What Speakers Need From a Venue

Posted by on Mar 24, 2010 in customer service | 2 comments

Whether you’re a Training Business, a Freelance Trainer, an Associate or a Conference Speaker, it doesn’t really matter whether you’re hiring a room yourself, or just making use of it to deliver for someone else.  Some things are just essential.  If you’re a venue supplier, then pay close attention: Respond to requests on booking, pricing and facilities quickly.  We...

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Twitter & Networking

Posted by on Mar 17, 2010 in business, entrepreneurship, marketing, networking, social media, social networking | 0 comments

Twitter: Understanding Its Networking Value on Prezi I delivered this presentation at Twitter: Understanding Its Networking Value, a seminar run by Legal Island, as part of its Business for Breakfast...

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Twitter: Understanding Its Networking Value

Posted by on Mar 8, 2010 in blogging, business, marketing, networking, news and events, social media, social networking | 0 comments

Next week, I’ll be speaking at one of Legal Island’s Business for Breakfast seminars, at silly o’clock in the morning on the above topic.  If you are attending, please make any suggestions in a comment below. When?  16 March 2010, 07:30 – 09:00 Where? Island Centre, Legal Island, Antrim About what? Twitter is celebrated as the latest online phenomenon in PR and...

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The Rise of the unConference

Posted by on Mar 1, 2010 in business, entrepreneurship, networking, news and events | 7 comments

unConferences have been breaking onto the business scene in Northern Ireland for a few years now, but came to my notice only in 2009.  (I’m having light palpitations after starting a sentence with a small letter, but all for the sake of informing the business public of Northern Ireland…) BizCamp Belfast is one such species.  What is an unConference?  Cool and trendy?  Anarchy?...

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