Leitrim Business Network

29 Companies attended the March Network Meeting yesterday evening.
Our new agenda item entitled ‘Member Presentations - learn from your peers’ featured:
1. Fiona McGuire - Fiona McGuire Photography
2. Kevin Callaghan - Kevin Callaghan Construction
3. Oonagh Monahan - Alpha Omega Consultants
Each business owner presented their business, 1 improvement they have introduced and 1 challenge they are facing [...]

Leitrim Business Network Meetings in association with Leitrim County Enterprise Board take place on the first Tuesday of every month at 6pm in the The Ramada Lough Allen Hotel, Drumshanbo. All Leitrim based businesses are welcome.
November 3rd, 6pm.
Agenda:
6.00pm - Welcome - Member Introduction

6.10pm -”Health and Safety and the Self Employed Person - how it applies [...]

Details: Tuesday February 3rd, 6pm, The Ramada Hotel.
Attendance: Joe Lowe (LCEB), Johnny Beirne (Facilitor), Leon Quinn (Reverb Studios), Brian Timoney (Webforge) and Enda Madden (SaasTek).
Topics Discussed:
Joe updated the network on the National Broadband Scheme and a meeting between Leitrim County Development and The Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.
Last year The County Development Board [...]

Last week I met with Conor Daly of Travel Logic Limited and he is currently looking for 2 software developers for the Sligo office.
These are positions with a difference.
“The software developers will enter into a commercial relationship with IT Sligo, where they will be awarded student status that will allow them a tax-free salary.
At the [...]

Leitrim Business Network Meetings in association with Leitrim County Enterprise Board take place on the first Tuesday of every month at 6pm in the The Ramada Lough Allen Hotel, Drumshanbo
Next Meeting: Tuesday October 7th - 6pm SHARP.
Agenda:
6.00pm - Welcome - Member Introduction
6.05pm - Keynote Presentation - COST SAVING WITH ZOHO.COM (Details below)
6.30pm - Presentation Q&A
6.35pm [...]

18 businesses attended our July network meeting. Campbell Scott from IGOpeople.com gave an informative presentation on future trends in marketing on the Internet. He discussed how adverting alone does not realise the full potential of the “two-way” nature of the Internet. In essence, the future is “to to create a conversation with your customers”.
If you [...]

From Carol Quinlan of Blue Hills Consulting

Blue Hills Consulting would like to invite you to the launch of their new website and also to their revamped facilities at Carrick-on-Shannon.
We value the importance of the Internet and the Web to advice people on the work we are doing to provide the best service that we can [...]

Leitrim Association of People with Disabilities represented by chair-person, Mr.Tom Murphy won the overall Cathaoirleach’s award for 2008 in Cloone on Tuesday last.

Philip Martin from Cora Systems gave an honest and informative presentation our last weeks meeting.
He highlighted the importance of cash flow, netwroking and customer referrals. He also mentioned the benefits of using the services on offer from the County Enterprise Board, Enterprise Ireland & The Western Development Commission.
Again, I would like to thank Philip for [...]

Damien points out the ‘answers’ feature of LinkedIn that I haven’t got around to highlighting yet. It will be something we can use in the Network Experience Club which is something I will be introducing this week.