is meeting on Wednesday the
4th of November 2009
at 11am
in the
Innovation in Business Centre (IiBC/GMIT),
in Castlebar
Guest speaker is Peter Glynn from Castlebar Chamber of Commerce. He will speak on ‘Castlebar – Everyone’s Invited’ and the Chamber’s vision for Castlebar in 2020. It should prove a very interesting and stimulating discussion.
Please bring friends and leave a comment if you plan to attend, thx. See you there.
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from: MAYO ADVERTISER, OCTOBER 02, 2009.
Calling all retailers, hoteliers, B&B owners, restaurateurs, and publicans
Castlebar Chamber is hosting an information evening to showcase Castlebar, Everyone’s Invited — the Destination Castlebar project. The event will take place in the Royal Theatre on Monday October 12 at 7pm and is aimed particularly at business owners.
Castlebar, Everyone’s Invited is a destination brand developed to attract greater numbers of visitors to Mayo’s county town. The initiative is set to highlight the town’s retail, entertainment, cultural, sporting, and leisure-based attractions. It aims to encourage the thousands who already visit the county town to stay longer, experience more, and spend more money in Castlebar.
The ambitious project is led by some of Castlebar’s key players in the arts, entertainment, and retail sectors, under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce. The 13-member group have been working together since March 2009, under the name Destination Castlebar.
Already the group is planning a major Castlebar Christmas shopping festival to stimulate footfall and spending in the town in the run-up to the busy period; further events and promotions in the entertainment, arts, and heritage calendar are also in the pipeline.
Now is the time for all business owners to unite forces and work together. The Destination Castlebar project focuses on the key attractions and assets of the town and will showcase it to a wider audience. But before we can do this we need your support and the support of Castlebar. Without it this venture will not be possible.
To make sure that you are on the Chambers database contact Stephanie on 094 902 4845 or chamber {at} castlebar(.)ie
12.Oct.09 Events Read more Comments (0)
The October meeting of the Mayo Open Coffee Club (MOCC), a business network run by businesspeople for businesspeople, attracted a record attendance.
Space was at a premium as over 40 people turned up for the meeting, which featured a talk by an expert in design.
The talk by Justin Knecht, Manager of the Centre for Design Innovation at Sligo IT, proved most informative and also sparked a good questions and answers session. Among Justin’s many pearls of wisdom was to “get close to your customer, observe how they behave, and react accordingly.” (The presentation is available for registered users of our forum)
Many present were given an opportunity to promote their business, and it is hoped to expand this element of the club in the coming months. By the end of the meeting, it was clear that a significant number of people were developing strong business ties and bouncing ideas off each other.
Again, we want to thank O’Brien’s Sandwich Bar in Castlebar for sponsoring the event.
The next meeting of the MOCC will take place on Wednesday, November 4th, 2009. Meetings are held in the Innovation in Business Centre, which is located on the GMIT campus in Castlebar. All meetings start at 11am and last between one hour and 90 minutes. All you have to do is turn up on the day.
More details on the Mayo Open Coffee Club are available here, or you can email any of the organisers: Chris B Kerndter, Robert Grealis, Maria Staunton, or Liam Horan.
Start-up businesses, people with the germ of an idea, and established businesses all find the Open Coffee Club a useful vehicle to get in touch with what’s happening in the business world around Mayo.
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On our way to becomming a proper business network, we have now setup a forum at http://forum.mayo-open-coffee-club.org. Please register and join the discussion!
02.Oct.09 General Read more Comments (0)
From Heather James, Sligo Open Coffee Club:
Preparing for the November conference, Northwest Connects, we are looking to increase participation in the Open Coffee Sligo network. I hope you can help.
For the next meet-up, we have been invited by Justin Knecht from Centre for Design Innovation to hold our Open Coffee in their offices. Anne Louise O’Donovan has prepared a presentation: “The October tax deadline – tips to remove the annual dread!”
More information at http://short.ie/taxtips
This is a great opportunity for self-employed individuals to get some practical advice about preparing their financial information. We think this will be of great interest to potential members of OpenCoffee Sligo.
The Sligo Open Coffee Club takes place on the 1st Thursday of each month at 11am, (usually – note change of venue for october) in the Clarion Hotel, Sligo. For further information on the Sligo Open Coffee Club, check out their website.
22.Sep.09 Events Read more Comments (0)
is meeting on Wednesday the
7th of October 2009
at 11am
in the
Innovation in Business Centre (IiBC/GMIT),
in Castlebar
Guest speaker is Justin Knecht, Manager of the Centre for Design Innovation based at Sligo IT.
Justin is recognized and respected as a creative leader and divergent thinker, Justin is experienced in design, brand management, e-commerce, information and technology solutions, project management and marketing. He manages the Centre for Design Innovation in Sligo which is a centre of excellence for the research, understanding and promotion of the effective use of design and innovation in Ireland. Justin is responsible for the creation of practical programmes to promote the effective use of design within the private and public sector and oversaw the development of the award-winning brand identity for the Centre. Prior to joining the centre, Justin was the Senior Manager of Creative Services at Crayola Inc.
Please bring friends and leave a comment if you plan to attend, thx. See you there.
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