business.gateway@argyll-bute.gov.uk Business Gateway Workshops
Argyll & Bute
Social Media
Workshop 1: Introduction to Social Media
This workshop will give you an overview of how you can use sites like Facebook, Twitter and Linked In to interact with your customers to promote and grow your business.
Workshop 2: Developing a Social Media Strategy
For those already using Facebook, Twitter or Linked In, this practical and interactive workshop will show some of the tips and tricks that can make Social Media a business tool.
Monday 17 March - Mull
Tuesday 18 March - Iona
Thursday 20 March - Islay
Monday 24 March - Coll
Tuesday 25 March - Tiree
Wednesday 26 March - Colonsay
E-Commerce
Build Your Own Business Website - Learn from scratch how to build and manage an attractive and effective website for your business.
Tuesday 18 March - Tiree
Improve Your Website Performance - Aimed at small businesses that already have a website.
Wednesday 19 March - Tiree.
Tender Portals Made Easy - This workshop will cover all aspects of using portals, specifically Public Contracts Scotland (PCS).
Tuesday 11 March - Inveraray
To book any of the above please call 01546 605459 or email: business.gateway@argyll-bute.gov.uk
Inverness
Doing Business in China - Wednesday 5 March - Inverness
Highlands and Islands Enterprise, in partnership with Scottish Development International (SDI) and the China-Britain Business Council (CBBC), invites companies to find out more about the increasing number and variety of business opportunities that exist in China at this FREE one day event in Inverness.
To find out more and to sign up click here.
Preparing to Export - Wildlife and Tourism Workshop
Wednesday 19 and Thursday 27 March - Inverness
Are you new to developing international tourism markets? Wild Scotland and Highlands & Islands Enterprise are hosting an introductory workshop designed specifically for wild life and adventure tourism businesses across Scotland.
This FREE two day workshop, is aimed at businesses which are at the very early stages of developing or growing their international tourism markets.
Friday, 7 March 2014
Fine tuning your Social Enterprise
Fine tuning your Social Enterprise
Fine tuning is a full day event packed with short and sharp workshops delivered by professional experts and completely FREE to attend. Join Firstport on Friday 21st March at the Spectrum Centre in Inverness and brush up on your skills in a variety of topics including employment law, intellectual property, applying for funding, IT and social media. Workshops delivered by Harper Macleod, Luma IT, Highland Opportunity and more.Fine-tuning your social enterprise
Making sure you are prepared for whatever business throws at you!
This workshop is all about helping you put the basic processes and elements of your social enterprise in place so you are better prepared as your business starts and grows.
We have brought together a fantastic pool of experts to run short, pro-bono workshops in a wide variety of topics including:
Web & social media
Procurement
Intellectual Property
Employing People
Property
Funding and more!
Click here to have a look at the draft agenda before you register, so you can choose the sessions you would like to attend. Places are allocated on a first come first served basis so make sure you register early to secure your place on your prefered session.
This event is free to attend for start up and up and running social enterprises and is brought to you by Firstport as part of the Just Enterprise programme.
Fine tuning is a full day event packed with short and sharp workshops delivered by professional experts and completely FREE to attend. Join Firstport on Friday 21st March at the Spectrum Centre in Inverness and brush up on your skills in a variety of topics including employment law, intellectual property, applying for funding, IT and social media. Workshops delivered by Harper Macleod, Luma IT, Highland Opportunity and more.Fine-tuning your social enterprise
Making sure you are prepared for whatever business throws at you!
This workshop is all about helping you put the basic processes and elements of your social enterprise in place so you are better prepared as your business starts and grows.
We have brought together a fantastic pool of experts to run short, pro-bono workshops in a wide variety of topics including:
Web & social media
Procurement
Intellectual Property
Employing People
Property
Funding and more!
Click here to have a look at the draft agenda before you register, so you can choose the sessions you would like to attend. Places are allocated on a first come first served basis so make sure you register early to secure your place on your prefered session.
This event is free to attend for start up and up and running social enterprises and is brought to you by Firstport as part of the Just Enterprise programme.
Thursday, 6 March 2014
3rd National Co-Production Conference.
3rd National Co-Production Conference.
John McIntyre Centre, Pollock Halls, Edinburgh
Wednesday 23rd April, 2014.
The Joint Improvement Team together with the Scottish Co-Production Network, The Alliance and Skilled Workers, Skilled citizens and many others have come together to organise this 3rd national co-production conference.
The event will be opened by Alex Neil, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing.
Please register your interest online for the event no later than Monday 17th March by email to: linda@ cosla.gov.uk.://on.fb.me/J4M575
John McIntyre Centre, Pollock Halls, Edinburgh
Wednesday 23rd April, 2014.
The Joint Improvement Team together with the Scottish Co-Production Network, The Alliance and Skilled Workers, Skilled citizens and many others have come together to organise this 3rd national co-production conference.
The event will be opened by Alex Neil, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing.
Please register your interest online for the event no later than Monday 17th March by email to: linda@ cosla.gov.uk.://on.fb.me/J4M575
Tuesday, 4 March 2014
.http://bit.ly/1hFIQRj /True Dream Or Not True Dream?
METASAGA
“Heroes take journeys, confront dragons, and discover the treasure of their true selves.” - Carol Lynn Pearson.
I am running a Meta Saga at John Knox house in Edinburgh on Friday 7th March at 10.30. This is a facilitation technique that encourages people to reflect on the surroundings and environment. See the attached document for more information.
There is no cost for this event except your entrance fee to John Knox House – probably £5.00. Because the house is small I plan to limit the numbers to 10 people. So please book a space with me. I expect the Meta Saga to last about an hour and we can then meet in the Café at the Story telling centre for a chat.
If you are unable to make this event but would like to know more about Meta Saga and designing training to be friendly to the Brain. I am an training event workshop –Train in the Grain of the Brain at Carronvale House, Near Falkirk on the 20th March.
Discover yourself in the world around you. Kate Coutts
“We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us” - Marcel Proust
Metasaga is a journey through the culture, heritage and physical landscape. It allows leaders at all levels to engage in deep self- reflection by exploring their environment. It utilises a strengths-based, whole system approach to evaluate how they operate as leaders and the performance of the organisation they lead. It makes leaders at all levels reframe their thinking using metaphor, narrative, tradition and artefacts found in their own physical environment. It combines the business techniques of non-directive coaching, dialogue and appreciative inquiry with the traditional storytelling teaching of our culture, be that the Norse saga or Gaelic “sgeul”.
Metasaga has been used in both the private, voluntary and public sector, especially Education where pupils and staff have travelled together to create innovative courses on leadership development.
“The Metasaga is a fantastic tool, as it encourages the young people involved to explore their local culture and understand their place in the wider world, while developing key skills such as team work and leadership.”
Read the academic research behind Metasaga here Metasaga Research.doc
“Heroes take journeys, confront dragons, and discover the treasure of their true selves.” - Carol Lynn Pearson.
“Heroes take journeys, confront dragons, and discover the treasure of their true selves.” - Carol Lynn Pearson.
I am running a Meta Saga at John Knox house in Edinburgh on Friday 7th March at 10.30. This is a facilitation technique that encourages people to reflect on the surroundings and environment. See the attached document for more information.
There is no cost for this event except your entrance fee to John Knox House – probably £5.00. Because the house is small I plan to limit the numbers to 10 people. So please book a space with me. I expect the Meta Saga to last about an hour and we can then meet in the Café at the Story telling centre for a chat.
If you are unable to make this event but would like to know more about Meta Saga and designing training to be friendly to the Brain. I am an training event workshop –Train in the Grain of the Brain at Carronvale House, Near Falkirk on the 20th March.
Discover yourself in the world around you. Kate Coutts
“We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us” - Marcel Proust
Metasaga is a journey through the culture, heritage and physical landscape. It allows leaders at all levels to engage in deep self- reflection by exploring their environment. It utilises a strengths-based, whole system approach to evaluate how they operate as leaders and the performance of the organisation they lead. It makes leaders at all levels reframe their thinking using metaphor, narrative, tradition and artefacts found in their own physical environment. It combines the business techniques of non-directive coaching, dialogue and appreciative inquiry with the traditional storytelling teaching of our culture, be that the Norse saga or Gaelic “sgeul”.
Metasaga has been used in both the private, voluntary and public sector, especially Education where pupils and staff have travelled together to create innovative courses on leadership development.
“The Metasaga is a fantastic tool, as it encourages the young people involved to explore their local culture and understand their place in the wider world, while developing key skills such as team work and leadership.”
Read the academic research behind Metasaga here Metasaga Research.doc
“Heroes take journeys, confront dragons, and discover the treasure of their true selves.” - Carol Lynn Pearson.
Highland Health Inequality Forum
Highland Health Inequality Forum.
.Still time to register for our next meeting.online registration form.https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HealthInequalityForum
Wednesday 12th March, 11.00am - 1.00pm
Fairways House, Fairways Business Park, Inverness. IV2 6AA
GUEST SPEAKER: David Reilly, Community Health Exchange (CHEX)
The Highlands and Islands Equality Forum (HIEF) and the Highlands Third Sector Interface (HTSI) invite members of the third sector in Highland to get involved in a new health inequality focussed forum. The forum will support third sector organisations and community groups in their work to reduce health inequality in Highland.Still time to register for our next meeting.
.Still time to register for our next meeting.online registration form.https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HealthInequalityForum
Wednesday 12th March, 11.00am - 1.00pm
Fairways House, Fairways Business Park, Inverness. IV2 6AA
GUEST SPEAKER: David Reilly, Community Health Exchange (CHEX)
The Highlands and Islands Equality Forum (HIEF) and the Highlands Third Sector Interface (HTSI) invite members of the third sector in Highland to get involved in a new health inequality focussed forum. The forum will support third sector organisations and community groups in their work to reduce health inequality in Highland.Still time to register for our next meeting.
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