Owner Manager Breakfast Network 2012
The Owner/Manager Network meetings are open to all owner/managers in Wexford. This breakfast network enables members to meet other business owners, discuss business topics, build on previous learning and provide the potential to generate further business opportunities.
These meetings are held in the Ferrycarrig Hotel, Wexford. It is recommended that attendees arrive at the hotel before 8.00am to avail of the full buffet breakfast and to be seated before the first speaker starts promptly at 8.10am.
The event will end at 9.45am sharp so attendees can maximise their working day.
The first Owner/Manager Network meeting for 2012 will take place on Tuesday, 15th May, 2012 in The Ferrycarrig Hotel, Wexford from 8.00 am to 10.00 am.
Speakers:
Mag Kirwan, Goatsbridge Trout Farm
Mag Kirwan is a biochemist and trout farmer from Thomastown Kilkenny. Along with her husband Ger, they have been running Goatsbridge Trout farm for 20 years. They are market leaders and run the first trout farm in Europe to supply customers with boneless trout fillets by means of a machine she devised with her husband. Goatsbridge was started over 50 years ago by Ger Kirwan’s parents, Rita and Padraig Kirwan, and is today one of the few commercial, independent trout farms in Ireland. Mag is a driving force behind Kilkenny Food Camp Events. Also in 2010, they developed Ireland’s first Trout Caviar after a visit to Sunburst Trout farm in North Carolina in the USA. The company has been listed in the Best Producer Category of the Good Food Ireland Annual Awards. They have been featured in the Irish Times, Irish Business Post, and on Nationwide. Mag won the South East Female Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2010.
Sarah Bohan, Engage Ireland, “D.I.Y. PR for Small Businesses”
Sarah Bohan is the Managing Director of Engage Communications Ireland Ltd. Engage Ireland was set up in 2003 to provide complete Marketing and Communications solutions for all types of organisations and businesses, both public and private sectors. Clients include Eurospar, Mace, RAPID Programme, Tidy Towns Unit, City and County Enterprise Board. Sarah will be presenting on D.I.Y. PR for small businesses.
The fee for attending any of the network meetings is €20 per participant. Buffet breakfast will be served. To book a place on any of these network meetings please contact Angie Malone at angie@wexfordceb.ie or go to Business Skills Training
Testimonials
OMN Guest Comments from Therese Dalton on Vimeo.
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Fred Karlsson www.DoneDeal.ie
“The breakfast meetings are very inspiring, I always leave with a few great ideas how to improve our own business. And it is a great place for networking.”
Alan Maher, www.maherconsulting.ie
“The Owner Manager Network is an enjoyable and positive business initiative. Its mixture of interesting, informative guest speakers and networking opportunities means that the various events are well worth attending and represent very good value for money. Every opportunity to learn how others have successfully developed their businesses and overcome challenges along the way is beneficial and staying in touch with other owner/managers always provides the potential to generate further business opportunities”
Norman Ruddock, www.thaifood.ie
“I have been attanding the Breakfast Network for a couple of years now, yet I am still surprised at what you can learn when you take an hour or two out from your own business and listen to the experiences of others. The combination of a success story with some more
grounded speakers in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere has been great – I felt welcome from the first event I went to. Well done CEB. As a small business entrepreneur it is great to be able to meet others in the same boat and share experiences – the entrepreneurs life can sometimes seem a lonely one !!”
