Why Attend a Hot Networking Event?
Join us at HOT Networking. A monthly Networking Event for professionals in and around Halifax to meet, connect and collaborate at Elsie Whiteley Innovation Centre.
You can form new collaborative connections.
We’re a friendly bunch at HOT Networking, and we pride ourselves on our informal, laid back nature. All those in our network are welcoming and open to forging professional connections; it’s not always what you know, but who you know!
You can learn something new.
Attending HOT Networking is the ideal way to learn new skills or methods to support your businesses. And, we encourage informal networking before and after speaker presentations, so you could learn about upcoming projects or developments that you could be involved in; it’s good to talk!
Support local.
Ultimately, by attending or speaking at HOT Networking, you’re supporting local businesses. You’re helping to raise the profile of Halifax Opportunities Trust and the Elsie Whiteley Innovation Centre, too.
Speak at our HOT Networking event
Do you have a specialism you’d like to share? Are you skilled in something that you think others would benefit from?
If you’ve been to one of our Networking events before, you’ll have a good idea of the types of things people want to know and how diverse the subject matter can be. Whether it’s tips on wellbeing or myth busting about SEO; if attendees leave knowing something they didn’t already know before the session, your topic is perfect!
Latest Events
Find out more about our upcoming HOT Networking events as well as other events being held here at Elsie Whiteley Innovation Centre.
Productising Business Brains
Join us at HOT Networking on the 8th May to learn how to edit your business so it doesn’t depend on you.
It wouldn’t surprise us if you’d been put off by the ‘ick factory’ that happens when you Google phrases like ‘passive income’ or ‘digital products’? That isn’t what the world of digital products or passive income should look like and Joelle Byrne (JoelleByrne.com) is going to show us the ‘ick free’ way of doing it.
Existing business owners will be encouraged to consider those people who don’t buy your stuff already (because they can’t afford it, because ‘logistics’, or because they want to do it themselves). You’ll find that you can design a ‘thing’ that’s just perfect for them! Just thinking about starting your business? You’ll be walking away with an idea that doesn’t require £5k of stock under your bed, to turn your kitchen into a local branch of the Post Office or to work your fingers to the bone, just to scrape a measly profit.
Join this free workshop and leave brimming with ideas for your first, next or final digital product that’ll put cash in the bank and time on the clock!
Joelle Byrne is a Business Strategist; She splits her working days between helping oversubscribed, service-based businesses that are selling their expertise in ‘time-blocks’, and helping brand new entrepreneurs to design more time-efficient and scalable businesses. Whoever she’s working with, she focuses on exciting ideas that are perfectly aligned with the values and mission of the business owner. Businesses can then go about adding more value to their niche, reaching more people, having more impact, making more money and creating more time to enjoy it. She’s all about designing a business model where your business doesn’t depend on you and, most importantly, brings huge joy!
Hot Networking FAQs
Are there parking spaces available?
Yes, visitor parking is free and located just across the road from the centre. It’s clearly signposted near the entrance to the Centre.
Can I invite my own network?
By all means, please spread the word of your HOT Networking presentation. We will provide you with a link to the Eventbrite page, so you can share this and encourage your connections to sign up and attend.
Do you cater for Vegetarians?
Yes, just let us know your dietary requirements upon arrival and we’ll endeavour to accommodate your needs.
How long does the networking last?
HOT Networking starts at 8am and finishes at 10am. It is held on the second Wednesday of every month.
Is there free WiFi available?
Yes, the WiFi is free in the atrium of Elsie Whiteley Innovation Centre.
Welcoming and business centre very pleasant and helpful. Good size group and planned well.
Networking aspect is excellent! Good mix ofcompanies represented and very well organised.
Like the variety of presentations and useful tips to help our business across a number of topics. So lovely to make new contacts, too.
Lovely venue, friendly and welcoming networking group, with informative speaker presentations.
Looking to hire our meeting rooms?
If you would like to host an event at Elsie Whiteley Innovation Centre, we’d love to have you. Head to our Meeting Rooms page for more information.