Empowering Enterprise with South Dublin County Partnership

Entrepreneurial Showcase

• Date: Monday 4th March
• Time: 9.30am - 12.30pm
• Venue: Maldron Hotel, Tallaght
• Cost: Free

Overview:

Tackling Poverty and Social Exclusion through Self Employment, Entrepreneurship and Training.

South Dublin County Partnership’s enterprise show case will highlight local enterprise successes from across South Dublin County, providing a platform where local entrepreneurs can engage with their peers, useful business management tips are presented, inspirational stories are shared, local enterprise supports highlighted and self-employment as a way of tacking poverty and social exclusion is promoted

Objective:

South Dublin County Partnership’s enterprise show case will highlight local enterprise successes from across South Dubin County, providing a platform where local entrepreneurs can engage with their peers, useful business management tips are presented,

inspirational stories are shared, local enterprise supports highlighted and self-employment as a way of tacking poverty and social exclusion is promoted.

Target audience:

Current and past clients of SDC Partnership, budding entrepreneurs from across the South Dublin County geographical area, key stakeholders will be invited including Department of Social Protection (DSP) representatives,

local business leaders, representatives from SDC Partnership’s Board Subgroup and local media.

Agenda

9 am - 9.30 am: Arrival, tea/coffee/ registration

9.30 am - 9.40 am: - Brid Healy, Senior Manager Enterprise and Employment – SDC Partnership

Event Introduction

9.40 am - 9.50 am: Ed Cranney, Enterprise Officer – SDC Partnership

Introduction to SDC Partnership Enterprise Supports

9.50 am - 10.00 am: Tom Rooney – Head of Local Enterprise Office (LEO)

Introduction to LEO Enterprise Supports

10.00 am - 10.15 am - Eimer Duffy,  FIT Marketing

Sales and Marketing Tips for your Business Start Ups and Self employed

10.15 am - 10.30 am - Sarah McGuinness, SM Accounting Solutions 

Financial Management for Enterprise Start-ups

10.30 am - 10.45 am - Amy Dudd, AMD Media

Communications Strategy for Enterprise Start-ups

11.00 am - 11.15 am - Radion Ciumacenco, STEEKAZ Printing and Design

Reflections on My Journey to Self Employment

11.15 am - 11.30 am Edel Cummins, Zen Movement

Wellbeing tips for Business Owners 

11.30 am - 11.50 am - Open Forum Q&A with guest speakers led by Edward Cranney

11.50 am - 12.15 pm – networking, refreshments, and enterprise show case (Some refreshments will by provided by Olha Zhuravlova whose business Sense Catering was supported by SDC Partnership’ s enterprise team and awarded the DSP BTWEA grant. Her business has been recently showcased in feature articles in various national print media recently. All attendees will have a chance to engage with vendors and network with their peers.