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This project is part financed by the European Union’s INTERREG IVA Cross Border Programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body.

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Aura Internet Services Ltd

Brix Workwear

Celebration Cakes

Deliver Me

Mallon’s Food Hall

Monaghan County Enterprise Board

Monaghan Women in Business

Pinky & Perky’s

Pizza D’Or

PLATO EBR

St. Macartan’s College

Thomas McGuigan Furniture

Westenra Arms Hotel

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Bartek Czerwinski - Front Room

Feargal McCormack - Technology Suite

Niall Harbinson - Chamber

Colleen Harte - Front Room

Michael McGrath - Technology Suite

Kate Marshall - Chamber

Edel Doherty - Front Room

Shane Martin - Technology Suite

Cathy Booth - Chamber

Noel Melvin - Front Room

Enda McShane - Technology Suite

Neven Maguire - Chamber

Richard Moore - Front Room

Bernard Kirk - Technology Suite

George Mordaunt - Chamber

Paul Bond - Front Room

Stephen Brown - Technology Suite

Martin O’Brien - Chamber

Susan Hayes - Front Room

Una Fox - Technology Suite

Gary Vaynerchuk - Chamber

Paula Clarke - Chamber

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Mallon’s Food Hall

Thank you to ‘Sort-It’ for the help in organising the event.

Colleen Harte Lucy_Annabella Colleen Harte Colleen Harte is a Complementary Therapist and Clinical Aromatherapist who lives believes that ‘our health is paramount to our happiness’ and that ‘being organic’ is about what we put on our bodies as what we put into them. Having travelled extensively in search of knowledge, the finest ingredients and organically dedicated farmers, she was inspired to create Lucy Annabella Organics in 2011, to actively combine her life’s loves and pursue her passion to formulate and blend beautifully authentic organic products.

TITLE: “Lessons Learnt” Starting a business, building a brand and reaching the market without breaking the bank. With tips to help and hopefully save businesspeople in the room some precious time and cash as they develop their ideas.

10.40 – 11.10

Michael McGrath @tracefirst Michael McGrath is a software engineer who loves what he does. In 2007, he and a business partner founded Trace First, the global leader in provision of “off-the-shelf” systems for national and regional governments wanting to optimise their Animal Health Information Systems. Since then virtually 100% of their revenue has come from overseas with major success in early 2011 when they won a $5m contract with the US Federal Government to licence software and a bundle of implementation services from them. With users in every US state they are building upon this footprint.

TITLE: “An Armagh Company that Cracked the US Market” Michael’s talk will share some do’s and don’ts based on the experience of selling globally; Self-funding as an alternative to Venture Capital investment for growth, tools Trace First use on a daily basis and some they avoid.

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Bartek Czerwinski @panbartek Bartek Czerwinski A creative Internet industry innovator, Bartek is the CEO of Proton Labs, a Dublin based company providing a unique approach to fast-tracking business requirements, iterative design and agile technology developments. Bartek is an award winning interaction designer passionate about exploring, creating and building great user experiences.

TITLE: “Prototyping Business Ideas”This talk will show how an individual with a business idea can increase its value the fastest way as possible while eliminating risks, using the process of prototyping simultaneously in the areas of business, product and user experience.

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Feargal McCormack @FPMCA Feargal McCormack Feargal McCormack FCA is the Founder and Managing Partner of FPM Chartered Accountants, an award winning all-island accountancy and business advice practice. Feargal is a Visiting Professor at the University of Ulster Business School, Chairman of Chartered Accountants Ireland, NAMA Forum and member of NI CBI Regional Council. In June 2012, he received the prestigious All-Ireland Award from the Institute of Management Consultants in recognition of his significant contribution to business and public life in Ireland.

TITLE: “Catching the Rising Tide, to Emerge from Recession”An inspirational character, Feargal’s speaking style is more akin to a football manager than an accountant! Feargal will draw on his experience of working with local companies of all sizes on both sides of the Border, to suggest some tips to entrepreneurs on how they may catch the rising tide.

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Niall Harbinson @simplyzesty Niall is an entrepreneur who founded Simply Zesty in 2009 in his spare bedroom with €10,000 in start-up capital, and developed it to a global digital agency and selling it 3 years later to UTV. The company helps brands such as Vodafone, Samsung and Sony with their social media strategies developing creative campaigns on platforms like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. Simply Zesty recently merged with Tibus Digital to create one of Ireland’s and the UK’s largest digital media agency with 50 people spread between Dublin, Belfast and London. Niall now works on growing the company across Europe, Asia and the USA working with large international brands on their digital and social media strategies. Niall is also an angel investor backing small Irish companies to help them create jobs and achieve the same success as Simply Zesty.

TITLE: “New Media but Old Habits” Having sold the company he founded last year, and continuing to manage one of (all) Ireland’s largest digital agencies Niall has learned a lot but also realised not much has changed when it comes to being successful in business. It’s still about making contacts, keeping contacts, knowing what you’re good at – and most importantly what other people you work with excel at and each doing precisely that, always being flexible and being realistic. World (market, territory – you pick!) domination can come, if you’re practical about it….

10.00 – 10.30

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Kate Marshall Kate Marshall Kate is a highly experienced Thought Leader, Facilitator and Executive Coach with over 20 years of working at executive level in a variety of industries and organisations globally. She leads KM Consultancy and works with Executives, Boards and Leadership teams globally; is a speaker and Chair for Vistage Executive Leadership, is on the Leadership team for Arrow Ireland as well as being on the faculty for Arrow North America. Kate is passionate about two things - making a difference with those who make a difference for others and living a purposeful, healthy life and which is biased towards positivity!

TITLE: “What if...”The what if... session is designed to agitate your thinking to enable you to understand the patterns and habits that stop you from working at your best. It aims to interrupt your existing thought pattern and help you think differently to make better decisions, create more choices, feel more in control and less stressed.

10.40 – 11.10

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Noel Melvin Working as a training and development manager within the financial services industry, Noel has a passion for the development of individuals. He has been heavily involved in sport over the years having played semi-professional football in the League of Ireland with Monaghan United, Finn Harps & Dundalk. Given of the pressures facing staff within the financial services sector, Noel has been delivering training on developing mental resilience with the focus on “controlling the controllables” and enhancing “self belief”.

TITLE: “How to Better your Bounce”Mental resilience is a reflection of how well you bounce back from adversity – “bouncability”. Noel’s talk will concentrate on four key elements to keeping you right in tough times: Focus, Motivation, Belief and Composure. He will share practical insights and offer tools to take away for you to utilise in your own life.

13.00 – 13.30

Enda McShane @Endamcshane Originally from Strabane, Enda McShane is CEO of global customer engagement agency, Velocity Worldwide. During his 20-year marketing career he has been invited to speak at many high profile events in Madrid, Ireland, Switzerland, UK, USA and Australia.

TITLE: “Connect Before you Sell” A colourful character, Enda will passionately demonstrate why it is important to develop a one to one relationship with your customers whether it’s on a B2B or B2C level. In a dynamic digital world your customers no longer communicate in a nice vertical way, it is your job to understand your customer better, what channels they use, when do they engage and what type of content will help them form a meaningful connection with your brand or business.

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Edel Doherty @edeld Edel Doherty Edel is Managing Director of Business Travel Solutions part of the Barrhead Travel Group, an innovative business travel solution company offering customers bespoke travel management solutions. With 30 years experience in the Travel Industry, and having built up other successful travel companies she felt it was time to take on a new challenge and open her own business. Under Edel’s leadership and in today’s economic environment in three years her business has gone from start-up to a turnover in excess of £5.5 million testament to her drive and determination. Edel strives to make every opportunity count not only in her business life but in her commitment to help others achieve their potential.

TITLE: “No ‘No Fly Zone’ ”Her brand new travel business was only 4 weeks old when every plane in Europe was grounded due to the volcanic ash clouds. Despite this and other challenges Edel has grown her business assuredly over the last 5 years and will share her highs & lows, do and don’ts in an interview style presentation with Paul Bond.

11.20 – 11.50

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Shane Martin @moodwatchers Shane Martin A psychologist, lecturer, trainer, speaker, author and poet, Shane Martin is dedicated to teaching the very best self-help psychology to empower people to enhance the quality of their lives. He works with the general public, education, public and private sectors across the island of Ireland. He is currently working on his first self-help psychology book which will be released in 2014.

TITLE: “Harnessing Strengths During Challenging Times”With so much fear and hopelessness around, it is essential to harness our inner strengths during these challenging times. Traditionally, the best of psychology has been reserved solely for people who have taken a hit in life. However, it can also have an even more important role to play in preparing and sustaining us through the inevitable challenges of life. This presentation will offer ten scientifically validated strategies linked to greater human resilience.

11.20 – 11.50

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Cathy Booth Cathy Booth Cathy Booth is a Senior Manager within the BDO Centre for Family Business and People Solutions Team. She works within the context of family businesses with individuals, families and boards to develop leadership capability, to nurture talent and careers through the generations and build strong succession for key roles. She also works with individuals, teams and boards to improve relationships, team effectiveness and resolve conflicts.

TITLE: “Handing Over the Reins with Success”This interactive session focuses on the complex and emotion-laden issue of succession from one generation to the next, in terms of both management and ownership. Giving participants the opportunity to examine the issues, options and guidelines for transition. Whether you are a successor or successee your role is key to this transition, with planning never starting too early.

11.20 – 11.50

Neven Maguire @nevenmaguire Neven Maguire is proprietor and Head Chef of MacNean House and Restaurant in Blacklion in Co Cavan. He is regarded as one of Ireland’s leading chefs and the restaurant has consistently won awards for cuisine and service. He has published several recipe books, his most recent being The MacNean Restaurant Cookbook published by Gill & Macmillan. Neven’s media career began as resident chef on RTE’s Open House with Marty Whelan and Mary Kennedy. His fourth series of Neven Maguire: Home Chef is currently airing on RTE on Wednesday nights and broke cookery show viewing records with over 480,000 people tuning in. Neven has a weekly Friday slot with Marty Whelan on Lyric FM and is a regular contributor to the Marian Finucane Show.

TITLE: “The MacNean Experience” – Turning Nurture & Passion into businessNeven will be talking about how he started cooking with his Mum Vera, where his love and passion for food started to where he is now in business.

13.00 – 13.30

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Richard Moore @llindenfoods With a background in agriculture and the meat industry in Northern Ireland, Richard has worked through times where the industry was crippled by an export ban, through to the point where as Joint Managing Director of Linden Foods, he has overseen the growth of this beef exporting business to being a major player in the Beef and Lamb industries with 5 sites across the UK and Ireland. Maintaining a directorship in Linden Foods, Richard is now MD of Linergy Ltd a fledgling rendering and renwable energy company in Dungannon.

TITLE: “A Lot Done; a Lot More to Do!”Richard’s philosophy on life and business has stood him in good stead over an incredibly successful career. Why does he feel that he is still learning ? A fascinating tale of battles won and lost with one of Northern Irelands’ most honest business men, interviewed by one of Monaghan’s most notorious.

13.40 – 14.10

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Paul Bond @safetyboot Paul Bond Paul Bond is managing director of Brixworkwear.com, Monaghan’s 4th largest workwear store. When the wheels came off the Irish economy he realised that the only chance for his company was to export via e-commerce. Now they export 91% of their online sales all over the world.

TITLE: “3 Cents of Separation”Three whole cents worth of glucose syrup, sugar, dextrose,gelatine, citric acid , beeswax and caramelised sugar syrup connects Brix Workwear, Monaghan’s 4th largest workwear store to the world. In his talk today Paul Bond will tell you how and also how a raggle taggle bunch that have never met in person are actively changing each other’s lives.

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Bernard Kirk @KirkBer Bernard Kirk Bernard Kirk is a teacher and currently Director of Galway Education Centre. Bernard is a co-Founder and coordinator of Robotics Ireland, Scientist of The Future, Aviators of the Future, Entrepreneurs of The Future, Primary Schools Debating and Space Camp Ireland. He organises the FIRST LEGO League and Junior FIRST LEGO League in Ireland for which he was described in the Irish Times as Mr. LEGO ! A passionate advocate of Philanthropy in Education he builds teams to work on STEAM projects with companies such as HP, LEGO Education &TEQ games @ Universal Studios.

TITLE: “Thinking Big!”How a small group of teachers in the West of Ireland ended up as partners with Global companies such as SAP, Medtronic, HP, Boston Scientific, LEGO, ABB, Celestica and TEQ Games @Universal Studios.

13.40 – 14.10

George Mordaunt @GMordaunt George Mordaunt is MD of the Mordaunt Group (retail motor dealership). During 2004 and 2007 the Mordaunt Group expanded rapidly and within 12 months of completing the expansion the entire organization started to collapse as a result of the global financial disaster. However he survived to tell the tale in two books about the learning he has attained through the experiences of the last 6 years. George is passionate about effecting change in communities all over the country. He believes in the future economy of Ireland and has very strong views on debt forgiveness, banking resolutions and employment creation.

TITLE: “Cash is King; The King is Dead!”

13.40 – 14.10

Stephen Brown @YesYesStephen Stephen Brown Stephen Brown is the driving force behind Deadly Serious Consultants. As an early adopter of social media he actually started his first business on a budget of £500. That meant he had zero capital for advertising and PR; Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and a website built on WordPress were the tools he used to promote his business. A dynamic and creative approach triumphed and Stephen’s first business generated 103 sales via Social Media totalling £25,700 and year 2 saw 247 sales generating £74,100. The presence Stephen created for his business sparked a lot of buzz within the Northern Ireland business community and further afield

TITLE: “Social Media” – When It’s Not So Social & Making the Most of the Media Two Social Media Case Studies- Handling a conflict on your business page and winning- Using images for success The first scenario is related to a client of mine – I do their social media management. First day on the job there was a row on the page – I resolved it and came out smiling. Second scenario, is how CoasteeringNI uses photographs to promote itself - Ideal for tourism businesses.

14.20 – 14.50

Martin O’Brien Principle Monaghan VEC Martin O’Brien is CEO of Monaghan VEC. With a background education in engineering and then in education, he was principal of the Bush School, Riverstown, Dundalk and CEO of Sligo VEC prior to taking up the role of CEO of Monaghan VEC in 2007.

TITLE: “From Vision to Reality”The story so far of how a Military Post was turned into an Education Campus and Theatre. The highs and lows of the journey, the risks and the knockers. Getting Government approval, Motivating staff to take on the challenge, the impact on the personal lives of the individuals involved. Now that we have it built where to from here? The Big Picture

14.20 – 14.50

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Susan Hayes @SusanHayes Susan Hayes Susan is the Managing Director at Hayes Culleton – a financial training and educational consultancy company, specialising in eLearning. She is a successful individual trader, a financial trainer and a speaker. As the “Positive Economist”, she regularly contributes to national and international media, including The Sunday Times (Malta), RTE, Newstalk and Today FM (Ireland). She talks about matters relating to economics, the stock market, banking, entrepreneurship and finance. She also writes the Recovery Index in the Sunday Independent weekly with Nick Webb.

TITLE: “Five Strategies for Success in 2013”Let’s consider June as a time to reflect on what’s happened thus far, refocus and redouble efforts for the remainder of the year ahead. There are many paths we could take, actions we could follow and supports to engage – but what are the five key strategies that we should pursue to make 2013 the year we dream. Susan will speak candidly about her business journey, the shortcuts she found, the obstacles she faced and most importantly, how she surmounted them!

15.00 – 15.30

Una Fox @unafox Una Fox Una Fox is a VP in the Walt Disney Company Corporate Technology group. Una joined Disney in 2008 and has a specific focus on online marketing technologies, Brand Management and Customer Business Intelligence. Ms Fox began her career in technology at Cisco Systems in Europe. She holds a BA in French Literature from UCC, Ireland and hails from Dundalk. She runs the LA Coder Dojo and is passionate about getting more girls into technology. Coming to BorderBizcamp by Skype

TITLE: “From Dundalk to Disney”

15.00 – 15.30

Gary Vaynerchuk @garyvee Gary Vaynerchuk Gary Vaynerchuk is a talented entrepreneur, a self-trained social media expert, and a best-selling author. With a wealth of knowledge and an entrepreneurial spirit and experience from his parents’ wine store. Recognizing the importance of e-commerce in 1997, Gary launched Winelibrary.com and helped grow his family business significantly from $3 million to $45 million by 2005 and then in 2006, Gary began Wine Library TV which revolutionized the wine world. In the spring of 2009, Gary and his brother AJ launched VaynerMedia, a new breed of agency that helps Fortune 500 companies find their social media voices and build their digital brands. Gary is recognised internationally as one of the top people every entrepreneur should follow and a social media trailblazer. Although his various businesses obviously play an enormous role in his life, he always puts his family first. Coming to BorderBizcamp by Skype.

TITLE: “The Thank You Economy” The world of business is coming full circle. The rise of the Internet and the empowerment of the common consumer has created a fundamental shift in how businesses are expected to behave. To take advantage of this opportunity, businesses will need to look backwards and scale the caring their grandparents’ businesses exhibited towards their customers or watch their competition pass them by.

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Paula Clarke Paula Clarke aka The Potentialist. Paula is a virtual “ball of energy” who works with people to raise their game in life and create more energy enthusiasm and positive attitude on a daily basis. Paula Clarke lives by the motto “If you change the way you think, you can change the way you live”. She is an inspirational, engaging and down to earth trainer, coach and speaker that can help get results and energise a group. She enthusiastically motivates people in a wide variety of occupations to reach their full potential. Participants walk away from Paula’s sessions with effective how-to techniques and the desire to put them into action.

TITLE: “Nothing Changes Until Something Moves” – upbeat energyAn upbeat can-do session with Paula which provides practical tools to take away and put into action in order to leave BorderBizcamp motivated and ready to take action.

15.40 – 16.10

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Session Start time

Session No

Room 1 The Front Room

Room 2 Technology Suite

Room 3 The Chamber

09.15 REGISTRATION

09.45 OPENING – Housekeeping and format of the day

10.00 1

Bartek Czerwinski - Proton

“Protoyping Business Ideas”

Fergal McCormack - FPM

“Catching the Rising Tide, to Emerge from

Recession”

Niall Harbinson - Simply Zesty

“New Media but Old Habits”

10.40 2

Colleen Harte - Lucy Annabella

Organics “Lessons Learnt”

Michael McGrath, Tracefirst

“An Armagh Company that Cracked the Us

Market - It was Worth It Just for the

Barbeque Ribs!”

Kate Marshall - KM Consulting

“What if?!!”

11.20 3Edel Doherty -

Barrhead Travel “No ‘No Fly Zone’ ”

Shane Martin - Moodwatchers

“Harnessing Strengths During Challenging

Times”

Cathy Booth - BDO

“Handing Over the Reins with Success”

12.00-13.00 LUNCH

13.00 4Noel Melvin

“How to Better your Bounce”

Enda McShane - Velocity WW

“Connect Before you Sell”

Neven Maguire - MacNean Restaurant

“Turning Nurture & Passion into Business”

13.40 5

Richard Moore - Linden Foods

“A Lot Done, a Lot More to Do”

Bernard Kirk - GEC “Thinking BIG!”

George Mordaunt - Mordaunt Group

“Cash is King; The King is Dead”

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Paul Bond - Brixworkwear

“3 Cents of Separation”

Stephen Brown - Coasteering NI

“Social Media – When It’s Not So Social & Making The Most of the Media”

Martin O’Brien - Monaghan VEC

“From Vision to Reality”

15.00 7

Susan Hayes - The Positive

Economist “Five Strategies for Success In 2013”

Una Fox – Disney “From Dundalk to Disney”

Gary Veynerchuk by Skype

“The Thank You Economy”

15.40 8

Paula Clarke - The Potentialist

“Nothing changes until something moves”

16.15 CLOSE

Innovation/ Technology &

Business

Motivation/ Well-being

Start-up/ Survival/ Growth

Marketing/ Social media

Role Models/Business Story

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