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NEO Ireland : Mini-Zine : August 2007

Welcome...

To another of NEO's mini-zines. We couldn't wait until mid-august to send you this news as it would all be over by then. So read on to find out how our Cork Briefing Session went, and what new jobs Bravo! have in store for us...

Events Industry Skillnet Dublin Briefing

Clarion Hotel - IFSC Dublin

8th August 5.00pm

Dublin Briefing Session for the Events Industry Skillet

To book your place, please click here. Or to make a donation, please click here.

We went down to Cork on the 31st July to host the Munster Briefing Session for the Skillnet and we had an amazing turnout. Those from a wide cross section of the events industry turned up to tell us what they wanted to see from an Events Industry Skillnet. This information was invaluable as it is going to help us put together our application for the full 2 year grant. I am sure that we all recognise the importance of training, but without knowing the training that you want we can't make this work. So if you have not booked your place at the Dublin Session, then please do so. We need your feedback and thoughts if we are going to make this project into a success.

Tadgh Moriarty (Approved Productions), Sarah Carroll (Eventznet), Paula Cogan (Jurys Cork) and Michael Shields (Shields Mobile)

Des Donnelly (Clarion Hotel Cork City), Sarah Carroll (Eventznet), Robert Stephens (Stephens Display Solutions) and Laura Curtin (Communicate PR)

We would like to say a special Thank You to Laura Curtin and the team in Communicate PR for helping to organise this briefing session. Without Laura, this event would not have been the success that it was.

Bravo! is hiring...

Due to continued expansion of their business, Bravo! Group are currently recruiting for the positions of Business Development Executive and Telesales Executive. Both positions within the company will report to and work closely with the Business Development Manager. The positions will be based in their Dublin head office.

Business Development Executive

The successful candidate will:

Possess excellent communication skills
Have the ability to multi-task and handle multiple projects
Be self-motivated, ambitious and target driven
Have a proven track record for generating sales
Possess a relevant business studies/marketing qualification
Be systematic and professional
Have a full clean driving license
Have 2-3 years sales experience

Responsibilities will include:

Lead identification and generation
Relationship management and marketing
Account management
Meeting sales targets
Implementation of marketing plans
Database management
Preparing regular reports to be presented to the Business Development Manager
Maintaining systems and procedures within the sales and marketing team

Telesales Executive

The successful candidate will:

Have over 2 years experience in a Telesales role
Have excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office especially Excel and Word
Have experience working with databases (e.g. Kompass Ireland, Goldmine would be an advantage)
Export from databases to conduct mail merges

Identify opportunities and potential clients both in Ireland and the UK
Generate leads and convert leads into sales
Process all sales and booking forms with clients
Manage existing accounts
Assist in the production and preparation of sales and marketing literature
Closely liase with the expanding Bravo! sales team in Dublin
Prepare weekly and monthly sales reports for the Business Development Manager
Be energetic, creative, results driven and a team player
Possess excellent communication skills

Please email or mail your CV with details of your salary expectations to:

Ms. Aoife Brennan,

Bravo! Group, 10 Westland Square, Dublin 2.

Tel: + 353 1 6745930 Fax: +353 1 6745940

Email: Aoife Brennan

Bravo! Group is an equal opportunities employer.

FindaConferenceVenue.com

FindaConferenceVenue.com - Ireland's Venue Finding website is launching next week. It is a complete listing of all the Conference/Meeting and Events space in Ireland.

This website saves Meeting Organisers valuable time in researching that perfect venue - Search for a location, view a 7 page brochure on each venue and send an enquiry directly from the website. For Venue Finding Services, that are complimentary to you, contact Ciara Feely.

Tel. 353 -(0) 26-21015

Festival of World Cultures Launch Party

The Festival of World Cultures 2007 is having its launch party next Tuesday 7th August at 6.30pm.

The full festival, is being held on the 24th, 25th and the 26th August all over Dún Laoghaire. This years programme offers the most eclectic range of concerts, performances and events to date. Along with the spectacular Global Village in association with Oxfam, the energetic World Dance Plaza and the People's Park kaleidoscopic programme of performances and workshops, they are delighted to introduce some new programme highlights:

Cool Earth; an eco fair in association with the County Council's Enviornmental Awareness Programme and Cultivate and to celebrate the reopening of the newly developed Royal Marine Hotel, projection artists Emilio and Sebastian Arteage from Uruguay team up with Sainkho Namtychalk from Tuva to present a brilliant outdoor audio-visual projection show entitled "Facade - Art of Noise". Also, this year sees the inaugural Dún Laoghaire Mela; the Republic of Ireland's first ever festival dedicated to the celebration of the arts and culture of South East Asia.

Special Guests for the launch party include: The Walt Breakdancing Team, Manila Rhythm, Soul of the Punjab and many more.

This is shaping up to be an amazing festival, and NEO's very own Elaine O'Connor (Magnum Events), the conference organiser behind Events Day 07 has been working hard on this festival all year and we wish her and everyone else involved the best of luck.

If you would like more information on the Festival, please contact Daniela Crawley, the Marketing and Press officer on fwcpress_at_dlrcoco.ie (replace _at_ with the @ symbol)

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