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Where next for Great Britain economically and politically?
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| Opening Address |
| Daniel Hannan, MEP for South East England & Justin Urquhart Stewart, Seven Investment Management |
Justin Urquhart Stewart of Seven Investment Management will set the economic scene on this issue before introducing Daniel Hannan MEP who will put the economic future into the context of both UK and European Political reality.
Questions Daniel will tackle are; what options the new Government has, what the British public will find acceptable, just how much power Europe really possess over us and what can, and might be done to rebalance this issue.
Daniel will also talk about the role of the digital arena (so successful in Barack Obama’s campaign) in the British Election, and the new digital communications environment that we live in, both for Business and for Politics.
Daniel Hannan, during an address to the European Parliament, advised Gordon Brown to stop talking nonsense and wasting the country’s money, attracting over 2 million hits on YouTube. Dan understands the EU and tells it as he sees it.
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The rise & fall and rise again of Gerald Ratner
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| Keynote Address |
| Gerald Ratner |
Gerald Ratner was the millionaire chief executive of the British jewellery chain Ratners Jewellery, which he built into the world’s largest jewellery retailer business consisting of 2500 shops, making £125m, with a turnover £2billion. After some uncomplimentary remarks Gerald made at the Institute of Directors regarding product quality, the company suffered financial losses, and was renamed Signet Group in 1993.
Gerald has now gone on to re-launch his career in the jewellery sector with an online company. Come and hear his story about how he rose and fell and has now managed to rise again, a true tale of succeeding against the odds. |
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Seminars and Workshops
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| Topics under the spotlight |
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- Everything you wanted to know about social media but were afraid to ask
- How traditional PR is evolving to the new world we live
- Use of Social Media to drive employee engagement
- A lesson in catastrophic failure
- The blogging debate
- CSR and the new global economy
- Engaging a disparate work force
- Internal Comms roundtable
- Crisis management
- Keeping the message clear and consistent
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Professional Development
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- Leadership & communication skills
- Developing your employees
- Risk taking – lessons from poker
- Pushing your boundaries – an explorer’s view
- Developing interpersonal savvy/savoir faire to build constructive and effective relationships with your employees
- The power of executive presence – how to make yourself less remote through developing the art of story telling
- The psychology and management of stress
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