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Welcome to this week's issue of Dublin Chamber Weekly. This issue includes details of all the great virtual events we have coming up. 

Don't forget, if you have any company news or offers that you'd like to see featured in Dublin Chamber Weekly, please send it to us. 

We hope you enjoy this week's issue.

*Some of our events are only open to specific member categories.

Join us for our Chamber Connect event today September 3rd at 12 noon. 

Unlike a webinar or Zoom meeting our event will take place in a virtual networking space.

You will join a table to speak directly to other Chamber members and be able to move from table to table to ensure you make plenty of new contacts on the day.

The Chamber team will be available to speak to you about the benefits and promotional opportunities available as part of your membership. 

You'll also find out about opportunities to gain visibility for your company's brand through our wide range of promotional opportunities and learn about Dublin Chamber's lobbying activity. 

Opportunities for sponsorship, speaking slots and profiling for your business will all be outlined so you're up to date with all of the Chamber offerings.

More details here. 

Join us for an exciting networking masterclass event on Wednesday 15th September at 12 noon with respected networking expert Kingsley Aikins.

Kingsley who is the CEO of The Networking Institute will speak about the power of networking and will share his methodology to help members improve their skill level.

Unlike a webinar or Zoom meeting our event will take place in a virtual networking space. Guests will join “tables” of six to meet and speak directly to each other.

Guests will also be able to move freely from table to table to ensure plenty of new contacts are made on the day.

Book your place here.

We are delighted to announce the Autumn schedule of The Sustainability Academy sponsored by AIB.

Our workshops are a must attend if your company is seeking to get a better understanding of what sustainability means for your business and the opportunities it can create.

The Sustainability Academy will enable participants to develop a practical roadmap for future engagement and action.

Book a course here.

Join us on Monday 6th September at 12 noon for our Monday Wellness event with Jack Kavanagh, Performance & Resilience Coach. 

Jacks work as a coach and speaker and is passionate about accompanying people on their journey of personal development and leadership.

He works with individuals and groups as they transform towards the person or team they want to and can be.

This event is kindly sponsored by Permanent TSB. 

Book your place here.  

Come along to our Leaders Series event on October 14th @ 12 noon where we will be joined by fantastic speaker, Ade McCormack.  This event is kindly sponsored by Fujitsu. 

Ade has been referred to as ‘an inspiring slap in the face’ for his ability to convey the true extent of the challenges that we all face coupled with a way forward that will ultimately liberate us.

He will discuss how leaders must adapt to be effective, how organisations in turn need to adapt, how to develop a more innovative culture and much more.

Register here.

We are delighted to announce that we are running another Tender Training workshop on Thursday 11th November from 9:30am to 1pm.

The virtual session will once again be facilitated by Ireland's foremost procurement expert Peter Brennan and will follow his Bid Services Tender Training Excellence Programme.

What will happen at the event?

The workshop will be facilitated by procurement expert Peter Brennan's Bid Services Tender Training Excellence Programme. The workshop is aimed at sole traders, small businesses and SMEs who wish to secure a share of the €90 billion in public works, supplies and services that will be procured by the Irish Government over the next five years.

Bid Services' Tender Training Excellence Programme is based on the much-acclaimed book 'Public Procurement Rules of the Road', written by Peter Brennan. The workshop will allow participants who have general issues and questions about tendering to discuss them with Peter.

The workshop will cover key elements such as:

• The latest information about tender opportunities
• Responding to framework agreement mini-competitions
• The new features of the 2014 Procurement Directives
• Completing the European Single Procurement Document and Tender Response Documents
• Contract management
• Reducing the cost of bidding
• The Dynamic Purchasing System
• Top 10 tender tips

The cost to take part in this programme is €110 for Dublin Chamber members and €190 for non-members.

This event is brought to you by Enterprise Europe Network office at Dublin Chamber.

Book now!