Legal Island – Business for Breakfast

Posted by on Feb 17, 2010 in business, learning, news and events, social media | 0 comments

Legal Island is running a series of Business for Breakfast seminars at Island House, Legal Island, Antrim.  Click here for full details.  We will be taking part as follows: Twitter: Understanding Its Networking Value (16/03/10) Whatchamacallit at Work – Memory Seminar (20/04/10) Dates and descriptions will appear on our Current Events page...

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12 Tips for a Lighter Christmas

Posted by on Dec 22, 2009 in learning | 1 comment

Time to wish you a Happy Christmas and Peaceful New Year!  We’re back in action on Monday 4th January. Just a final word, from our Guest Blogger, Matthew Arrell, on how to remain healthy over the Christmas holidays.  Matthew, who is starting a WeightWatchers class in the new year, works as a Fitness Consultant for Fitness First and is also a Personal Trainer. Guest Blog Post...

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Depression Facts

Posted by on Nov 6, 2009 in emotional intelligence, learning, positive psychology | 0 comments

Last night, as a Sessional Trainer for Aware Defeat Depression, I delivered a Depression Awareness Training session to Evergreen Pensioners’ Club.  Preparing for the evening over the last few days, I was stunned (and “depressed”) at the statistics for this age-group, which differ significantly to that of the normal groups we deliver to, teenagers: 10-15% of people over 65...

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Retirement Planning

Posted by on Oct 30, 2009 in assertiveness, education, learning, news and events, personal development | 0 comments

On Saturday 21 November, I am running a workshop at QUB entitled Retirement: One Big Loose End.  I’ve had confirmation this week that there are 14 attendees so far.  What prompted me to run a workshop on retirement?  Well, two things: The average age of my students at my Open Learning (mostly IT) workshops is somewhere between 50-70 Speaking to someone a few months ago about...

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