
ISME, in association with Griffith College, created these resources to address key concerns raised by business owners during the COVID-19 crisis.
These below resources will be available through late August 2020.
Topic 1: Stronger Together – The Tactical Toolkit
- Enabling remote working
- Banking supports and reliefs
- A practical guide to government crisis relief supports
- Q&A video with Naomi Butler
Topic 2: Crisis Communication for Internal and External Audiences
- Crisis communications
- When a crisis occurs, what steps do you take?
- Communicating during coronavirus/COVID-19
- Communications strategy
Topic 3: Analysis and Planning – Evidence-Based Decision Making
- What does success look like?
- Coming full circle as an SME
- How do I continue/reopen my business?
- Some reassuring realities
- Google Digital Garage
Topic 4: Optimising Your Supply Chain and Operations for Smarter Business
- Optimising the supply chain
- Practical things to do today for SMEs
- Adjusting to the new normal
Topic 5: Financial Management in Uncertainty
- Working capital management
- Debtor and creditor management
- Management of stocks
- Cash management
- Dealing with the banks
- Getting the most from your accountant
Topic 6: Change Management and Innovation– new challenges bring new opportunities
Bonus Webinar: Privacy and Data Protection in the Remote Working World
- GDPR housekeeping
- SMEs must comply with strict laws
- Six things for understanding the life-cycle of the personal data you handle
- Working remotely - heightened risks
Topic 7: Reconnecting – Marketing to your audience post COVID-19
- Tips for communication
- What is a value proposition?
- Product-led marketing vs brand
- Branding
- Top online blunders
Topic 8: Demystifying the Tax implications of COVID-19
- COVID-19
- Firefighting – negotiating your way through COVID-19 tax supports
- Strategising – succession planning, entrepreneur relief, retirement relief
Topic 9: Leadership and Motivation – empower your people, achieve your goals
- Leadership, caring for and empowering your team
- A business needs direction
- Agile & flexible leadership
- Difference between leadership and power
- Leadership and management – what is the difference?
- Culture - implementation and execution
Topic 10: The Power of ‘Future’ - Building a New Reality for Irish SMEs
- Strategy as thinking and acting, not planning
- Scenarios? Stories about what the future might look like
- The VRIO framework
- Revenue streams