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The Investment in Excellence Programme (IIE) is widely acknowledged as one of the most effective routes to achieving both professional and personal growth. The Wheel has now teamed up with The Pacific Institute in Ireland to bring you the complete, unabridged IIE Programme for a modest investment of time (5 days, split over 2 modules) and money.  Thanks to a partial bursary that The Wheel is able to provide, participants in this programme in October/November 2012 will only have to pay 50% of this price. Read more...

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This is an un-missable learning experience that will engage you both professionally and personally, give you a new perspective, challenge you to re-shape the unproductive habits, attitudes, beliefs and expectations that may be holding you back, thus enabling you to achieve much more of your true potential by changing your perception of what is possible!

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This intensive two-day course has been developed to help existing social enterprises - and nonprofits engaging in trading activities - to move beyond day-to-day survival, towards long term-financial sustainability, increased profitability and stronger social returns. The focus is on growth, including setting the strategic context for development and growth, growth strategies/new product or service development, business planning, marketing, sales, risk management, etc.

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Understand the key principles of risk management for charities, and learn how to use an invaluable assessment tool that will help you to manage the risks facing your organisation in these uncertain times.

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Revenue diversification is a necessary condition for fulfilling a charity’s mission. Creating charity-owned social enterprises/trading has been proven to generate unrestricted funding for a charity, thereby greater enabling them to fulfil their mission. This workshop will take you through the steps to getting started.

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The Masters in Voluntary and Community Sector Management at University College Cork, Ireland, is geared towards community and voluntary sector workers who have experience in project management and co-ordination and who want to develop their knowledge and skills in this area.  It is a part-time course taught one-day a week (Wednesdays 10.00-4.30) over two years and is particularly geared towards people working in the community and vountary sector and mature learners.  It consists of 12 taught modules, a 4 day Easter School, and a participatory research project/dissertation.  It is taught by 8 different Depts in U.C.C. - Applied Social Science, Co-operative Studies, Management, Finance, Law, Government, Information Systems, and Economics. 

http://www.ucc.ie/en/study/postgrad/what/acsss/masters/third-sector/ 

For further details contact

Dr. Féilim Ó hAdhmaill,

Programme Director

Masters in Voluntary and Community Sector Management

School of Applied Social Science, University College Cork

http://publish.ucc.ie/researchprofiles/A012/fohadhmaill/