Launch of First Dundee & Angus Chamber Training Academy

Published

22nd August 2014

CHAMBER TRAINING ACADEMY 2014

Dundee & Angus Chamber of Commerce invites you to attend the first Chamber Training Academy within Dundee & Angus. The Chamber has teamed up with Chamber members to form a programme of training sessions to fit your needs. The Academy covers a range of topics with the aim of providing you, your staff and your business with the correct skills to continue being well trained and successful. Why not come along and try for yourself or send the appropriate members of staff.

DATE: 16th September TIME: 9am – 11am
TITLE: Social Media at Work: What is and isn’t Acceptable
TRAINER: Simpson & Marwick – Deborah Miller (Employment Law Partner)
LOCATION: DACC – 27 City Quay, Camperdown Street, Dundee, DD1 3JA
WHAT TO EXPECT:This workshop will give you a practical insight to the problems that employers face and offer solutions that can be implemented into every business.The workshop delivers the learning points as a live play which will focus on three areas where issues in relation to employee use of social media most frequently arise; recruitment, discipline and post termination contractual protections.
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DATE: 23^rd September TIME: 5pm – 7pm
TITLE: Marketing Strategy: Social Media Plan
TRAINER: My Pinkie Promise – Alison Henderson (Managing Director)
LOCATION: DACC – 27 City Quay, Camperdown Street, Dundee, DD1 3JA
WHAT TO EXPECT: Alison is an early adopter of social media for business and has an in-depth knowledge and understanding of most of the main platforms that organisations would find useful in reaching and communicating with their audiences. This training session covers the use of social media and how it fits into marketing plans – it will cover the various platforms that can be used, and how you can make social media part of your regular marketing strategy without it taking over your life.
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DATE: 8th October TIME: 5pm – 7pm
TITLE: Immigration Seminar
TRAINER: Thorntons Solicitors – Jamie Kerr (Immigration Partner)
LOCATION: Thorntons Office - Whitehall House, 33 Yeaman Shore, Dundee DD1 4BJ
WHAT TO EXPECT: Immigration is becoming a much more time consuming aspect of the recruitment process, particularly when organisations are seeking to recruit highly skilled staff. From engineering to games and marketing to IT, almost any type of recruitment can have an immigration aspect. UK Immigration Law specialist Jamie Kerr will cover everything that employers need to know about recruiting non EU staff and preventing illegal working. He will introduce sponsor licensing and give an overview of the Tier 2 system, touching on compliance issues around advertising jobs and meeting the Resident Labour Market Test.
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DATE: 16^th October TIME: 5pm -7pm
TITLE: Getting Paid: Key Tips For Debt Recovery
TRAINER: MacRoberts -Leon Breakey and Lynsay Cargill (Commercial Dispute Resolution Partner and Associate).
WHAT TO EXPECT: Businesses continue to feel the pressure to get paid on time and improve their cash flow. This seminar will provide key tips for debt recovery management, including steps that you can take to improve your chances of getting paid and practical advice on what you can do if you are not getting paid. The seminar will also explain formal routes for recovering sums due including by way of demand letters and court actions.
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DATE: 4th November TIME: 5pm – 7pm
TITLE:Selling Skills for the Non-Salesperson
TRAINER: The Sales Coach – Training & Improvement – Sandy McCurdy
LOCATION: DACC – 27 City Quay, Camperdown Street, Dundee, DD1 3JA
WHAT TO EXPECT:This workshop gives non salespeople exposure to professional selling skills which they can use in their personal and business life. At the end of the work shop, delegates will be able to take away 2/3 key learnings which they will be able to work on, in the future, and so increase sales for their business.
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DATE: 18th November TIME: 5pm – 7pm
TITLE: Confidence and Motivation for Leaders
TRAINER: Sherpa NLP – Rod Beaumont
LOCATION: DACC – 27 City Quay, Camperdown Street, Dundee, DD1 3JA
WHAT TO EXPECT: Great leaders must be role models for great business behaviour. Today’s leaders are expected to walk in the door and perform. It generates a lot of stress, and isolates leaders from those they are expected to lead. They don’t have sounding boards. Find out how to become a leader who can guide, empower and serve others well.
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DATE: 25^th November TIME: 5pm – 7pm
TITLE:The Annual Employment MOT
TRAINER: Lindsays – Kate Wyatt (Senior Associate) & Ben Doherty (Partner)
LOCATION: Lindsays - Seabraes House, 18 Greenmarket, Dundee, DD1 4QB
WHAT TO EXPECT: The Annual employment MOT guide will provide interactive and practical advice on updating employment contracts, policies and procedures. It will highlight recent developments and changes in employment law and how these will affect drafting and development of suitable contracts, policies and procedures to protect your business and minimise the risk of employment claims or disputes.
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DATE: 2nd December TIME: 5pm – 7pm
TITLE: Personal Impact in Business
TRAINER: Key Talent Partners – Eleanor Yearwood
LOCATION: DACC – 27 City Quay, Camperdown Street, Dundee, DD1 3JA
WHAT TO EXPECT:In your first 40 seconds, you may be entering the room to meet someone (or a group of people). Your posture, energy, how you walk, your eye contact, your use of space, handshake and your tone of voice will all have a huge impact upon the other person’s impression of you. What impression do you want to make? Calm: dynamic: enthusiastic: engaged, etc... During this workshop you’ll have the opportunity to try these out and to get helpful suggestions for how to improve your personal impact. You only get one chance to make a first impression.
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