Celebrate 100 Years of International Woman’s Day with Network Ireland

Date Friday 4th March 2011Venue Guinness Store House Dublin

Presentations on the dayKnow and Grow Your Brand Martin Crotty BFK

Learn How to Communicate Better with Your Voice Cathal Quinn Gaiety School of Acting

Smart Thinking To Enhance Peak Performance In Business Valerie Pierce Clear And Critical Thinking

Keynote Speaker Mary Davis President & Managing Director Special Olympics Europe Eurasia

Choosing A Mentor To Grow And Sustain Your Business Susan Kinanne ESB

Agenda9am Breakfast and Networking

Speakers

1.30 Lunch and keynote address by Mary Davis Special Olympics

2.30 Tina Roche The Women’s Fund and Susan Kinane ESB

4.00 The day ends with a tour of the Guinness Store House and a glass of Guinness in the Gravity Bar.

5.00 Close

Cost €45 members, €55 non members (includes breakfast and lunch)

BOOK YOUR PLACE NOWRegistration is necessary for this event on www.networkireland.ie OR cheque to Network Ireland and posted Network Ireland, Unit 201, 3 Lombard St., East Dublin 2.

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MARTIN G CROTTY ManagingDirectorandBrandConsultant,BFK

Martin Crotty is Managing Director of leading brand communications company BFK where he specialises in strategic brand development and brand communications.

Martin works on brand evaluation, strategy and essence development; naming; and corporate and product brand identity. His clients include manufacturing and service companies; financial and professional services firms; universities, state agencies and government departments.

Martin also conducts brand research, surveys and forecasting, and has been involved in design promotion at national and international level. He has published on brand and design issues and has presented on brand at seminars, conferences, in business schools and at the Design Management Institute, Boston.

VALERIE PIERCE DirectorofClear & Critical Thinking Ltd.

Valerie Pierce is the Director of Clear & Critical Thinking Ltd and author of the book Quick Thinking on Your Feet. Published in Ireland (2003): Japan (2004): USA (2005): China (2006).

Named as one of Ireland’s Top 50 Most Influential women in Irish Business (Sunday Tribune), Valerie developed the first Clear and Critical Thinking business training module in 1990 and since then has delivered courses and workshops to private and public sector organisations in Ireland, the UK, Europe, China and USA.

CATHAL QUINN HeadofVoiceattheGaiety School of Acting

Cathal Quinn is Head of Voice at the Gaiety School of Acting and also works in theatre, television and film. He will be dialect coach on Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Gate theatre from February 24th and is currently working with Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska on Albert Nobbs.

SUSAN KINANE MDofESB Independent Ireland

Susan Kinane is MD of ESB Independent Ireland, part of ESB Electric Ireland. Susan joined ESBIE in 2005 as IT Project Manager and then became manager of Customer Operations. She has worked extensively in the industry for many years, both at home and abroad, in the areas of Customer Operations, Call Centre Management and IT Project Management and brings a broad and in depth knowledge of the industry to ESBIE. ESBIE are sponsors of BICT Northern Irelands Connection Programme which looks to mentor start-up and small businesses, providing them with much needed contacts from larger businesses and organizations.

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