Date: 23rd January 2013
Time: 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Venue: Clarion Hotel, Cork. 
To Book: HERE 

Cork Chamber and the Marketing Institute of Ireland will co-host this seminar on “How Twitter Brings the World closer” which will feature Don O’Leary, Senior Sales Manager at Twitter. Don will cover such topics as how companies can use Twitter as a platform for product launches, customer service, Twitter + TV as well as advertising on Twitter. You will have an opportunity to network with your Marketing Institute and Cork Chamber colleagues on the evening as well as hear some fascinating insight into how to make Twitter work for your business.

Sponsored by Real Insights

Date: 22nd January 2013 
Venue: Cork City Hall 
Cost: Reduced fee of €275 available to Chamber members
To Book: (Go to the registration page HERE and enter the promotional code “partner”)

Cork Chamber is an event partner for the ITLG Global Technology Leaders Summit which is being held in Cork on 21st-22nd January and is the first major business event of The Gathering 2013. The event is a two day gathering of top executives, entrepreneurs, and venture capital investors from the US, China and Russia.

Date: 10th-12th April 2013
Venue: Rochestown Park Hotel   

Ireland’s largest business networking forum will take place in Cork from 10-12 April 2013, arranging 10,000 one-to-one pre-scheduled meetings for over 600 Irish and International small to medium sized businesses.CorkMeet 2013, to be held at the Rochestown Park Hotel, presents local, national and international businesses from all sectors with a fantastic opportunity to unlock new business with potential clients and suppliers. Registration for CorkMeet 2013 is now open. Businesses are advised to register their profile and identify the companies they wish to meet by visiting http://www.corkmeet.ie/ or call tel (021) 4320467 for further information.

The Business School @ Cork Chamber is delighted to announce that we have a full schedule of Business Management Courses scheduled for 2013, including Project Management Professional, Supervisory Management & Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt).  All of these courses are designed to help make your company more efficient, productive and effective – what better way to start the New Year!

Adult Continuing Education at UCC is pleased to announce the launch of its part-time Higher Diploma in Learning, Development and Work-based Training for January 2013. This one year programme provides professional training for candidates who have management/supervisory responsibility for training and development in Production, Engineering, Marketing and other related disciplines. For further information about this programme, please see: www.ucc.ie/en/study/ace/what/pgdip/hdldt/ or contact the programme administrator, Ms. Louise Fleming on 021-4904720. The closing date for applications is 21 January 2013.

Date: Tuesday 15th January
Time: 09.30am (registration from 9.00am) 
Venue: BIM Clonakilty, Clogheen Road, Clonakilty, Co. Cork
To Book: please register HERE (by Monday January 14^th).

If exporting is on the horizon for your business then you will be interested in the story of the journey of Grainger Sawmills as it moved from domestic supplier to global marketer. You can experience this unique learning opportunity free of charge at: The Export Awareness Event from Enterprise Ireland.

Date: Sunday 27th January 
Time: 3.00pm-6pm
Venue: City Hall Cork
Cost: Tickets €10 are now on sale in Pro Music Oliver Plunkett St. Cork.

A January Gathering of young and old, from communities all over Cork and beyond who love to dance, will take to the floor in City Hall, Cork, to the music of Evelyn Grant and the Cork Pops Orchestra.

Date: Saturday 16th February
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Radisson Blu Hotel, Little Island, Cork 
Cost:  €75 per ticket, live music, entertainment, spot prizes, auction 
To Book: Tickets available from the CAA office 0214271808 or 0864163816

Lecturer: Gary O’Donovan (BA, WSET Dip.).
WSET Level 1: Foundation Wine Course (1 day), Saturday  9^th March 2013 – 9.00am – 5.00pm, Price: €150.
WSET Level 2: Intermediate Certificate in Wines & Spirits (9 weeks) Thursdays 7.00pm-9.00pm from 7^th March – 9^th May (1wk break midcourse), Price: €395.
WSET Level 3: Advanced Certificate in Wines & Spirits (15 weeks)Tuesdays 7.00pm-9.00pm from 5^th February – 14^th May - Price: €695. Full course content available on request