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SALES WORKSHOPS AT BARNSLEY DIGITAL MEDIA CENTRE
Are you an entrepreneur or business owner who finds it difficult to actually engage in the selling process? There is a series of workshops at the Barnsley Digital Media Centre to help you sell more effectively. Everyone is in sales but that doesn’t mean we’re all natural salespeople. Business owners need to be able to sell but poor sales techniques… Read more
Posted on February 16, 2013 by darrensmithsonTHE ROUND TABLE PRINCIPLE Breakfast Lecture at DMC Barnsley
The Round Table Principle is probably the biggest and most complicated of all the ideas in the book “What Managers Don’t Know & Workers Can’t Tell Them” in terms of the initial effort required to get it established. It is also the principle that if fully understood and implemented will bring the biggest benefits to any organisation, big or small…. Read more
Posted on January 12, 2013 by darrensmithsonThe End of The World Is Nigh! Thank the Gods!!!
It’s possible that it may have escaped your attention (but unlikely) that this Friday is when the world is due to end. Well, that’s according to some loose tabloid interpretations of some Mayan texts. No, not txts, TEXTS. In fact, even if we’ve managed to calculate the date correctly (and there’s controversy over that too) what the texts more likely… Read more
Posted on December 17, 2012 by darrensmithsonROCK IS THE WORD! Why being a rock DJ is good for business.
Regular followers of my Twitter and Facebook feeds will know that I’ve been doing a rock show for RadioBarnsley (www.ymcaradiobarnsley.co.uk) every Wednesday night between 7pm and 10pm, for the last couple of months. What I find interesting, and often funny, is that some of those followers don’t get why I am doing the show, let alone promoting it. After all,… Read more
Posted on November 27, 2012 by darrensmithsonWANTED! 99 MONKEYS TO CHANGE THE WORLD
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: 03/10/2012 Contact: Darren Smithson, 01226 720809, Darren@theinformgroup.co.uk WANTED! 99 Monkeys to help change the world. Local businessman issues challenge to other mavericks to join think tank movement to create sustainable change in business and management practices. Barnsley, South Yorkshire – Darren Smithson, author of the management and business book “What Managers Don’t Know & Workers… Read more
Posted on October 5, 2012 by darrensmithsonUpcoming Events
SALES WORKSHOPS AT BARNSLEY DIGITAL MEDIA CENTRE
Are you an entrepreneur or business owner who finds it difficult to actually engage in the selling process? There is a series of workshops at the Barnsley Digital Media Centre to help you sell more effectively. Everyone is in sales but that doesn’t mean we’re all natural salespeople. Business owners need to be able to sell but poor sales techniques… Read more
THE ROUND TABLE PRINCIPLE Breakfast Lecture at DMC Barnsley
The Round Table Principle is probably the biggest and most complicated of all the ideas in the book “What Managers Don’t Know & Workers Can’t Tell Them” in terms of the initial effort required to get it established. It is also the principle that if fully understood and implemented will bring the biggest benefits to any organisation, big or small…. Read more
WHAT MANAGERS DON’T KNOW OFFICIAL LAUNCH EVENT
Business Book to Launch Planned for Digital Media Centre Keynote speaker and business expert Darren Smithson is to launch his first book at Barnsley Digital Media Centre next month. Darren, who runs a business development and learning company based at the DMC, will launch the book at a free networking event on September 12. What Managers Don’t Know and Workers… Read more
THE 99 MONKEYS PRINCIPLE AT PECHA KUCHA EVENT WITH BOOK PRELAUNCH
Pecha Kucha Night Barnsley # 6 – Sept 6th The next Barnsley Pecha Kucha Night will be on Thursday September 6th, 7pm-9pm at the Chill Bar, above the Chilli Restaurant, in Barnsley and Darren will be presenting a session based on “The 99 Monkey’s Principle” from his new book “What Managers Don’t Know & Workers Can’t Tell Them”. The cover of… Read more
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