A Practical Business Workshop on Social Media

We’re holding another social media event.  It follows on from our Social Media Business Breakfast of last week. Beyond Throwing Sheep: A Practical Business Workshop on Social Media The format will be a practical, hands-on workshop.  There will be less theory and more practice.  Attendees can choose whether to attend a morning session on Facebook, an afternoon session on Twitter, or...

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The True Cost of Training

Training is like an iceberg.  Only one-tenth of the volume of an iceberg appears visible above the water. So it is with a training event.  The actual bit that people see, the training day itself, is only a very small part of the whole.  Lurking beyond the vision of participants and attendees lies the vast bulk of time the trainer has expended in creating the event.  There are meetings with...

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Northern Ireland Bloggers Take On The Traditional Media

Blogtalk NI from Northern Visions on Vimeo. Alan in Belfast posted this blog of Bloggers NI , which appeared on NvTv and included him and Brian from Burke’s Corner and Conall from O’Conall Street and was hosted by Donal. All under the watchful eye of producer Carl. The next show is due to come out in October.  Email carl AT northernvisions DOT org if you’re an NI blogger...

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Beyond Throwing Sheep

Right about now, we’re mid-way through either a bacon roll, a scone, a croissant and jam, or my presentation at our Social Media Business Breakfast… pity you missed it! Social Media gets a sometimes deservedly bad press, for things such as the ability to “throw sheep” on Facebook, for example, which seems an almighty waste of time, for people who’re busy.  I agree....

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