Events
02 / 12
Start: 8:30 am
End: 10:30 am
This is a Forward Ladies event. Do you have a website? Does the jargon baffle you? Do you feel that it’s not working as hard as it could be, but not quite sure where to start? Frances Day is a Chartered Marketer, who is an approved advisor for Business Link, Leeds Chamber of Commerce, Yorkshire Forward and the CIM (Chartered Institute of Marketing). Start: 1:30 pm
End: 4:30 pm
This is a chamber event. Don't know where to go for support? Are you unsure of how to access public support for business and environmental improvements? Come along and hear from business support providers in the region. Participants to include: | ||
02 / 13
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02 / 14
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02 / 15
Start: 9:30 am
End: 4:00 pm
This is a Forward Ladies event. This module will address how you can easily become effective negotiators and influencers. These are key skills for any successful business person to have in their "tool kit". There are 5 easy steps to effective Influencing. How to gain rapport, actively listen, stress the benefits, gather the appropriate information to reach a desirable outcome. Learn how to recognise and influence different personalities by building rapport using the power of positive behaviours. Start: 12:00 pm
End: 2:00 pm
Have you ever wanted to leverage your online marketing presence to attract new clients and increase your competitive edge? Maybe you eant to use the Web to help you diversify into new markets, while enhancing what you can offer your existing customers? This training seminar will deal with all aspects of marketing using the Internet. Essential topics covered will include: | ||
02 / 16
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
This is a Chamber event. Formerly known as Let's Do Business, this evening networking event allows you to take some time away from your office at the end of your working day, and network with a wide range of potential customers. The format of the event allows you to network in a relaxed and informal environment, and is ideal for those individuals who struggle to attend our early morning events to do business in a more intimate setting.
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02 / 17
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02 / 18
Start: 10:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Following the success of the OpenCoffee networking events we have held in Bradford, Sheffield and Barnsley, bmedi@ are running another event at the Yo Yo Bar in Shipley. The emphasis of OpenCoffee is very much on the internet and new media industries etc. These free events are informal and see a range of technology entrepreneurs, designers, bloggers, developers, geeks, investors and anyone else who's interested in digital media and technology exchanging ideas and striking up relationships that would otherwise never have flourished. | ||
02 / 19
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02 / 21
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02 / 22
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02 / 23
Start: 9:00 am
End: 4:00 pm
In the current business climate buyers are becoming ever more demanding putting the squeeze on suppliers to deliver more for less. Buyers are becoming more and more adept at using key negotiating skills and tactics to conclude deals in their favour. It is therefore essential that customer facing staff have the skills to effectively negotiate and conclude deals. How up to date are your negotiation skills? How well do you prepare for a negotiation? Do you know how to diffuse negotiation tactics? Start: 9:45 am
End: 12:30 pm
It’s challenging enough to make money, why throw it down the drain? UK businesses are literally pouring their profits away and simple actions can lead to substantial savings that go straight to the company’s bottom line. This workshop, delivered by Envirowise, can help your business understand the benefits of water efficiency, identify cost saving measures and develop an action plan to implement improvements as well as learn about further free support and tools available. | ||
02 / 24
Start: 8:30 am
End: 9:45 am
Part of a series of 3 Employment seminars titled Do you know..the pitfalls of recruiting staff? Topics covered:
Cost: Start: 9:00 am
Start: 24/02/2010 - 09:00
End: 25/02/2010 - 16:00
UnLtd Advantage: Growth and Replication Programme – Leeds The ultimate two day training event for leaders & senior managers who want to take their social venture to the next level. UnLtd Advantage is meeting the needs of the sector by running a two day intensive training programme focussed on growth and replication. This course will be invaluable if you are seeking to diversify and increase your product range, to disseminate good practice or to franchise your enterprise or organisation. Start: 11:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
The workshop at this event is being hosted by Sarah-Jane O'Brien of Total HR. Sarah-Jane has over 25 years experience in human resources and in this workshop will be looking at Performance Issues - Incapability or Conduct - the meaning, the distinction and how each situation should be handled. Definitely not one to be missed - please let me know on your booking form if you are able to attend. | ||
02 / 25
End: 4:00 pm
Start: 24/02/2010 - 09:00
End: 25/02/2010 - 16:00
UnLtd Advantage: Growth and Replication Programme – Leeds The ultimate two day training event for leaders & senior managers who want to take their social venture to the next level. UnLtd Advantage is meeting the needs of the sector by running a two day intensive training programme focussed on growth and replication. This course will be invaluable if you are seeking to diversify and increase your product range, to disseminate good practice or to franchise your enterprise or organisation. Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Be inspired by other successful entrepreneurs and make the most of valuable business opportunities. This is the second joint networking event with the Universities and, if you missed the first, make sure you get this one in your diary as soon as possible. Our guest speaker will be the inspirational entrepreneur Carl Hopkins. Start: 6:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm
Founder member of The Human League and Heaven 17, Martyn is one of the leading figures in electronic music. As record producer and artist he has featured on recordings totalling over 50 million sales worldwide during a 27 year career to date, working with artists as diverse as Tina Turner, Terence Trent D’Arby, Chaka Khan, Erasure, and Marc Almond. Start: 9:30 pm
In partnership with Kirklees Council, Business Link Yorkshire is holding an event to help those businesses in Kirklees under five years old grow and develop. There are various topics that all owner managers should have knowledge of if their business is to take the step to the next level and this free event, Winning Ways, is the opportunity to gain that knowledge. | ||
02 / 26
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02 / 27
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02 / 28
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03 / 1
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
This is a Forward Ladies event. This is an exciting interactive workshop where you will discover what works and doesn’t work in the way that you inspire and influence others for inspired leadership. You will see during this Seminar how others perceive you and have a ‘hands on’ experience of influencing for impact. Why you will want to attend this Seminar? It will provide you with a lively night of interaction with other business people and learning about: | ||
03 / 2
Start: 10:00 am
End: 3:30 pm
This is a seminar designed to help you place ‘innovation’ profitably at the heart of your business.Organised by Enterprise Europe Yorkshire (EEY), this interactive event will help you identify the right innovation strategy for your business. By attending, you will be able to:
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03 / 3
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03 / 4
Start: 7:30 am
End: 9:30 am
Formerly known as Pure Networking this hugely successful breakfast networking event attracts over one hundred attendees each month, from a wide range of business backgrounds. The format of the event allows you to begin networking as soon as you arrive, and then take part in formal table networking. After a table shuffle you will participate in another round of table networking, ensuring you are able to move around the room effectively. Start: 10:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
This is a two day event, with the first day for those who are starting a new business and have graduated from a York or North Yorkshire College or University and the 2nd day is for those who have an established business in the Yorkshire & Humber region. | ||
03 / 5
Start: 9:00 am
End: 10:30 am
Come and join us at the next 1st Friday Social Media Club on Friday 5th March 9.00-10.30am. Liz Cable from Reach Further will be returning to The Unit to help you get the best use out of LinkedIN and Facebook for your business. A continental breakfast will be provided. Please note that the club is a 9.00am start, not 8.30 as previously. You will need to bring your laptops - if you would like to borrow one please let me know. | ||
03 / 6
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03 / 7
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03 / 8
Start: 9:00 am
End: 2:00 pm
This event is organised by Forward Ladies. International Women's Day has been celebrated since the early 1900's, in many countries this is a national holiday and sees the sons and husbands doing chores in the house, not so in the UK! So we are celebrating the day our own way; by getting together sharing stories, and supporting each other. This year we have a very exciting line up of speakers who will be sharing their stories and advice. A 2-course lunch will be served after the speakers as well as a chance to network with speakers and delegates. | ||
03 / 9
Start: 9:30 am
End: 1:30 pm
This is a Forward Ladies event. Marie-Claire is an expert on the subject of clutter. She believes passionately that the only thing standing in the way of you being incredibly successful and happy is your clutter. In her talk on clutter Marie-Claire takes us on a journey from the effects of physical clutter through to ways through mental and emotional clutter Using stories to illustrate many of her points, she will inspire you to take action and to clear the space to be all that you can be. This will include : | ||
03 / 10
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
The event will give you the opportunity to make new business contacts, gain free advice from industry professionals and meet other students who have recently started up. The event features 4 leading members of the Entrepreneurs Club Leeds including Norman Molyneaux, one of the original founders of Acceleris, a corporate ventures company (www.acceleris.com) as the guest speakers who are all ready to tell their story. So come along for this roller coaster of an evening and learn their secrets! | ||
03 / 11
Start: 9:00 am
Start: 11/03/2010 - 09:00
End: 12/03/2010 - 17:00
Everyone with a client facing role, from MDs to account handlers to project managers, plays an essential part in both retaining clients and winning new business. This two-day practical workshop covers many of the essential skills for maintaining good client relations, generating new business from existing clients, and spotting and developing business opportunities with new clients. The workshop includes sessions on pitching to win, effective presentations, good communication, building relationships, the consultative approach to gaining business, and more. Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
This exciting event at the West Yorkshire Playhouse is the next instalment of Leeds Media's "The Second Thursday" programme of informal social events. The evening will begin with a wine tasting of wines from around the world, kindly sponsored by Concept Fine Wines. After this you have the fantastic opportunity to be taken on a behind the scenes tour of the West Yorkshire Playhouse, or just have a chat with friends and colleagues in an informal atmosphere in the bar. | ||
03 / 12
End: 5:00 pm
Start: 11/03/2010 - 09:00
End: 12/03/2010 - 17:00
Everyone with a client facing role, from MDs to account handlers to project managers, plays an essential part in both retaining clients and winning new business. This two-day practical workshop covers many of the essential skills for maintaining good client relations, generating new business from existing clients, and spotting and developing business opportunities with new clients. The workshop includes sessions on pitching to win, effective presentations, good communication, building relationships, the consultative approach to gaining business, and more. Start: 10:30 am
End: 3:45 pm
Google: Using the power of online to grow your business Join representatives of the search engine Google for this one-off event in Leeds. Google will host a lunch and two master classes which aim to teach you how to master online marketing and use Google’s suite of tools in order to attract new customers and grow your business. | ||
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