OBN BioLearn: Increasing Business Exposure Via Social Media
2023-12-05 13:00 - 16:00 UTC
Social media has had an astounding impact on businesses over the last decade and the social revolution is continuing to skyrocket. With digital communication being front and centre in the customer journey, businesses must incorporate social media into their marketing strategies and harness the opportunity to engage with their target audiences.
It all sounds so easy, but no doubt there are challenges when it comes to social media. Who has the time? Or the resources? Who’s going to come up with content ideas? Who’s going to manage your accounts and keep an active presence? How will you know if your posts are having any impact?
There are so many questions that need to be addressed in order to stay ahead of the curve, create great content and keep up with your target audience.
If you are new to using social media for business, or are wanting to improve the results you are seeing so far, this training course will be a valuable guide to helping you plan a robust social media strategy and explore the ideal social media platforms for your business, as well as how to implement your social media strategy and measure what’s working well and what to improve to increase your business exposure.
Agenda:

The value of a social media strategy
Setting SMARTER goals
Learn where and who your audience are and how to target them
Planning effectively & time saving tips
Choosing the right social media platforms for your business
Creating a content calendar
How to keep track of your social media activity
How to measure success on social media

The course will be delivered online via Zoom by Amy Hobson on Wednesday 5 December 2023, and runs from 13:00-16:00. Course materials are included in the course costs.
Tickets
OBN Member £100 +VAT
Non-Member £175 +VAT

Leadership: Don't Waste Your Time - workshop for Scale-up Leaders by Horizon37
2023-12-12 09:30 - 11:30 | Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Harwell, Didcot
Leadership: Don’t Waste Your Time – Workshop for Scale-up Leaders by Horizon37
Get ruthless with your time and make targeted progress.

A 2-hour workshop for scale-up leaders to discover how coaching can drive business results and acquire techniques to achieve impactful outcomes.
Define leadership outcomes to drive business results and commit to effective de-prioritisation
Set up the conditions that you and your fellow leaders need, to thrive and grow personally
Gather sufficient and necessary insight on the state and needs of your leadership and align the right people to roles that maximise their value in the business
Design and execute a targeted and iterative leadership programme, of finite length, with clear outcomes for your business

What to expect?
A leadership workshop , led by Horizon37 specialist coaches, peer interaction and learning plus networking mince pies afterward.

Details

Tuesday 12th December 2023, 9.30 AM – 11.30 AM
Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Harwell, Didcot
Max 10 participants
Subsidised cost is £100pp (subject to qualification, see below), vs £750 regular seat.

Criteria to qualify for subsidy (must meet all 3):

– You are a startup C-Suite
– Yours is an innovation business
– You have ambitious growth plans within next 12 months

Register now!

OBN Christmas Lecture: ‘Into the Deep: Biodiscovery in the World's Largest and Least Explored Ecosystem'
2023-12-12 18:00 - 21:30 | Somerville College Woodstock Road OX2 6HD Oxford, United Kingdom
OBN Christmas Lecture – 12 December, Oxford
Into the deep: Biodiscovery in the world’s largest and least explored ecosystem
Presented by Dr Adrian Glover, Merit Researcher, Natural History Museum.​
We are delighted that Dr Adrian Glover, Merit Researcher at the Natural History Museum will be presenting the OBN Christmas Lecture this year, delivered on 12 December at Somerville College in Oxford.

Dr Glover leads the Deep-Sea Systematics and Ecology Group at the Natural History Museum (NHM), London, an active research group dedicated to the highest-quality deep-ocean and polar research.

During the lecture, entitled, ‘Into the deep: Biodiscovery in the world’s largest and least explored ecosystem’, Dr Glover will share insight into how the depths of the oceans hold the secret to understanding the evolution of all life on our planet, and how the chemistry and biology revealed has changed our understanding of where complex life can exist.
In recent years, research has revealed that the vast, swirling biochemical laboratory that is our ocean is filled with new types of chemicals and microbes that have the potential to revolutionise therapeutics.
Dr Glover will also address how in order secure our sustainable development, humans must ensure the needs of discovery and use do not jeopardise the protection of our ocean resources – a new challenge for the 21st century.

Programme for the evening:
18.00 – 18.30 Guest Arrival
18.30 – 18.35 Welcome by Stuart Rose, CEO of OBN
18.35 – 19.35 Lecture and Audience Questions with Dr Adrian Glover
19.35 – 21.30 Christmas Drinks, Nibbles and Networking

Speakers

Dr Adrian Glover
Merit Researcher, Principal Investigator for Deep-Sea Systematics and Ecology Research Group at Natural History Museum

Building Resilience and Bouncing Back from Adversity Taster
2023-12-14 14:00 - 15:00
Join us on 14th December for our FREE Building Resilience and Bouncing Back from Adversity Taster
Learn how Resilience helps us grapple with uncertainty and prepares us to meet new challenges.
Free Taster: Building Resilience and Bouncing Back from Adversity
When:
Thursday, 14 December 2023
Time: 2pm-3pm GMT
What: A lively 60-minute interactive ‘taste’ of our take on Building Resilience and Bouncing Back from Adversity
Where: Zoom
We’ll Look At :

Defining Resilience
The difference between Resilience and Endurance
Learning how the stress curve works
Knowing where you already are Resilient

Why Come Along?
Building Resilience and Bouncing Back from Adversity
Thursday, 14th December 2023 2-3PM GMT
Resilience is how we bounce back from adversity; resilience is our inner store of strength we can call upon when the going gets tough; resilience is how we can manage and cope with stress. Resilience helps us grapple with uncertainty and prepares us to meet new challenges.
It is vital for managers to develop their unique ways of handling resilience, supporting their staff in dealing with their day-to-day demands.
Not only that, Christmas is right around the corner and many of us will need a deep, deep pool of resilience to get through what can be a hugely stressful time of the year!
To help create this, you are invited to build your resilience in our free 60-minute Remote Taster on Thursday, 14th December 2-3pm.
