Thursday, 29th October 2009, The Northern Standard
Monaghan’s first Speed Networking Event was held on Wednesday 14th October in The Shirley Arms Hotel in Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan.
The event hosted by Sinéad Duffy of Great Minds, was a resounding success, with over thirty businesses from Donegal, Antrim, Cavan, Monaghan, Louth, Meath, Dublin and Kildare attending. The businesses were as varied as the locations they came from, resulting in an upbeat and active networking session.
The event was organised by Great Minds who are both active networkers and business training experts. The morning kicked off with an enthusiastic presentation of one of Ireland's leading media strategists, Marie O’Riordan from Hit Broadcasting TV, and set the pace for the rest of the day.
Organisation and strict time keeping ensured entrepreneurs moved on to the next person after just 6 minutes. This active format kept everyone moving and polished business pitches. It also ensured that everyone attending the event managed to meet with all the networkers, build relationships and pitch their services and products to them.
The networking session was followed by an informal lunch which allowed for more detailed meetings and business discussions. Feedback from the event was extremely positive and many attendees generated business on the day itself.
Great Minds would like to take the opportunity to thank all the businesses who attended the event.
Great Minds are based in Monaghan but operate nationwide offering personal and business development training programmes. Specifically designed to achieve success through people these programmes focus on enhancing performance, driving improvements and ultimately increasing bottom line results.