Bobby Kerr, Padraig O Ceidigh and Jim Power Coming to Donegal |
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Letterkenny, 21st February, 2010 Big name speakers for Enterprising Donegal Business Week 2011 RTE Dragons’ Den star Bobby Kerr, Aer Arann Executive Chairman Padraig O Ceidigh, Jim Power, Chief Economist and Economic Advisor to the Friends First Group and Google’s Claire Walsh are just some of the high-profile speakers at this year’s Enterprising Donegal Business Week. Organised by Donegal County Enterprise Board, the aim of the week-long programme of events is to inspire and motivate people to consider the idea of starting a business and to provide a learning and networking forum for those already in business. Running from Monday 7th March through to Friday March 11th in venues across the county; the theme for the week is “Back to Basics – key building blocks for growing your business”. Donegal County Enterprise Board is co-funded by the Irish Government and the European Union. “We have secured some really excellent events and speakers this year”, said Michael Tunney, Chief Executive of Donegal County Enterprise Board. “There are seminars and workshops covering everything from how to drive up sales to developing new products and managing cashflow”. The week kicks off in Letterkenny at lunchtime on Monday 7th with Bobby Kerr, star of RTE Dragons’ Den and Chairman of Insomnia Coffee, who will be guest of honour at the official launch of Enterprising Donegal Business Week. Later that day Jim Power, the high profile Chief Economist at Friends First, will host an evening seminar. Events continue on the morning of Tuesday 8th with a Marketing workshop hosted by Suzanne Hill of Handel Export Consulting with contributions from Michael Faulkner of EuroXchanger and Seed-Ups, Seamus McAdams of i2 Total Marketing and Niall McKeown of Ion Technologies Ltd. On Wednesday Padraig O Ceidigh of Aer Arann will be guest of honour at a business lunch in Lettekenny. Earlier that day there will be a morning workshop on Branding hosted by Carton Le Vert including a case study by Lynn Temple of Magee Clothing. There will also be a seminar on Lean business processes hosted by Enterprise Ireland with a case study on Inishowen Engineering. Wednesday evening will see some of the top names in the Irish Food sector coming to Letterkenny to attend a major seminar “Food – finding your way to the customer”. Guest speakers include Mary Ann O’Brien of Lily O’Brien’s chocolates, Alan Kingston of speciality food producer Glenilen Farm and food industry consultant James Burke, former board member and Trading Manager at Superquinn. On Thursday morning there will be a special workshop on effective sales techniques hosted by Stephen Friel of Friel Consulting and a workshop on Social Intelligence by Mark Keightley, MD of the UK consultancy Mind Associates. The Enterprise Board is also hosting a lunch on Thursday in association with the Donegal Women in Business Network, with guest speaker Nicola Byrne, the award-winning founder of directory enquiry service Call 11890 Limited. The week wraps up on Friday 11th with a workshop on starting your own business hosted by Padraic O Maille with contributions from Malachi Eastwood, MD of Gartan Technologies, and Brian Sweeney, MD of the Swilly Group. Later that evening, Claire Walsh, Online Sales Manager at Google will deliver the final seminar “Driving and Maximising your Online Sales – the lessons from Google” in the Co-Lab, LYIT. For further information about Enterprising Donegal Business Week 2011 contact Celine Carroll, Donegal County Enterprise Board on 074 9160735 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Alternatively, you can visit the Donegal County Enterprise Board’s website at www.donegalenterprise.ie.
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