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Creating the Ideal Learning Environment

Presenter: Ben Baginsky – Programme Director at Roffey Park Institute

Learning is no longer simply an element of work – confined to induction or an annual professional development process. Today, learning is at the heart of work. More than ever before, we are aware of the complexity we operate in, and that we constantly need to review and renew our mindsets and tools for responding to ever-changing, unpredictable and new circumstances. This short session will ask the question: what is learning at work today? And offer insights on how to generate the conditions in which impactful ongoing learning can happen at work – in service of growing your organisation.

BIO: Ben is a Programme Director at Roffey Park Institute. He is an organisational consultant dedicated to empowering all those he works and to bring out the best in individuals, teams and organisations.

He has run his own organisational consultancy practice and worked as a Social Worker.

He holds a certificate in Teaching Leadership from the Kansas Leadership Centre and has trained in systemic family therapy. His main areas of interest include leadership and management, group and team dynamics, and adult learning.

Social Media and the Law – Think Before You Tweet

Presenter: Penina Shepherd – CEO at Acumen Business Law

“Social media is an important tool in promoting your business, but it can also be a minefield when it concerns defamatory posts, breach of intellectual property and employees posting on behalf of your business!

This talk will set out the basic rules to bear in mind with practical tips on how to make sure your social media activity is working for you and not against you!”

BIO: Penina is the founder of ACUMEN BUSINESS LAW, a Top 50 Groundbreaking & Innovative Law Firms in the UK and Europe (Financial Times), a multi award winning entrepreneur, a business lawyer, the author of the inspirational bestseller book The Freedom Revolution and a headline speaker.

She has been in the legal profession since 1996, worked for top 100 UK Law Firms both as Partner & Head of Department and regularly advises clients on Company, Commercial, Intellectual Property, Data & Compliance matters and other Business Law matters. Penina is also an expert in the region on Shares, Incentives & Benefits Schemes advising regularly on HMRC Approved Schemes as well as Unapproved.

ESG Explained – “What is it and is it Relevant to me?”

Presenter: John Battersby – Head of Public Affairs at Metro Bank

Introduction to the topic of ESG – Environment, Social and Governance – and why businesses, customers and others are paying more attention to it.

BIO: John is Head of Public Affairs at Metro Bank. Before joining the bank in 2021 he ran the communications and policy function at fintech platform RateSetter, and prior to that he oversaw communications and marketing for the Lloyd’s of London global insurance market. He started his career at HM Treasury where he held several communications and policy roles.