POSITIVE WOMEN’S DAY – 20th March 2012, STUDENTS’ UNION, LEEDS
8.45 Registration and Coffee/Tea
WORKSHOPS 9.15-10.45am
Ruth Adams: Unlocking personal and team success
We begin by learning about the different personality types, decide which one best describes us and then we use this information to begin to understand more about ourselves and others, in the workplace and in personal relationships.
The session will include:
- understanding your personal style and impact
- how to handle different emotions and behaviours in the workplace
- dealing with personal conflict
- exploring strategies to better connect with and influence others?
- improving communication
- building bridges of understanding that didn't exist before
- demonstrating the wisdom and importance of different motivations to produce a balanced team
- addressing diversity issues in new and meaningful ways
- assisting with leadership development and team coaching
- inspiring and motivating staff
www.in-your-element.co.uk
Julia Braime: Blogging for Business
Do you "Blog for your Business?" You should.
Julia Braime is the owner and editor of one of the UK's top bridal blogs, Brides Up North. Just 8 months after its launch, Brides Up North currently receives a huge 25,000 hits per month and has had well over 150,000 page views. Brides Up North has nearly 3000 Twitter followers, 4000 subscribers and its Facebook page receives up to 2000 impressions per day.
Julia was recently been approached by market leading glossy Wedding Magazine to feature as a Guest Editor and Blogger of the Week on their website and has been invited by Hitched Magazine to participate as an associated contributor.
In her "Blogging for Business" seminar, Julia shares her top tips for creating and maintaining a successful business blog in any business sector. In this interactive session, devoid of "geek speak" and specifically geared to generate results for your business, Julia will focus on:
- Blogging for Business: Why not having a blog is harming your business
- Geek Chic: The technical side made easy.
- Writers Block: Getting started.
- The C's of Success: content, comments, contacts and consistency.
- Getting to the Top: Your blog and your Google search ranking.
- Sell Yourself: Showing what you can do.
- Social Marketplace: Using Twitter, Facebook and other Social Media to your advantage.
www.bridesupnorth.com
Theresa Billings: How to smash the glass ceiling
Theresa Billings has had a successful corporate career driving improvements in organisational effectiveness.
This session will support your personal and professional development as Forward Ladies members and guests, by uncovering the personal demons that potentially stop you from achieving your full
Objectives:
- What do we mean by beliefs?
- Uncover some of your own psychological barriers to success
- Strategies to reduce negative self-talk
As Head of Training & Development, she turned round a failing team to become an award winning team, and brought significant improvements to customer service and sales results, and as Divisional Executive Talent and Leadership Manager, she developed strategies and solutions for the talent pipeline within in the UK’s biggest bank.
She set up TBU Associates Ltd to continue her career journey and passion and provides training and coaching to companies, schools and individuals, she also continues to work voluntary with graduates.
www.tbuassociates.com
Georgie Oldfield: Stress Management/Illness
Anyone running a business will recognise just how demanding it can be on our time and energy. What most people don’t realise though is how hidden stresses in our personal and business lives can trigger nerve pathways that result in many common health problems e.g. back pain, sciatica, migraines, IBS, RSI, depression etc.
Physiotherapist and Stress Illness Consultant, Georgie Oldfield, will explain how and why this occurs and just how common Stress Illness is. Georgie will provide you with tips and techniques from her cutting edge work which will not only help you resolve any current health problems and prevent future ones, but will also helping you cope much better with the stresses in your life.’
Georgie specialises in a cutting edge approach to chronic pain and other persistent health conditions which is resulting in an over 70% recovery rate with those people for whom nothing else has helped. She is the UK Specialist in this field and regularly sees people from throughout the UK and even Europe.
www.sirpauk.com
10.45 -11.05am Coffee/Tea break
11.05-12.35
Griselda Kumordzie Togob: Double your Business in 90 Days!
There is so much information out there about growing your business yet most businesses still struggle. Why?
Find out during this high content workshop that explains in clear understandable terms why you may not be getting the results you want in your business:
- 3 reasons why your marketing isn’t getting you the results you need
- 3 practical usable tips that can double your business in 90 days or less
- Creating a marketing system that works for you
- Real life cases will be used to break everything down
Grow your business in a way that compliments your personality type, values and interests.
www.awovi.com/
Lynn Gregory: Mosquitoes and Tigers- How to conquer disruptions to your business
Does life gobble you up in one piece or nibble constantly? This workshop is designed to help you eliminate the disruptions to your business caused by:
No, not the whimsical behaviour of your computer, not the queues at the supermarket or the lack of ice-cream at that strategic moment...
...but by low level fatigue, depression, headaches, pain and lack of energy.
- Identify your disruptions
- Alleviate stress in a fun-filled, and relaxed atmosphere
- Experience immediate results
Easily applied, accessible ways to help which will so easily fit into your own routine.
No need to wear orange, sit under a tree or lie down in a dark room, just come along, learn valuable techniques and leave feeling great and with a free gift.
www.infinite-potential.co.uk/
Amanda Farrell: Make anything you say more desirable & compelling!
Amanda Farrell from Present with Confidence, is just back from working with the team at The Cherie Blair Foundation.
Join this workshop for techniques to advance body language & voice skills. Developing skills and techniques that can be applied in numerous future situations, and giving you the confidence to put them into action.
Amanda will run an interactive session, for professionals that want to have more presence, authority and charisma to deliver presentations and training sessions.
By the end of a session you will be able to . . . . . .
- Know the key elements of personal presence that will give extra authority and influence when meeting clients, with staff or training others.
- Increase natural persuasiveness & effectiveness to give outstanding presentations.
- Make anything you say more desirable & compelling
Amanda will give practical techniques that can be used at work every day.
www.present-with-confidence.co.uk
Margaret Hartley: Cold Calling Made Warm
Cold calling should be part of your marketing strategy to get more business and new customers. But – do you do it? Sometimes it’s hard to pick up the ‘phone and speak to a complete stranger.
Or is it?
Join Margaret Hartley of Benchmark to gain 10 Top Tips for Cold Calling – a telemarketer herself, Margaret has 10 years experience of arranging meetings for both herself and her clients.
Not ‘death by PowerPoint’ this interactive session will give you new skills and good ideas to use tomorrow!
www.benchmark-marketing.co.uk/
12.35 -1.30 LUNCH
1.30-3.00PM
Tracy Sheldon: Using social media for business
Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are fast replacing traditional forms of marketing and promotion. But which should you use? Is anyone interested in what we're watching on TV, and how is that going to help us in business? Tracy has a wealth of knowledge in business development, marketing and executive coaching. She will share her experience and knowledge to help you to use social media to help improve sales and reputation.
www.brugconsultancy.com
Judith Wright - Making your Brand work for you!
This workshop will deliver an insight into how you can create a strong brand identity and use it to maximise the effectiveness of your Marketing. The workshop will be interactive and will provide you with an opportunity to think about your own business and take away some tips and tools that you can use to increase your turnover and encourage repeat business.
http://www.wrightanglemarketing.com/
Julie Johnson: Your Business as Your Stage – How to Become “The Star” and DANCE Your Way to Success
As women entrepreneurs we are blessed with potential, with the knowledge of how to be fully ourselves, and with the ability to develop our business into one that serves us as well as it serves others. We’re also physical and emotional beings with the capacity to feel great every single day.
So, why aren’t the majority of women entrepreneurs ‘successful’ in business?
Why do they fail to achieve their potential?
Why don’t they feel great about themselves and their businesses?
Julie takes you on a unique voyage of discovery into the success equation for women, and shows you how to end the struggle, to stop fighting or trying to ‘push through’, and to allow yourself to Dance. To Dance in a way that connects, combines, and integrates the essential elements of business and personal success so that your own success becomes predictable and enjoyable. And yes she does actually dance – but although this is an interactive session – you won’t need your sequins and pumps! Instead:
- Discover the secrets to getting the business you truly want
- Understand how to energise yourself and be more productive
- Discover what’s holding you back
- Learn the key to unlock your potential
- Know how to Step into Success TODAY
www.reel-leader.com
3.00pm Finish
Please email your workshop choices to anne.crowther@forwardladies.com