Lisburn City Library

Posted by on Nov 19, 2008 in news and events, social media | 0 comments

So, your local library is a place where those who have ‘free time’ – a luxury in our hurried working lives that few have the privilege of – indulge in relaxation and maybe the odd spot of surfing online and where school-kids go for some peace to do homeworks?  Well, think again! Lisburn City Library has been open for business since 2005 and it rocks!  Having been asked to...

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National Enterprise Week

Posted by on Nov 17, 2008 in entrepreneurship, news and events | 0 comments

The BT Small Business and Franchise Show took place this weekend in the King’s Hall, Belfast to launch Northern Ireland National Enterprise Week which lasts from 17-23rd November. We plan to be there at some events this week too.  Happy looking, learning and networking!  We’d love to hear what you thought of the...

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How to Be Brave: The Return

Posted by on Nov 14, 2008 in assertiveness, body language | 0 comments

I’ve had a few positive comments and dozens of hits on a blog I wrote in July called How to Be Brave.  The gist of it was that it’s possible to overcome the feeling of fear by first of all acting as if you were not afraid.  If you can put on a good enough act, then the feelings will fall into place afterwards. While teaching a course in non-verbal communication recently, a...

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Barack Obama – Savvy Social Networker

Posted by on Nov 12, 2008 in social networking | 0 comments

The BBC has put together Ten quick lessons from the US election.  While I’ve not been following the various shades of potential first ladies’ lip glosses nor the shades of grey of their husbands’ dredged-up shady pasts too closely, I have been checking in now and then on the Twitter coverage of the campaigns.  My honest analysis is that I’m not too interested.  And, it...

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