On Monday December 1st 2008, Cork City, South Cork and West Cork Enterprise Boards, and FÁS together with the Plato Small Business Network will present a four hour workshop/seminar around the four core pillars essential to business survival, “Managing Business in an Uncertain Environment”
Maintaining Equilibrium - Managing Cash - Retaining your Customers - Internal Cost Competitiveness
I am presenting on “Internal Cost Competitiveness”. I have been asked to speak on how technology can help reduce the operating costs in today’s businesses. My focus will be on both technology in the business and real opportunities the Internet is presenting for businesses.
Things are changing all the time, I suggest you question everything in your business:
1) Energy Usage - IT, Lights and Heating - drawing from lessons at this week’s it@cork conference
2) Phone Costs - Landline and Mobile - VoIP / Skype
3) Broadband/Internet costs
4) Travel - Can Video Conferencing help?
5) Software - Google Apps and others
6) Services - What can you outsource (anywhere in the world?)
Donagh Kiernan
Maidsfield Associates
Partnering and Strategic Business Development
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