[ January 21, 2009; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] At a recent event I had the pleasure to meet the Assistant CEO of the Wicklow County Enterprise Board, Louise Fleming. She was telling me about a great network that they have established for women in business. Louise has invited me to be the keynote speaker at their first event in January 2009 ad I'll [...]

If you missed my Tweets or did not receive the most recent edition of ‘Biz Growth Express’ you may not know about a great series of seminars that are taking place, hosted by Michael Port ad Elizabeth Marshall the co authors of ‘The Contrarian Effect: Why it Pays (Big) to Take Typical Sales Advice and [...]

[ November 13, 2008; 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Following the successful Organise Activate Influence conference facilitated by the European Commission Representation and the European Parliament Office in Ireland, (access archived video footage of the event here), I was delighted to see that they are continuing to enable engagement through a new programme called EUIreland.tv. The programme launches on 13 November 2008 at 8pm [...]

[ November 21, 2008; 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm. ] So you have heard about LinkedIn as THE place to be for networking online for professional and personal success. Perhaps you have even uploaded your profile? But are you wondering what you should do next? Well search no longer as you can now discover the secrets of LinkedIn and how to leverage it for professional and [...]

[ November 11, 2008; 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] As part of the series of ‘How To Get The Most From Your Business’ workshops being supported by the Bank of Ireland and the County Enterprise Boards, this week we are in the Dublin area. The event is in association with Fingal County Enterprise Board and the Blanchardstown Chamber of Commerce on 11 November 2008 [...]

In my recent article about ‘Five Steps To Build Your Network On LinkedIn’, I invited guest blog posts if you have great tips to share about how you are using LinkedIn to attract more business. One of the people I heard from as a result of the article was Leon Quinn who I met when [...]

Following on from the last article about collaborating with competitors through hosting events, here are two ways I have benefited directly from collaborating with competitors - not just the profile and co-branding on the platform or the receipt of the speaking fee or a split of the income for the event or workshop. I have collaborated [...]

One of the strategies I recommend to expand your reach is collaboration with others - including people that offer similar services and products to yours. A great way to do so is through creating joint venture events. I recently was asked a question about how can you ensure when running events, teleseminars, webinars or seminars with people [...]

Have you ever found yourself before going into a presentation, a speaking gig or perhaps a meeting at work where you knew you were less than confident? I know I have. There is a saying that we should ‘fake it till we make it’ though I don’t subscribe to that approach. Basically because I think if [...]

I’ve been having an increasing number of people asking me about using LinkedIn for business development recently. One of the people I was speaking with was a journalist for the current edition of Marketing Age, the professional magazine for the Marketing Institute and you can find the full article here. I also noticed that the most listened [...]