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Welcome to the North West Events and Information Newsletter for February 2008
There are a number of conferences taking place over the next couple of months, including the City of Liverpool Business Fair, Halton Business Fair and the British Chambers of Commerce Conference. So there will be ample opportunity for North West businesses to meet potential suppliers and customers, attend seminars and network. Also this month Acas and Trowers & Hamlins Solicitors will be running a mock tribunal workshop and Acas has announced its calendar of events for the coming months. The worthy St Ann's Hospice is promoting its Make a Will Week event which will take place between 3rd and 7th March. Mark Greenwood of the hugely successful Networking4Business has kindly agreed to share his wealth of knowledge and set aside some of your fears about networking. The Skills to Enable Community Learning Programme is offering free IT courses to women/men working or volunteering in the voluntary or community sector. And after all of that if you're still feeling energetic, join Hollyoaks' Emma Rigby and the Five Star Scanner Appeal on a 5km run around Heaton Park.
Our next newsletter will be distributed on 3rd March 2008 . The deadline for articles is 25th February 2008. If you would like to include an article in the newsletter, please download our order form, email info@nw-events.info or telephone 0870 747 4967 for details. Please note that the order of placement of articles in our newsletter is decided by the order in which completed order forms are received. Therefore, the earlier you order your article placement, the higher up the newsletter your article will be listed. Until next month. Best wishes |
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Liverpool BA Forthcoming EventsCity of Liverpool Business Fair 2008, Thursday 13th March, Liverpool Town Hall
Halton Business Fair 2008, Thursday 10th April, The Stobart Stadium, Halton Having organised a number of successful business exhibitions in the Merseyside, Lancashire and Manchester areas, Liverpool BA will be holding the first Halton Business Fair on 10th April.
British Chambers of Commerce Conference 2008, Monday 28th April, BT Convention Centre, Liverpool With keynote speakers such as Sir Terry Leahy, Chief Executive of Tesco plc, the Conference promises to be one of the most high profile business events of 2008. Neil Stewart Associates are the main organisers of the event but they have asked Liverpool BA to help promote the exhibition opportunities to local companies and organisations.
For more information please contact Liverpool BA on 0151 709 8932 or by e-mailing info.liverpoolba@btconnect.com. |
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"Your Day In Court" - A Mock Tribunal WorkshopWhat to expect and how to survive it! 21 February 2008 - The Bridgewater Hall. Manchester In 2006/2007 over 132,000 claims were lodged at employment tribunals, a 15% increase on the previous year. Appearing as a witness in tribunal proceedings and justifying your decision making process can be a daunting prospect even if they are confident they have reached the right decision. For many this may be their first experience of a courtroom setting. A one day workshop delivered jointly by Trowers & Hamlins Solicitors and Acas will take you through an interactive role play based on a real life case. You will get the chance to question and assess the evidence and reach a decision. That decision will then be tested in a mock tribunal. The workshop draws on the extensive experience of both Trowers & Hamlins and Acas to guide you through tribunal practice and procedure in a practical and informative setting. Delegates will have an opportunity to take part in the role play, the cross examination of witnesses and vote on the outcome. A full time chairman of the employment tribunal will preside over the mock tribunal and take part in a chairman's question time. Who should attend the workshop? HR professionals, employee representatives and any manager with line management responsibility who is likely to be involved in dealing with disciplinary issues. What you will gain from the workshop?
Booking To book a place at this event please contact the Events team on 0161 833 8510/20 or by email at manchesterevents@acas.org.uk.
Want to know more? Interested in attending any of our events? Contact The Events Team on 0161 833 8510/20 or by email at manchesterevents@acas.org.uk.
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Make a Will Week 2008Moving house, having a baby, becoming grandparents, getting married or divorced? Use this great opportunity to get your affairs in order whilst also helping St Ann's Hospice. Make an appointment with one of our participating solicitors to have your Will written during Will Week - they are giving their time free to write a standard Will, you simply make a donation to St Ann's. Last year the average donation was between £50 and £100 and over £28,000 was raised for St Ann's Hospice. Don't put if off...make a Will or amend your existing one to ensure your loved ones are taken care of. For more information call 0161 798 3664 or visit www.sah.org.uk/willweek. Sponsored by
About St Ann's Hospice St Ann's Hospice is one of the largest adult hospices in the UK with 60 Inpatient beds. As an independent local charity, care is provided free of charge by St Ann's Hospice to over 3,000 people each year across three sites. 42% of patients admitted to St Ann's Hospice return home after treatment. St Ann's Hospice needs to raise £16,000 every day through voluntary contributions to offer its wide range of services. In total it costs £8.75 million each year to run the Hospice, of which only 35% is received from government funding. It is the support of the local community that enables St Ann's Hospice to continue providing the highest standards of care to patients, families and carers.
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The Three Biggest Fears Of NetworkingThe three biggest fears of networking are entering the room, who should I talk to once in and what should I talk about. If you suffer from any of these, the good new is you are normal!! Everybody at networking events has some level of nerves, it is natural. Firstly, remember all at a networking event are there for the same reason, so don't be nervous. When you walk into the room how many people are actually going to notice that you have just entered? Unless you are planning on making a dramatic entrance, then you can count the number of people on the fingers of one hand. Before you enter, shoulders back, take a big deep breath and enter the room confidently. So once you are in the room who should you talk to? Again this is simple, the easiest option is look for those stood on their own! They will be grateful to you for taking them out of the uncomfortable position of being stood on their own when most others are engrossed in conversations. And who knows, they may thank you by passing you a referral or some business in the future. But what if there are no delegates stood on their own? Then approach people who are talking but are stood more shoulder to shoulder than nose to nose. Without going into the 'ins' and 'outs' of body language, this situation reads that at least one person already in the conversation is very much open to another person joining them. So you're now in the conversation but what should you talk about as you have been told not to sell too much when out networking? Easy again! Introduce yourself, acknowledge the other people, stay silent for a moment and pick up the topic of conversation. Do NOT hijack the conversation, simply join in where appropriate. If you have no interest in the present conversation, listen intently as the conversation will evolve onto a subject where you have some common ground. If the conversation has come to a natural end when you join them, then use some 'small talk' such as 'How have you got here today?' or 'Have you been here long?' or 'Isn't the weather terrible/lovely?' If you want to turn the conversation to business try 'So what line of business are you in?' or 'Is business well? The three fears above stem from the fear of rejection, but don't worry about that either! If another person refuses your request to join their conversation do you really want to get to know them or do business with them in the future anyway? By saying no to your request they will do more harm to themselves than you. Simply exit politely and move on to the next conversation. Written by Mark Greenwood of Networking4Business. Forthcoming Networking4Business Events Simply Networking - Thursday 7th February 2008 - 3pm - The Palace Hotel, Manchester For more information on forthcoming Networking4Business events or to book a place, please visit www.networking4business.com or call Mark Greenwood on 0870 382 1699.
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Free IT courses for Men & WomenThe Skills to Enable Community Learning Programme aims to develop the skills of staff and volunteers working in community and voluntary organisations in Greater Manchester. These community groups must work with disadvantaged groups to deliver skills for life and key skills training. Our IT Courses will be delivered through accredited learning opportunities in the areas of Management, ICT skills and tutor training. These courses lead to a level 2 or 3 eDCC qualification. Please go to www.edcc.org.uk for more information on course content. New courses scheduled for 2008, due to high demand:
All courses run from 9.30am to 3pm, 3 sessions, 15 hours in total - students must attend all 3 sessions to gain the certificate. Fees: Free to women/men working or volunteering in the voluntary or community sector. A £30 deposit is required to secure your place, refundable on completion of the training course. For more information or to request an application form please contact the Admin Team on 0161 833 8800 or email info@wevh.org.uk.
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Networking EventsBelow is a selection of networking events that are taking place in February 2008:
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See you in March.the North West Events and Information Team
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