First Time Exporters Clinic

Date : Thursday 18.05.06

Details : The InterTradeIreland Acumen Programme
with the cooperation of Enterprise Ireland
and Údarás na Gaeltachta is holding a day
long practical clinic for first time exporters,
with a particular focus on the British and
Northern Ireland markets.
Participating companies will be matched
with individual Advisers to determine next
steps and support needed to start exporting.

AGENDA
9.00-9.30 Registration

9.30-9.40 Welcome (Catriona Regan, Operations Director, InterTradeIreland,
Pádraig Ó hAoláin, Chief Executive, Údarás na Gaeltachta)

9.40 Outline of Day (Willie Maxwell, Acumen Programme Director)

9.40 10.30 Preparing for Market (Prof Aidan Daly, NUIG)

10.30-11.00 “I Did it my Way” The JFC Story (John Concannon)

11.00-11.10 Feedback and Questions

11.10am Tea/Coffee

11.20-12.00 Observations from the Marketplace (Some Dos and Don’ts)
(Jonathan McMillan Enterprise Ireland, Edinburgh)

12.00-12.45 Clinic diagnostic, on a one to one basis
Each Company will be allocated a facilitator to work through current exporting interest, target markets, etc.
Worksheet to include:
Business profile / Export targets and timing / Readiness
Issues and bottlenecks / Special issues / Follow up issues

12.45-12.55 Feedback and Common Threads Facilitators

12.55pm Lunch

2.00-2.30 Exporting from the Edge (Tarlach de Blacam, Cniotáil Inis Meáin)

2.30-3.00 Northern Success, the McAvoy story (Orla Corr CEO, McAvoy Group)

3.00-3.10 Feedback and Questions

3.20-4.00 Clinic Diagnostic
Each Company will be allocated a new facilitator to work through a forward from here action plan

4.00-4.10 Summary of Day

Location : Galway Bay Hotel, Galway

Cost:
€ 85euro

Contact:
To book a place at this clinic or for more information please contact Angela Slane
at InterTradeIreland Acumen on Tel: 028 (048) 8225 0404,
Fax: 028 (048) 8225 0416 or E-Mail: a.slane@acumenprogramme.com

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