LOCAL ENTERPRISE WEEK (LEW) 2024 - GROW REMOTE - REMOTE WORK IN 2024: THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMEs & START-UPS - Remote Information Seminar via ZOOM

STRICTLY FOR ROSCOMMON BUSINESSES ONLY.

Date: Wednesday, March 6th 2024

Time: 7pm - 8pm

Remote Information Seminar (60 minutes)

What is Grow Remote (Roscommon)? 

Grow Remote - Grow Remote is a remote-first Social Enterprise, which was founded in Ireland in 2019. Starting as a group of volunteers with a mission to focus on preventing the depopulation seen across rural Ireland, to our major towns and cities for employment opportunities. After securing funding from Enterprise Ireland in 2020 it has grown into a growing organisation employing 10 full-time employees. Grow Remote's mission is to assist people to live, work and participate wherever they choose. This is done in 3 main ways: 1) Empower companies to transition to remote-first, 2) Land remote jobs for people, and 3) Build Local communities for remote workers

Empowering companies transition to an organisational structure that works for them is at the heart of what Grow Remote does. They have provided training to 1,000s of managers, team leaders and employees over the last 3 years. All of the training provided by Grow Remote is fully-funded for the participants, provided online and industry led, leading to Grow Remote being recognised as the industry expert of Remote Working in Ireland and beyond.  

For more details about Grow Remote, please visit the website at the link below:

https://growremote.ie/about-us/

Panel:

Renate Kohlmann - With over 25 years’ experience in global management and leadership roles, Renate’s journey to remote working began in 2004 as EMEA Outsource Operations Manager with Dell and most recently as EU Sales & Service Director with Wayfair where she led the strategy and planning for the launch of virtual operations in 2018. Presently Renate is self-employed, providing consulting and coaching services specializing in remote operations and career development and she is Chapter Lead at Grow Remote. Renate has been fundamental to the growth of Grow Remote, designing and facilitating their Leading Remote Teams training course, sitting as a board member and advisor.

Erica Hearne - Erica works on Grow Remotes Employers team managing relationships. Erica works with both Remote-First companies and also companies wanting to transition to remote. She assists them on every step of their journey. Prior to joining the Grow Remote team, she worked for various American media conglomerates, digital marketing agencies, and Irish radio stations, always in client-facing roles. Passionate about driving societal change, for women and mothers in particular, through community-led projects, she’s worked with Project Medishare on the ground in Haiti and built community housing in Grenada. She previously founded and led the Dungarvan Chapter of MumTribe Ireland.

Dr Eoin Byrne - Eoin is Grow Remotes Training Manager. Eoin assists companies and individuals on their journey to learn the skills needed to incorporate remote first principles in their workplace. He also oversees the design of our courses to ensure they are current, valuable and industry led. Before joining Grow Remote, Eoin was a researcher and lecturer at the National University of Ireland, Galway, where he was awarded his PhD in Irish Studies in 2020. He is the recipient of several prestigious research funding fellowships and has been invited to speak in several countries across Europe and North America. He has extensive experience in designing and delivering courses at third level and for adult education, both online and in person, and in multilingual contexts.

Caitlín McConn - Caitlín is the Operations Manager at Grow Remote. Part of that role includes HR, Finance and ensuring Grow Remote has the essential policies and procedures in place to thrive as a remote first business. Before joining the team, Caitlín set up and ran her own award-winning business for a decade. Caitlín has worked in community and business development for almost 15 years, actively promoting the economic and social development of her community with the aim of creating a better place in which to live, work and do business. She has an educational background in Business, Finance and Executive Coaching, she was President of Roscommon Chamber of Commerce and sat as a board member of Roscommon Local Enterprise Office.

There will also be a Q&A section.

Grow Remote will email the ZOOM link prior to commencement.