REBOOT - a South West Mayo Development Company, Roscommon/Sligo LEADER initiative aimed at businesses and social enterprises in Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo, supported by Mayo/Roscommon/Sligo Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs ) - held a very successful in-person networking event on May 12 in the McWilliam Hotel, Claremorris. Organisations and businesses from all corners of Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo attended on the day to hear industry experts, John O’Shanahan, CEO Lean BPI, Ailish Irvine, Consultant, and Mark Loftus, Founder of PaddyBox, share their insights and experience on the topic of 'How to use Digital Tools for Business & Networking'.
On arrival, attendees had the chance to network with peers from the region and discuss mutual business opportunities and challenges. MC for the event, Joan Mulvihill, Digital Lead for Siemens Ireland, welcomed attendees and welcomed the large turnout. It was then the turn of the speakers to demonstrate the importance of digital tools.
John O’Shanahan summarised his contribution by saying: "Get digital….or get left behind!".
Ailish Irvine took attendees on a tour of the numerous easy to access and navigate apps available to help businesses, from organising their images for social media posts, creating customer databases, to managing customer events.
Mark Loftus gave the business owner’s perspective on Digital, and how vital it was to PaddyBox’s growth trajectory. Mark added, "Our business grew by 500% in the last two years. This was only possible because we embraced digital tools."
Joan Mulvihill then moderated a lively panel discussion and Q&A from the audience, with informative contributions from Sue O’Toole, SWMDC Senior LEADER Enterprise Officer and John Magee, Head of Local Enterprise Office (LEO ) Mayo, highlighting that businesses should take advantage of the help on offer from REBOOT and LEOs.
Following the launch of REBOOT in September 2021, over 100 organisations have benefitted from FREE training and support from industry experts to help their business evolve and grow following the impact of Covid 19, with REBOOT noting that on emerging from the pandemic, businesses need to refocus their businesses - and 'REBOOT can help'. More details are available at www.rebootandnetwork.ie
