Vanessa Cobb from Vanessa Cobb Professional Development talks about creating shared value (CSV) within your business or organisation.
She discusses how the divide between business and community has been bridged and how CSV is a strategy that can result in new market development, higher staff engagement and unlocking natural leadership potential within the team.
Vanessa explains how shared value is 'created now by philanthropy or good PR but when a business makes a connection between it's commercial goals and the needs of the communities in which it operates'.
Philippa Constable from Women Mean Biz shares some very useful advice on preparing for the, often dreaded, one minute presentation at networking events. She takes us through how to create and deliver an engaging presentation that will be memorable and have impact.
'Start off by introducing yourself and your company, then grab attention with an interesting fact or statistic about your industry or business, using the words "did you know", Philippa advises.
To find out more contact Philippa via email at philippa@womenmeanbiz.co.uk or call her on 07871 463 701.
Sara Traynor from Sara Traynor coaching shares her expertise on Leading through Serving in Bitpod's latest In a Nutshell video.
She talks about the importance of being empathetic towards your colleagues and clients; gaining an understanding of their needs and better understanding how you can help them to reach their goals. 'Increasing your skills in empathy will help your people and your organisation flourish' says Sara.
To find out more contact Sara via email at sara@saratraynorcoaching.com or call her on 07791 294 385.
Colette Dinnes from Phillips Dinnes Accountants shares her advice on the topical new tax on dividends. She discusses the impact that the new tax will have on small businesses who have, to date, been encouraged to operate as limited companies because of the favourable tax treatment of dividend income and how this is going to change from April 2016.
Colette comments that 'from the 6th April 2016, part of the advantage will be lost and tax payers who receive a significant part of their income in the form of dividends will suffer a tax increase'.
Devon Wildlife Trust is delighted to announce the birth of kits born to the first wild colony of beavers in England.
The births signal the latest chapter in a story which has attracted great support from the local community.
Devon Wildlife Trust is leading the River Otter Beaver Trial in partnership with landowner Clinton Devon Estates, the University of Exeter and the Derek Gow Partnership. Devon Wildlife Trust’s Mark Elliott said: “We are thrilled that the beavers have bred. The baby kits appear fit and healthy and the adults seem as if they are taking their parenting...
A short film commissioned by East Devon District Council charting the development of Cranbrook has been released.
Recording took place when the community came together to celebrate ‘Cranbrook Day’ on 29 June last year, an event that included consultation undertaken by East Devon Volunteer Support Agency (EDVSA), to find out what residents would like to see in the Cranbrook of the future.
The film shows that while bricks and mortar build a new town, it is the people that make a place. Work started in June 2011 and now Cranbrook has almost 1,000 occupied homes, making an...
At Twickenham, six-year-old Harry Westlake sang the National Anthem and inspired a Nation. Now the Plymouth youngster finds out about the true power of support and what it’s really like to ‘wear the rose’ from his giant England Rugby heroes.
Ahead of this weekend’s final Six Nations match against France, England’s biggest (little) fan interviewed Dylan Hartley, Luther Burrell and Kieran Brookes.
Harry asked the questions that really needed asking - how it feels to play at Twickenham, how strong they are, how fans make them feel, their biggest fears, their nicknames and...
Creating video is the key theme for the March meeting of the Teignmouth and Dawlish Social Media Cafe.
The social media cafe is being held on Monday 23 March at The Langstone Cliff Hotel from 5-7.30pm.
Nick Elliston of Socialize Media and Highrize Productions will be showing businesses and local community groups how they can use video to drive sales and engage volunteers.
“A few years ago shooting video was an expensive process but with new smartphones and cameras most people can tackle small video, “ says Nick. “There is still a need for a professional promotional...
Pun-tastic and poignant, Harry Baker's poetry had him named winner of the Poetry Slam World Cup in 2012. Now his performance at TEDxExeter in April 2014 has won him another prized accolade: the video of his love poem for prime numbers has been posted on the International TED.com website.
Under 1 per cent of the videos from locally organised TEDx events around the world are selected for posting on TED.com. Harry Baker¹s is the fourth from TEDxExeter to be recognised in this way. His performance has already gone viral and been viewed nearly 169,000 times on the TEDx YouTube channel....
Police are seeking the identity of a couple suspected to have stolen a number of glasses frames from the Vision Express store on Courtenay Street, Newton Abbot on Saturday 22 November.
The male and female offenders entered the store at around 1pm, browsed products before concealing in their coat pockets and sleeves eight Versace and Tom Ford glasses frames worth approximately £1,450 in total before leaving the store.
Police have released images and CCTV fooage in hope that the public will recognise the suspects.
The man is described as aged 65-70 with grey/white...
