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Cork Digital Marketing Awards 2015 Winners!
The 2015 Awards were held last Thursday night in Fota Island Resort, a fantastic evening with 200 digital entrepreneurs in attendance. Many congratulations to all of our winners, you can see the full list of winners HERE, and to Partnership International, the overall Grand Prix Winner! Many thanks to all for making the event such a success!! #digitalcork15
Check out the photos from the event here!
Interview Skills – Develop your Personal Brand!
This 1 day course is designed to help you improve your confidence and performance at interview.
During the day you will learn all about:
- Developing your Personal Brand
- Why is the Job Description so important?
- Understanding your competencies
- The STAR Methodology
- Practical tips for Interview Preparation
- Tips for Telephone & Skype Interviews
- Networking & Why is it so important
This course is completely FREE for jobseekers, so don’t delay, BOOK YOUR PLACE TODAY!!
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Cork on Ice Business After Hours
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Date: Thursday 5th November
Time: 5.30pm – 7.00pm
Venue: Cork on Ice, Mahon Point
Cost: FREE for Cork Chamber members
To book: BOOK NOW! Break the Ice at Cork Chamber’s November Business After Hours.
Cork Chamber and Cork on Ice are proud to bring you the November Business After Hours, where you can get your glide on while networking with your Chamber colleagues.
Now a local winter tradition, Cork on Ice’s dazzling 800sqm rink provides a safe and friendly setting for healthy and entertaining leisure at an affordable price. Whilst open daily for public skate sessions, the facility offers a playing field for local ice hockey team, The Cork Wolfpack, and an arena for the Cork Figure Skaters, not to mention a medley of weekly seasonal events, from kiddies skate school to discos on ice. Anytime Gift Vouchers make a great Corporate Incentive and the rental of rink is also available for exclusive events on selected sessions throughout the season.
Skating is optional, but networking is a must at this “cool” Business After Hours…
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Cork Chamber’s Dublin Dinner 2015 in association with EY
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Date: Tuesday 10th November
Time: 7.30pm – 11.00pm
Venue: Doubletree Hilton Hotel
Cost: €125pp / €1250 per table of 10
Book: here LAST CHANCE TO BOOK!
Cork Chamber’s 2015 Dublin Dinner will take place at 7.00pm on Tuesday 10th November in the Doubletree Hilton Hotel, Dublin with special guest speaker An Taoiseach Enda Kenny T.D.
This event continues to promote the business and political connections between Cork and Dublin and facilitates business relations between the two regions. In addition at the event, Cork Chamber will honour Mr Hugh Mackeown, Musgrave Group with the Outstanding Achievement in Business Award.
Cork Chamber will once again partner with EY for this prestigious annual event. With cross office service teams from Cork and Dublin working with some of the country's largest indigenous and multinational businesses, EY is leading the way in establishing the type of business connections this event is trying to promote. Kernel Capital will also come on board this year as Networking Reception Sponsor.
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Introduction to Certification of Green Buildings
Date: Wednesday 2nd December
Time: 09:00 – 16:30
Venue: Clarion Hotel, Lapp’s Quay
Cost: €195 for members and €250 for non-members
To book: BOOK NOW! The Enterprise Europe Network, in conjunction with the Irish Green Buildings Council and EnergyCork are delighted to invite you to a one-day course on Certification Tools for Green Building.
Course aim:
The course aims to give engineers information on the Certification of Green Buildings and understand what it involves.
Learning objectives:
Following this course, participants will:
• Know what certification involves
• Be able to choose the appropriate certification for their project
• Know how building certification can impact your business, and the use of certifications in maintaining a competitive property portfolio
• Know where to find the information to ensure that systems and services comply with certification requirements
For further information, contact Eimear.
Cork Chamber Business Owners Hub
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Do you own a business?
Want to connect with other business owners on a range of topics to help your business?
Date: commencing on Tuesday 17th November and will take place for a total of 4 Tuesdays in a row.
The Cork Chamber Business Owners Hub is the gathering for you. We will provide expert speakers in the areas of sales, marketing, finance and legal, ensuring that you are well versed in all of these areas and if you’re already an expert yourself, then you can give something back to your fellow Hub-ites. The Business Owners Hub is also a unique event, conducted in a confidential environment and facilitated by Cork Chamber, you will have the confidence to seek advice and perspective on a range of topics from your fellow business owners. This Hub is a 4 part series, commencing on Tuesday 17th November and will take place for a total of 4 Tuesdays in a row.
Please contact Danielle or Leigh for further information and to sign up – places are limited for this event.
"The Business Owners Hub was a great experience to network with many members of the Chamber, learn about different industries, see how some of the issues that face businesses these days are common across the board. As more companies go through the Hub process it will become a standard for Chamber members to learn new from each other and support each other in building long term networks in the future ." Richard Morrissey, Moneycorp, Business Owners Hub participant
Cork Chamber’s Annual Christmas Lunch in association with Brightwater Recruitment Specialists
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Date: Friday 11th December
Time: 12.30pm – 3.00pm
Venue: Vienna Woods Hotel
Cost: €60 Cork Chamber / MII members
€75 non-members
BOOK NOW! One of the staple events in the Chamber calendar, the Cork Chamber Christmas Lunch will this year take place in the Vienna Woods Hotel on Friday 11th December in association with Brightwater Recruitment Specialists. We are delighted to have John Creedon as our special guest on the day. John is a man who barely needs an introduction to a Cork audience, but suffice to say John has had a hugely successful career in radio and television over the years and no doubt will have some great stories to entertain you on the day! As always, this event will be held in partnership with the Marketing Institute in Cork and we hope to have a great mix of both organisations on the day. So, make sure to come along to the Vienna Woods Hotel for some festive networking in December. This a fantastic opportunity to entertain clients and colleagues, so book a table and make a day of it!
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Explore Your Chamber Membership
On Friday November 6th from 9.30am to 12:30pm we would like to invite you to the Cork Chamber Offices on Summerhill North. This is open to both members and non-members. Here you will have the opportunity to meet with a key member of the team and learn the specific ways in which Cork Chamber can help your business. Please forward this information to anyone who may be interested in learning more about Cork Chamber or feel free to pop in for a cup of coffee on the day. Contact Danielle today on 021-4530136 / 086-0770432 to book ahead.
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The Intellectual Property Intermediary (IPI) Singapore
The Intellectual Property Intermediary (IPI) was established under Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry. IPI focuses on industry needs and translates their innovation objectives into specific technology requirements to enable enterprises to develop new processes, products and services. Their database contains a wealth of profiles. See a snapshot below of their technology offers:
Image recognition & shopping on the go service
A Singapore-based company has developed a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solution that enables businesses such as hotels, sport venues, airports, gyms etc. to open virtual stores at any physical location, easily & inexpensively.
Innovative Clean and Green Fertilizers with High NUE (Nutrient Use Efficiency)
This innovation is a breakthrough plant nutrient technology process that delivers water-insoluble but highly bio-available minerals to plants.
Image recognition & shopping on the go service
A Singapore-based company has developed a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solution that enables businesses such as hotels, sport venues, airports, gyms etc. to open virtual stores at any physical location, easily & inexpensively. With a tailored mobile app, the app makes on-the-go shopping fast and easy. Shoppers can buy any product or service with our easy to use image and voice recognition tools. Users merely need to scan the image with the app, and with one-click, buy it. For further information about this app see here.
Innovative Clean and Green Fertilizers with High NUE (Nutrient Use Efficiency)
This innovation is a breakthrough plant nutrient technology process that delivers water-insoluble but highly bio-available minerals to plants. It optimises absorption of nutrients by plants, and hence maximises benefits to plants. It uses abundant, renewable, nutrient-rich resources as its starting material to produce novel, new generation liquid fertilizers.
Benefits such as increased crop yield and quality, increased starch and sugar content and improved root and shoot growth on rice, industrial crops (e.g. oil palm, sugarcane, corn), tuber crops (e.g. potato, sweet potato, cassava) and top fruits (e.g. apple, citrus, banana) have been consistently demonstrated in fields and plantations. For further information about this product offering, click here. Contact Eimear@corkchamber.ie for further information.
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Ambassador Hotel Christmas Offer for Chamber Members
Period of the offer available: 4 weeks
When booking Party Nights for over 10 people the Organiser goes complimentary! Enjoy a mulled wine drinks reception, a five course festive meal, and then party the night away with the Ted Kramer Band and then a DJ for the late bar. Contact 021-4539000 for more details or visit our website.
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Becounted – Professional Female Career Development Seminar
Date: Friday 6th November
Time: 8am – 3pm
Venue: Vertigo @ Cork County Hall
Cost: €79 – Special member 2 for 1 “lean in with a colleague or friend” discount
To book: email / 087-458 8455/ online
Seminar created to provide a learning environment for females to support with their professional journey. Attendees will come away with tools and knowledge to build upon their personal goals and aspirations while supporting the case for gender parity within our workplaces. Further details available here.
Social Media for Business
Date:
- 12th of November (Thursday) - Facebook for Business
- 19th of November (Thursday) - Twitter for Business
- 26th November (Thursday) - Getting the most out of LinkedIn
Time: 3 - 5.30pm
Venue: Wotbox Offices 4 Sullivan’s Quay
Cost: €115 per class, €200 euros to attend two, and €275 to attend all three
To book: email
The classes will be all about demonstrating what can be achieved, highlighting some good relevant examples and more importantly bad examples. Whether you're a social media geek or technophobe, it doesn't really matter, the idea is to figure out if the medium is suitable for your business, and then how to get the best return on the time and money you spend on it.
A Winter’s Evening Concert in aid of the Cork Association for Autism
Date: Saturday November 14th
Time: 8pm
Venue: Aula Maxina, UCC
Cost: €15
To book: Register online Music lovers are in for a treat when a wonderful cast of singers and musicians gather to present A Winter's Evening, A Concert of Light Classical Favourites in aid of The Cork Association For Autism at The Aula Maxima UCC on November 14th at 8pm.
Conductor Frank Buckley has put together a programme of music to suit all tastes. The Concert will feature the wonderful voices of mezzo-soprano Louise O’Sullivan and Tenor Dan Twomey. The Chorus of Opera Cork and young tenor Kevin Walsh will take to the stage and narrator for the evening will be Kevin Goggin.
Funds raised on the night will go towards the provision of services for adults with Autism and Asperger Syndrome to ensure they and their families have a better quality of life. The CAA provides a range of services which include: residential, respite, day service, home and outreach supports Tickets cost only €15 and can be purchased from Pro Musica. 20 Oliver Plunkett Street, the Cork Association for Autism office at Unit 4, Barryscourt Industrial Estate, Carrigtwohill, Co Cork or online
Smarter Egg at White Horse
Date: Tuesday, 10th November
Time: 6-9pmVenue: White Horse, Ballincollig, Co Cork
Cost: €30 (including food and booking fee)
To book: online
A live interview with Andrew Mangan, Arseblog founder and co-founder of Castaway Media in Dublin preceded by Egg Talks featuring Richard Barrett, co-founder of Pundit Arena and Niamh McCarthy, Cork based athlete who recently won a Bronze medal at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha. Smarter Egg is a growing business based in Cork with clients ranging from multinationals to freelancers, start-ups to family-owned businesses. Through events, programmes (both internal to organisations and open to multiple businesses), and an innovative private members network, Smarter Egg provides ways for people to connect and engage with some of the world’s best business thinking.
Digitally Connected Network Cork November Event
Date: Wednesday November 11th
Time: 6.00pm
Venue: The Clarion Hotel Cork
Cost: Members Free, Non-Members €25
To book: online
For the first time Network Cork is collaborating with it@cork to bring IT and technology to everyday understanding through its November event “Digitally Connected”. Taking place on Wednesday 11th November in the Clarion Hotel, Cork, the event will discuss the much talked about Internet of Things along with Cybersecurity and Digital Marketing.
A discussion panel comprises three expert speakers in their field who will share their insights and learnings on these topics including what is the Internet of Things and what does it mean for our companies, understanding the trends in digital marketing and implementing them into our business strategy and how we can protect our businesses against the daily occurrence of security breaches.
Featuring: - Ronan Murphy, CEO Smarttech & Chairman of the Board at it@cork European Tech Cluster - Raluca Saceanu, Marketing Manager, Smarttech Digital and - Denis Canty, Lead Technologist Data Science and Middleware – Advanced R&D, Tyco
Speaking in advance of the event Helen Wycherley, President, Network Cork said, “I am delighted that Network Cork is partnering with it@cork as I believe we all need to be more aware of what is happening in the world of technology and how it affects us personally and our businesses. Our expert speakers will demystify the many digital challenges and opportunities we face daily.”
Ronan Murphy, CEO Smarttech & Chairman it@ said, “IT@Cork is working to help drive general awareness around many different areas of technology from mobility, security and digital marketing. Technology is a hot topic now and it’s having a profound effect both socially and economically. We are delighted to collaborate with Network Cork to deliver this event."
Advance booking is essential for this event which takes place on Wednesday, 11 November at 6pm. Admission is free to members of both organisations. Attendance is open to all and spaces are available to non-members at the cost of €25 per person. To book a place for this event, please click here. For more information on Network Cork which is one of eight national branches of Network Ireland, please visit here.
Admission is free to members and a limited number of spaces are available to non-members at the cost of €25 per person. The event will begin with informal networking and refreshments.
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Age Friendly Business Recognition Programme
Date: Thursday 12th November
Time: 6.30 pm – 8.00 pm
Venue: Pegasus Suite, Clarion Hotel, Lapps Quay
Cost: FREE
To book: Email Chris Dorgan, Cork City Council.
You are invited to attend a FREE TRAINING PROGRAMME leading to business recognition and accreditation . This workshop will show you how to tap into an existing and growing market segment and to provide more age friendly products and services for the older customer.
Cork City has made significant progress in recent years in developing an Age Friendly City Programme. The aged 65+ market is a growing segment of our population, living longer and better, with more disposable income at their discretion which is positively affecting all areas of our economy including tourism and retail.
Some salient facts for your business: • Older people own 75% of the wealth in the EU and account for 50% of consumer spending. • Older customers (65+) in Ireland have a revenue declared annual income (2008) of over €6.5 Billion. • Older consumers will double in number in the next 30 years, and those over 80 will quadruple. • Older people are loyal customers and outspend younger shoppers. • Older customers not only spend locally and have a lot of purchasing power, but also have the time to shop. • 50% of all toys are bought by grandparents. • Over 50’s take on average almost three trips a year in Ireland, staying three nights away.
Triskel ECM Weekend
Date: 27th – 29th November
Time: various
Venue: Triskel Christchurch
Cost: from €5 to €28
To book: Tel: 021 4272022 & online
Triskel Arts Centre in association with RTÉ Lyric fm presents a weekend celebrating the internationally renowned record label ECM, with exclusive live concerts by John Potter, FOOD, Arve Henriksen and QUERCUS as well as Banter hosted by Jim Carroll, ECM listening sessions at Plugd Records and ECM film screenings.
Cogans Carrigaline Toyota Showtime 2016
Date: November 4th - 7th
Time: Wednesday – Friday: 9.00am-5.30pm
Saturday: 10am-4.00pm
Venue: Cogans Carrigaline, Toyota Sales Dealer of the Year
Join us in Carrigaline for Toyota Showtime when we will be showcasing the complete Toyota Range for 2016. We will have a big focus this year on Toyota’s ultra clean hybrid technology including for the first time a RAV4 hybrid model and the new look Prius. Our Sales team will be on hand to take you through the all our Toyota models together with the finance & fleet options available to meet your business needs.
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