managed by LGBT people) 

It was good to meet new and old friends. I trust you made some useful contacts last night.

Thank you for Béatrice Colbrant for taking the pictures: they can be seen here, if you would like to learn French contact Béatrice directly, I heartily recommend her. Mazz also took some pictures, please send ;-)

The raffle for Positive East raised £53.04, thank you very much for your generosity. The winners of the raffles prizes are too numerous to list here and again thanks to the generosity of Beatrice Colbrant for donating most of the prizes, pictures of the winners are on Beatrice's Blog here.

Please register on myGwork to look at a possible move in your career or hiring someone from the LGBT Community.

Together we celebrate the businesses and organisations that are passionate about LGBT diversity and inclusion at work. myGwork allows members to progress their careers with an employer that understands the importance and value of an inclusive and supportive workplace environment. To preserve your privacy, members' profiles are not findable on any search engines. REGISTER NOW!    myGwork.com

Our meeting was preceded by the Gay Business Association Annual General Meeting where I was reelected Chairman, the Vice-Chairman remains Ian Dodds and the other Directors are Mazz Image, Laurie Powell and Stephen Coote

Want to know about me? Have a look here.

You are welcome to connect with me on any of the platforms below.

I very much look forward to seeing you again soon.

Happy clicking and have a great week!

Best wishes, 

  Jean-François.
jf@gpn.one

Introduction to the Gay Professional Network

I know what you are thinking when someone say "Networking", you think about these event

where no one has time to discuss with everyone, where it is difficult to talk to each others, where

there are too many people or the music is so loud that you cannot speak or even hear what people say.

Where the relationship are not primarily professional and these events don't bring you anything.

And if you are one of these people who like me do not want to associate networking with

that then I suggest you to discover our networking events, because they are completely

different!

How? Because I, Jean-François Dor, have put myself in your place, I provide

you with an individual badge with your name and what you do (as oppose to title or company name)

to facilitate contact with other. My events bring together a group of people between 10 and 30 people

to enable you to talk with everyone. 

I also do not allow people to be on their own and will introduce you to people of interest to you. You will feel welcomed, relaxed and at ease in our company.

You also have the opportunity to speak to all and be able to talk briefly about your business.

It is very important to me that the meeting takes place in a very relax atmosphere, for

that I chose different venues who respond at these criteria.

My priority is not to make profit but to allow YOU to broaden your professional relations

and allow you to develop your business.

Now the only thing that you can do is to come to my events to discover by yourself !!!

Unedited pictures of GPN at Cecil's

June Newsletter

Welcome to the Gay Professional Network newsletter for June.  Please scroll down and clink on the links for more     City of London Gay Meetup Wednesday 27th May The Winemakers Club £ 5 membership for the year (Free to full members of GPN)   Details and RSVP Saturday 30th May: Charity night for positive East at the Victoria bar Details   Friday 5th June: Drinks in Walthamstow, garden party! £5 membership for the year (Free to full members of GPN) Bring a bottle ! Details and RSVP Wednesday 10th June: Dinner and entertainement extravaganza Details and RSVP Sunday 14th June: 1st ever Private Tour of the V&A with a LGBTQ accent Details and RSVP Wednesday 17th June: GPN Details and RSVP Tuesday 23rd June: Drinks in the City Details and RSVP Saturday 27th June: Gay Pride London  Walk with Positive East and Get a Free T-Shirt Details The Gay Professional Network is your platform to promote your cause, your business, venue and yourself. It  helps your further your business or career and makes meaningful business and social contacts. You get connected, proactive and productive. It is also a get together of like minded people who enjoy meeting other people. All very nice people in a relaxed atmosphere. You may want to read a few facts, such as how far reaching we are,  about GPN, your Network, here. We are now several million in the world! Possibly the biggest network anywhere. To be a fully fledged member of  GPN cost  £1 a day, £ 5 a week, £20 a month or £200 a year payable on a recurring basis which gives you FREE registration to all the networking events, including those in the City, Walthamstow and more to come.  If you are ready for this, proceed here.   This link gives you the LinkedIn and Facebook addresses. We connect you with people anywhere in the World. There are many advantages to be a member such as free legal, financial, property or events consultation and free entries to many clubs, discount and other perks. (Registration/membership does not necessarily include drinks and canapes, we rely on the venues to sponsor this in exchange of considerable publicity to our Network worth several thousand of pounds, we try to support venues owned and managed by LGBT people) Read about it: http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/new-website-aims-help-lgbti-professionals-network-and-find-work120515 Have you registered on myGwork yet?  Together we celebrate the businesses and organisations that are passionate about LGBT diversity and inclusion at work. myGwork allows members to progress their careers with an employer that understands the importance and value of an inclusive and supportive workplace environment. To preserve your privacy, members' profiles are not findable on any search engines. REGISTER NOW!    myGwork.com​ We look forward to seeing you again soon! Best wishes, Ivan, Salim, Andrew, Loic, Chris & Jean-Francois. http://gpn.gb.net (free to register)   Facebook Twitter Website Email

Timing

Timing:

6:30 pm members arrive, drinks served by the venue, cash bar for anything else.
networking with hosts introducing people who need to be in touch (the registration process gives us the needs of all present and we put 2&2 together)

7:30 pm Welcome and introduction of the venue followed by the guest speaker and anyone else who have expressed the wish to present themselves or their company to the Network 
(usually takes a maximum of 15 minutes).

This is followed by the Draw of the raffle

9:30 pm carriages (although some may like to stay a little...)