The Business Know How North East programme of Knowledge-Exchange workshops is now complete for this cycle and currently under review.  The following were held:

Free Business Know How workshops – half day:

Employment Law with Stronachs LLP - 26th January 2010
What makes a good enterprise idea? with Fruition Marketing on 1st February 2010
Objective Setting with Royal Bank of Scotland on 3rd February 2010
Introduction to Business Planning – 16th February 2010 with Business Gateway
Lobbying & Stakeholder Engagement (click the link for presentation slides) with The Big Partnership on 11th March 2010
Introduction to Preparing Accounts using the Charities SORP with Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP - 16th March 2010
Team Building with The Royal Bank of Scotland on 27th April 2010
Presentations and Public Speaking with Business-Plus Scotland on 8th April 2010
Stress Management with Four Steps Coaching on 15th April 2010
Market Research and Marketing with Ideas in Partnership on 21st April 2010
Property Leasing for the Third Sector with Shepherd + Wedderburn LLP on 20th April 2010
Introduction to Tendering Process and Winning Contracts with Shepherd + Wedderburn LLP on 29th April 2010
Selling skills with RBS & Schlumberger on 6th May 2010
Event Management with ACVO/Mid Ocean Communications on 19th May 2010

The BKHNE programme is intended not only to encourage cross-sectoral exchange but to empower real progress for those taking part. All BKHNE participants are therefore asked to complete an action plan before leaving a BKHNE event. The intention is:

• to encourage you to decide on small short/medium term steps
• to make BKHNE partners aware of your plans so that we can assist
• to enable BKHNE partners to monitor the impact of the programme

Much of your action plan will probably relate to the theme of the particular BKHNE workshop or event you have been attending. However, every participant is asked to include opening up further cross-sectoral exchange opportunities by making contact with a business organisation. It may include following a lead given to you by your trainer or other event participants. Investigating Business Mentoring would be a good way of progressing. There may be other ways that Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce can help. If you bank with RBS, then they may be able to be useful trusted advisers in new ways. Checking out what help could be provided by Scottish Business in the Community or considering recruiting a retired executive through REACH may be valuable. All these services are FREE. Other ideas – and contact details - are available through ACVO.

All enquiries should be directed to funding@acvo.org.uk

PAST EVENTS:

• What Makes a Good Marketing Campaign - delivered by Creative Solutions

• Objective Setting - delivered by Royal Bank of Scotland

• Selling Skills - delivered by Royal Bank of Scotland and Simon Robson of Schlumberger. Click here for the delegate notes from this event

• Presentation Skills - delivered by Elaine Manley of Audit Training. Click here for the delegate notes from this event
  

• Performance Appraisal - 9th February 2009, 2-5pm delivered by Royal Bank of Scotland.

• Leadership - 18th February 2009, 3-6pm delivered by Loftus Signs. Open Questions (from Common Purpose)

• Team Development - 23rd February 2009 delivered by The Royal Bank of Scotland, 2-5pm, at RBS Corporate HQ Aberdeen, at 1 Albyn Place, Aberdeen (please note this is not the Queens Cross RBS Branch but the office close to Holburn Street).

• Market Research - 4th March 2009 delivered by Ideas in Partnership, 2-4pm, at ACVO, Robertson Building, Whitemyres Avenue, Aberdeen

• Leadership - 9th March 2009 delivered by Royal Bank of Scotland, 2-5pm, at RBS Corporate HQ, Aberdeen

• Employment Law - 23rd April 2009 delivered by Stronachs, 2-4pm at ACVO, Whitemyres Avenue, Aberdeen. This workshop was delivered by Anna Strong and Isobel Mackenzie, solicitors in the Employment Law unit of Stronachs. The workshop covered disciplinary and greivance procedures and delegates were made aware of the new ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Greivance Procedures and of how to handle practical problems arising from disciplinary and greivance procedures.

• PR & Press - 2nd April 2009 delivered by The Big Partnership, 2-5pm, at ACVO, Robertson Building, Whitemyres Avenue, Aberdeen