Open Coffee Sligo

Learning to Exhale is a mindfulness and meditation course launching soon in Sligo.  The organisers of the course contacted Open Coffee Sligo and asked us to let members know about their upcoming course in The Model

Mindfulness meditation can, with proper instruction and practice, reduce all of the following, as has been scientifically proven: Hypertension, Cardiac arrhythmia’s, Pain, Insomnia Allergies, PMS, Menopause Symptoms, Infertility and Boosts Your Immune System.

Mindfulness can prevent a lot of pain and stress. Google, Facebook and even Coca Cola have found that when they run these courses for their staff productivity and creativity increased.

Learning to Exhale was established in Nov 2012 to address a deep need in the community and society as a whole to deal effectively with stress, depression, suicide risk and spiritual emergency. The social enterprise is now running courses in MINDFULNESS across Mayo and will soon be active in Sligo.

For more info check out their Facebook page here  or contact Suzanne on 087 192 9067

In an article published by “People Management”, research conducted by Kieran O’ Boyle, professor of psychology at the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin identified that Senior Managers in Ireland as so stressed that they have a lower quality of life than the terminally ill.

May’s Open Coffee Sligo meet-up happens next Thursday, May 2nd from 11am -1pm in the comfortable surroundings of Chapters Coffee House.

In this session we’ll hear from some fantastic case studies of local businesses using social media for tangible business results.

Speakers:

• David Glynn, Sales & Marketing Manager of the McWilliam Park Hotel
• Denise Rushe founder of Starling Digital Media Direction and social media manager for Sligo Tourism:

David Glynn

David Glynn is the Sales & Marketing Manager of the 4* McWilliam Park Hotel located in Claremorris. Co. Mayo.

The McWilliam Park Hotel uses all forms of marketing from postage, exhibitions , traditional media and  has fully embraced social media.

David is passionate about all things Marketing and Social Media and is an active member of Online Marketing in Galway, a networking group for Marketing Professionals.

Denise Rushe

Denise Rushe returned home to Sligo in 2012 to set up her own company Starling Digital Media Direction.

She primarily works with the cultural and creative sectors and provides social media management and digital marketing consultancy for Sligo Tourism.

In preparation for a busy summer 2013 in Sligo, Denise is going to talk about the upcoming marketing campaign and how businesses and locals alike can get involved.

See you on Thursday.  All welcome.

Photo Credit:  Magnumlady (Val Robus)

Thanks to all who attended last month’s Open Coffee Sligo kick-off at The Model. Some new faces and some more familiar ones; great to see you all.

April’s Open Coffee Sligo meet-up happens next Thursday, April 7th from 11am -12pm in the lovely surroundings of Source Sligo.

It’s a casual coffee meet-up for anybody who wants to get out from their home office / desk and meet with like-minded people.

Next week’s meet-up will be very casual, so if you’re about town, do pop in to say hello.

We have been in touch with some speakers from Google, Facebook and LinkedIn for upcoming sessions: watch this space for more details.  If you have any speaker suggestions, do let us know.  See you on Thursday.  All welcome.

Open Coffee kicks off for 2013 next Thursday (07 March) at 11am at Slice Café in The Model.

This is our first meeting in quite a while – and will be very informal. If you have views or thoughts on what things you would like to see being presented and discussed for future meetings – then let us know either through comments here or via @opencoffeesligo.

OpenCoffee Sligo is for people interested in connecting with new people, chatting about new projects,  new ideas, new ways of doing business.

So whether you are already in business, in startup mode or even just looking to connect with others in an informal environment, we’d love to meet you next Thursday.  Go on!