Karen Skidmore’s Speaking Schedule
Karen Skidmore regularly speaks at networking events, business seminars and exhibitions. To catch her at an event near to you, check out her schedule below.
“Social Media for Small Businesses”
When: Friday 5th February 2010
Where: SEEDA Women Ambassadors’ Network, Leatherhead, Surrey
A Social Media Briefing and Networking Lunch on Friday 5th February 2010, featuring guest speaker Karen Skidmore, Founder of CanDoCanBe.
Against the backdrop of the evolving digital media environment, this event is designed to provide an overview of social media and how it can be used in a business context. Karen will guide us through the intricacies of social media channels such as Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook, providing practical advice and tips.
“Is Twitter a Whole Load of Twaddle?”
When: Tuesday, 16th March 2010
Where: 1230 Annual Conference, Bromley Central Library, Surrey
1230 women’s network runs an annual conference for women in business and Karen is presenting one of the seminars during the day.
Over the past year Twitter has hit the headlines. From Stephen Fry to 10 Downing Street and Oprah Winfrey to Barrack Obama – they all seem to be tweeting!
But can Twitter be the fast-track ticket to your business success or is it just a clever piece of technology that turns normal, hard-working business owners in to screen-zombies who need to get a life?
Twitter has proved to be a powerful business tool and especially so for small business owners – but only when when used in the “right” way. Karen Skidmore from www.CanDoCanBe.com will demonstrate the what’s, why’s and hows to help you decide whether Twitter could really help you attract more of the right clients.
What you will come away with:
- An understanding of what Twitter is and how it works
- The 5 reasons that make Twitter a powerful business tool – power of twitter search, keeping yr website fresh & updated, learn new stuff, conversation-maker, Gateway to your website
- The 3 questions to ask yourself before you start tweeting – are your clients on twitter, how disciplined are you, how will twitter fit in to your marketing strategy – what will it’s purpose be?
For more details and to book your place click here
“Twitter Twaddle: What’s it all about?”
When: Wednesday 24th March 2010
Where: Kingston Women’s Network, Dystart Arms, Richmond, Sussex
A fun and informal introduction in to how Twitter could work for small business owners.
Click here for more information or to book your place
Want to Book Karen for Your Group?
If you are interested in having Karen come along to your group or network, here are some examples of other sessions that have taken place over the past year.
“How to Automate Your Business”
Nicola Bird from Fingertips Coaching interviewed Karen on her tips, tricks and techniques on how to spend less time on your business, whilst increasing your profitability.
“To Blog or Not To Blog”
Speaking at several meetings of the www.TheAthenaNetwork.com, Karen took networking members through the basics of blogging, what RSS feeds really where and how blogs could be used as an effective marketing tool for a small business
“Work Smarter, Not Harder: 5 Steps to working less hours whilst earning more money”
Karen presented this topic at the Grow Your Business Exhibition, in Guildford in May 2009.
One of the biggest dangers to running a small business is getting caught in the feast and famine cycle – three months of work followed by the terror of wondering where the next client is going to come from. It doesn’t need to be like this.
Karen took the group through the key steps to make yourself and your business more efficient, effective and productive.
“Ask The Expert”
Elmbridge Women in Business hold monthly networking meetings and in June, hey have invitied a panel of experts from the business and marketing world. Karen Skidmore was one of these experts, where she shared her ideas on attracting and retaining clients, as well using tools such as LinkedIn.
 Alison Murray, VA Today “I had the pleasure of seeing Karen present at the recent VA conference in Milton Keynes (April) and I can truly say that she was excellent as an opening speaker. She has a wealth of knowledge and puts her messages across in a very understandable way that you can relate to immediately. So thanks Karen – and anyone reading this should sign up for her newsletters, full of very useful tips and advice.”
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 Tom Evans, The Book Wright “Sometimes you go through life not quite achieving what you are capable of. Then you bump into someone like Karen and she just inspires you to get off your derriére and do something you should have done yonks ago. If you get a chance to see Karen speaking (especially about blogging) do so. A million thank you’s Karen for pointing out the obvious to me ….” |
 Amanda Van Mulligan, The Writing Well “Karen’s newsletters and teleseminars are packed full of useful information that is a great help to anyone running their own business. She has introduced me to a number of helpful tools and tips for my business and is so friendly and dynamic. All my contact with her has been online but it feels like I have already ‘met’ her!! A real personality that shines through in everything she does.”
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If you are interested in Karen Skidmore speaking at your event, email Karen@CanDoCanBe.com or call 01428 607745 for more information
