Events
Linen Lunch & Learn (Spring Semester)
| Event | Linen Lunch & Learn (Spring Semester) |
|---|---|
| When? | 3rd April 2025 at 1:00pm |
| Until? | 24th April 2025 at 2:00pm |
| Where? | The Press Room, 4th Floor, The Gate, 43 Franklin St, Belfast |
Can we buy you lunch? Join us at the Press Room on Franklin Street (below the Perch) on select Thursdays in April, for our new Linen Lunch & Learn Series.
Enjoy Lunch on us, and listen to the stories of three Industry leaders in the fields of Communications, AI and Lobbying.
Walk back to the office with a full tummy and full of ideas and tools that you can employ in your own organisation.
Week 1: PR & Reputation Management In The Attention Economy
In today’s economic landscape, human attention is a scarce and valuable resource, with businesses and individuals vying to capture and retain it, often through digital platforms and content.
Adrian Beattie, Director at the Integrated Communications Agency, Navigator Blue, will share his insights into the current state of play and provide some takeaways to consider as part of your own PR & Communications Strategies before you have the chance to ask any questions you may have.
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Adrian is responsible for overseeing Public Relations and Reputation Management at Navigator Blue and has clients including National Museums NI; Co-Ownership; Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful; Copelands Distillery and Belfast Stories.
Prior to working for Navigator Blue Adrian held several Senior Roles in London agencies servicing clients including British Airways, FTSE, PepsiCo, Diageo and Unilever .
Week 2: AI in the Workplace – Daily Use Cases
AI is no longer an emerging technology but a business necessity, which is reshaping efficiency, decision-making, and customer engagement. But only for those who know how!
Join us as we hear from Maurizio Liberante, Program Manager of AI Offerings & Strategy at Factor Law, who will demonstrate some simple ways you can use AI to streamline your work.
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Maurizio is Program Manager of AI Offering at Factor Law, where he co-ordinates the development of new AI offerings including Sensemaker Academy, an all encompassing AI and legal training program for in-house legal departments and law firms. He is also Founder & CEO of Climate Local, a Non-profit platform which facilitates the contextualisation of and ability to action information on climate change related to local through global implications.
25 March: Understanding & Influencing Politics in Complex Times – How to Lobby Successfully
Gráinne Walsh has spent over 20 years working with a range of organisations in shaping politics and public affairs in Northern Ireland. She has worked across all Executive departments, with every political party and has experience in working at Westminster, in Whitehall and with local government.
Join us for this final lunch & learn event where Gráinne will draw on this experience, to provide strategic and insightful advice which can be helo you negotiate complex policies, write successful grant applications and make politics work for you and your organisaton.
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Part of the Connect Group’s leadership team, Gráinne leads the team in Belfast as Director of Stratagem. Gráinne has recently supported organisations to navigate the UK’s exit from the EU, respond to the challenges of COVID-19 and the economic downturn as well as on sustainability, infrastructure and wellbeing.
Gráinne is a member of the Institute of Directors’ Northern Ireland Committee, the Public Affairs Board of the PRCA and sits on the boards of Housing Rights and Choice Housing.
Download The Series Poster To Share In Your Organisation
| File | Type | Size | Date |
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| LQBID-Linen-Lunch-Learn-Series-Poster | 7 MB | 18 Mar 2025 |
