Greetings from Germany
Posted by Daniel | Filed under Bath Entrepreneurial Conference
I can’t spend long on this post as we’re waiting for someone to take us to the confrence, but we’re currently in Cologne, Germany, attending the entrepreneurial confrence hosted by Bath University.
Travel down here was a bit crazy, and took way longer than expected - but we had a good night out last night, some good sleep, and everyone enjoyed a nice and ‘healthy’ German breakfast this morning - so we’re ready to face today’s challenge.
I’ll post more about the day’s events later - see you then!
SwapShop @ Recycling Week
Posted by Daniel | Filed under Society News
During Green Week (17th - 21st November) at the University of Worcester, WIN is hosting a clothing SwapShop.
Monday to Thursday from 12:00 till 2:00 you’ll be able to find us at the Student Union, ready and waiting for you to drop off your unwanted clothing in exchange for tokens, then join us from 12:00 till 5:00 at the SU portacabin on Friday to swap your tokens for other people’s clothing.
To find out more, check out our event on Facebook.
National Lottery Scam
Posted by Daniel | Filed under Society News
Short: we didn’t send the National Lottery emails, someone faked our email address.
Long: I’ve noticed a lot of rejected emails flooding our inbox today. They’re messages which have been rejected by the recipient due to invalid user accounts or possible spam. The content of said emails claims that the recepient has won the National Lottery, and that they need to fill in some info to claim the winnings. If you’re visiting this site because of the scam email you’ve recieved, I want to make sure you know we didn’t send these emails. Our email address has been faked and we have nothing to do with it.
The best thing to do is report the spam to your ISP, who will (hopefully) be able to track the true source of the messages, and stop them.
Interesting Things
Posted by Daniel | Filed under Events
Hey everyone, it’s time for a quick update of everything we’ve got going on, to help keep you up to date.
First of all, we’ve been invited to take part in a competition in aid of the NSPCC. Hired! is a student apprentice challenge running from 12th Jan until 20th March 2009, in which teams compete to raise funds for the NSPCC, by putting on a unique fund-raising event or devising and marketing a brand new product. There are a bunch of cool prizes available for the winning teams, and I think we could do really well in it. I’m looking to enter at least one team of four people, so if this sounds interesting to you, please let me know.
Second on the list is an invitation to the Rural Enterprise Week Flying Start Rally on the 19th November 2008. The day will be your opportunity to get FREE advice from a wide range of businesses and experts. The day will consist of workshops, 1:1s and a business fair to give you a chance to meet both entrepreneurs and experts at the top of their game. We’re not planning on going as a society, but if a few people from the society want to get together and head down, then fantastic.
Third we have another competition, this time hosted by Google. The Google Online Marketing Challenge is a great opportunity for you to gain practical, real world online marketing experience and gain valuable skills that potential employers are looking for. It’s also a great way to help local businesses and your community by supporting them with your online marketing knowledge. Once again, I’m looking to enter at least one team, so if this is of interest to you, please let me know.
That’s all for the moment, I’ll be making another post tomorrow with info on the WIN Project and where we are with that, so until then, have a good one.
Bath Entrepreneurial Conference
Posted by Daniel | Filed under Bath Entrepreneurial Conference
We’ve been invited to participate in the Bath Entrepreneurial Conference on the weekend of the 14th - 16th November. Normally this event is hosted in Bath itself, but this year they’re going all international with a trip to Cologne, Germany.
The conference itself includes guest speakers, workshops, and a fantastic night-life, but best of all, thanks to the University, we’re able to get all our travel and accommodation TOTALLY FREE! All you need is spending money for gifts and drinks 
Although the trip is being paid for by the university, we are asking for a £20 deposit from everyone that’s interested in going, which will be used as confirmation of your attendance, and to pay for food while we’re away (and maybe the first drink in the pub).
This trip is only available to members of the society, so if you’re not yet a member, but would like to join us for the trip, talk to us about getting signed up.
Anyway, if you do want to come, let me know as soon as possible, and pay me your deposit by the end of next week (Friday 24th), but in the meantime, check out their website for more information.
Thank you
Committee Meeting Minutes
Posted by Daniel | Filed under Minutes
Find attached the latest minutes from our recent committee meeting, click here to download.
The WIN Project gets started
Posted by Daniel | Filed under WIN Project
This Tuesday sees the start of the WIN Project. The WIN Project, our main focus of activity this semester, is a collection of workshops designed to generate an idea, then follow each of the steps required to take it to fruition.
Two weeks ago, in our Idea Generation Workshop (thanks to Joe Buglass), we learnt some fantastic techniques for generating ideas. This time we’re going to take these techniques and put them to good use as we generate the idea we’re going to be working on for the rest of the semester.
And that’s the best part of the project - that it’s you guys who are in control of what we do.
We’re getting started at around 7:15 in room MB 1.105 (same as last time), so get your thinking caps on and come join us.
BOWLING!!!
Posted by Daniel | Filed under Events
I hope that everyone will be coming along to join us for our second social - BOWLING!!! We’re going to meet outside the SU just before 7:30, to get to the bowling alley for 8:00. We’ve got three lanes booked for two games each, which is going to cost around £6-7.
This is a great opportunity to meet your fellow members, and to have a chat with the committee to let us know what you want to get from being a member. Make sure you have your brain with you as we’ll be running a small informal competition, with a star prize for the winner!
See you there 
Just a quick update
Posted by Daniel | Filed under Events, WIN Project
Hi - first of all, thank you to everyone that joined us for the Idea Generation Workshop on Tuesday. It was a massive success - so good in fact that we had three new members join there and then, with another three who are going to join at the next session.
The plan for the next workshop (on the 14th - same time same place) is to take the techniques learnt and put them to good use - by using them to come up with the idea we’re going to be working towards for the rest of the semester. I’ll post more about this closer to the time - but in the meantime, why not have a chat with your friends about WIN and the project, and see if they want to join us for the next session?
Before that however is our next social - Bowling! This is set for Tuesday 7th, meeting at around 7:30 outside The Dive, to get to the bowling ally for 8:00. I hope to see you (and your friends) all there.
Anyway, that’s about it for now - remember to keep your eye on this site for updates - or subscribe to our RSS feed (just click the link above).
Cheers.
Idea Generation Workshop
Posted by Daniel | Filed under WIN Project
Get ready to get your brain working overtime! Tomorrow at 7:15 in room MB 1.105, we’re hosting the first WIN Project event - the Idea Generation Workshop.
This workshop is for anyone who wants to do something - maybe start a business - maybe come up with a cool idea for an event - but can’t think of any ideas. Although not directly connected with the WIN Project itself, this will be a fantastic opportunity to meet other WIN members, chat with us about the society, and get a feel for the sort of things we’re planning.
So I hope to see you there