Russian Big Day

Nikken has a "Big Day" every year. This year over 300 people won a place to this inspiring event. The guest speaker was Claude Dalla-Palma from Switzerland, who gave a lovely account of his time in Nikken. Also new Diamond Distributors were recognised, new products and incentives were launched. It was great to see the company and the Distributors having such a great time. The few pictures here show the office team, the audience when I was speaking, Claude with a couple of Russian Distributors and our new Diamonds Alain Banon and Aline Pouchkova with Olga Fastova from marketing. For more picture click here

Fruit

I was wandering through the streets of Istanbul and saw this spectacular selection of fruit on display. It looked like REAL fruit, not the homogenised versions I see in UK supermarkets. They were different shapes, sizes and colours - just like nature intended and as I rememeber from my childhood. Growing up with Italian influence I know what a tomato should look, smell and taste like - they just do not any more :(
Later, at dinner, a local person was complaining that fruit and vegetables do not taste the same to him as they did when he was a boy. A testament to mass farming that is hitting us all over the world. As food prices go up I fear this will only get worse. Now off to a local organic farm to see what they have.

Terrific Turkey

To finish a series of events in a row I went to lovely Istanbul for the Distributors expo. It was a terrific event with around 600 people attending. This more than doubles the event held last year in June. In the pictures you can see the area outside the main hall, a line of new Silvers and our new Platinum Distributors. Turkey is an amazing place with amazing people.

Outstanding Oslo

Wow! What an amazing three days in Oslo. The convention that Morten and Sissel (with the help of others of course) put on was really great. Distributor, corporate and external speakers did extremely well.
Oslo is a pretty place, but we managed only to see the inside of the conference centre. Still, that did not matter as the energy inside made up for it. It was so good to see new and familiar people again. Frederik was a fantastic host, Brian Klemmer reinforced the mechanism to get results, "Big Al" shared tips on how to get people interested, Bob Richards was inspiring, Rick - wow!!, Greg, Chris, Rune, Arpad and Suzanna, Siri, Erik, .... the list goes on. They were all great. It's a nice feeling to think we have so many of these type of people in Nikken - the world is a better place with you guys (and gals).

Amazing Amsterdam

The tour continues to Amsterdam. Jerry continues to amaze, educate and entertain. The crowd was lively and fun as always.

Stockholm Sensation

This was the start of "Nikken on Tour" for April. The flight from London (terminal 5) was delayed by nearly 2 hours, so we really had to run to get to the meeting, set it up and then look relaxed and in control. Of course we did it. Jerry, Sven and myself had a good time - and judging from the amount of people who stayed behind so did the audience.

From January to April

It's been a while since my last blog and a lot has gone one. In January we announced the plan for the next 6 months at Nikken. Well here we are in April and so far, so good. We have launched new nutritional products, new Air Wellness Power5 Pro and a better shower head. Despite increasing oil prices, we managed to reduce delivery charges in a number of countries. The new product catalogue was released, with redesigned price lists, on time. Finally, we have released product packs to help turning a home into a Wellness Home much easier.

The changes have been many and extensive. There are still a few things to roll out, like the new Demonstration Pack and Personal Web Pages. However, it's now time to stop changing and use these new things to create more Wellness Homes.

We have the Nikken Tour starting soon and we hope to see about 1,000 people in the 4 venues. Also the event in Germany in September is ALREADY sold out.

The convention in Oslo is going to be fantastic. We have lots of people from Norway, Sweden, Holland, Hungary, USA and many more, attending the 3 day event. The line up is amazing.

Good things are happening all over Europe. Do not miss out!

I am looking forward to these events and many more. I just have to remember to bring my camera to show you all the fun.