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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Assertiveness & Workplace Confidence

Posted by on Jan 20, 2010 in assertiveness, communication, confidence, news and events, teamwork | 0 comments

This two day workshop will take place on Wednesday – Thursday, 17-18 February 10, 09:30-16:30.  Speaker: Dawn Baird. The realities of modern work life – flat structures, tough workloads and the need to exert influence across traditional boundaries – ensure that assertiveness skills are not an optional extra.  Aggression is unacceptable; passivity is ineffective. Previous...

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Marketing Your Business with Social Media

Posted by on Nov 25, 2009 in blogging, business, marketing, networking, news and events, social media, social networking | 0 comments

Just a quick announcement of two similar events coming up in Carrickfergus and Magherafelt in December, entitled Marketing Your Business with Social Media.  Both are free, and open to businesses in the relevant council areas. This session is for anyone who wants to gain a quick-fire overview of what social media is. It is most suitable for absolute beginners, and only a basic working...

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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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