Spotlight Zine Issue 4 Vol 1b

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SME PROFILES

SPOTLIGHTING INNOVATION OF 5 GLOBAL EMERGING THOUGHT LEADERS

Audra Lamoon's

Blonde in Business... Talking toilet rolls

the star in you #2020VisionAwards

LAUNCH

A BEGINNER'S

GUIDE TO BECOMING A THOUGHT

LEADER

By Ceri- Jane Hackling

Great cooking & baking tips while self-Isolating

How we pulled back the curtains on TLC:

A GLOBAL PHENOMENON

Dineo's Top Tip to Protégés: Don't be a Miss Know-It-All

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C O N T E N T S

R E G U L A R S

Introduction Exclusive Features Discover Cover Story The Scoop The View Ask the Editor TLC Profiles PR Trends Explore The Protege Careers Advertisements Contact Page

ON THE COVER

We illuminate a SPOTLIGHT Our Editor shares our behind on 5 global emerging the scenes of how as a start-up

THOUGHT LEADERS with magazine, we pulled the disruptive and innovative curtains on launching a global start-up business strategies

Thought Leadership Club... acknowledgement page 1

Life of a Blonde in Business. Audra Lamoon bares all in a tellall exclusive on how to to Tip to Protégés p15

Plus Dineo dishes up her Top overcome stereotype. p1o -11

Denise Edwards takes our Chef Tips for Eating minds off self-isolation with Well with Fast meals from some colourful, chocolateful pg 19 baking tips p22

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A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR A formal introduction to Spotlight, acknowledgements of our fabulous team. + Meet Jennifer Nash the mind behind Spotlight. Using a drop of ink to make a million think, has been Jen's motto since she learned how to write professionally.

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EXPLORE: EXCLUSIVE FEATURES Our beginners guide to Thought Leadership provides ethical survival toolkit of techniques that SME business owners can adopt to sustain and scale up in any type of business environment. By Ceri- Jane Hackling, Founder and Director of Cerub Public Relations agency

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DISCOVER Our Discover section is a movement to take our readers to relatively distant geographical locations that they wouldn't normally dream of. We find spaces and places that help business to thrive.

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THRIVE This is where you'll find your takeaway self-care or work-life balance productivity and doodle hacks for small business owners to live a healthy and sane life!

P R E S E N T E D B Y A R K & B R O O K

Join the conversation at ARKandBROOK.Com

Bake it; Until you Make it! #quarantinebaking

B Y D E N I S E E D W A R D S

( o u t o f l o c k - d o w n ! )

Denise a recently relocated expat from Oklahoma, USA and EA at the Office of NavalResearch Global by day, shares how she coped home alone in the UK during her quarantine.

One Bowl Chocolate Cake

Prep: 20 mins Cook: 30 mins Total: 1 hr Additional: 10 mins Servings: 24 Yield: 2 - 9 inch round cake layers Ingredients Ingredient Checklist

2 cups white sugar 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 2 eggs 1 cup milk ½ cup vegetable oil 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions Instructions Checklist

Step 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two nine inch round pans. Step 2 In a large bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla, mix for 2 minutes on medium speed of mixer. Stir in the boiling water last. Batter will be thin. Pour evenly into the prepared pans. Step 3 Bake 30 to 35 minutes in the preheated oven, until the cake tests done with a toothpick. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely. Partner Tip Reynolds® Aluminum foil can be used to keep food moist, cook it evenly, and make clean-up easier.

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