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Cavendish and the Hajj
January 29th, 2012
The broad church that is the happy Cavendish family is indeed large. Today we host the 4th Annual Umrah Tourist market. I have to confess that with my narrow euro centric view I had no idea what Umrah was / is. As I understand it, tourism to the Middle East in particular to Mecca for the Hajj. Public Exhibitions are something we at Cavendish Conference Venues do fantastically well, with stand alone venues superbly located why wouldn’t we?
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10 tips for happier living – Cavendish Conference Venues
January 28th, 2012
Having survived the rigours of the world’s largest advertising network hosted in London’s best conference venue we moved seamlessly to London’s happiest conference venue. Following a rigorous assessment process, intensive psychometric tests we passed, and were happy to host the event.
See below for some top tips on becoming happier:
| GREAT DREAM |
| Ten keys to happier living |
| Action for Happiness has developed the 10 Keys to Happier Living based on a review of thelatest scientific research relating to happiness. |
| Everyone’s path to happiness is different, but the research suggests these Ten Keysconsistently tend to have a positive impact on people’s overall happiness and well-being. Thefirst five (GREAT) relate to how we interact with the outside world in our daily activities*.
The second five (DREAM) come more from inside us and depend on our attitude to life. |
| GIVINGRELATINGE XERCISING
A PPRECIATING T RYING OUT |
| DIRECTIONRESILIENCEE MOTION
ACCEPTANCE MEANING |
| Do things for others |
| Connect with people |
| Take care of your body |
| Notice the world around |
| Keep learning new things |
| Have goals to look forward to |
| Find ways to bounce back |
| Take a positive approach |
| Be comfortable with who you are |
| Be part of something bigger |
| * The first five keys are based on the Five Ways to Wellbeing developed by |
| nef as part of the UK Government’s Foresight Project on Mental Capital. |
| Ten keys to happier living |
| The Ten Keys are explained in more detail below. Each has a related question to help us think abouthow our activities and attitudes affect our well-being and the well-being of the others around us. |
| GIVING |
| Do things for others |
| Caring about others is fundamental to our happiness. Helping other people is not onlygood for them and a great thing to do, it also makes us happier and healthier too. Givingalso creates stronger connections between people and helps to build a happier society for
everyone. And it’s not all about money – we can also give our time, ideas and energy. So if you want to feel good, do good! |
| Q: What do you do to help others? |
| RELATING |
| Connect with people |
| Relationships are the most important overall contributor to happiness. People withstrong and broad social relationships are happier, healthier and live longer. Closerelationships with family and friends provide love, meaning, support and increase our
feelings of self worth. Broader networks bring a sense of belonging. So taking action to strengthen our relationships and create new connections is essential for happiness. |
| Q: Who matters most to you? |
| E XERCISING |
| Take care of your body |
| Our body and our mind are connected. Being active makes us happier as well as beinggood for our physical health. It instantly improves our mood and can even lift us out of adepression. We don’t all need to run marathons – there are simple things we can all do to
be more active each day. We can also boost our well-being by unplugging from technology, getting outside and making sure we get enough sleep! |
| Q: How do you stay active and healthy? |
| A PPRECIATING |
| Notice the world around |
| Ever felt there must be more to life? Well good news, there is! And it’s right here in frontof us. We just need to stop and take notice. Learning to be more mindful and aware cando wonders for our well-being in all areas of life – like our walk to work, the way we eat
or our relationships. It helps us get in tune with our feelings and stops us dwelling on the past or worrying about the future – so we get more out of the day-to-day. |
| Q: When do you stop and take notice? |
| T RYING OUT |
| Keep learning new things |
| Learning affects our well-being in lots of positive ways. It exposes us to new ideas andhelps us stay curious and engaged. It also gives us a sense of accomplishment and helpsboost our self-confidence and resilience. There are many ways to learn new things – not
just through formal qualifications. We can share a skill with friends, join a club, learn to sing, play a new sport and so much more. |
| Q: What new things have you tried recently? |
| DIRECTION |
| Have goals to look forward to |
| Feeling good about the future is important for our happiness. We all need goals tomotivate us and these need to be challenging enough to excite us, but also achievable. Ifwe try to attempt the impossible this brings unnecessary stress. Choosing ambitious but
realistic goals gives our lives direction and brings a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction when we achieve them. |
| Q: What are your most important goals? |
| RESILIENCE |
| Find ways to bounce back |
| All of us have times of stress, loss, failure or trauma in our lives. But how we respond tothese has a big impact on our well-being. We often cannot choose what happens to us,but we can choose our own attitude to what happens. In practice it’s not always easy, but
one of the most exciting findings from recent research is that resilience, like many other life skills, can be learned. |
| Q: How do you bounce back in tough times? |
| E MOTION |
| Take a positive approach |
| Positive emotions – like joy, gratitude, contentment, inspiration, and pride – are not justgreat at the time. Recent research shows that regularly experiencing them creates an’upward spiral’, helping to build our resources. So although we need to be realistic about
life’s ups and downs, it helps to focus on the good aspects of any situation – the glass half full rather than the glass half empty. |
| Q: What are you feeling good about? |
| ACCEPTANCE |
| Q: What is the real you like? |
| Be comfortable with who you are |
| No-one’s perfect. But so often we compare our insides to other people’s outsides.Dwelling on our flaws – what we’re not rather than what we’ve got – makes it muchharder to be happy. Learning to accept ourselves, warts and all, and being kinder to
ourselves when things go wrong, increases our enjoyment of life, our resilience and our well-being. It also helps us accept others as they are. |
| MEANING |
| Be part of something bigger |
| People who have meaning and purpose in their lives are happier, feel more in controland get more out of what they do. They also experience less stress, anxiety anddepression. But where do we find ‘meaning and purpose’? It might be our religious faith,
being a parent or doing a job that makes a difference. The answers vary for each of us but they all involve being connected to something bigger than ourselves. |
Q: What gives your life meaning?
|
GREAT DREAM |
|
Ten keys to happier living |
|
Action for Happiness has developed the 10 Keys to Happier Living based on a review of the latest scientific research relating to happiness. |
|
Everyone’s path to happiness is different, but the research suggests these Ten Keys consistently tend to have a positive impact on people’s overall happiness and well-being. The first five (GREAT) relate to how we interact with the outside world in our daily activities*. The second five (DREAM) come more from inside us and depend on our attitude to life. |
|
GIVING RELATING E XERCISING A PPRECIATING T RYING OUT |
|
DIRECTION RESILIENCE E MOTION ACCEPTANCE MEANING |
|
Do things for others |
|
Connect with people |
|
Take care of your body |
|
Notice the world around |
|
Keep learning new things |
|
Have goals to look forward to |
|
Find ways to bounce back |
|
Take a positive approach |
|
Be comfortable with who you are |
|
Be part of something bigger |
|
* The first five keys are based on the Five Ways to Wellbeing developed by |
|
nef as part of the UK Government’s Foresight Project on Mental Capital. |
|
Ten keys to happier living |
|
The Ten Keys are explained in more detail below. Each has a related question to help us think about how our activities and attitudes affect our well-being and the well-being of the others around us. |
|
GIVING |
|
Do things for others |
|
Caring about others is fundamental to our happiness. Helping other people is not only good for them and a great thing to do, it also makes us happier and healthier too. Giving also creates stronger connections between people and helps to build a happier society for everyone. And it’s not all about money – we can also give our time, ideas and energy. So if you want to feel good, do good! |
|
Q: What do you do to help others? |
|
RELATING |
|
Connect with people |
|
Relationships are the most important overall contributor to happiness. People with strong and broad social relationships are happier, healthier and live longer. Close relationships with family and friends provide love, meaning, support and increase our feelings of self worth. Broader networks bring a sense of belonging. So taking action to strengthen our relationships and create new connections is essential for happiness. |
|
Q: Who matters most to you? |
|
E XERCISING |
|
Take care of your body |
|
Our body and our mind are connected. Being active makes us happier as well as being good for our physical health. It instantly improves our mood and can even lift us out of a depression. We don’t all need to run marathons – there are simple things we can all do to be more active each day. We can also boost our well-being by unplugging from technology, getting outside and making sure we get enough sleep! |
|
Q: How do you stay active and healthy? |
|
A PPRECIATING |
|
Notice the world around |
|
Ever felt there must be more to life? Well good news, there is! And it’s right here in front of us. We just need to stop and take notice. Learning to be more mindful and aware can do wonders for our well-being in all areas of life – like our walk to work, the way we eat or our relationships. It helps us get in tune with our feelings and stops us dwelling on the past or worrying about the future – so we get more out of the day-to-day. |
|
Q: When do you stop and take notice? |
|
T RYING OUT |
|
Keep learning new things |
|
Learning affects our well-being in lots of positive ways. It exposes us to new ideas and helps us stay curious and engaged. It also gives us a sense of accomplishment and helps boost our self-confidence and resilience. There are many ways to learn new things – not just through formal qualifications. We can share a skill with friends, join a club, learn to sing, play a new sport and so much more. |
|
Q: What new things have you tried recently? |
|
DIRECTION |
|
Have goals to look forward to |
|
Feeling good about the future is important for our happiness. We all need goals to motivate us and these need to be challenging enough to excite us, but also achievable. If we try to attempt the impossible this brings unnecessary stress. Choosing ambitious but realistic goals gives our lives direction and brings a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction when we achieve them. |
|
Q: What are your most important goals? |
|
RESILIENCE |
|
Find ways to bounce back |
|
All of us have times of stress, loss, failure or trauma in our lives. But how we respond to these has a big impact on our well-being. We often cannot choose what happens to us, but we can choose our own attitude to what happens. In practice it’s not always easy, but one of the most exciting findings from recent research is that resilience, like many other life skills, can be learned. |
|
Q: How do you bounce back in tough times? |
|
E MOTION |
|
Take a positive approach |
|
Positive emotions – like joy, gratitude, contentment, inspiration, and pride – are not just great at the time. Recent research shows that regularly experiencing them creates an ‘upward spiral’, helping to build our resources. So although we need to be realistic about life’s ups and downs, it helps to focus on the good aspects of any situation – the glass half full rather than the glass half empty. |
|
Q: What are you feeling good about? |
|
ACCEPTANCE |
|
Q: What is the real you like? |
|
Be comfortable with who you are |
|
No-one’s perfect. But so often we compare our insides to other people’s outsides. Dwelling on our flaws – what we’re not rather than what we’ve got – makes it much harder to be happy. Learning to accept ourselves, warts and all, and being kinder to ourselves when things go wrong, increases our enjoyment of life, our resilience and our well-being. It also helps us accept others as they are. |
|
MEANING |
|
Be part of something bigger |
|
People who have meaning and purpose in their lives are happier, feel more in control and get more out of what they do. They also experience less stress, anxiety and depression. But where do we find ‘meaning and purpose’? It might be our religious faith, being a parent or doing a job that makes a difference. The answers vary for each of us but they all involve being connected to something bigger than ourselves. |
Q: What gives your life meaning?
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the technological mountains we climb
January 24th, 2012
The foothills of the technological mountains we will climb in 2012 were approached by Cavendish Conference Venues last week when we hosted a 3 day investor’s conference for the world’s largest advertising network provider. Easily summated were the hundreds of delegates all of whom needed wireless access at all times, our new SDSL lines dedicated to individual conferences (rather than shared by several difference conferences on any day) shrugged off the challenge. Our brand new secure webcasting solution was accessed by several hundred on the day; over 90 remote users’s submitted questions via hand held devices. More challenging, simultaneous interpretation. Difficult, the menu where every item had to show detailed sourcing information, UK sourced products for fruit bowls in January, nightmare!
Truly London’s leading venues for high Tec conferences, webcasting and organic, as the golfer might say hole in one.
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1st event of the year goes with a bang
January 12th, 2012
Hi Rachel
Just wanted to drop you a line to say thank you so much for all your help with our event yesterday. It went really well but from my part that was mainly due to how helpful your venue staff were on the day.
Nothing was too much trouble and they were constantly checking to ask if everything was OK and if we needed anything. As for lunch – well you have set a precedent as I am sure our delegates at future events will expect the same high standard.
Please pass on my thanks to everyone who helped out – especially yourself and Olga.
Can you please ensure that you send me over the bank details so that on receipt of the invoice I can ensure it is paid immediately.
Thank you again.
Davina
________________________________________________________________________
Davina | Deputy Group Events Manager
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Another great meeting at America Square
December 12th, 2011
Hi Tom,
We had another great meeting at America Square, you never let us down. The room layout was as we wanted, teas and coffees were served at the correct times and members of staff were on hand to make sure we had everything we needed. We will be needing another meeting room in June so I will be calling Olga in the New Year to arrange this and another meeting for December 2012.
A big thank you for enabling our event to run so smoothly.
Best Regards
Cheryl
Cheryl Capacity Marketing
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View from the South West Office
November 29th, 2011
The View From Here – as seen by Bobby, Staffordshire Bull Terrier and General Dogsbody, CCV South West Regional Office
A Delicate Matter
I hesitate to address this subject, but it has been troubling me for some time.
CCV SW Office Representative, with whom I share a home, has the most unfortunate habit of picking up my poo in a plastic bag. Well, really, what can I say? The look I give her ……. Sometimes I feel quite embarrassed being seen out with her.
Is this kind of person suitable for office life, I ask myself? There is no knowing what she might do next. Heaven knows what other dark habits she may be hiding ….. and to think, sometimes she leaves me behind in the SW office to travel for operational duties at the hub of Cavendish Conference Venues in London. (Incidentally, I protest about these visits long and hard). I think the wisdom of allowing her to set foot in the illustrious venues is something that the Big Boss and his fellow directors should think seriously about. Is it prudent to allow someone like this to interface with conference organisers and delegates?
Mind you, they do say that the tone of an organisation is set at the top, and perhaps SW Rep is trying to emulate the Big Boss. I heard her regaling one of her (few) friends with an account of the time when Big Boss was walking his children to school along Holland Park Avenue, accompanied by his charming dog, Santa, when Santa did a poo on the pavement. Finding himself without a plastic bag, Tom whipped off his sock and scooped up the poo in it. He would have walked away from it, he said, but for the fact that he was being observed by the mother of one of his children’s classmates. The SW Rep says that Tom clearly displayed here exactly the kind of lateral problem-solving thinking that demonstrates why he is the Boss of a thriving Conference Centre Empire, and she is merely a humble regional employee.
PS. I’m glad to report that Tom did not put his sock back on again.
PPS. Sometimes I think that I should look for a more desirable home. Any offers?
PPPS. I’m told that I look rather fetching in my new red waterproof/windproof jacket, and will soon be posting a photo of myself wearing said jacket (well, just as soon as SW Rep works out the technology to do so). Watch this space! Big Boss has instructed SW Rep to get the CCV Logo printed on it.
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