Leitrim Business Network

Written on January 16, 2008 by Conor O'Neill

I’m really pleased to see how well the Leitrim Business Network is taking off. Johnny Beirne from Leitrim CEB and the team are really pushing it forward. I love seeing them evangelise the opportunities presented by online networking through tools like LinkedIn and of course the site itself is a group blog.

it@cork has shown how useful and influential a professional local business network can be, particularly one that understands technology. It has also become clear to me that the CEBs are moving things up a notch. The Tech-Check initiative continues to impress me daily. Seeing South Cork CEB attend the Cork OpenCoffees tells me that they see a strong match between their mandate and all the small web start-ups that are popping up.

Online networking tools can  help overcome the difficulties faced by those living and working in rural areas. Whilst the face to face of it@cork, Soho Solo and OpenCoffee is critical, these can now be bolstered by LinkedIn, Facebook, Blogs, Jaiku, Qik, UStream, Web Conferencing etc. I hope 2008 is a year of major experimentation with all of these so that you can live in Goleen, Arvagh, Donnybrook or Birr and be equally visible and accessible to your professional network.

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