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Starting:

14/05/2026

09:30 am

Ending:

Same day

12:00 pm

Event type:

Face to face

Allstate, Belfast
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Ticket Price:

Member - £5.00 (+VAT)

Non-member - £60.00 (+VAT)

At a glance…

For the first time at Entrepreneurs Connect, we are going to focus the entire session on working on your business. This will be a practical session, with lots of conversations and connections so you grow your community, all while working on your business.
Too often in business, even experienced founders do not communicate as well as they could to potential buyers, customers, partners, stakeholders or funders what they do, what value they can bring and why work with them. Or you may have a brilliant pitch or marketing message but you are not a natural public speaker, lack experience and need a little bit of practice.

This session will focus on:
•    What makes you different
•    What value do you bring to your customer
•    How to construct your Value proposition (or how to refresh your current one)
•    Whether you need more than one Value proposition
•    Objective advice from your peers on your messaging and your business offer
•    Does your value proposition align with your marketing assets?
•    How to speak in public – do’s and don’ts
•    How to have presence and influence
•    Practice speaking opportunities

It’s a practical workshop where you will work through activities helping you to finetune what you say about your business and how you say it.
Please note: we will not force anyone to speak in front of the room, in case the idea terrifies you…but we will ask you to work in small groups of 3-4 people

Agenda
9:30 am Grab a coffee and catch up with your community
10:00 am Agenda and welcome
10.05 am Best practice and examples – Roisin McDermott, WIB
10.20 am Individual work and groupwork
11.00 Feedback and practice
11.10 Speaking in Public – Louise Keenan Clarke, Succeed with Confidence
11.30 Individual and group Activity
12.00 Close

Who is this event for?
This event is targeted at business owners and founders at any stage in their journey, but any WIB members are welcome to come along.
 

In collaboration with our key partner:

Guest Speaker:

Louise Keenan Clarke

Louise Keenan Clarke

Founder & CEO of Succeed with Confidence

Louise Keenan Clarke is an accomplished expert in business communication, leadership development and executive presence, with over two decades of global corporate leadership experience and more than twenty-five years coaching professionals in communication and public speaking. Louise built an outstanding career across world-leading corporate and investment banks, where she held senior leadership roles spanning corporate lending, market data, technology governance, internal audit and strategic business management. Throughout her 21-year banking career, she led diverse global teams and worked closely with the most senior and challenging stakeholders, developing a deep understanding of what it takes to thrive, influence and be heard in high-performance environments. Drawing on this unique blend of corporate expertise and lifelong passion for empowering others, Louise founded Succeed with Confidence, an organisation dedicated to helping entrepreneurs, senior professionals and leadership teams significantly elevate their impact through confident communication. Her work focuses on helping leaders and aspiring leaders to building authority, strengthen executive presence, enhance strategic influencing skills and translate communication excellence into measurable business outcomes.

Location

Allstate, Belfast

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