What’s on in June? We’ll give more information about how our Women in Business course is progressing, and talk more about our ongoing BAME-Start-up grant, with more news on events and business guidance.
Our hugely successful 2024 Women in Business course has finished. Over 100+ unique female entrepreneurs attended our course across 16 workshops and gained valuable connections, continuing to lift each other up even after the last session. Clare Palmer said it was “the best Women in Business course yet”, and those who’ve fed back have given plenty of praise. “This has been a brilliant course,” Dr. Liz-Leigh Firbank said. “I’d advise anyone who gets an opportunity to join one to just do it. I’ve learnt loads some of which I will act on immediately, others I will digest and forge a plan. Above all I’ve met some fabulous energetic ladies with whom I’ve found inspiring and hope to forge not only contacts but friendship well into the future. Thank you Clare Palmer and BIPC Devon.” Kirsty Dimond, owner of KMD Wills & Estate Planning, said: “The atmosphere was incredible! I loved the sense of community. I’ve built so many connections over the last seven weeks and hope to stay in touch with everyone.” Female entrepreneur Elizabeth Evans said: “The course provided a really useful toolkit for starting out in business and/or developing your business further. The sessions were relaxed and interactive.
What’s on in June? We’ll give more information about how our Women in Business course is progressing, and talk more about our ongoing BAME-Start-up grant, with more news on events and business guidance.
What’s on in June? We’ve got plenty of workshops and events held by inspiring speakers, trailblazing female-founded businesses, and business experts throughout the month.
Everything you need to know about what’s coming up with BIPC Devon this January: Grants, Workshops, Time Management Masterclasses & more…
Stacey Sheppard is founder of The Tribe in Totnes. Stacey is a freelance writer, journalist and professional blogger. In 2019, she started to work from home, alone, and quickly realised just how isolating and lonely that can be. She went in search of a local coworking space but couldn’t find one that made her want to leave the comfort of her own home and start commuting to work again. Having watched the emergence of design-led and women-only coworking spaces popping up in cities around the world, Stacey had hoped for something similar in rural Devon. Knowing full well that this was unlikely to happen, she decided to take matters into her own hands and open her own work hub. She knew that with her background in interior design she could easily create a beautiful and welcoming coworking space and open it up to other women in a similar situation. In January 2020, after just four months of preparation and planning, she opened The Tribe, a small boutique coworking space in central Totnes, designed to offer a sense of community, connection and collaboration to local women in business. BIPC Devon talks to Stacey about her small business journey… The beautiful space
Everything you need to know about what’s coming up with BIPC Devon this January: Grants, Workshops, Time Management Masterclasses & more…
May 2022 Newsletter That’s a wrap! BIPC Devon’s Women in Business Course has been a real hit with Devon’s female entrepreneurs and we are so excited to find out what they do next! Our Women in Business Course ran from March to May with over 70 hours of content and events on subjects from wellbeing, relationship management and public speaking to branding, digital marketing and accounting. We ended this week with our last of over 30 events since March 2022, this course was designed and run by Devon’s female business champions. We’ve met over 100 inspiring women from all over the county, through our webinars, networking events, workshops, panel events and talks. We’ve even launched successful free pop-up coworking days at Exeter Library, soon to be rolled out at Barnstaple Library! We will celebrate the end of the course in June with a collaborative networking event with Six Degrees marketing. Look out for an email in your inbox! What’s Next? So what’s next for BIPC Devon? Well, you can still access all the recorded content from our previous courses by visiting our website. We have dozens of hours of webinars as well as access to data, expert advice and more!
Join Stacey Sheppard to find out how to build a loyal and engaged community around your business Some of the most successful brands today are the ones who have managed to build a loyal and engaged community around their business. Customers who support your business, help you to build brand awareness and provide important feedback for your business are one of your most valuable assets that any business can possess. In this webinar we will explore the following: • The benefits of building a community around your business • The importance of having a community building strategy • Practical tools and resources to enable community building • How to harness your community for business success You will leave this webinar with a deeper understand of how to build a community around your business and what tools you can use to make this possible, no matter what stage of your business you are at. . About Stacey Stacey Sheppard is a freelance writer and multi-award-winning interior design blogger. She started her blog, The Design Sheppard, in 2009 and it is has ranked as one of the top interior design blogs in the UK every year since 2012. As an interior design
Join Stacey Sheppard to find out how to build a strong brand identity for your business How to create a strong brand for your business Your business’ brand is one of your most valuable assets. It sets you apart from your competitors, makes you memorable and builds trust with your audience eventually turning them into loyal customers. When most people hear the word brand they immediately think of logos, colours and fonts. But your brand is far more complex and powerful than a simple visual identity. In this webinar we will cover the following: • What is a brand? • What is branding? • How to define your brand identity? • How to position yourself in the market? • How to communicate with your customers? • How to build brand awareness? Upon leaving this webinar you will have a much greater understanding of how a strong brand will allow you to build relationships with your audience and eventually turn them into loyal customers. You will be equipped with a strategy for defining your brand identity and using it to communicate with your customers. About Stacey Sheppard Stacey Sheppard is a freelance writer and multi-award-winning interior design blogger. She started her
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