Previous events
All previous events
WEBINAR - Women in Leadership: Developing Confidence and Impact when communicating with others
Communicating as a leader is a necessary skill for any leader. For female leaders and emerging leaders, these are particularly important to ensure you lead, make an impression and engage with your teams. In this interactive masterclass Susan will use elements from her Communications methodology, Superstar Communicator™, sharing Top Tips to ensure you have presence and impact when communicating as a female leader.
View event details
Hawkins Webinar - MEWPs on Construction Sites: A Lower Risk Option
This session will look at the types of Mobile Elevated Working Platforms available including: - training and qualifications required - potential hazards - examples of MEWP related incidents
View event details
An introduction to communicating with NLP
NLP is often described as the study of excellence and is broken down into a range of tools and techniques that enhance our awareness. Learning NLP tools and techniques result in us becoming more effective communicators in life and business and can therefore increase confidence. N= Neuro = The thoughts we think L = Linguistic = The language that we use P = Programming = The behaviours and habits that we have as a result
View event details
Celebrating 100 Years - Insurance Institute of Bedford and Milton Keynes Centenary Dinner on 24th February 2023
Celebrating 100 years! Please join us and our President, Phil Willis, at our centenary annual dinner, which will be held on the 24th February 2023 at the Mercure Bedford Centre Hotel. The Insurance Institute of Bedford was formed in 1923 and this will be an important milestone for the local insurance community. It is most importantly an opportunity to link up with fellow members, enjoy good food and refreshments, and have a memorable evening.
View event detailsSEMINAR - How to Escape Life's Drama (an exploration into Transactional Analysis)
Join us for this interactive session, where we will review the ‘PAC’ model of Transactional Analysis. We will explore how the modes of the Parent, the Adult and the Child play out in life and how adopting different aspects of the ego states can have a perceived positive or negative impact. We will step into and then back out of the Drama Triangle, heightening our awareness to become more ‘Adult’ when interacting with others to achieve more effective results.
View event details
Diversity and Inclusion Webinar
We Welcome all members and guest to attend this afternoon webinar via Zoom. We have a fantastic line-up of speakers and we hope that you can join us.
View event detailsSEMINAR - Building Confidence and Shifting your Emotional State
Many people believe that their emotional state is entirely dictated by external factors over which they have no control. For example, how often do we hear people say, ‘You make me angry/happy/sad’? This empowering session shows delegates how to take control of their emotional state, shifting to the best possible state to achieve highly successful outcomes at work and at home.
View event detailsWEBINAR - The Civil Liability Act Revisited (Personal Injury Claims England/Wales)
The Civil Liability Act, introduced on 31 May 2021, brought about the biggest changes to RTA personal injury claims procedures in 30 years. Whilst it is still relatively early days, the Act has now had a little time to bed in. The webinar will be of value to those involved in Motor claims, underwriting, broking or anyone wishing to widen their knowledge of a highly topical and fast moving aspect of general insurance.
View event details
Hawkins Webinar - BLEVEs: The Hidden Dangers of Back Boilers
This session will cover the risks associated with domestic back boilers, and how environmental factors and incorrect decommissioning can result in catastrophic damage to property.
View event details
Hawkins Webinar - Crane Safety - Not just torquing nuts! A review of the Carol Anne crane collapse
A review of a fatal crane accident that occurred on the Carol Anne workboat off Mull in 2015 including: - the mechanics of the incident - the complexity of crane mounting - the benefits of investigating at an early stage
View event detailsWEBINAR - Resilience for Good Mental Wellbeing
Resilience is fundamental to good mental health and success in business/work and life. This webinar explores how we can all develop resilience in ourselves and in our teams. This will include practical advice and tools to help you to build your and your team's resilience. The session is a mix of slides and interactive discussions designed to ensure effective learning in a short timeframe.
View event detailsWEBINAR - Uncommon Sense for Health and Performance – the six actions
This session delivered by Ollie Martin, author of ‘Uncommon Sense’, introduces you to six simple daily actions that will make you fitter and healthier than the majority of the population, and help ignite your performance and productivity. This myth-busting presentation will give you the latest hacks on what works and what does not, interspersed with short practices and tests to support engagement, and illustrate and support learning.
View event detailsWEBINAR - The Highway Code Changes 2022 and their Implications for Motor Insurance
On 29 January 2022 some significant alterations were made to the Highway Code, known and trusted for many decades as the ‘Road Users’ Bible’. This webinar goes into detail on the provisions of the new Code and how they can be communicated to clients. It also looks at how they are likely to affect different classes of Motor insurance and it will be of value to insurance personnel dealing with Motor underwriting, claims or client facing in any way.
View event details
Hawkins Webinar - Over-Fired Air (OFA) in Industrial Boilers
Paul will discuss how pollution control technology can cause a loss of steam and/or power generation.
View event details
Escapes of Water
This webinar will cover common causes of escapes of water and how Regulations, Standards and Manufacturer’s guidance can be used to achieve a recovery.
View event detailsWEBINAR - Understanding and addressing client buying influences
How often do we lose an existing account, or fail to win a sales pitch despite having what we think is clearly the best proposition? We may have developed trusted advisor status with our client, understood their needs and developed tailored solutions in line with their business objectives. Our contact at the client may also love our proposition. But we still lose the business. The most common reason that this happens is that we fail to identify, understand, and address the decision making dynamic and wider buying influences at our prospect or client.
View event detailsWEBINAR - Managing Stress & Avoiding Burnout
During this 1-hour webinar, participants will learn about the effects of stress, how to manage stress, the link between burnout and mental health and how to avoid burnout. The session is a mix of slides and interactive discussions designed to ensure effective learning in a short timeframe within an online environment.
View event details