Essential Training for Health and Safety Representatives (Stage 1)
Date: Tuesday 28th February 10am - 4.30pm, Wednesday 29th February 9am - 3.30pm
Venue: ADBT Training Room
Presenter: Helen Mason, Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce
Cost: $170 for ACC funded businesses, $570 for non-ACC funded businesses
This course is approved under Section 19G of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 for training health and safety representatives and offers an alternative to union-based training. Topics include: Introduction to workplace health and safety, employee participation, good faith in practice, functions of health and safety representatives, hazard management, emergency and incident tracking, investigation and reporting.
Who should attend: Recently elected or appointed health and safety representatives, health and safety committee members, others with an interest in or responsibility for workplace health and safety.
Accelerated Business Growth
Date: Wednesday 7th, 14th, and 21st March
Time 9am – 12noon (one on one coaching available following course)
Venue: ADBT Training Room
Presenter: Craig Rust, Business Innovators
Price: $700 + GST
(NZTE vouchers for up to 50% of the full price may be available)
Business owners understand the importance of developing plans and setting goals. Unfortunately they often fail to do this because time and energy is diverted to ‘urgent’ or immediate issues with day to day operations. The High Achievers Business Growth Programme addresses this by providing coaching support to assist business owners in developing creative and innovative business strategies and plans.
The workshops will cover:
Workshop 1, Business Development – Personal planning; identifying blocks to growth; setting goals and objectives; ownership structures.
Workshop 2, Sales Skills and Marketing – Market or demand; proactive marketing; identifying new markets; market research.
Workshop 3, Finance – Understanding financial statements; setting financial objectives; how to make more money; unlock the potential in your balance sheet.
Strategies to reach changing markets: Workshop 1
Date: Thursday 15th March
Time: 9am – 12noon
Location: Lake Tekapo
Venue: TBC
Presenter: Craig Rust, Business Innovators
Cost: Free for Earthquake affected businesses
Workshop 1 of 3: From marketing planning and market research, to branding and public relations, your business must constantly adapt to changing markets. This has been highlighted in the wake of the Canterbury earthquakes. Past experiences may no longer be relevant and the market may have changed significantly, at least in the short term. Therefore it is important to reanalyse your market taking the new conditions into consideration. Learn planning techniques, gain insights into customer behaviour trends, and review how to reach your customers and make sales. In this workshop:
• Marketing and sales plan techniques
• Operational planning – are you operating effectively in the current market?
• Forecasting methods
• Market research tips
Strategies to reach changing markets: Workshop 2
Date: Thursday 15th March
Time: 1pm – 4pm
Location: Lake Tekapo
Venue: TBC
Presenter: Craig Rust, Business Innovators
Cost: Free for Earthquake affected businesses
Workshop 2 of 3: From marketing planning and market research, to branding and public relations, your business must constantly adapt to changing markets. This has been highlighted in the wake of the Canterbury earthquakes. Past experiences may no longer be relevant and the market may have changed significantly, at least in the short term. Therefore it is important to reanalyse your market taking the new conditions into consideration. Learn planning techniques, gain insights into customer behaviour trends, and review how to reach your customers and make sales. In this workshop:
• Identifying new markets
• New trends in customer behavior
• Relationship management tips and tricks
Strategies to reach changing markets: Workshop 3
Date: Friday 16th March
Time: 9am – 12noon
Location: Lake Tekapo
Venue: TBC
Presenter: Craig Rust, Business Innovators
Cost: Free for Earthquake affected businesses
Workshop 3 of 3: From marketing planning and market research, to branding and public relations, your business must constantly adapt to changing markets. This has been highlighted in the wake of the Canterbury earthquakes. Past experiences may no longer be relevant and the market may have changed significantly, at least in the short term. Therefore it is important to reanalyse your market taking the new conditions into consideration. Learn planning techniques, gain insights into customer behaviour trends, and review how to reach your customers and make sales. In this workshop:
• Risk Management
• Internal emergency procedures
• Monitoring and reporting
The Art of Minute Taking
Date: Wednesday 21st March
Time: 2pm – 5pm
Venue: Aoraki Polytechnic
Presenter: Jillian Ireland, Aoraki Polytechnic
Member Price: $90 + GST
Non-Member Price: $150 + GST
(NZTE vouchers for up to 50% of the full price may be available)
This workshop is designed to help minute takers understand the minute taking process and learn sound techniques for ensuring outcomes from meetings are recorded clearly and concisely.
• Recognise the importance of the minute taking role
• Identify the requirements of effective meetings
• Identify methods to record minutes
• Identify different types of minute styles and which is best
• Write effective minutes
o Tips for effective minute writing
o Determining what needs to be recorded
o Three step approach to recording discussion
o Meeting procedure - Recording Motions and Amendments
o Minute templates
• Recognise the minute style for in committee minutes
• Effective use of an action points list
• Effective record keeping
• Recognise the legal issues relating to minute taking
• Effective agenda formulation
• Recognise techniques for recording virtual meetings
Not for Profit: Performance Management
Date: Wednesday 28th March
Time: 10am – 12noon
Venue: Aoraki Polytechnic
Presenter: Lisa Baille, Aoraki Polytechnic
Cost: $10 + GST
One of the biggest challenges in any business or community environment is managing your staff and discovering the secrets to getting the best performance from your team. Come along to this discussion group and discuss the following:
• Why performance management is important.
• How the culture of each organisation is reflected through the performance process.
• How to manage performance both formally and informally.
• Understanding the use of coaching and mentoring.
• Using a range of performance management tools for individuals and teams.
• Applying performance management techniques to manage poor performance plus reward and recognize good performance.
Promotional Planning and making the Most of your Promotional Budget
Date: Wednesday 4th April 9am – 12noon
Venue: ADBT Business Training Room
Presenter: Neil Edmond, Marketing Consultant and Presenter
Member Price: $90 + GST
Non-Member Price: $150 + GST
(NZTE vouchers for up to 50% of the full price may be available)
Successful marketing and promotional planning is critical to the success of any business. This course will cover some of the basic elements of promotional planning – including guidelines to developing marketing and promotional plans. Then it takes you further to give tips on the most effective ways to maximise your marketing and promotional budget. Rather than stressing about whether you should book that advertising opportunity that somebody has pitched to you, you’ll be making decisions with ease and proudly reviewing successful campaign results.
Developing a Financial Plan
Date: Thursday 12th and 19th April, 9am – 12noon
Venue: ADBT Business Training Room
Presenter: Mark Caldwell, Mainland Insurance
Member Price: $180 + GST
Non-Member Price: $300 + GST
(NZTE vouchers for up to 50% of the full price may be available)
“One of the main reasons for embarking into business is so that we are in control of our financial future. Planning is the key to your business success, so to ensure that your business grows successfully it is essential that you have a sound financial plan that will outline the following in detail for the next 12 months / business year:
- Forecast revenue, cost of sales and all business expenses – WHAT is the potential for profit in my business?
- Forecast your business profitability for up to 3 years – WILL my business be financially sustainable?
- Forecast cash flow requirements – CAN I pay my bills on time and have money in the bank?
- Identify what start up and/or on-going working capital you require – WHAT funds do I need to make my business work?
- Complete a breakeven analysis – WHAT minimum sales do I need to make to cover all my business costs?
- Forecast business financial position – IS my business increasing my own net worth?
- Complete a ratio analysis – WHAT is the financial health of my business? Is it financially sustainable?
- Leveraging from my financial plan – HOW do I access further funds?
Strategies to reach changing markets: Workshop 1
Date: Thursday 3rd May
Time: 9am – 12noon
Location: Geraldine
Venue: TBC
Presenter: Gerard Gallagher, Gallagher Grant
Cost: Free for Earthquake affected businesses
Workshop 1 of 3: From marketing planning and market research, to branding and public relations, your business must constantly adapt to changing markets. This has been highlighted in the wake of the Canterbury earthquakes. Past experiences may no longer be relevant and the market may have changed significantly, at least in the short term. Therefore it is important to reanalyse your market taking the new conditions into consideration. Learn planning techniques, gain insights into customer behaviour trends, and review how to reach your customers and make sales. In this workshop:
• Marketing and sales plan techniques
• Operational planning – are you operating effectively in the current market?
• Forecasting methods
• Market research tips
Strategies to reach changing markets: Workshop 2
Date: Thursday 3rd May
Time: 1pm – 4pm
Location: Geraldine
Venue: TBC
Presenter: Gerard Gallagher, Gallagher Grant
Cost: Free for Earthquake affected businesses
Workshop 2 of 3: From marketing planning and market research, to branding and public relations, your business must constantly adapt to changing markets. This has been highlighted in the wake of the Canterbury earthquakes. Past experiences may no longer be relevant and the market may have changed significantly, at least in the short term. Therefore it is important to reanalyse your market taking the new conditions into consideration. Learn planning techniques, gain insights into customer behaviour trends, and review how to reach your customers and make sales. In this workshop:
• Identifying new markets
• New trends in customer behavior
• Relationship management tips and tricks
Strategies to reach changing markets: Workshop 3
Date: Friday 4th May
Time: 9am – 12noon
Location: Geraldine
Venue: TBC
Presenter: Gerard Gallagher, Gallagher Grant
Cost: Free for Earthquake affected businesses
Workshop 3 of 3: From marketing planning and market research, to branding and public relations, your business must constantly adapt to changing markets. This has been highlighted in the wake of the Canterbury earthquakes. Past experiences may no longer be relevant and the market may have changed significantly, at least in the short term. Therefore it is important to reanalyse your market taking the new conditions into consideration. Learn planning techniques, gain insights into customer behaviour trends, and review how to reach your customers and make sales. In this workshop:
• Risk Management
• Internal emergency procedures
• Monitoring and reporting
Online Marketing (Social Marketing)
Date: Tuesday 8th May
Time: 6 hours (4 hours theory, 2 hours practical)
Venue: ADBT Business Training Room
Presenter: Debbie Roberts
Member Price: $180 + GST
Non-Member Price: $300 + GST
(NZTE vouchers for up to 50% of the full price may be available)
Helps determine what strategies and tactics are needed to best connect with the market through web-based technologies. This workshop will cover Social media such as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn, QR (quick response) as well as covering e commerce and the use of databases. Online marketing is all about strategy, driving customers to your website and products to grow your businesses and importantly, your bottom line.
Essential Management and Supervision Skills
Date: Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th May
Time: 2 days
Venue: ADBT Business Training Room
Member Price: $360 + GST
Non-Member Price: $495 + GST
(NZTE vouchers for up to 50% of the full price may be available)
This programme will give your supervisors and team leaders a set of essential skills and practical tools with which to succeed in their roles. They will learn how to get things done effectively and efficiently. Individuals will learn what it really means to be in management as a supervisor / team leader and gain the confidence to make the transition from individual team member to team leader.
This programme offers a series of intensive modules spread out over short sessions, to give individuals the opportunity to develop their skills in manageable chunks as well as include activities to try between each session to assist in transferring what they learn back into your workplace.
• Understanding Your Role
• Getting Things Done
• Handling Tricky Situations
• Developing Others to Succeed
Disciplinary Process
Date: Thursday 7th June
Venue: ADBT Business Training Room
Presenter: Tony Shaw, Timpany Walton
Member Price: $90 + GST
Non-Member Price: $150 + GST
(NZTE vouchers for up to 50% of the full price may be available)
With personal grievances on the rise, do you and your managers feel confident taking disciplinary action? Failing to follow the correct procedures can result in time consuming and expensive personal grievances.
• When and how to take disciplinary action
• How to give a fair warning
• Instant dismissal vs. series of warnings
• How to conduct a thorough and fair investigation
• Suspension
• Ensuring you follow a fair process
• All other aspects of taking disciplinary action
Costing and Pricing your Goods and Services
Date: Wednesday 20th June
Venue: ADBT Business Training Room
Presenter: Tracy Tierney, One to One Financial Management
Member Price: $90 + GST
Non-Member Price: $150 + GST
(NZTE vouchers for up to 50% of the full price may be available)
Workshop Objectives and Benefits: Having the right price for your product or service is a critical aspect to growing a profitable business. The price you charge will influence how your business is perceived in the marketplace. Knowing what to charge for your products and services is not always an easy task but it is important to know what effect a price change will have on your business. This workshop will give you insight to the range of factors that influence the price and perceived value of your products or services.
Making Presentations and Public Speaking
Date: Thursday 28th June
Venue: ADBT Business Training Room
Presenter: Lee King, Sport South Canterbury
Member Price: $90 + GST
Non-Member Price: $150 + GST
(NZTE vouchers for up to 50% of the full price may be available)
How to feel the fear and do it anyway. Instead of avoiding the possibility of having to speak to a group of people, and shrinking in the corner, come to this seminar to learn tips and tricks to overcome presentation nerves and become a confident public speaker. By breaking into workshop groups, you will have the opportunity to practice your new found skills and even embrace the chance to use technology.
Managing cash in your business
Date: Tuesday 3rd July
Time: 9am – 12noon
Venue: ADBT Business Training Room
Presenter: Mark Caldwell, (BCom (Finc), Financial Adviser, Mainland Insurance & Mortgages
Member Price: $90 + GST
Non-Member Price: $150 + GST
(NZTE vouchers for up to 50% of the full price may be available)
The key to make any business successful is CASH. This workshop will help you to manage cash in your business, how to prepare a cash-flow budget and look at other areas of the cash for the business. Content includes: How to manage and understand cash-flow – the key to business success: A in-depth look at cash-flow budgets – how to prepare and use them; Comparing and understanding trends; Cash flow management; Credit control; Terms of Trade; Managing stock and debtors; Reviewing overdraft and loan facilities; Effects of discounting etc.
Not for Profit: Balancing the books
Date: Thursday 5th July
Time: 9am - 11am
Venue: Aoraki Polytechnic
Presenter: Joanne Fraser (Polytechnic)
Cost: $10 + GST
Come along to this discussion group to discuss balance sheets and profit and loss statements and their importance in business. The aim is to help you gain a better understanding of their make-up and to aid your financial reporting to your board.
Topics of discussion include:
• The important features of a balance sheet
• The key elements of a profit and loss statement
Governance
Date: Tuesday 10th July (full day course)
Venue: ADBT Business Training Room
Presenter: Nicola Hornsey + Guest Presenters
Member Price: $180 + GST
Non-Member Price: $300 + GST
(NZTE vouchers for up to 50% of the full price may be available)
This workshop focuses on developing clear board roles, processes covering all aspects of establishment, defines purpose, best practice, planning, selection, rotation, and management vs. governance. All which are essential to medium and large organizations. Also covered in this workshop:
• The key aspects of governance critical to business.
• Legal requirements of governance
• Identifying and managing conflicts of interest
• Directors legal obligations
• Understanding transparency
• The difference between governance and the role of the management team and staff.
• For the not for profit sector, setting up a governance board and its role.
• Be able to identify need and instigate development of an effective board.
• Setting up an independent board for a business.
Strategic Business Planning
Date: Thursday 9th August
Time: 9am – 12noon
Venue: ADBT Business Training Room
Presenter: Craig Rust, Business Innovators
Member Price: 130 + GST
Non-Member Price: $180 + GST
(NZTE vouchers for up to 50% of the full price may be available)
This workshop is designed to make you aware of the importance of strategic planning to sustain the success of your business. Identify the threats and opportunities in you marketplace, draw up short term action lists, and identify some long term strategies for the future direction of your business.
• Understanding the risks in your business
• The value of business vision
• Setting productive goals
• SWOT
• Capitalising your business’s unique competitive advantage
• Developing a customised action plan to meet your targets
Cloud Computing
Date: Tuesday 28th August
Time: 9am – 12noon
Venue: ADBT Business Training Room
Presenter: Ben Kepes
Member Price: $90 + GST
Non-Member Price: $150 + GST
(NZTE vouchers for up to 50% of the full price may be available)
Many business applications exist in the cloud or cyberspace. How do we know what's available and how to use them? This workshop will cover the following:
• Cloud backup for businesses
• On-line liaison with customers - DimDim, Tokbox, Adoble Connect, Skype, Google Latitude
• Internal business applications - Office.com, collaboration tools, Google Docs, web meetings
• On-line data storage - what's available, how to access it, pricing, security, back-up, benefits and issues
Project Management
Date: Tuesday 4th September
Venue: ADBT Business Training Room
Presenter: Gerard Gallagher, Gallagher Grant
Member Price: $90 + GST
Non-Member Price: $150 + GST
(NZTE vouchers for up to 50% of the full price may be available)
Due to the high level of interest in this course in 2011, it will be offered again in October 2012. The principles that have been used to create enormous successes in large projects, can be applied to projects of any size to create amazing success. This course will give participants an overview of the project management process, as well as some of the key project management tools that they can use every day. Among the topics to be covered are:
• Perform a project needs assessment and write goals, requirements, and deliverables
• Create key project documents
• Build a project schedule by estimating time, costs, and resources
• Create project planning documents, such as a schedule, risk management plan, and communication plan.
Not for Profit: Meeting Procedures
Date: Wednesday 12th September
Time: 3pm - 5pm
Venue: Aoraki Polytechnic
Presenter: Jillian Ireland
Cost: $10 + GST
Having well run successful meetings will save you a lot of time and will help your organisation to move forward with purpose. This discussion group will cover the basics of meeting procedures and help you to run your meetings more effectively. Topics of discussion include:
• Chair or facilitator
• Motions and resolutions
• Quorums
• Ballots
• Minute taking
Guide to Capital Raising One – How to find investment
Date: Thursday 20th September
Time: 9am – 12noon
Venue: ADBT Business Training Room
Presenter: Mark Caldwell, (BCom (Finc), Financial Adviser, Mainland Insurance & Mortgages
Member Price: $90 + GST
Non-Member Price: $150 + GST
(NZTE vouchers for up to 50% of the full price may be available)
This series of two workshops is designed for business owners who want to know more about seeking external investment and how to go about securing it.
Agenda for Workshop I:
• What do investors look for in your business
• Things you must do before approaching investors
• How to prepare your business
• Documentation investors will want to see
• Calculating a valuation for your business
Guide to Capital Raising Two – How to find investment
Date: Thursday 27th September
Time: 9am – 12noon
Venue: ADBT Business Training Room
Presenter: Mark Caldwell
Member Price: $90 + GST
Non-Member Price: $150 + GST
(NZTE vouchers for up to 50% of the full price may be available)
This series of two workshops is designed for business owners who want to know more about seeking external investment and how to go about securing it.
Agenda for Workshop II:
• Where to find investors
• Types of investors and finding the right investor for you
• Creating your investor “pitch”
• The process of closing the deal - common terms & pitfalls
• How deals are structured
• Keeping you in majority and in control
• Update on the market in NZ including Angel Group access
Business Structures
Date: Thursday 4th October
Time: 9am – 11am
Venue: ADBT Business Training Room
Presenter: Ken McKenzie, RSM Law
Member Price: $90 + GST
Non-Member Price: $150 + GST
(NZTE vouchers for up to 50% of the full price may be available)
The way in which businesses are structured from the outset is key but often not well thought out. A well structured business will give consideration for the protection of owners’ personal assets, the nature of the business operations and optimise taxation advantages.
• Sole Traders, Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies, Trusts
• Choosing, using, abusing and evening losing your business structure
• Purposes and benefits of the right business structure
• Gifting succession planning; gifting issues
• Creditor protection options
• Relationship Property
Sustainable Business Development
Date: Tuesday 6th November
Time: 9am – 12 noon
Venue: ADBT Business Training Room
Presenter: Craig Rust, Business Innovators
Member Price: 130 + GST
Non-Member Price: $180 + GST
(NZTE vouchers for up to 50% of the full price may be available)
This great workshop will cover factors in creating a sustainable business, understanding the implications of your business choices, and what the benefits of sustainability are. Further topics that will be covered are?
• Customer expectations
• Financial cost-benefits
• Reduction strategies
• Procurement selection
• Business culture
February 2012
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Tuesday 28th , Wednesday 29th
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Essential Training for Health and Safety Representatives (Stage 1) |
March 2012
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Wednesday 7th, 14th and 21st
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Thursday 15th
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Thursday 15th
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Friday 16th
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Wednesday 21st
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Wednesday 28th
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April 2012
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Wednesday 4th
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Promotional Planning and making the Most of your Promotional Budget |
Thursday 12th and 19th
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May 2012
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Thursday 3rd
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Thursday 3rd
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Friday 4th
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Tuesday 8th
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Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th
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June 2012 |
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Thursday 7th
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Wednesday 20th
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Thursday 28th
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July 2012 |
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Tuesday 3rd
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Thursday 5th
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Tuesday 10th
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Tuesday 24th
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Professional Selling - Workshop One |
Tuesday 24th
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Professional Selling - Workshop Two |
August 2012 |
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Thursday 9th
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Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th
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Achieving Business Growth Workshop |
Tuesday 28th
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September 2012
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Tuesday 4th
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Wednesday 12th
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Thursday 20th
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Thursday 27th
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October 2012
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Tuesday 4th
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Tuesday 11th
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Successful Event Management |
November 2012
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Tuesday 6th
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