Chamber Business School

The Chamber Business School is a joint initiative from Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Chamber and Chambers Ireland to educate and train member companies on relevant business topics and to offer training to enhance business practices.

The Chamber Board Room, which seats 15 people, is also available for affordable rental if you need a venue for a custom classroom or seminar site.

Training is held in the Chamber Boardroom from 9.30am to 4.30pm with half an hour for lunch. Next training dates as follows:

Wednesday 14^th July 2010 – Energy Management 3

Recent courses and content include:

   Energy Management 

The Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Chamber has collaborated with Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) to offer businesses training in energy management. 

·        Learn to reduce your energy use and make your processes more efficient. 

·        Energy Management quickly delivers low or no cost energy savings.

·        This proven programme has improved the competitiveness of small and medium sized businesses throughout Ireland. 

Committed participants have achieved savings of 10% to 20%.

   Rates Revaluation

Revaluation of all rateable properties is underway in the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown county. This seminar is designed to help you understand the rates revaluation process, learn how you can influence and/or appeal your valuation(s) and make you aware of the limited timelines that you will have to act before the new valuations become final. 

Beyond Survival – Grow Your Business

The Chamber knows first hand just how tough things are for businesses today.  This is a working seminar designed to give you the key knowledge that you need to help your business grow in the challenging environment of 2010.   Topics covered include:

• Growing your sales and managing your people
• Strategic priorities to turn around and grow your business
• Money management, debtors and finance
• Managing legal risk and obligations

Building Effective Media Relations

Featuring Irish Times business journalist, publisher and Public Relations Institute of Ireland media lecturer Frank Dillon.

A fascinating half-day seminar and inside look into how you can use the media to cost effectively promote your business

Participants will learn:

·         What motivates the media

·         How to engage the interests of journalists

·         Developing story idea that gain coverage

·         Putting together a press pack

·         Media interview skills

·         The do's and don't of media relations

If you are interested in any of these topics contact Loredana on 01 2845066 or e-mail info@dlrchamber.ie .