Events

This is a training course run by NTI.

Many searches for information about products and buying decisions begin with searches on one of the major engines: Google, Yahoo! or Live Search. Achieving a position at or near the top of the ‘organic' rankings can take time and often requires a large investment of time and energy.

The Forward Ladies Women in Business Awards, sponsored by the Met Hotel recognise the achievements of business women in Yorkshire and Humberside. The afternoon event will be a celebration of female-led businesses in 9 different categories, culminating in the Business Woman of the Year award at the end of the ceremony. Each award category has a shortlist of high achieving women all vying for the top spot.

The Women in Business Awards 2010 will be presented in the following categories:

This is an Incite trainig event.

This one-day course continues from Finance for Entrepreneurs and prepares you for the fund raising process, looking at:

* Fund raising logic
* Materials preparation
* Making presentations
* Deal logic and term

Follow up 1-to-1 webinars are available for rehearsal/practice and materials reviewing. Half price for anyone who has attended Finance for Entrepreneurs.

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 informal setting.

Venue:
Sky Bar, City Inn
Granary Wharf
2 Wharf Approach
Leeds
LS1 4BR

This is a Chamber event.

This is your chance to hear from Adam Posen, who is a member of the Monetary Policy Committee at the Bank of England.

There will be an interactive format to the breakfast during which time you will be able to represent the views of local businesses and discuss how the recession and the Bank of England's policies have affected your business in the past year.

This will prove to be a highly informative and relevant event, so be sure to book your place.

We understand that people are busy and money is a bit tight so we'd like to take this opportunity to invite you to a FREE networking supper. The event will give you the chance to network with other local business women and to find out more about Forward ladies, what we've got planned for the future and how we can support you and your business.

The Techmesh IT & Telecoms Expo is a free one-day exhibition and conference for all businesses in the region to meet Yorkshire and the Humber's IT & Telecoms providers.

Techmesh is the business network for IT and Telecoms businesses in Yorkshire, it is part of Connect Yorkshire and part funded by Yorkshire Forward.

Liquid Recovery are running 2 events on the same day that focus on credit control and cash flow.

The first event is a free morning seminar 'Improving Your Credit Control and Cash Flow'

The seminar will provide you with top tips to help you or your clients to improve credit control and your cash flow. Guest Speaker Richard Norman will discuss emotional intelligence in the work place. There will of course also be plenty of opportunity to network over tea and coffee and to gain advice from our experts.

This is Bmedia event.

BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees.

If you're a creative, digital freak, geek or entrepreneur you'll love it.

Attendees arrive on the day armed with talks and decide which ones they want to go along to. The talks can be on anything, from android application development to learning the British Sign Language to new trends in Drupal.

Forward Ladies are holding a networking training event with Etta Cohen, MD of Forward Ladies running a workshop on face to face networking, and Liz Cable, MD of Reach Further running a workshop on social networking.

This is an accredited training event organised by Forward Ladies.

* Do you feel nervous presenting?
* Are you tired of not getting your point cross?
* Do you know you can present better than you are doing now?
* Do you want to make an impact with your presentation?
* Do you want to motivate your audience?

This is an accredited training event organised by Forward Ladies.

* Do you feel nervous presenting?
* Are you tired of not getting your point cross?
* Do you know you can present better than you are doing now?
* Do you want to make an impact with your presentation?
* Do you want to motivate your audience?

The objectives of the Business Forum are:

* Identify local issues that are of concern to Chamber members
* Agree what action will be taken to tackle the issues raised
* Ensure that local issues become a part of the Chamber's future lobbying activity
* Provide members with regular feedback on lobbying activity.

The speaker will be Martin Dean from the Leeds Initiative will discussing the release of the new 'Vision for Leeds'.

This is a members only event.

Are you a business based in Yorkshire? Are you looking to fulfil your growth potential by securing investment? Do you want to know what funding is available?

If so, this friendly, informal seminar is for you. This is an interactive seminar which is fully subsidised for companies in Yorkshire and will be presented by four industry experts who will cover debt, venture capital, grants and business angel finance options.

There will also be an opportunity to network over refreshments.

World-renowned Australian entrepreneur, author and business coach Brad Sugars will be LIVE in Leeds to explain exactly why "Business is Booming".

From the evening you will walk away with:

• Vision and drive to take your business to the next level.
• An abundance of proven successful business strategies.
• Confidence in yourself and your business.
• The 5 most important metrics towards financial improvement.

This is a Brand Yorkshire event.

This conference will benefit hundreds of local business leaders by providing:

This is a Forward Ladies event.

Roger Steare is the 'Corporate Philosopher'. He works with people in businesses all over the world who want to do the right thing, helping them build trust and sustainability in their organisations by reminding them how to be human beings first and business people second.

This is a Forward Ladies event.

The industry's leading lights will be presenting and debating their views on the challenges and opportunities that media integration poses for advertisers and media owners. They will examine how the changing trading climate has impacted their strategies to retain revenues or deliver cost effective results.

The next Social Media Surgery in Leeds is on Thursday 7th October 6-8pm at The Round Foundry Media Centre. As usual it is a free and informal drop in session so just turn up anytime between 6pm and 8pm. You'll be able to grab a cup of tea and a biscuit and sit with someone who can talk to you about social media and how it could help your organisation.

You can post any questions at any time into our Facebook group or sign up to hear about up-coming surgeries and events.

Supporting Breast Cancer awareness with Ample Bosom's Sally Robinson.

Join us for some networking and enjoy listening to Sally tell us how she started her company at her kitchen table and turned it into a very successful internet business.
Supporting Breast Cancer Awareness month, we will all enjoy a buffet and drinks.

Venue:
Heritage Exchange
Wellington Mills
Plover Road
Lindley
Huddersfield
HD3 3HR

Cost:
Members: £15.00 (Inc VAT)
Non-Members: £25.00 (Inc VAT)

This is a Forward Ladies event.

Coping with climate change may prove to be the ultimate test for business. We all have a share responsibility for the consequences of climate change over the coming years.

With increased temperatures Climate Change is taking place across the world and so the business community needs to make changes before it's too late but these changes can not only secure our future but help you save money and enhance your brand.

This is an Incite trainig event.

Successful entrepreneurs develop a very personal and very robust core of priorities, attitudes and objectives, along with a firm grasp of certain fundamental business principals and skills: this framework becomes the "engine" for the ideas and decisions the entrepreneur must come up with every day, and provides the confidence and self-belief that must lie behind them. This course is about reorganising the entrepreneurial mind and is as effective for experienced, serial entrepreneurs as it is first-timers. 

This is an Incite trainig event.

Successful entrepreneurs develop a very personal and very robust core of priorities, attitudes and objectives, along with a firm grasp of certain fundamental business principals and skills: this framework becomes the "engine" for the ideas and decisions the entrepreneur must come up with every day, and provides the confidence and self-belief that must lie behind them. This course is about reorganising the entrepreneurial mind and is as effective for experienced, serial entrepreneurs as it is first-timers. 

This is a free bmedia Business Network event.

Winning More Business - Introduction to tendering and proposal writing skills

Peter Ramsden is the Director of Paramount Learning. As well as holding a Masters in Business from Bradford University School of Management, Peter has more than 20 years experience of sales and marketing of industrial consumables to national and international clients.

What Peter will cover:

This is a Bmedia event.

This two day funded leadership and management workshop will:

- Give you the skills and tacit knowledge used by highly successful leaders
- Develop your team into a highly motivated and cohesive unit
- Develop skills to boost your own effectiveness as a leader
- Give you the skills necessary to improve your business acumen

Funding for this course is available

Venue: Leeds/Bradford area (TBC)

Cost: £25

This course is a highly interactive two day workshop where delegates take turns to lead their team to success. Delegates are spilt into teams and challenged to build the most successful business. As part of the challenge they have to develop leadership and effective team building skills. Working together as a team they will be making and taking decisions on all matters of running the simulated business including, strategy, produ...cts numbers of staff, pricing, loans, forecasting etc. After each round the team is provided with a full P&L and balance sheet results.

Join speakers from Black Marble and Microsoft to find out what you need to build the next generation of rich internet applications, websites, as well as demonstrating Windows Phone 7 and multi-touch devices. Find out more about Microsoft's web platform and tooling with Silverlight 4 and Expression Blend, Internet Explorer 9, Silverlight and XNA on Windows Phone 7, and running it all together on Windows Azure.

This full day event is free, and includes lunch.

Microsoft Speakers: Michael McClary, Will Coleman and Mike Taulty of Microsoft.

This is a Forward Ladies event.

Join Catriona for lunch as she explains the Lessons that we can all learn from a Private Equity culture.

Catriona joined Pets at Home in January 2003. As Commercial Director, she is responsible for developing the customer proposition in stores, building the Pets at Home brand and achieving profitable growth.

This is a Leeds Chamber event.

The meeting will include presentations about the following topics:

* Vision for the City
* The development on Trinity Leeds
* The benefits of a high speed rail link to Leeds

This will be followed by a panel discussion and open forum, with panelists including Martin Dean from the Leeds Initiative and Gerald Jennings from Land Securities.

If these issues concern you - and if you're involved in business in the Leeds City Region - then this will be a key event for you to attend.

This is a Bmedia event.

This two day funded leadership and management workshop will:

- Give you the skills and tacit knowledge used by highly successful leaders
- Develop your team into a highly motivated and cohesive unit
- Develop skills to boost your own effectiveness as a leader
- Give you the skills necessary to improve your business acumen

Funding for this course is available

Venue: Leeds/Bradford area (TBC)

Cost: £25

This course is a highly interactive two day workshop where delegates take turns to lead their team to success. Delegates are spilt into teams and challenged to build the most successful business. As part of the challenge they have to develop leadership and effective team building skills. Working together as a team they will be making and taking decisions on all matters of running the simulated business including, strategy, produ...cts numbers of staff, pricing, loans, forecasting etc. After each round the team is provided with a full P&L and balance sheet results.

This is an event run by The Alternative Board as part of a series of Facilitated Learning Events, presented by Paul Connell & Kenton Robbins for Executives, Business Leaders & Owners and Directors. You will explore, share knowledge and learn new techniques & approaches to managing the challenges of The New Economy.

As part of the Enterprising Barnsley project, bmedia are running another OpenCoffee event.

These free events are informal and see a range of entrepreneurs, new start up businesses, investors and anyone else who's interested in exchanging ideas and striking up relationships that would otherwise never have flourished.

The philosophy of OpenCoffee is very much of an Open House of ideas and people. The event is open to anyone who is interested in B2B networking. You're welcome to enjoy the coffee, bacon butties, the cakes and the company.

* Have you been told that you need to do more in less time?
* Want to achieve more than you are doing now?
* Do you feel that you are wasting time?
* Do you want to get more done in less time?
* Do you want to get rid of procrastinations?

Work smarter not harder with the key skills demonstrated in this workshop. Enhance your work/life balance, get more done and gain ‘that feeling of accomplishment'. Change your attitude to work and gain more results. The effects of this course can be instant. Motivate yourself to achieve more.

Following the success of the OpenCoffee networking events have held in Bradford, Sheffield and Barnsley, bmedia 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. 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.

This networking event attracts business owners, directors and senior level staff i.e. the decision makers. It is business focused with a pre-arranged seating plan thus ensuring a good mix and match of businesses and avoiding conflicts of business interest on any of the tables.

The event format is as follows:

Workshop
11:15 and 12:00 - this is optional and in addition to the main networking

Main Event
12:00 to 12:30 - Open networking
12:30 to 2:00 - Networking lunch