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B2B Workshop 2 | Implementing Sustainable Technology | 11.15am
Workshop 2 | 11.15am | Implementing Sustainable Technology
Join us for an insightful discussion with Indigo Swan and see the solar panels installed at the Norfolk Showground. Indigo Swan helped the Norfolk Showground install a 240kw solar PV system on the south side roof space of their main exhibition building (where our B2B Exhibition takes place).
Join us as we explore the importance of having a sustainability plan for your business and netwalk to see the solar panels at the Showground.
Agenda – Talk from Indigo Swan
• Introduction – The importance of a sustainability plan.
• Key sustainability technologies and how to implement them.
• Walk to the SG Solar with a brief overview.
Business resilience – if not now, when?
In the face of the latest ‘cost of energy and living’ crisis, arguably, now is the time to focus on resilience.
This webinar will offer delegates suggestions for energy options to build business resilience and align their activities with environmental sustainability.
Dr Nigel Hargreaves will be discussing resilience through an energy lens, to develop more sustainable businesses, integrated and aligned to the rapid changes that we are witnessing around us. Energy is a priority not least because of recent rapid price increases, but also because it is cross-cutting of many business activities. Carbon accounting is also becoming the norm, pointing to the heart of the ecological and economic challenges facing us.
We will see how environmental sustainability and business resilience align, providing you with takeaways that you can implement into your business straight away.
Dr Nigel Hargreaves
Nigel is a systems architect, academic and sustainability consultant. He is a chartered engineer and has been working with energy systems for 25 years.
Introduction to Photoshop
This short two part workshop will introduce you to Photoshop Elements and it’s basic features. The workshop will cover the tools, functions and techniques needed to produce professional imagery for print, web and social media output. It is perfect for small businesses or anyone wanting to create and edit images quickly and easily for work or pleasure.
Equipment: No equipment is necessary for you to bring to the course. Pens and note paper will be available.
Refreshments will be provided throughout the day.
Course Content
- cropping
- resizing
- changing colours
- fixing repairs
- filters
- selection tools
Course costs range from £77 – £99 per person. For more details please contact us at carrowbreck@southnorfolkandbroadland.gov.uk or on 01603 788950.
Image owned by Broadland District Council
Advanced Excel
This course develops many of the most useful aspects of Excel such as formulas and functions, list management, and more advanced features including Pivot Tables and summarising data across multiple sheets or books.
Equipment: No equipment is necessary for you to bring to the course. Pens and note paper will be available.
Lunch provided: Lunch and refreshments will be provided throughout the course.
Course Content
- Review
- Brief review of general Excel principles:
- Formulas, Functions, Absolutes, Formatting, AutoFill
- Functions
- Using Paste Function
- The IF Function
- Nested IF Functions
- The VLOOKUP Function
- Nesting other Functions
- Linking Multiple Sheets and Workbooks
- Summarising data from multiple sheets
- Working with 3D Formulae
- Linking workbooks
- Workspaces
- List Management (Databases)
- Sorting
- Subtotals
- Filtering
- Good Working Practice
- Pivot Tables
- Creating pivot tables with the Pivot Table Wizard
- Formatting pivot tables
- Manipulating pivot tables
- Graphs/Charts
- Creating a graph/chart
- Formatting a graph/chart
- Changing and editing your graph/chart
- Using the Chart Wizard
- Incorporating a chart into a Spreadsheet
- Macros
- Recording a simple macro
- Assigning a macro to toolbar buttons
- An explanation of different versions
Course costs range from £77 – £99 per person. For more details please contact us at carrowbreck@southnorfolkandbroadland.gov.uk or on 01603 788950.
Link to book – www.southnorfolkandbroadland.gov.uk/training
B2B Workshop 3 | Understanding Leadership Styles with Co.next | 12pm
Join us for an interactive Co.next workshop and discover more about the 4 colours of leadership and how these impact the workplace.
We will be joined by Harry Harris, Commercial Director at Swarm Training who will give an overview and introduction of the 4 colours to leadership before taking questions from the audience.
Our panel, four of our Co.next board/advisory board members will then answer these questions while the audience try to work out what colour leadership the panel are.
Discover what leadership style you are during this interactive and engaging workshop.
Co.next Backstage Tour of Norwich Theatre Royal
Ever dreamed of being on the stage at Norwich Theatre Royal?
We have the opportunity to a Backstage Tour at Norwich Theatre Royal. On Monday 18th December join us for a tour round the building showing you all the ins and outs of Norwich Theatre.
Arrive 8.30am opportunity for tea and coffee.
Tour commences 9am and lasts for 30mins.
Back to their café for tea/coffee and networking.
Tea/Coffee included after the tour provided in the ticket price.
Ticket’s are limited as we can only have a maximum of 14 people per tour. Members only.
Please note guests on the tour will be able to take photos or have photos taken facing out into the auditorium however no photography is allowed on stage of the set or props.
Introduction to Excel
The course is designed for users new to Excel. It will provide trainees with the confidence, knowledge and practical experience to use Excel, to create and manipulate spreadsheets and produce printed reports.
Delegates should have sufficient Windows experience beforehand.
Equipment: No equipment is necessary for you to bring to the course. Pens and note paper will be available.
Lunch provided: Lunch and refreshments will be provided throughout the course.
Course Content
The Excel Screen
Ribbons, Quick Access Toolbar, Formula Bar, and Status Bar
Workbooks and Sheet Tabs
Data Entry
Types of Data
Data Entry Techniques
In Cell Editing
Selecting
Cut/Copy/Paste
Drag & Drop
Using AutoFill to fill Adjacent Cells and Extend Series, Custom Lists
Formulae and Functions
Simple formulas & Functions
Relative and Absolute References
Named Ranges
AutoSum
AutoFill
Paste Function
Average, Max, Min & Count Functions
Multiple Panes
Freeze and Unfreeze
Formatting a Worksheet
Using Borders and Shading to improve presentation
Font & Number Formatting, Alignment
Printing
Print Preview & Setup
Headers & Footers
Print Row/Column headings
File Management
Saving, Closing and opening files
New Workbooks
Good Working Practice
Creating a Chart
Creating Charts
An explanation of different versions
Course costs £109 per person. For more details please contact us at carrowbreck@southnorfolkandbroadland.gov.uk or on 01603 788950.
B2B Canapes & Connections
Spend the afternoon networking while enjoying a glass of bubbly (or beer or a non alcoholic mixer) and some canapes provided by The Feed. Connect with other exhibitors and the wider Norfolk business community during our 25th B2B!
Included in your ticker price is 1 glass of prosecco, beer, or a non alcoholic mixer and a selection of canapes provided by The Feed.
Additional drinks can be purchased from the Cheeky Tipple horsebox located outside with the food vendors.
With thanks to our drink suppliers Cheeky Tipple and Woodforde’s Brewery
More information coming soon!
B2B Exhibitors: £5.50 (+VAT)
B2B Visitors: £10 (+VAT)
Co.Solo Whitlingham Netwalk
Join us for our first ever Co.Solo event Co.nnecting with other Solopreneurs and enjoying the beautiful views at Whitlingham Country Park.
You will get the opportunity to change groups half way around so you can have more meaningful conversations with like-minded others.
This outside event will start at Whitlingham Café, where we will meet for our walk around the broad. For those that would like to continue networking at the end of the walk, we will stop at the café for a well needed coffee and slice of cake (you will be required to pay for your own refreshments).
Whitlingham Country Park, Whitlingham Lane, Norwich, NR14 8TR
Who’s it for?
Sole Traders, Freelancers and Solopreneurs who wants to connect and engage with other businesses in the Norfolk area.
This event is free of charge for our members with a small admin fee for non-members. All participants will be required to pay for parking – the following charges apply:
Monday to Sunday
Cars/Vans /Motorcycles
Charges:
£1.60 – 1 Hour
£2.80 – 2 Hours
£4.00 – 3 Hours
£5.00 – 4 Hours
£6.00 – All Day
Car Park Address: Flint Barn, Whitlingham Country Park, 808110 Whitlingham Lane, Norwich, Norfolk, NR14 8TS Contactless and online payments are available – tickets must be clearly displayed on the front windscreen of the passenger side of your car. For more information on parking please visit www.rcpparking.com
Intermediate Excel
This course develops many of the features of Microsoft Excel. We will look at the most useful elements, including formulas and functions, using Excel as a database and sharing text and data with other applications. Everything will be explained in straightforward terms. It is also an opportunity to iron out any bad habits that you may have picked up.
Equipment: No equipment is necessary for you to bring to the course. Pens and note paper will be available.
Lunch provided: Lunch and refreshments will be provided throughout the course.
Course Content
- Brief review of general Excel principles:
- Arithmetic formulas
- Looking at +, -, * & /
- Brackets
- BODMAS
- Advanced AutoSum
- Unusual ranges
- Auto-Average/Max/Min/Count
- AutoFill
- Building Functions
- Using the Paste Function dialog
- Basic functions
- Functions with one argument:
- Statistical functions
- Absolutes
- When/how to use absolute references
- Formulas and Functions between Sheets and Workbooks
- Summarising data from multiple sheets
- Linking workbooks
- Advanced Functions
- Functions with more than one argument
- e.g. the IF Function
- Named Ranges
- Naming ranges
- Navigating using named ranges
- Using named ranges in formulas
- Natural language formulas
- Excel as a Database
- Sorting your data
- Filtering a list
- Useful database features
- Good Working Practice
- Copy and Paste
- Using the Windows clipboard
- Paste-Special :–
- Linking to other files and applications.
- Replacing formulas with data
- The Drawing Tools
- Auto shapes
- Layers
- Rotation
- Alignment
- Grouping
- An explanation of different versions
Course costs £109 per person. For more details please contact us at carrowbreck@southnorfolkandbroadland.gov.uk or on 01603 788950.
Link to book – www.southnorfolkandbroadland.gov.uk/training
Workshop 4 | A welcome to Co.Solo | 12.45pm
Workshop 4 | 12.45pm | A Welcome to Co.solo
Join us for the soft launch of our new programme Co.Solo.
Co.Solo is a new initiative – building a community for Solopreneurs.
During this session you will gain an understanding of what our Co.Solo programme is and how we can help support you on your journey. Our very own Marketing and Communications Manager, Rick Notley will be giving a short taster session – Marketing your business.
We are excited to soft launch our new programme and we can’t wait to see you there!