Local Enterprise Office Dublin City Women in Business Network: Festive Event 2021
It has been another challenging year that has made planning difficult but our members have responded magnificently with innovations and pivots where they could. We’ll celebrate all those achievements and the resilience of our members at our last Webinar of the year on Thursday 9th December where the winners of our annual Awards will be announced and you will also have the opportunity to hear internationally renowned speaker Aoife Dunican of The Stylebob share her expertise on The Power of Image for our Confidence, Communications and Wellbeing.
The event will feature a welcoming address from the Lord Mayor of Dublin Alison Gilliland, a short talk and announcement of Award Winners by Mary Mac Sweeney, Deputy Head of Economic Development and Enterprise with Dublin City Council and the talk by Aoife Dunican of The Stylebob:
What should our image look like in this new world and does it really matter?
Aoife will share her knowledge on how we can mindfully choose clothes to boost our mood in these times and also how to use our image to achieve our professional goals.
Our Image plays a big role in how we communicate and can be an extension of who we are and what we stand for. How we turn up visually controls our confidence levels, states our intention and plays a large part in how people perceive us. Did you know that wearing certain colours affects not only our hormones but also the hormones of others? Adrenaline producing colours like red create energy on the screen which is great for confidence and passion however blue and green are calming colours and convey a sense of calm, trust, and reliability.
The pandemic has also changed how we dress for the new hybrid work environment and people are unsure of what to wear now and what to invest in. As a personal stylist, Aoife goes through her top tips on how to create a wardrobe that not only represents her clients’ personal and professional brand but one that they will be proud to open every day. This talk also touches on her 7 l's of a successful video call to create an impactful presence on screen.
We will have a little bit of time at the end for some networking.
Please book your place through this link: https://forms.gle/3VSYas7hmP72YUTLA
Speaker Profiles
Lord Mayor of Dublin Alison Gilliland
Cllr Alison Gilliland is the 10th woman to hold the office of the Lord Mayor of Dublin.
She was Chairperson of the DCC Strategic Policy Committee (SPC) on Housing and is a member of the Finance SPC. She is also an alternate member to the European Committee of the Regions and sits on the Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External Affairs (CIVEX).
Cllr Gilliland worked as a Senior Official with the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) having worked as a teacher in Spain and Ireland.
Cllr Gilliland believes in lifelong learning. She holds a doctorate in Education and Research from the University of Nottingham awarded for her research into young teacher union activists’ views and experiences of involvement, voice, and agency in their union and its influence on their concept of professionalism. She has also completed studies with Dublin City University and the London School of Economics in the area of leadership and with Community Law and Mediation in the area of housing
Mary Mac Sweeney
Mary Mac Sweeney is Deputy Head of Economic Development and Enterprise with Dublin City Council. In this role Mary gets to work with the start up and scaling community in Dublin in delivering the services of the Local Enterprise Office Dublin City, where there is an active community of female entrepreneurs leading tech, creative and food businesses. Mary also plays a role in developing and delivering on strategic objectives to promote Dublin as a great city to live, work, learn and invest in. Mary also manages the team who deliver the award winning website www.Dublin.ie and the citizen engagement platform Your Dublin Your Voice. Mary was previously head of Industrial Relations with Dublin City Council and has worked in a variety of roles where she helped to implement change and improve the way the council works for the city and the citizen.
Aoife Dunican, founder The Stylebob
Aoife is an internationally accredited stylist, image consultant and owner of The Stylebob, a personal and corporate styling consultancy. She helps men and women globally amplify their image for confidence, presence and impact. Aoife has spent over 15 years working in marketing and professional services, giving her a real insight into how people communicate and tell their story. She has presented webinars on the power of image, in Zurich, London and Ireland. She has just launched a new webinar called 'Wardrobe Economics' and is presenting this to companies who have sustainability as one of their key pillars. She is a big advocate of the cost-per-wear model and is currently studying sustainability at the London College of Style. Aoife is a regular contributor to newspapers, radio and magazines on her style ethos.
