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Keeping Good Company: Quality business information on the web. Karen Blakeman
Venue:
Frenchay Campus, University of the West of England
Date:
Thursday, 8 September, 2011 - 09:30 - 16:30
Course Outline:
Suppose a friend has been offered the chance of lifetime: a fantastic insider deal on an acquisition that will make them a millionaire if they get in quick. Your instinct says it’s a scam but where can you find the evidence that will convince them? Is the company proposing to replace your double glazing financially sound and reliable? Or perhaps you have been asked for information on starting up as a commercial lupin grower and the potential market. Where do you go? The number of sites providing business information seems to increase daily and some are offering free access. How reliable are they, and what level of quality can you expect from them? This hands-on workshop will take you through both the key free and priced resources for tracking down information on companies, industry sectors and market research. There will be practical sessions throughout the day so that you can try out some of the sites for yourself.
Topics to be covered will include:
Company information
How to carry out quick and easy checks on a company
How much information can you expect to find for free or fee
Where to go for more in-depth information
Where to find information on rumoured, proposed and completed mergers and acquisitions
Share price information for publicly traded companies
Where to go for non-UK company information
Statistics and industry data
Official statistics – essential starting points
Open data – what is it and how can it be used
Visualisations (graphs, charts, maps etc.) and mashups
Sources of market research (free and priced)
Search techniques for locating statistics and industry/market research
News, blogs and social media
Newspaper and magazine web sites. Is free as good as priced?
News aggregators
Importance of including social media (e.g. blogs, Twitter) in your search
Options for current awareness and setting up alerts
Course Presenter:
Karen Blakeman
Karen Blakeman has worked in the information profession since 1978 and became a freelance consultant in 1989. She provides training and consultancy on social and collaborative web tools, and searching for and managing information resources. After graduating from Birmingham University with a degree in Biological Sciences she worked at the Colindale Central Public Health Laboratory. She then spent ten years in the pharmaceutical industry before moving to the international management consultancy group Strategic Planning Associates. Karen edits and publishes a monthly, electronic newsletter called Tales from the Terminal Room and her blog can be found at http://www.rba.co.uk/wordpress/. She is an Honorary Fellow of CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals) and a member of the Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP).
Costs (including lunch and refreshments):
UKeiG members £180 + VAT at the current rate; others £220 + VAT at the current rate
Pdf Booking Form:
Course Reference for Online Bookings:
BUS_INFO
Bookings
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UKeiG reserves the right to cancel a course if insufficient bookings have been received. Delegates will be offered an alternative date or a full refund of the course fee. UKeiG reserves the right to make changes to the programme. UKeiG will not be liable for any consequential loss of travel or accommodation fees due to cancellation of the course.
A cancellation fee of £25.00 + VAT is payable.
Please specify any special dietary requirements.
Booking Form
You can complete a PDF booking form for this course and return it no later than seven days before the course date.
Christine Baker
Piglet Cottage
Redmire
Leyburn
North Yorkshire
DL8 4EH
Tel & Fax: 01969 625751 +44 1969 625751
Email: CABaker@ukeig.org.uk
Cheques should be made payable to UK eInformation Group
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