Monday 12^th December 2011 6-9pm

Wood Quay Venue, Civic Offices, Dublin 2

Guest speaker: Krishna De

“Moving Beyond Friends, Followers And Fans – 5 Keys To Becoming A Social Business”

Members of the Dublin City Enterprise Board networks will be coming together for a special evening to network and to celebrate their many achievements in 2011 on Monday 12th December from 6pm.

The event will take place in the atmospheric City Wall Wood Quay Venue, just behind Civic Offices.

Members will have an opportunity to hear Social Media Expert Krishna De share some of her insights into how companies can get real value from social media.

After the talk, the Chairperson of DCEB, Pat Lynch, will present prizes to the winners of the Dublin City Enterprise Network for Women Annual Awards. This will be followed by a structured networking session where everyone will have a chance to make a number of new contacts. The evening will end with informal networking over wine and canapes.

While you are exploring these useful personal effectiveness strategies, tactics and tips, you will also have great fun networking and getting to know the other participants.  By working closely together and helping each-other, participants will have the opportunity to make new contacts and develop enduring, worthwhile relationships.

About Miriam

Miriam is a creative and energetic business adviser with over 20 years’ experience in diverse private and public sector environments. She is an advocate of action-learning based professional development, and has a genuine empathy for those affected by a changing work environment. As well as being co-founder of Tackle THAT THING!, Miriam is a partner at Align Management Solutions – the business consultancy which she founded in 2001. She is a Certified Management Consultant and a qualified and experienced facilitator, coach and mentor. She is President-elect (2012) of the Institute of Management Consultants and Advisers in Ireland.

About the Event

This event runs from 6.30pm to 8.30pm in the Camden Court Hotel on Monday the 21st of November. Link Dublin meets on the third Monday of every month.

Face Reading at Link Dublin

On Monday the 17th of October, 2007, Link Dublin had the privilege of having Joseph McGuire deliver a talk on the ancient art of Face Reading. Face Reading has been used in Chinese business and medicine for at least 3,000 years. It is a practical tool, providing a wealth of information about personality types, behavioral patterns, health, approach to relationship, attitudes to money, and much more…

Joseph has been involved in Face Reading since 1981, and for Link Dublin members, he focused on the practical uses of the skill in the business world. It was a highly interesting and entertaining talk, concentrating on the characteristics of some well known figures, as well as one of our own Link Dublin members!

Christian Kortenhorst of CK Computer Solutions agreed to be a volunteer for Joseph, and had this to say about the experience; “while I sat in the chair initially as a sceptic, the more Joseph told me about myself, the more I realised how accurate and precise he was. He told me several things about myself based purely on the physical characteristics of my face, things which other audience members were able to vouch as being accurate. I was amazed”.

You can find out more about Joseph and his work at www.facereadingireland.com.

There will be more from Link on Monday, November 21st, so be sure to check back here for more details. Look forward to seeing you there!

Please note change of time to 6.30pm.

-learning to read people quickly

for a winning edge

Have you ever been surprised at a deal falling through that you thought was a certainty?

Have you ever appointed anyone to a position they were qualified for, but their personality was unsuited to, and seen chaos reign?

Would you like to know at a glance-

• What a potential customer needs to hear to make them buy?
• Who is a team player, and who works best independently?
• Who handles pressure well?

Face Reading shows you this and a lot more. Knowing people’s personality type and likely behavioural patterns without having to use psychometric tests etc. gives a distinct advantage in any area of business.

Face Reading has been used in Chinese business and medicine for at least 3,000 years.

Used because it works! More recently it has been used by U.S. companies such as Merrill Lynch, Proctor and Gamble, and General Electric.

Joseph McGuire has taught Face Reading in Ireland and Germany since 1985, primarily in the healthcare field, and is now bringing this invaluable skill into the business arena in Ireland for the first time.

About the Event… This event runs from 6.30pm to 8.30pm in the Camden Court Hotel on Monday the 17th of October. Go to Link Dublin Event to book your place at the event. Link Dublin meets on the third Monday of every month.

Please Note: Due to availability of rooms in the hotel, the meeting will start at 6.30pm instead of the usual 6pm.

• Simple key word research
• On site SEO – Using these keywords
• Link Building

These are the basic outlines of the seminar.  Each step will be illustrated in a simple to follow way, and at the end you will be able to download a PDF of the seminar so you can implement the plan and see how easy SEO can be for small business niche websites.

About Cube Online Marketing & Leslie Gilmour

Cube was set up by Leslie in 2007 after he had built many of his own travel websites and ranked them highly on Google UK, Ireland, and USA.   Leslie has worked with household names in Ireland, like Insure.ie and All About Business, small and medium size companies all over Ireland and the UK.  He has also work in the most competitive of online betting niches getting a client site to the first page of Google worldwide in this niche.

When not obsessing about SEO and how to get higher rankings you will find Leslie walking in the hills around Ireland and managing his now 30 travel and business sites.

Cube run SEO training courses, carry out website audits, and have a full suite of services on offer to clients.  See the site here.

About the Event… This event runs from 6pm to 8.30pm in the Camden Court Hotel. Go to Link Dublin Event to book your place at the event. Link Dublin meets on the third Monday of every month.

On July the 18th, 2011, Link Dublin is very pleased to present Sean Gallagher, Independent Presidential Candidate and Entrepreneur. Sean is a speaker and entrepreneur who is best known as an  investor on RTE’s Dragon’s Den.  He is founder and former CEO of Ireland’s largest home technology company, Smarthomes.

As an entrepreneur Sean understands the challenges of setting up and growing a successful business in Ireland and was a finalist in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2006.

He is a Board member of InterTradeIreland, the North South Trade body, FÁS the National Training and Employment agency as well as the Drogheda Port Company.

Sean is a passionate supporter and campaigner for entrepreneurs and small business owners.  He believes that they will play a crucial role in the revival of Ireland’s economy and the creation of much needed employment. Sean currently spends much of his time giving motivational talks to aspiring or early stage entrepreneurs.  He has spoken to hundreds of groups and is also a regular contributor in the media and at seminars and conferences on personal success, business and entrepreneurship.

About the Event… This event runs from 6pm to 8.30pm in the Camden Court Hotel. Go to Link Dublin Event to book your place at the event. Link Dublin meets on the third Monday of every month.

Monday, May 16, 2011 from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM (GMT)

Every business, big or small, is totally reliant on technology.   At this event LINK! member, Christian Kortenhorst, will talk about some simple, cheap and easy IT solutions for small/medium size companies like ours to use in their every-day business.  He will introduce us to some useful and cost-effective applications.  He will also show us how to spend less time on our computers trying to solve those frustrating recurring problems that annoy us so much!

Some of the topics Christian will explore:

• Email, IMAP VS Pop3
• Online services VS Desktop applications
• Document-sharing
• Dropbox
• Calendars
• Multiple computer setup
• Using what you have
• Mobile devices
• Hardware recommendations
• Online backups
• Open source software

If you have a specific IT topic that you would like Christian to address, you can email your request to Christian@cksolutions.ie .

After the session you should have a better understanding of how a small to medium size business should ideally be set-up for managing files and documents, coordinating email and backing up your data.

Christian Kortenhorst is based in Dublin, Ireland.  He has over 8 years’ broad-ranging technical experience, for example in setting up servers, network environments, and backup systems.  Christian offers consulting and hands-on solutions in these and many other technical areas. He set up his business –  CK Computer Solutions –  in 2008 having completed 4 years in Computer Science in DIT.

Christian’s mission is to provide a quality and creative IT service to small and medium sized businesses. “We strive to advise and provide the best product and services that fits a company’s needs. With our constant research and testing of products and services we are able to keep our clients up-to-date with the best possible products and services that are tried and tested. We select products and services objectively based on a company’s needs and wants.”

“Social Media are only going to become more pervasive and, as such,
become a critical factor in the success or failure of any business.”
- Brian Solis, ‘The Social Media Manifesto’

In order to empower businesses to leverage social media for their success, renowned trainer Fiona Ashe will deliver an engaging masterclass at LINK Dublin to demystify the complex world of social networking.

This masterclass will include:
    an overview of social media platforms
    LinkedIn, the professional network
    Facebook for business
    the power of video as a social media marketing tool

If you would like any particular topics/questions addressed, please e-mail them to Fiona: Communications@FlasheForward.ie

No previous knowledge or experience is necessary to attend this seminar.  All are welcome.  To book a FREE place, please register Here.

Fiona’s Biography
Fiona Ashe has a 17-year track record as a Communications Consultant.  She is a graduate of DkIT’s New Media Factory and has been further trained in e-marketing by (among others) Enterprise Ireland, Facebook Ireland and Microsoft.  She is an SME Advisor for Bank of Ireland’s All About Business Hub and delivers social media trainings through (among others) the Louth County Enterprise Board, Dundalk Chamber of Commerce and the Regional Development Centre, Dundalk Institute of Technology.  Through her company FlasheForward Communications – which was awarded a Drogheda Chamber of Commerce Excellence Award for Best E-Commerce In Business 2010/2011 – she also directs videos to enable companies to elevate their online marketing.

About the Event…
This event runs from 6pm to 8.30pm in the Camden Court Hotel.
Link Dublin meet on the third Monday of every month

About Brody…

Brody founded the O’Briens Sandwich Bar chain in 1988, and expanded the chain to over three hundred outlets in 16 countries.

During the severe downturn, Brody put the U.K. division into administration in 2009, and bought the business back from the administrators. He then put the Irish business into examinership, and failed in a High Court action to rescind onerous leases.

The Irish company was subsequently put into liquidation, and Brody exited the business after a deal was made with an Irish Investment company. In March 2010, he sold his shares in the remaining O’Briens businesses and that business continues to thrive today across Europe.

Sweeney is also the founder of the Camile Thai Kitchen Group, a chain of Thai hot food delivery businesses. He is a non-executive director of Paddy Power PLC, one of Ireland’s largest companies. He is co-founder of the Irish business charitable foundation, Connect Ethiopia and he is author of two business books ‘Making Bread’ published in 2005, and ‘Small to Tall’ published in 2008.

About the Event…
This event runs from 6pm to 8.30pm in the Camden Court Hotel.
Link Dublin meet on the third Monday of every month