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Your essential local business events guide ; Business diary [Express & Echo (England)]
[July 31, 2014]

Your essential local business events guide ; Business diary [Express & Echo (England)]


(Express & Echo (England) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Saturday, August 2, sessions at 10am - 10.45am & 11.15am - 12pm, Exeter Library: Fab-Lab Devon presents a short introduction to the Raspberry Pi micro-computer, featuring hands-on demonstration projects. Learn what it is and what it can do, set one up and get it running.



Suitable for all ages. Places are free and can be booked by searching for FabLab Devon at www.eventbrite.co.uk Wednesday, August 6, 10am - 2pm, Exeter Racecourse & Conference Centre: Exeter Business Network lunch.

Guy Arnold will host a seminar before lunch on 'Sales through service'. Lunch speaker is Roger Moore, of Roger Moore and Associates, an expert in the field of intellectual property, trademarks and patents. Places cost Pounds 36. For more details, contact Sean Humby, of Business Network (SW) Ltd, on 0800 032 9763.


Wednesday, August 20, 12pm - 2pm, The Guildhall, Exeter: Exeter Chamber of Commerce networking lunch. Places cost Pounds 16.50 for chamber members and Pounds 24.75 for guests.

Book online via the chamber website or call 01392 431133. Wednesday, August 20, 6.30pm - 10.30pm, Thistle Hotel, Exeter: Crowdfunding Explained - Exeter-based CrowdCanDo presents a networking event with guest speakers and crowdfunding industry experts. Representatives of different platforms will explain the opportunities crowdfunding offers both businesses and individuals. Speakers will include Ricardo Sequerra, startup community builder at Seedrs, and Parag Patel, founder and managing director at Funding Empire.

Tickets cost Pounds 10 on the door or can be bought in advance at: beta.crowdcan.do/events/CollaborationEvents/crowdfunding- explained Friday, September 12, 8.10am for 8.30am start, Duckworth Suite, Exeter Golf & Country Club: Michelmores Business Breakfast - guest speaker will be Rob Varley, who is due to take over as chief executive of the Met Office in September. He will talk about planning for business in an uncertain climate.

Places cost Pounds 20, which includes breakfast and a donation to charity, Camphill Devon. For more information, contact Sarah Laughton on 01392 687479 or [email protected]. Wednesday, September 24, 9am - 1pm, Buckerell Lodge Hotel, Topsham Road, Exeter: The Chartered Institute of Marketing is staging a customer journey mapping workshop.

The speaker is Jerry Angrave, managing director of Empathyce, a customer experience consultancy. Jerry helps organisations to use customer experience thinking as a strategic tool to reduce costs and increase the number of customers, employee pride and revenue. Places cost from Pounds 65.

For further information, phone 01628 427340, email [email protected] or visit www.cim.co.uk/63528 (c) 2014 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved.

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