Short Notice: Managing Innovation

Very, very short notice (apologies) but we are re-running the Managing and Developing Innovation course at Junction 25 conference centre in Brighouse starting tomorrow 9th September and finishing on Thursday.  If you are based in Calderdale this course will be free to you.  Anyone else will have to pay (don't ask me how much - not a lot)

If you are interested then we would be delighted to see you.  Run for University of Bradford School of Management Knowledge Transfer Network on behalf of Business Growth Calderdale.

November Innovation course cancelled/postponed

Sorry but the 2 day innovation course we were going to run at RE Centre in November has been cancelled because of funding issues.

We hope we can rearrange this for Q1 2015, but that would be as a fee based open course - possibly cut back to one day.  If we can sort this out we shall make it as affordable as possible, because we know people were interested (and had booked) the funded event.

If you are interested then please let me know (no commitment) so that we can see whether we can make it happen in the next few months.

Innovation and NPD 2 day workshop 20 November 2014 and 2nd December

I shall be running a two day Innovation and New Product Development course at the Re:Centre in Bradford on Thursday 20th November and Tuesday 2nd December 2014.
Slightly odd dates, but that was the only way to fit it into this year.
The days are separated so that we can work on the basics and principles on the first day, and then really get down to how to make in happen in the second day.

The event is free if you are an eligible company (if not sure then do contact the Re:Centre to check- if you are based in Yorkshire you are likely to be eligible).

Hope to see you there.
Booking details will be on the Re:Centre website.

Pricing Workshop postponed from 14th July 2014

The Pricing Workshop scheduled for the 16th July for the University of Bradford has been postponed or cancelled.  The reason is that there was so much interest in the Public Procurement evening that it is being  built on with another event on Monday

I shall be helping out on that rather than running a lead in to the Pricing workshop, which we hope to reschedule for later in the year (but no promises).

Here are details about the Knowledge Transfer event.

Knowledge Transfer Networks

Business solutions and executive development opportunities from a Globally recognised Business School here in the heart of Yorkshire.

 

 

FREE Knowledge Transfer Network Evenings

 

In partnership with

 

Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council

Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council

Wakefield Metropolitan District Council

 

  

‘Working with council procurement.’

  

14^th July 2014

Arthur Francis Lecture Theatre, Bradford University School of Management,

5.30 - 6.00pm registration - 6.00pm Evening speakers - 7.30pm Food - Networking.

After coffee on arrival, the evening offers you direct access to insights on this management theme through our speakers. Later, you can network with people over a nibble (or two) and share experiences. For us it’s not about the networking it’s about the knowledge and the insight we can all develop.

 

Speaker topics:

 

Procurement Myth Busters

 

And

 Breakout sessions on

 

Tips for successful tendering

European Union Directives

Social Value

YORtender

 

This evening is about finding out what is on the horizon in procurement from your local councils but also about finding out more about how they work, what drives them and correcting some of the myths about process and actions you need to engage in to work with them. The will be plenty of chances to air views and to ask…well the daft questions about what to do and how to do it. There will be some break-out sessions to look at different topic areas too.

 

For more information or to book on the event please contact ktnetwork@bradford.ac.uk

Pricing

This is one of those things that seems simple until you start to think about it.  Or maybe you always think it is difficult.  Either way it is one of the keys to success for any organisation.
I am going to do a couple of events about it later in the year - an evening event for Bradford University School of Management on Monday 14th July which will be free.  A couple of days later I shall run a full one day workshop on Wednesday 16th July 2014.

More details to follow.  If you are interested in either event then let me know and I shall make sure you have all the information.

Bidding and Tender Writing Course 17/18 February 2014

I am running the 2 day Bidding and Tender Writing course again on Monday/Tuesday 17/18 February 2014 in Bradford.
This event has been very well received in the past, and I have added some more practical exercises to make it even more helpful in writing your own bids.

This event is already full (sorry), but if you are interested then let me know and it will increase the chances of us running another event later in the year.  The event is run by Bradford University School of Management Knowledge Transfer Network, and there is a fee for attending.  However if you are in Bradford or Calderdale the University does try hard to find alternative funding to cover the costs - no promises though.

If there are enough people interested in your organisation we can run the event in-house (wherever you are) as a cost effective way of improving your bid writing skills.

Working with Procurement - Monday 10th February 2014

Further details as promised;

'Working with procurement’

10^th February 2014

Arthur Francis Lecture Theatre, Bradford University School of Management,

5.00 - 5.45pm registration - 5.45pm Evening speakers - 7.15pm Food - Networking.

After coffee on arrival, the evening offers you direct access to insights on this management theme through our speakers. Later, you can network with people over a nibble (or two) and share experiences. For us it’s not about the networking it’s about the knowledge and the insight we can all develop.

Speakers:

Paul Wright

Managing Director

PAWA Consulting

Jamie Ashton

Managing Director

Projex Solutions Ltd

This evening will examine strategy and purchasing within an organisation and also provide pointers on how to effectively engage in the tendering process, making the best of opportunities that present themselves to your business (particularly in dealing with larger businesses) and how to deal with them. Jamie Ashton will talk about the experience of SMEs working with larger  businesses and offer some thoughts on the best way to engage in supply chains and tendering opportunities.

For more information or to book on the event please contact:                                                                                                                      

ktnetwork@bradford.ac.uk

Business solutions and executive development opportunities from a Globally recognised Business School here in the heart of Yorkshire.

Number 1 Business School in the North of England (Financial Times).

In partnership with FSB

Monday 10th February 2014 - University of Bradford School of Management

I should be talking for free that evening about Purchasing.  I say should because my co-presenter has had to drop out at short notice, and until we have sorted out the replacement things are a bit up in the air.

More information as it comes available at;

www.bradford.ac.uk/KTnetwork

Repeat of Connecting Manufacturing 2013

The first event was a big success, so we are repeating it on Wednesday 20th November 2013.
Venue will again be The Shay, in Halifax, and it is again part of Business Growth Calderdale.  Participation is free.
More details to follow.

Bid Writing in Calderdale

The Third of our 2 day tenders and bid writing courses is starting at the Shay in Halifax on Monday.
This one is full, in fact it is oversubscribed, but there is one more free event being supported by the Business Growth Calderdale project - 21/22 November 2013.
Those 2 days are straight after our second Connecting Manufacturing event at the Shay on 20th November, and will be free to Calderdale companies thanks to support from Calderdale Council.

If you miss those dates, then we shall be running the event again in 2014 - 17/18 February.  But your are going to have to pay for those, which are being run on a commercial basis by the University of Bradford School of Management.  The good news is that they are open to any business

I am also doing a 1 day course on Pricing for UoB on Thursday 17th July 2014.  Don't ask me about the prices, because I don't know yet.

Free Bidding and Tendering workshop 3/4 June 2013 - University of Bradford

Winning business is essential at any time, but particularly in the current economic situation.  Many valuable contracts are awarded through tendering, in both the private and public sector.  However the tender process can be complicated and off-putting, and many businesses do not bid for winnable contracts because of the paperwork.  Many other businesses do not win the contracts they should because they lose out to less competent firms with better bid writing skills.

This course aims to help companies win lucrative business through tendering, and to improve their success rate at both the approval and contract award stages. 

The course is run by Dr. Paul Wright MCIPS, co-author of Excellence in Public Sector Procurement, who has experience of both writing and scoring bids.  This practical 2 day event, to help you to improve your tendering success rate.  The course will cover principles of both private and public sector processes, and draw on real examples and case studies. 

Delegates are invited to bring along their own examples of both bids and tenders for group discussion, and will form personal action plans for improving bidding success rate.

To book on the workshop contact ktnetwork@bradford.ac.uk

These workshops are delivered by the Knowledge Transfer Network@Calderdale and are part of the Business Growth Calderdale programme, part financed by the European Union. The project has attracted £1.1 million from the Yorkshire and Humber European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Programme 2007-2013.