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Training Schedule 2008 |
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| All courses will be held in Dublin at the Bewleys Hotel in Ballsbridge. Unless otherwise stated in the description a full day course costs €340 for non-members and €85 for members of the Events Industry Skillnet. A Half day course, unless otherwise stated costs €150 for non-members and €40 for members of the Events Industry Skillnet. If you have any questions at all please don't hesitate to contact the network manager at info@eventsindustryskillnet.com or on 01-230 3548. |
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Trainer |
Book |
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Child Protection Training & Developing a Child Protection Policy |
25th Nov:
Full Day:
9.30 - 4.30
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Making Meetings and Events More Profitable
Fee: Members Euro200
non-members Euro575
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27th Nov:
Full Day
9.30 - 4.30
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Dr. Elling Hamso
European Event ROI
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Winning Sales in difficult times |
28th November: Full Day:
9.30 - 4.30 |
Terry Harmer |
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| The 12 Misktakes of Christmas |
9th December
5pm - 7 pm
RDS Ballsbridge
President's Room |
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Negotiation Skills |
10th Dec:
Full Day
9.30 - 4.30
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Photoshop 101 |
11th Nov: |
Robin Pollard |
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| Time Management |
19 August 2008: Bewleys Hotel, Ballsbridge, D4 |
| This course helped learners understand the concept of managing priorities, it used goal settings to help them manage their priorities and gave learners tips and guidelines on how to delegate and manage their time more effectively. |
| Event Budgets |
13 August 2008: Bewleys Hotel, Ballsbridge, D4 |
| This course gave paticipants a review of budget principles and practices including, planning, administration, cash-flow and control of income and expenditure and allowed attendees to refresh their knowledge of good budgeting practices. |
| Project Management for Events |
6 August 2008: Bewleys Hotel, Ballsbridge, D4 |
| This course gave a good overview of the key elements involved in the management of an event, including managing the work, the risks and the resources (human and material). The course also looked at directing activities, tracking progress and analysing results. |
| Telephone Sales and Techniques |
28 July 2008: Bewleys Hotel, Ballsbridge, D4 |
| The aim of this workshop was to help sales staff achieve a greater understanding of what motivates people to buy and become more effective in their ability to influence and communicate with customers using the telephone in order to grow sales. The participants gained a greater awareness of customer’s expectations, learning to develop the necessary skills and techniques in using the telephone to confidentially increase sales whilst building valuable customer relations |
| Effective E-marketing |
29 July 2008: Bewleys Hotel, Ballsbridge, D4 |
| E-Marketing can seem like a daunting prospect for an event manager who is used to using traditional means to market their events. This course was for the event manager who is finding that more and more people are asking for information online and in e-mail. The course included advise on how to Plan, Design, Produce, Deliver and Measure the effectiveness of E-Mail Marketing. |
| Using your Website Effectively |
29 July 2008: Bewleys Hotel, Ballsbridge, D4 |
| Using a website to market events is the most cost-effective and measurable method of marketing events. This course gave the learner an overview of what makes an effective website for an event. |
| Developing a Business Plan |
14 July 2008: Bewleys Hotel, Ballsbridge, D4 |
| This course gave trainees and understanding of the stucture of a business plan, including SWOT analysis, aims and objectives, competitor reviews, customer profile, future trends, resources (human and material), vision, goal and stratigic planning. |
| Event Plans and Event Budgets |
9 July 2008: Absolute Hotel, Limerick |
| The first course
gave
an opportunity for experienced managers to refresh their planning skills from defining an audience through to planning for the smooth management of the event itself. The second course gave a review of budget principles and practices, including planning, administration cash-flow and control of income and expediture.
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| Bums on Seats |
8 July 2008: Bewleys Hotel, Ballsbridge, D4 |
| This course looked at the promotion of an event to ensure client participation. It included advance booking ‘offers’, competitions, media promotion, advertising, publicity stunts to raise awareness, third party endorsement, direct mail, inserts, information and publicity campaigns. |
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| Organising a Conference |
18 June 2008: Kingsley Hotel, Cork |
| The course covered selecting the venue, transport issues, accommodation, food, registration, selection and briefing of speakers, technological requirements, conference packs, exhibition spaces, interactive discussions, break-out sessions and feedback. |
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| Sponsorship |
04 June 2008: Bewleys Hotel, Ballsbridge, D4 |
| This course gave participants a clear understanding of what sponsorship is and how it applies to the events industry worldwide. It provided attendees with the knowledge and skills to better appreciate the effectiveness and indeed necessity of sponsorship in the current marketplace. |
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| Annual Conference: Events Day '08 |
30 April 2008: Ballsbridge Court, D4 Hotels |
| Presented in association with NEO Ireland, the
conference is on the theme of Numbers and will focus on case
studies, tips and tricks and strategies for getting people to
attend events. Topics include: "Blogging to Bring In Business"; "Is
Email Marketing Effective?"; "Making an Exhibition
of Yourself" and "Did You Get My Press Release?".
Speakers include Terry Harmer, one of Ireland's best imports
in the world of sales training; Michael Nolan of iQuest, the
organisers behind the Family Show and some of Ireland's longest
running exhibitions; Ellen Gunning, founder and managing director
of the Irish Academy of Public Relations; Laura Curtin of Communicate
PR & Events and Sarah Carroll, founder and managing director
of Eventznet.ie, Ireland's leading events software and e-marketing
company.
Previous Events Days (in 2006 and 2007) have been attended
by a wide variety of people, from marketing managers to professional
events organisers to administrators of clubs and associations
and banqueting managers at conference/event venues. Ciara Feely
Cahalane – Director of FindAConferenceVenue.com - was
one of those attending last years event, she found it so interesting
and valuable that she decided to sponsor this years' event. "Last
year's speakers were so informative and inspiring, and I learned
so much about the nuts and bolts of the life of an event organiser – particularly
in the technology sessions – that I decided to sponsor
Events Day 08 by providing our venue finding service to the
organising team. I'm looking forward to updates on how a blog
can help us to bring in business and to the Making an Exhibition
of Yourself session." Says Ciara, who found the networking
that took place during the day last year to be invaluable to
her business.
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People who organise events are often quite isolated," says
Sarah Carroll, NEO Ireland founder and Managing Director. "Over
70% of all the events that are organised in Ireland are organised
by people who have other primary job responsibilities and who
don't have a circle of colleagues they can bounce ideas off.
NEO Ireland was founded to provide a meeting space and a market
place for these people, as well as for professional events
organisers and other suppliers to the events industry. Events
Day 08 : Focus on Numbers will be a day packed with information
and practical advise through case studies and examples as well
as networking and our showcase". |
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| April Training Courses |
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Date/Venue |
Advanced Planning |
02 April 2008
Venue: Bewleys Hotel Ballsbridge |
Event planning including:
defining your target audience, advertising and promoting
the event, event requirements, establishing licence
and planning permission requirements, establishing
health and safety issues, legal requirements and
permissions, accommodation, services, traffic management,
staffing, insurance and emergency services.
Budgets – costing every element including:
balancing fees in v payments out, administration,
risk of cash,
controlling income and expenditure, monitoring cash-flow.
A course for experienced event managers which will
review good planning and budgeting principles and offer
insights and examples from experience.
This includes: To improve event management planning
skills, budget forecast, cash-flow and expenditure
management skills, To refresh participants knowledge
of key planning issues.
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| Project Management for Events |
16 April 2008
Venue: Bewleys Hotel Ballsbridge |
| A good overview of the
key elements involved in the management of an event,
including managing the work, the risks and the resources
(human and material). The course will also look at
directing activities, tracking progress and analysing
results. Participants will learn the importance of
applying management principles as well as directing
activities, tracking progress and analysing results.
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| Writing Bids/Proposals Clients |
22 April 2008
Venue: Bewleys Hotel Ballsbridge |
| A half day aimed at people
who have to write and develop bids and proposals and
assess them. This course aims to give the outlines
and structures necessary for effective tender documents
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| Writing Bids/Proposals Suppliers |
22 April 2008
Venue: Bewleys Hotel Ballsbridge |
| A half day course aimed
at people who have to get business by responding to
bids and proposals. This course aims to give the outlines
and structures necessary for effectively tendering
for work. It is an opportunity for participants to
learn how to put together a thorough, comprehensive
and professionally presented tender for business. The
course will look at analysing a brief and responding
appropriately. It will also deal with issues around
client lists, endorsements, taxation documents and
insurance requirements |
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| March Training Courses |
| Course Name |
Date/Venue |
EIS 07: Master Class Effective E-Marketing
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25/03/2008
Venue: Bewleys Hotel Ballsbridge |
E-Marketing can seem
like a daunting prospect for an event manager who
is used to using traditional means to market their
events. If you are an event manager who is finding
that more and more people are asking for information
online and in e-mail, then this Master Class is for
you. The course includes advise on how to Plan, Design,
Produce, Deliver and Measure the effectiveness of
E-Mail Marketing.
This includes
· when to use e-mail marketing
· how to plan an e-mail marketing campaign
· what should be in each piece
· who should receive it
· how to get e-mail addresses
· what technology is behind it and how to asses
and access it
· how much should e-mail marketing cost
· what are the data protection implications
· how to write effective copy
· choosing images, design and layout
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| EIS 08: MasterClass: Making Your Website
Work |
25/03/2008
Venue: Bewleys Hotel Ballsbridge |
Using a website to market
events is the most cost-effective and measurable method
of marketing events. This course will give the learner
an overview of what makes an effective website for an
event.
This includes:
What Works on a Website? Describes the things that
work on event websites and covers · navigation·
content· copy· interactivity· driving
traffic to the website
How to get and keep an effective website · measuring
effectiveness· online registration· online
payment· working with designers and developers·
maintenance· CMS – Content management·
updating· costs |
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| January Training Courses |
| Course Name
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Dates |
EIS 01: Event Sales
for Non Sales People |
11/01/2008 |
| A half day course
in sales techniques for people who are not "official"
sales people - or those who have to sell as a
part of their overall job responsibility. |
| EIS 02: Successfull Networking |
15/01/2008 |
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half day course which will impart tips and techniques
for successfull networking to people involved
in the events industry. |
EIS 03: Telephone Sales Techniques
for Event
Organisers |
22/01/2008 |
| A
full day course aimed at event managers/organisers
who wish to increase their skills in telephone
sales. |
EIS 04 : Data Protection
for Event Organisers |
TB Confirmed |
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short presentation focussing on the requirements
and legal and regulatory environment for event
organisers around the protection of sensitive
and private data. |
EIS 05 : Time
Management |
24/01/2008 |
| A
half day course for people in the events industry
who wish to manage their time more effectively.
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EIS 06 : Safety Passport
Scheme for Technical Live Event Production |
28/01/2008 |
| A
one-day Safety Passport course. This UK based
industry-led, nationally recognised scheme reflects
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) syllabus guidance.
This particular training courses has been designed
specifically for Event Technical Production Services:
Production, Tour and Stage Managers, Stage Hands,
Lighting and Sound Crew, Local Crew, Stage and
Set Builders, Backline Technicians, Electricians,
Caterers, Safety Stewards, Drivers, Riggers, Laser,
Pryo and Firework Technicians, Video and Projection
Crew. |
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| Planned 2008 Programme |
| For a quick overview of the types of courses planned
for the rest of 2008, please
click here. The list will open in a new window. |
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