 SENS
will alert you to key events in and around Suffolk that are interest
to Suffolk social enterprises.
SENS
Events
At
SENS events, there
are no long speeches, no 'expert' panels, no being talked at,
no monologue by theorists...
Instead,
you contribute the content, attend workshops hosted by your
peers, and make your own highly-interactiveand pragmatic
event.
 Following
our earlier success, SENS is planning a more regular series of
combined business and social events for members, starting in late
2010. Subject to funding, these will usually be free"half-day"
events running 10am to 2pm, with a buffet lunch included, and
be spread around Suffolk.
Meanwhile,
here's news of other local 2010 events...
Low
Cost, Fast Growth Marketing Event at Adastral Park , Ipswich on
Thursday 10th June.
This
afternoon workshop is hosted personally by Doug Richard, the original
BBC2 Dragon.
Doug
demonstrates how the internet has levelled the playing field between
your business and your largest competitors and why this is a unique
opportunity for today's businesses.
The
workshop will look at
*
Using Thought Leadership to drive Social Media PR in the 21 st
Century
*
Blogs, Conversations and Gossip: Key Tools for 2010
*
No Cost Video
*
How search engine optimisation (SEO) is changing and what to do
about it
Thanks
to funding from the government's Economic Challenge Investment
Fund
(ECIF)
the workshop costs only £10 for social enterprises in Suffolk
.
To
find out more and to register, click here.
Turning Business
Ideas into Reality - in the pub!
Passions into Profit
Tuesday
23 March, The King's Head, Woodbridge, IP12 4LP
Take Control
Today
Wednesday
24 March, The Butt and Oyster, Pin Mill, Ipswich, IP9 1JW
Free to attend
Arrival
5.30pm. 6.00pm until 9.00pm (both events)
Distinguished local
business duo, Paddy Bishopp and Scott Russell from Woodbridge
and the brains behind successful coffee brand ‘Paddy and Scott's'
and cafés will share their top start-up tips.
Attendees will
receive a free online accountancy package worth £200,
donated by Duane Jackson, founder of KashFlow.
Attendees will also
have the opportunity to:
- hear how other successful Suffolk entrepreneurs started their
businesses
- meet local business advice agencies who can offer advice and
support through the process of starting up a business, including
Business Link East of England
- network and share ideas with like-minded individuals.
Wednesday
28 April
Creating Innovative Businesses- Ipswich
Lunch, networking and presentations.
Find out how to increase profits and improve your services through
design with innovator Giovanni Benedetti, local case studies and
meet designers from Design for Business East at Adastral Park.
Co-hosted by Essex R&D Network and the University of Essex.
Free to
attend. For more information, please click
here.
These
free
interactive workshop build on the SENS Strategy for Promoting
Social Enterprise in Suffolk (on our website) and are set up by
fellow
practising social entrepreneurs
(SENS volunteers). We explore areas of self-help (information
exchange and mentoring) and collaboration in the face of challenges
and opportunities resulting from rapid change in various sectors.
They also help to shape SENS activities as the trade association
for social enterprises in Suffolk , acting on behalf of our collective
interests.
If
you have any queries, comments or suggestions please e-mail:
admin@sens-suffolk.co.uk
(If you are a SENS member and have
a venue suitable for meetings of 20-50 people, please let us know
via the Contact Us page.) |
