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Events and training

The Edinburgh Chamber offers a first class and continually expanding range of networking events and business training solutions:

Our forthcoming events and training courses are listed below - please click the titles for full details of each event or course:

Wednesday 22 May 2013 0930-1630

Training ~ Writing for the Web

Venue: Capital House, 2 Festival Square, Edinburgh, EH3 9SU

Need to write clear, compelling content for your website? Learn writing techniques that will help your key audiences find your website and engage with the content once they are there. Discover how web content helps your search engine ranking. Develop useful editing skills, ideal for the web, but excellent for other kinds of business writing too. Whether you are writing a new website, editing material that was written for another format or managing regular content updates, this course provides an

Wednesday 22 May 2013

Event ~ Auto-enrolment - what do you need to know?

Described by many as the biggest change in pension legislation in a century, auto-enrolment is an important building block in the government’s Pensions Reform agenda. This FREE event will provide information on auto-enrolment.

Thursday 23 May 2013 0930-1230

Training ~ How to Network with Prospects and Build Great Relationships with Customers

Venue: Capital House, 2 Festival Square, Edinburgh, EH3 9SU

The Sales Success Series: Session 3 This session is the third of four in our series. This is for you if… • You are an owner/manager with a great product/service, but find it difficult to talk about it in a way that makes people want to listen, • You find yourself seeking out people you already know at networking events, • You find it scary to talk to strangers at business and social events, • You want to develop some effective responses to the question “what do you do then?”.

Thursday 23 May 2013 0930-1630

Training ~ Microsoft Excel Foundation

Venue: Capital Business Centre, CBC House, Canning Street

Micorsoft Excel Foundation

Friday 24 May 2013 0930-1630

Training ~ Microsoft Excel Intermediate

Venue: Capital Business Centre, CBC House, Canning Street

The skills and knowledge acquired in Microsoft Excel Intermediate are sufficient to be able to use and operate the software at an efficient level.

Tuesday 28 May 2013 0930-1630

Training ~ Microsoft Access Intermediate

Venue: Capital Business Centre, CBC House, Canning Street

Wednesday 29 May 2013 0930-1630

Training ~ Microsoft Excel Advanced

Venue: Capital Business Centre, CBC House, Canning Street

Excel Advanced

Wednesday 29 May 2013 09.30-16.30

Training ~ Microsoft Word Foundation

Venue: Capital Business Centre, CBC House, Canning Street

Wednesday 29 May 2013 0930-1630

Training ~ Time Management is a Waste of Time: Manage Yourself Instead

Venue: Capital House, 2 Festival Square, Edinburgh, EH3 9SU

This course is designed to equip you with the skills to manage your work life and personal life, based on your priorities, not your time. The course teaches effective principles of personal organisation and self-management which will greatly increase your capacity and productivity.

Thursday 30 May 2013 0930-1230

Training ~ How to Make Better Sales Presentations than Your Competition

Venue: Capital House, 2 Festival Square, Edinburgh, EH3 9SU

The Sales Success Series: Session 4 This session is the fourth of four in our series. This is for you if… • You are an owner/manager with a great product/service, but find it difficult to make presentations in a sales environment, or a general business environment • You find yourself tongue-tied when speaking in public • You avoid opportunities to present your products or services, leading to missed sales • You watch confident, skilled presenters and wish you could present like th

Monday 3 June 2013

Event ~ Premier Series Dinner

We are delighted to welcome Keith Williams, Chief Executive Officer of British Airways plc at our next Premier Series Dinner.

Tuesday 4 June 2013 0930-1630

Training ~ Leadership Skills!

Venue: Capital House, 2 Festival Square, Edinburgh, EH3 9SU

Effective leadership is focused on how to unlock the power and potential of those around you. People want to be respected and valued, and to be a great leader you must recognise this and be self aware enough to encourage and develop the strengths of others to achieve the goals of the organisation.