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Decision on Event Centre Site is a Significant Boost for Cork
The Beamish and Crawford brewery site has been selected as the preferred site for a new multi-functional events centre for Cork. The planned €50m, 6,000 capacity event centre which will be located on South Main Street is expected to be a major economic driver for the city. Speaking on the announcement Conor Healy, Cork Chamber CEO said, “We are delighted that Government and Cork City Council had the foresight to help fund the development of a multi-functional events centre in Cork which will have a hugely positive impact on the tourism and hospitality sectors and will serve as a key catalyst in Cork’s economic development in the short-term.”
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January Training!
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MS Excel (Intermediate) - 2007/2010 Course Date: 13th January Member Rate: €110.00 This course is designed for those who may have been using MS Excel 2007 or 2010 for some time, but have never received formal training. We will work through basics including the use of shortcut keys & some less familiar formatting options. We will then move on to more intermediate topics such as working with and linking multiple worksheets, creating charts, managing lists (Sorting & AutoFilter) among other options. Objectives: On completion of this course participants will be able to use much of the functionality with MS Excel including:
- Competent use of Shortcut Keys
- Use formatting tools such as the format painter
- Write and copy formulas – Relative / Absolute
- Work with multiple worksheets and write formulas across sheets / Link Sheets
- Create professional looking charts and use drawing tools to enhance these
- Use the database functionality of MS Excel – Sorting & Auto Filter
Personal Productivity using MS Outlook 2007/2010
Course Date: 14th January Member Rate: €140.00 Would you like to have an EMPTY INBOX at the end of each day?! Would you like to have an organised system that will help you work more effectively on a daily basis? Then this course is for you! It will provide you with a totally practical and workable solution to managing your workload and time more effectively. The emphasis of the day is the practical application of the 'Time Management Best Practice' theory using MS Outlook as the tool. This course has been designed to provide you with the knowledge, skills and competencies to effectively use Outlook as your organisational tool. Following this course participants will: - Be aware of Time Management theory (Best Practice)
- Be familiar with MS Outlook Shortcut Keys
- Be able to use timesaving everyday functionality in MS Outlook
- Have customised Outlook to make it work more effectively as a time management tool
- Know how to create tasks in order to prioritise and manage workload
- Know how to create tasks directly from email as an effective method of deferring less urgent work
- Have the ability to use the calendar and tasks to manage working days realistically
- Able to collaborate with other users through meeting invitations, sharing calendars etc.
This course is ideal for anyone who feels that there aren’t enough hours in the day and who is overwhelmed by their workload. This course is only €140.00 for Chamber members so don’t delay, BOOK TODAY! MS Excel (Advanced) 2007/2010 Course Date: 20th January Member Rate: €110.00 This course is designed to follow-on from the MS Excel Intermediate course. Having already familiarised yourself with the most efficient way of performing everyday tasks, and having covered some intermediate tasks, it is now time to build on that knowledge. A large proportion of the course is dedicated to using the Database Features in MS Excel - this is a very powerful side to Excel that not many people utilise to its fullest potential. Useful functions such as IF and Lookups are covered in addition to automating tasks using Macros etc. Objectives: On completion of this course participants will be proficient in the more advanced functionality of MS Excel including: - Advanced Data Analysis – Advanced Filtering, Creating Names Ranges, Sub-Totalling feature, Database Function, Pivot Tables
- Recording Macros
- IF, Lookup and other functions
- Goal Seek & Scenario Manager
- Protecting worksheets & workbooks
Effective Presentation Skills Course Date: Wednesday 19th February Member Rate: €130.00 This course combines the perfect balance of theory with practical presentation techniques over one day resulting in a comprehensive training course giving participants the skills required to deliver effective presentations in a clear, concise and confident manner. Participants will learn how to structure a presentation to gain maximum effect and impact, control their nerves and convey a professional image through the presentation. Participants will practice and deliver their presentation a number of times throughout the day. One of these sessions is recorded and feedback will be offered. Following this course, participants will: - Understand the importance of knowing your audience
- Plan an effective presentation
- Overcome Nerves
- Beginning and ending a presentation successfully
- Be familiar with a strong presentation structure
- Getting the audience’s attention and keeping it
- Establishing the audience's attention and keeping it
- Properly using your eyes, hands, voice and stance
- Handling Q & A
This course is aimed at those who would like to gain confidence when designing and delivering a presentation and would like to learn a process that can be applied for all future presentations. Participants should come to the course with a Presentation topic in mind. When choosing your topic, bear in mind that initially you will build your presentation around your chosen topic and deliver it at the end of the day. Therefore, it should be a topic that you are familiar with and one that you would be comfortable speaking on. It can, but does not have to be work related. BOOK NOW!
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The Sky Is The Limit
Sponsored by Bank of Ireland
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Book Your Seats For The Ryanair Customer Transformation Journey
Date: Wednesday 21st January
Time: 5.30pm – 7.00pm
Venue: Clarion Hotel, Cork City
Cost: €15 Cork Chamber & MII members / €25 non members
To book: HERE
Ryanair is changing the way that it does business. CEO Michael O’Leary recently stated, “It’s not enough to be the cheapest anymore. We need to be the cheapest, the best and the friendliest.” Cork Chamber and the Marketing Institute of Ireland – Southern Region are proud to bring you “the Sky is the Limit” event on 21st January, where Ryanair’s Chief Marketing Officer, Kenny Jacobs, will talk us through the transformation of this global giant.
Kenny will share his thoughts on what has been a dramatic shift in perspective with regard to the role of the customer and the importance of continuous customer intelligence gathering as a key business driver. Ryanair truly believes that the customer must be placed front and centre of the business and is the primary source of Ryanair’s enhanced value proposition to ensure customers continue to actively choose Ryanair. This event is kindly sponsored by Bank of Ireland.
BOOK NOW to secure your place
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Business Breakfast with Tim Lucey, Chief Executive, Cork County Council
Sponsored by Irish Examiner
Date: Tuesday 10th February
Time: 7.30am – 9.00am
Venue: Oriel House Hotel
Cost: €25 members / €35 non members Cork Chamber is proud to bring you the first Business Breakfast of 2015, kicking off with a business breakfast featuring Tim Lucey, recently appointed Chief Executive of Cork County.
Tim Lucey has been Chief Executive of Cork County Council since 1st May 2014 following a three and a half year term as Cork City Manager. If you are interested in hearing about what plans Cork County Council have for the future, then this is a must attend event for you.
BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW to avoid disappointment
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Chamber Supported Projects
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Cork Innovates Flys the Flag for Irish Entrepreneurs in USA
The award-winning entrepreneurship initiative, Cork innovates which has previously been recognised by the European Commission as a model for driving entrepreneurship, promoted the work of Irish entrepreneurs, particularly, women in business, in New York recently.
Cork County Mayor, Cllr Alan Coleman, the ‘positive economist’ and 2014 inBusiness inCork Showcase Moderator, Susan Hayes, and IDME founder, Dee O’Leary accompanied Siobhan Finn, Executive Director of Cork innovates. The group met with a number of relevant Irish American Organisation leaders, influencers and stakeholders, during the visit.
“Irish firms currently employ approximately 120,000 people across all 50 US states, collectively US companies have US $204b in foreign direct investment in Ireland. The US market is one of Ireland’s most important economic relationships,” said Siobhan Finn, Executive Director, Cork innovates.
“This trip was about building on the existing relationships which exist and promoting the Cork entrepreneurial spirit through alignment with organisations that focus on entrepreneurship support and engagement,” she added.
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Enterprise Europe Network At Cork Chamber
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- International Green Week Brokerage Event, 19th-20th January, Berlin, Germany
The Enterprise Europe Network in Berlin will organise a business matchmaking event over two consecutive days during the International Green Week (IGW) Exhibition and will offer companies the opportunity to find new overseas business partners, technological partners and EU project partners across the food, agricultural and horticultural industries. - Digital Health Assembly Brokerage Event, 10th-12th February, Cardiff, UK
The ‘Digital Health Assembly: Open Innovation’ 2015 Conference is targeted towards digital health professionals from across the world. The themes of the conference are: big data; empowering patients and staff; and innovative business models. The Enterprise Europe Network Wales will run a B2B business matchmaking event during the course of the conference. - Ecobuild Matchmaking 2015, 04th March 2014, London, UK
Enterprise Europe South East is organisaing a B2B matchmaking event which will take place during Ecobuild, the biggest event in the world for sustainable construction. With pre-arranged one-to-one meetings, exhibitors and visitors can find potential commercial and technology partners from across Europe.
‘See read more’ for more information on all of the above.
1. International Green Week Brokerage Event, 19th-20th January, Berlin, Germany International Green Week Exhibition focuses on the food, agricultural and horticultural industries and each year, it sees producers from all over the world come to learn about market trends and developments on a global scale. The audience will comprise of food industry representatives; importers; experts from the food, agricultural and horticultural fields; and agricultural policy and administration experts. The Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) Berlin is organising a B2B brokerage event and this will take place during the International Green Week Exhibition. Participation in the matchmaking event is free and it will allow companies the opportunity to: - Find new overseas business partners
- Find new partners for transnational research, development and innovation projects
- Find partners for an international technology transfer
- Benefit from best-practice examples in Europe
- Lean more about funding opportunities at an international level
The EEN Berlin is also offering participants the opportunity to visit food industry innovation hubs in and around Berlin but spaces for this are limited. For further information about this event, please contact Eimear@corkchamber.ie
2. Digital Health Assembly Brokerage Event, 10th-12th February, Cardiff, UK
The Enterprise Europe Network Wales is organising a business matchmaking event and Horizon 2020 clinic which will both take place during the ‘Digital Health Assembly: Open Innovation Conference’, a conference which is targeted towards digital health professionals. The conference will bring together a wide range of experts from within the Digital Health space that are open to acquiring new knowledge and skills, and developing new partnerships. For further information about this event, please contact Eimear@corkchamber.ie
3. Ecobuild Matchmaking 2015, 04 March 2014, London, UK
Ecobuild will take place in London 03-05 March. The event is at the forefront of sustainable design, construction and energy for new builds, refurbishments, commercial and domestic buildings. The Enterprise Europe Network is organising a brokerage event that will take place during Ecobuild on March 5. The Network is pre-arranging one-to-one meetings, whereby visitors and exhibitors can find potential commercial and technology partners from all over Europe. The focus of the Ecobuild matchmaking event will be on: - Sustainable design;
- Innovative and efficient eco-technologies
- New building materials and technologies
- Systems and equipment using energy from alternative sources
To view the online catalogue of participating companies, please click here. For further information, please contact Eimear@corkchamber.ie.
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Visit Your Chamber
On Friday 9th January from 9.30am to 12pm we would like to invite you to Cork Chamber Offices on Summerhill North. Open to both members and non-members you will have an opportunity to meet with key members of the team to learn the specific ways in which Cork Chamber can help your business.
Please forward this information to anyone who would be interested in learning more about Cork Chamber or feel free to pop in for a cup of coffee on the day. Contact us on 021-4509044 to book ahead.
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Chamberlink Magazine
Read the latest edition of Chamberlink magazine here, filled with updates from your Chamber, your region and engaging member news.
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January Menu for €39
Date: All of January
Venue: Flemings Restaurant
Cost: €39
To book: Please call Eileen on 021/4821621
You all worked hard over the past few months, so Flemings is offering Cork Chamber members a special treat for the month of January. 3 course menu for €39 for bookings of 5 and more. Take your team out for a lovely January treat – they deserve it.
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Zest4Life Nutrition & Weightloss Class
Date: Commencing Tuesday 3rd & Wednesday 4th February
Time: 7pm
Venue: Tiger Training Academy Blackpool or The Natural Clinic, Sullivans Quay, Cork.
Cost: €249
To book: here
10 week zest4life weight loss & health programmes have a strong health focus and are aimed at people who would like, or need, to improve their health and wellbeing, and lose weight. Serious about losing weight , improving your health and ready to commit and take action now?
Data Protection Breakfast Seminar
Date: 19th January
Time: 07:30
Venue: Radisson Blu, Little Island, Cork.
To book: here or email Raluca here
Minister Dara Murphy, Smarttech CEO Ronan Murphy, Lawyer and Data Protection Practitioner Tricia Higgings and Jim Greer from ADPO &ICS will be speaking to a select gathering of business leaders about data protection, compliance and IT security on January 19th.
Train Smarter in 2015 with Educogym Cork
Cost:Corporate Packages available for all Chamber Members.
To book: Call Sonia 021 482 0649 or email here
Train Smarter with Educogym Cork. Fastest gym in the world to date for results in just 20 minutes. Our special machine, the “Time Machine”, allows us to scientifically transform your shape, as well as develop real fitness and a strong, healthy body. The “Time Machine” saves time whilst getting a high level of intensity workout in just 20 minutes. This is not possible in a normal gym as 50% of the time is wasted going from one machine to another and waiting for it to become available.
We do not have more than four people to each of our machines at any one time slot and our trainers will show you how to carry out each exercise and explain the benefits of each of the exercises.
All our sessions are personal training, offering tailor-made training & nutritional programmes that achieve outstanding results. We have programmes to suit every one, of all shapes and sizes and our clients range in age from 15 years to 73 years. We are the only gym in the world with a university researched 12-day transformation programme. Our exclusive Educogym University research carried out in 2006 has shown that Educogym results over a 12 day period and a total of four hours of weight training, i.e.: 20 minutes daily, were on average, a gain of 3 pounds of muscle and a loss of 7.5 pound of fat. This change of nearly one pound a day would be enough to literally transform the average person's body. Our amazing results can be viewed on our website: http://educogymcork.ie/the-results
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