Glos Profs seminar speakers

Ben White (Chief Strategy Officer) MessageLabs
From Gloucester to Global

Local technology company MessageLabs have experienced significant growth in recent years. Learn how the discovery of a niche in the market led to global success. Ben will share the key techniques and decisions that enabled the company to drive business growth and international expansion, including how MessageLabs successfully broke the US market. This seminar will also explore the business landscape in 2007 and what the future holds for local and global businesses.

Dale Hemming-Tayler (Managing Director) LoNo Drinks Company
Uncharted Water

Cotswold firm LoNo has now established itself as the UK's leading specialist in alcohol free wines and other alcohol alternatives. Dale Hemming-Taylor will share LoNo's story of growth, looking back on the opportunities and challenges presented by this previously untapped market and how they successfully and creatively used e-commerce to create a brand and a market, resulting in their winning of an E-business award and an expanding business.

Richard Baker (Managing Director) Sequence
What Does Your Website Say About You?

How to get the best out of your website by understanding how to drive traffic to your website and how to keep your visitors coming back again and again. This session is designed to give you a simple, no nonsense, step-by-step foundation guide to help you define what you actually want your website to achieve. Richard will help you to establish a clear goal and define the thought process you need to run through as you negotiate your web journey.

Dr Martin Wynn (Principal Lecturer) University of Gloucestershire
Developing Your Information Systems for Growth

Growing companies often find their information systems become inadequate as they have been pieced together over time and not significantly integrated to facilitate further growth. Dr Wynn will draw on his experience implementing IT/IS strategies in 8 local SMEs and will demonstrate the next steps your company can take to support mid and long-term growth and profitability aspirations.

David Baker (Chief Executive) Meta-morphose
Getting the Best out of your People

David Baker will present John Adair’s "Action Centred Leadership" model, the most recognisable symbol in management training which illustrates three core management responsibilities: Achieving the task, Managing the team and Motivating individuals. David will discuss the practical applications of the model and will explore how business leaders can motivate in a way that will get the best from their individuals and their teams.

Diane Savory (Managing Director) Cult Clothing
Achieving Cult Status

Cult Clothing is a business with a story to shout about. Hear the success story of Cheltenham-based retail business Cult Clothing - from humble market stall beginnings two decades ago to Gloucestershire 2006 'Business of the Year'. Diane will take you through the journey she has been on with Cult and share her stories of opportunity, challenge and success, helping you to drive continued success in your own business.

Kevin Ball (Principal) West HR Consulting & John Hepworth (Human Resources Consultant)
HR Management in SMEs

This seminar presents research on the personnel issues which face leaders of small and medium-sized businesses and will cover what the problems are in managing people within the law, what you can do to make sure that you are aware of your rights and responsibilities and how you go about sourcing and implementing HR advice which improves the performance of your business.

Matthew Clayton Rickerbys & Cathy O’Donoghue
HR Champions

How to develop your winning team A successful and growing business requires having the right team in place. From time to time this involves parting company with employees who aren't equipped to play the part you need them to. The secret of successful management is being able to do this whilst minimising the risk to your business along the way. This seminar will guide you through the business game and teach you how to create a win/win situation from performance management situations.

Averill Gordon (Senior Lecturer PR) University of Gloucestershire
Public Relations: Changing the Face of Business

Learn about the latest developments in public relations, how to communicate in a world of fragmenting and global media and why PR is now an essential part of a business strategy. Averil will be supported by a panel PR practitioners running national campaigns here in Gloucestershire who will share the secrets of their award winning programmes.

Steve Lobley UK Trade & Investment Richard Partos UK Trade & Investment
How to Profit from Export Business

Are you trying to export, just thinking about it, or already doing it but not getting as much out of it as you think you could be? With a network of global resources, UK Trade and Investment offers a variety of services and assistance for businesses of all sizes. This seminar will guide you through the support available to maximise your success in exporting.

Richard Tierney (Managing Director) Creative Talks Carolyn Howe (Research Fellow in Innovation) University of Gloucestershire
Thinking Inside Big Boxes

Innovation is at the heart of any business. But how to do it? Exploring the particular importance of creativity to successful innovation, this session will tell you the things you need to know about creativity, where your next big ideas are coming from and how to maximise their potential. Richard and Carolyn will share practical examples from the hundreds of organisations with whom they have worked.

Richard Ford (Managing Director) Travelscope
The Journey to Success
Richard will take you through his journey from a two man operation to an award winning successful international travel company, now employing almost 200 people at their purpose-built offices at the Gloucester Business Park. Richard will share some of the highs and lows of the last 15 years including a number of useful lessons which relate to any growing business. .

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Glos Profs seminar speakers

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