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If you’re looking to expand your connections and build your business
network, make sure you sign up to any of the events below. Mingle with
like-minded professionals and connect with some of the leading names in
business in the city.
FASHION, LIFESTYLE, HAIR & BEAUTY,
SOCIALISE, MASTERCLASSES
ConnectED Business Breakfast
Networking
Tickets Available from
Date 3/7/17/24 June and 1/15/22/29 July
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Venue Point Hotel
Info ConnectED’s weekly meetings in central
Edinburgh are open to businesses of all shapes
and sizes. The purpose of ConnectED is to create
a relaxed environment where you can meet, chat,
connect and start to build business relationships.
Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Training
Programme
Date 2-3 July
Intermediate Social Media for Business
New Media Breakfast Networking Talk
Date 5 June
Date 12 June and 17 July
Venue Business Gateway, Waverley Court
Venue Tigerlilly
Info This course is aimed at those who are
already using social media, and are looking
for ways to increase their reach, improve their
market research, monitor their competitors, and
ultimately grow their business.
Info Ideal for entrepreneurs, business owners
and decision makers in the private sector and
senior personnel in the public and third sectors.
Providing up-to-date information about new
and social media and how it is being used to
communicate in business today.
Present with Power and Influence
Venue Heriot-Watt University
Info Receive training in the basic fundamentals
of Lean and Six Sigma. This two-day course is
designed for personnel from a manufacturing,
service or transactional background who are
being considered for involvement in the Six Sigma
approach to improvement.
Mindfulness and Leadership: Thought
Leadership Conversations focusing on
Women and Leadership
Netwalking Blackford and Braid Hills
Date 16 July
Venue Blackford
Info The latest concept in business development,
combining networking with walking - networking
on the move! Talk to like-minded business people
in an informal, fun and healthy context. This
netwalk is around the Blackford and Braid Hills and
is approximately six miles.
Date 6 June
Funding the Business
Date 10 July
2 Day Business Start Up Workshop
Venue The Dome
Date 19 June
Venue Morton Fraser Lister Square
Date 19-20 June
Info Learn to present ideas with power and
passion and increase your value and influence.
Just one fun-packed day with Mike Stevenson,
one of Scotland’s most inspiring speakers, and
you’ll learn tricks and techniques that guarantee
an immediate improvement.
Venue Business Gateway Waverley Court
Info Mindfulness is about “being fully present
in the moment without judgement or
preference”. Explore how this relates to being
a leader and the many benefits which include
enhanced productivity, creativity, resilience
and self awareness.
Venue Wester Hailes Library
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Info This workshop aims to help you create an
action plan to raise funding and finance your
business, including how to minimise the amount
of funding required, the different types and
sources of finance, and how to produce a proposal.
Info Over the two days you will understand the
need for a business plan in starting and running a
successful business, learn about the importance
of marketing, be able to describe your business
and discover how to present your plan.
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