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Local Enterprise Week Kicks Off With Stephen Kenny This Monday!

27 Feb 19

Local Enterprise Week Kicks Off Monday, March 4th!

Stephen Kenny, one of the most successful League of Ireland managers of all-time and the future Republic of Ireland manager, leads out a fantastic line-up of names from the business, sports and entertainment world as part of this year's Local Enterprise Week in South Dublin.

Kenny will deliver one of the week's key highlights in the Red Cow Moran Hotel on Monday, March 4th when he takes current and future business leaders through their paces as part of his Leadership Lessons From a Successful Manager workshop.

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World’s leading mentalist and mind hacker Keith Barry will also help take small businesses to a new level this Local Enterprise Week as he delivers a keynote workshop on Wednesday 6 March to an audience of promising entrepreneurs and business owners.

The highly anticipated workshop reveals to the audience how to unleash their subconscious potential to break through barriers and exceed expectations in both their business and professional lives and ends with a group visualisation exercise. This will be followed by the presentation of South Dublin’s Local Enterprise Awards, in Tallaght Stadium.

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The workshop is part of a jam-packed schedule of events South Dublin for Local Enterprise Week 2019.

The purpose of Local Enterprise Week is to highlight the range of services and supports available to existing and potential entrepreneurs and micro and small enterprises. Over 14,500 small businesses are expected to attend more than 380 events throughout the country during the week. You can follow events happening throughout the country

Highlights of LEO South Dublin’s Local Enterprise Week include presentations and workshops for Smart Video Content Creation, How to Tell Your Brand Story -The Power of Storytelling, Influences of New Technologies on New Businesses as well as Leadership Lessons from a Sporting Giant.

Local Enterprise Week also includes clinics and advice on interviewing skills, social media and vlogging and how to Brexit-proof your business, amongst many. Throughout the course of the week, entrepreneurs of all ages will have the opportunity to book a place to participate in both paid and free of charge group sessions and one-to-one mentoring.

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Tom Rooney, Head of Enterprise, LEO South Dublin said that Local Enterprise Week was the ultimate Open Day for small businesses and start-ups to familiarise themselves with the services their local LEO provide by way of support and education. It also gives entrepreneurs and owner managers the opportunity to network and learn not only from experts and speakers but also from each other.

“Local Enterprise Week is a collaboration between local and Government support groups, with a common goal to help small and micro businesses to exceed in today’s competitive marketplace, to expand job opportunities and strengthen the backbone of our local economy. Our exciting program of events is designed to inspire and motivate hundreds of aspiring entrepreneurs to follow their dreams,”.

The full programme, venues and ticket prices are available at www.localenterprise.ie/southdublin and LEO South Dublin is strongly advising businesses to book their place in advance to avoid disappointment.