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Member Events
Network Cork Businesswoman of the Year Awards
 
Date: Friday, 15th May 
Time: 12.30-3pm
Venue: The Radisson Blu Hotel, Little Island
Cost: Members €45, Non-Members €55
To book: Advance booking essential as spaces are limited

Network Cork’s annual Businesswoman of the Year Awards is taking place on Friday May 15th at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Little Island. Featuring guest speaker Moya Doherty, networking reception, three course lunch and the prestigious awards ceremony, this event promises to be an exciting and unmissable date for your calendar.

Irish-language in Business
 

Date:Tuesday, 19th May
Time: 09:30 -11a.m.
Venue: Imperial Hotel
Cost: Free of Charge
To Book: here  


 Learn how the Irish-language in your business can add value & attract business in a simple & cost-effective way. More details available here


Practitioners Update
 
Date: Tuesday, 19th May 
Time: 7.30am registration & breakfast. 7.45am seminar begins 9.30am seminar ends
Venue: Clarion Hotel, Lapp’s Quay, Cork
Cost: Free of charge
To book: here 

During this seminar our speakers will highlight some of the main challenges and issues facing practitioners in today’s business environment, including:
  • The Companies Act
  • Accounting issues and new reporting requirements
  • Debt restructuring

Robert McKee Storynomics
 
Date: Friday, 22nd May
Time: 9.30am
Venue: Killarney Convention Centre
Cost: €495.00
To book: here 

This is the first of Robert McKee’s workshops on Storynomics with only three more taking place in 2015 in Amsterdam, New York and Los Angeles. Here you will leave equipped with the tools to lead a successful company, secure funding and persuade more customers to do business with you.

Growth Through Innovation – Microsoft Story
 
Date: Wednesday, 20th May 
Time: 7:15 am to 9:00 am
Venue: Kingsley Hotel, Victoria Cross, Cork
Cost: €15 for MII members and €25 for non members
To book: here 

Innovation can give you the competitive edge needed to deliver real added value for your customers and increase your profits. How can you incorporate innovation into your business? Come and hear about Microsoft’s innovation journey and get a practical insight into the process that it uses to identify customer insights, generate ideas, testing, product launch and success measurement.

PFH Technology Group will sponsor the event.

Grand Job campaign launch event
 
Date: Monday, 25th May
Time: 5.30pm
Venue: Vertigo at Cork County Hall
To book: 021 4643255 / 463235 or email here


Are you interested in creating a caring and inclusive workplace and giving people with disabilities opportunities to contribute to the workforce? Cope Foundation invites you to join us as we launch our first major campaign called “Grand Job?” and help us to change things for the better for people with intellectual disabilities in the area of employment.     

Business Process Analytics: theory & practice
 
Date: Thursday, 11th June 
Time: 08:00am to 09:30am with breakfast
Venue: The Kingsley Hotel, Victoria Cross, Cork
Cost: no charge
Register: here

CeADAR Breakfast Seminar Series in Big Data Analytics

Business Process Analytics concerns the analysis, modelling, and optimisation of business processes within an enterprise. It is closely related to documentation and standardisation efforts within an organisation and beyond. In this seminar we explore the subject from both the business and research perspectives.

 

 


Cope Foundation Summertime Fundraising Ball
 
Date: Saturday, 27th June 
Time: Champagne Reception 7.15pm
Venue: Radisson Blu Hotel, Little Island, Cork
Cost: €100 per ticket or Corporate rate per table of 10 for €900
To book:  Email Tanya here   / 021 - 464 3220 before 12th June

Cope Foundation is one of Cork’s biggest charities and caters for over 2,300 children and adults with intellectual disability and/or autism throughout Cork City and County. The proceeds of the Ball, which is a Black-Tie event will go directly to Cope’s Early Intervention Service which helps children with intellectual disability from 0-6 years old.