The Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce has unveiled a list of networking events coming up in the next couple of months.
To book your place at any of the following events visit www.agcc.co.uk/events or call the events team on 01224 343900.
City Connections Networking Lunch
Wednesday 23 January 12.00-12.15 to 14.00
Palm Court Hotel, Seafield Road, Aberdeen
Kick start the new year by coming along to one of Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce renowned networking lunches. This event will provide you with the opportunity to meet other professionals over lunch, talk about your business, learn about theirs and build new relationships.
“Refining your pitch is crucial! You should prepare a few lines that include who you are, your position at the company, what the company does and who it does it for”.
Young Chamber “Break the ice”
Thursday 24 January 18.00-18.15 to 22.00
Babylon, Aberdeen
Following on from the highly successful Christmas Ceilidh, January will see Babylon Nightclub transformed into an “Ice Palace” for the first Event in the 2008 Young Chamber Connections Event Calendar. With the YCC growing from strength to strength an impressive array of young professionals and entrepreneurs are expected to attend the event.
Defrost yourself and plunge into 2008 with Young Chamber Connections who will provide a networking opportunity that will give a whole new meaning to the phrase “breaking the ice”. The event will also allow attendees to find out about the exciting 2008 Young Chamber Connections’ events programme with a look ahead at the 2008 Calendar.
Business Breakfast – Mastering your Motivation
Wednesday 30 January 07.00-07.15 to 09.00
Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre
At this breakfast John Nichol will give a powerful and motivational presentation. In the 1991 Gulf war John Nichol, an RAF navigator, was shot down over Iraq. Captured and tortured, he was paraded on television provoking worldwide condemnation and providing one of the enduring images of the conflict.
The traumatic weeks of capture gave John a unique insight into the human capacity to deal with adversity and change. Partly as a result of his own outgoing personality, partly as a result of the experience itself, John Nichol is now able to present a fascinating insight into what happens when our innermost reserves are tested by external demands.
John’s message is one of optimism, inspiration and personal motivation. His personal triumph lies in having discovered his potential to cope with extremes and achieve goals way beyond his perceived horizons.
Valentines Networking Lunch
Thursday 14 February 11.45-12.00 to 14.00
Carmelite Hotel, Aberdeen
“Be yourself, everyone else is taken.” Oscar Wilde
Our social and professional networks are important. For years it’s been said that “it’s not what you know, but who you know” that makes the difference……..but that’s only half the story! It’s how you relate to, how you connect with and how you are positively perceived by “who you know” that really matters.
Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce are running this event in association with Edinburgh based company ‘kissing with confidence’ – specialists in networking, selling and presentation training.
Creating and maintaining effective relationships, being able to make contacts, open communication channels and develop professional and personal relationships with other people in your networks are essential professional skills. Networking can determine your effectiveness in enhancing your own personal and professional.
This fast-paced, interactive and entertaining lunch session will focus on how to introduce the fundamentals of how you embrace the fear, appear self-confident, create rapport and make the all important emotional connection in social and professional situations.
Aberdeen Social Enterprise Network Lunch
Thursday 19 February 12.00-12.15 to 14.00
Café Coast, Inspire
Speaker: Mel Young
Founder of the Big Issue in Scotland and President of the Homeless World Cup
Just what is a social enterprise?
How can you really run a business specifically to deliver a social or environmental purpose? Why it is worth around £2bn to the Scottish economy…..plus an hour of your time and a free lunch?
Come & meet the people involved in Aberdeen’s fast growing alternative business movement. Social enterprise is a dynamic way of doing business that can transform communities and drive profound and lasting social change.
The events calendar will be updated on a regular basis. Please visit www.agcc.co.uk/events for further information.
Book your place now to avoid disappointment!
