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Use The GROW Model To Present With Confidence

December 20, 2013January 12, 2015 Elaine Rogers Business Skills, Success GROW, presentations, presenting, public speaking, rapport, VAK, WIIFM

Do you struggle with the thought of presenting? Speaking in public? Standing up in a meeting to demo something or show some charts? Well read on

Blogging – I have no time to blog!

April 26, 2013January 12, 2015 Elaine Rogers Business Skills, Planning blog, blogging, Goal Setting, Procrastination, schedule, too busy, wordpress

Do you blog? Are you blogging? No? It’s classic procrastination ~ why do today, what you can put off until tomorrow? Actually, I really enjoy

Selling – Are you selling to your market or yourself?

February 22, 2013April 4, 2016 Elaine Rogers Business Skills, Employee answers, benefits, consulting, FAB, features, hope, questions, Rick Page, Sales, selling

Are you talking about your products or services? To whom? Are you selling to your market, the people who matter? Or to yourself, quietly, unnoticed?

#SMEcommunity – Ireland’s Business Success Story

January 22, 2013August 29, 2017 Elaine Rogers Business Skills, Growth #SMEcommunity, Birr, business growth, business support, entrepreneurship, FocusSMEIreland, networking, SME

#SMEcommunity – an inspiring idea that “viraled” beyond belief in a tiny country that possesses a HUGE business community. Last year, I attended the #Birr2012

Personal Responsibility For Your Professional Conduct

January 15, 2013December 30, 2016 Elaine Rogers Business Skills, Management accountability, blame, communication, culture, management, motivation, personal development, professional development

Something has happened. You messed up. But hey, John messed up last week, and he managed to wangle his way out of it. So if you could just blame this one on time constraints, or perhaps Jane as she didn’t finish the draft correctly. Or maybe when James didn’t come back to you within the half hour you specified, that would have delayed you also, right? Wrong! If you mess up, are late submitting a project, or get something wrong – It’s your fault! – own up to it!

Merry Christmas from The Smart Train

December 20, 2012August 20, 2016 Elaine Rogers Business Skills, Christmas, Growth 2012, 2013, happy new year, merry christmas, Planning

Yes, it’s that time of year again!!! What a year it has been for The Smart Train. We have launched, blogged, tweeted, facebooked, and newslettered till we cannot type

Networking Tips – Rapport Is An Important Skill

November 19, 2012January 12, 2015 Elaine Rogers Business Skills, Employee business networking, networking tips, nlp, rapport

Do you go to networking events? Do you enjoy them? Do you find you seem to rub people up the wrong way while at professional

Networking Tips – How To Network Successfully

October 2, 2012May 4, 2016 Elaine Rogers Business Skills, Success business cards, networking, networking tips, successful networking

A few years ago, I met Seán Gallagher at a network meeting. We got chatting as you do over cups of tea. Seán thinks networking

RockYourBiz Blogging Competition Winners Announced

August 8, 2012August 29, 2017 Elaine Rogers Business, Business Skills #RockYourBiz, BizSugar, blogging competition, iPad, the smart train, thesmarttrain

Wow! RockYourBiz rocks! It feels like yesterday when we blogged about the BizSugar blogging competition. That month absolutely flew by. The competition is closed now and the

Your Self-Care Work Manual

July 21, 2012May 16, 2015 Elaine Rogers Business Skills, Management business planning, entrepreneur, fear, Goal Setting, self-care, setting goals

If you have not already thought about how you operate WITHIN your business, here is your self-care manual to help you focus on what is important for yourself

TheSmartTrain Blogging for 4 years – Happy Birthday!!

July 20, 2012May 6, 2016 Elaine Rogers Business Skills, Success birthday, blogging, Christmas, ideas, networking, redundancy, stress, stress management

So we have been online now for 4 years. It’s been an amazing journey, and hard to believe this journey began 4 years ago, almost to the day. I share with you the TOP 5 blogs over that period of time.

#RockYourBiz BizSugar Competition for Bloggers

July 1, 2012August 29, 2017 Elaine Rogers Business, Business Skills #RockYourBiz, BizSugar, blogging, blogging competition, business blogging, business news, business strategies, TweakYourBiz

Do you read blogs? Are you a Blogger (someone who blogs or writes a blog)? A BLOG is a discussion or information site published on

SMART Goal Setting

April 9, 2012March 28, 2015 Elaine Rogers Business Skills, Goal Setting, Soft Skills Goal Setting, setting goals, SMART goal

What is the difference between a goal and a wish? General Wish: “I would love to write a book some day” General Goal: “I want

Networking to make a difference!

November 2, 2011March 9, 2015 Elaine Rogers Business Skills, Planning Business, name tags, networking, questions, sean gallagher, smart networking

I have met Seán Gallagher twice recently. Ironically it was over cups of tea. Whilst networking! Seán thinks networking is akin to going to an

Towards a Networking Strategy – Cork Workshop

October 5, 2011January 17, 2015 Elaine Rogers Business Skills, Success #CWiB, cork, cork networking, cork women in business, creative dynamix, networking, roisin markham, social networking

We are also running a series of workshops in Cork. We will kick of with a BIG BANG – “Towards a Networking Strategy”
A Networking Strategy is a continuous working plan that business owners will refer back to time and time again; change, update and perfect as their business evolves.

Business support is prolific in Cork

September 2, 2011August 29, 2017 Elaine Rogers Business Skills, Growth #CWiB, business success stories, cork, james whelton, margaret smith, rte, social media, social networking, twitter, umnumnum

It began in Margaret Smith’s front room, and now we are moving to hotel premises and have regular great speakers every month, a fantastic website, facebook page, twitter account, a dedicated committee and up to Aug 2011 35 paid up members. I am confident that will increase rapidly as a consequence of the Nationwide Show this Wednesday.

Happy International Women’s Day 2011

March 8, 2011January 17, 2015 Elaine Rogers Business Skills, Success #CWiB, #iwd, #iwd2011, daughter, day, family, international, mother, sister, wife, Women

International Women’s Day is celebrated across the world, particularly in Russia where they buy flowers for their wives, daughters and mothers. it’s easy to remember all the famous women who have made huge contribution and made such a difference in the world.

Today let us celebrate the ordinary woman who does exceptional things, the woman who quietly raises her family, manages her business, supports her husband, listens to her friends and puts others before herself.

Another Day but not another Dollar!!

February 16, 2011January 17, 2015 Elaine Rogers Business Skills, Success B2B sales, free advice, free services, free stuff, give-aways, reciprocating, Sales

We feel good about ourselves when we get free stuff, and we feel good about the person or company that provides the free stuff. It’s a “humanoid” thing. We have a feel good factor, and openly and willingly talk about the product or service that we got for free.

Mindmap your way to Romance

February 1, 2011January 24, 2015 Elaine Rogers Business Skills, Christmas, Planning Buzan, coaching, Goal Setting, idea, map, mapping, mind, MindMap, mindmapping, plan, Planning, Procrastination, Romance, romantic, Tony, Valentine, Valentine's Day, visualisation

Planning an event can be tremendously stressful for some. Very often, someone wants to plan a surprise or event for a friend or loved-one. This can prove an almost debilitating exercise for many; so what I want to to is look at ONE possibility that can help your life to be easier, less stressful and ultimately organised. This will ensure that you enjoy the event as much as the person or people you are organising it for.

The Contrails of Business

September 20, 2010December 7, 2015 Elaine Rogers Business Skills, Change business development, business planning, positive thinking, suceeding in business

Simply ask yourself then, are you doing business the exact same way as before, when things were good, the economy steady (in theory) and there was planty of money around? If your answer is yes, then how can that way of business work now? When it’s hot, we turn on the air conditioning, when it is cold, we turn on the heating.

THE SMART TRAIN

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