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A co-working idyll in the heart of Devon

DBEC Team
21 June 2017

A co-working idyll in the heart of Devon

A co-working idyll in the heart of Devon Co-working is not new. Collaborative spaces are two a penny in the cosmopolitan melting pots of San Francisco, London, and Berlin. They have become a welcome response to the breakdown of traditional businesses relationships, requiring formal employment, hierarchical organisational structures, and attendance (or perhaps, presence) in employers...

New Starter at DBEC!

DBEC Team
27 December 2018

New Starter at DBEC!

Minnie, our Office Manager, has asked for more support so after an extensive and detailed selection process we have selected a new apprentice. We would all like to welcome Lottie. She is a Collie Springer and brings great energy, enthusiasm and ingenuity to the team. Welcome Lottie!

Why every venue needs a dog

DBEC Team
8 August 2018

Why every venue needs a dog

Why every venue needs a dog The Office Manager at Devon Business & Education Centre (DBEC) has all the attributes of a star employee: loyal, a great listener, welcoming and attentive. In truth, she is also a little bit invasive of personal space and no amount of feedback has encouraged her to stop sniffing guests in an overfamiliar fashion. Minnie has become a bit of a local celebrity &n...

How to turn your idea into a business

DBEC Team
6 June 2018

How to turn your idea into a business

How to turn your idea into a business “I have this great business idea that will make me millions!” Whilst many an idea has commercial potential, in truth, it is only a fantasy until that point when you take the brave step of communicating it to others and risking the slings and arrows of receiving their feedback. But before you take the leap into the...

The Joy of Networking

DBEC Team
3 April 2018

The Joy of Networking

The Joy of Networking Forget "joy", for some the thought of plunging headlong into an environment where they are surrounded by strangers with whom they appear to have nothing in common is worse than frightening, it's the nightmare scenario. "What will I say to them?" and "what if they don't like me?"...... The grea...

Helping your staff respond to feelings of shock

DBEC Team
30 January 2019

Helping your staff respond to feelings of shock

Helping your staff respond to feelings of shock We recognise it in ourselves: sweaty hands, heart racing, a sense of foreboding, confusion or even fear. These are the colourful impacts of our adrenaline coursing through our veins, responding to an anticipated situation of peril – an unexpected meeting, a difficult announcement, an overbearing colleague or, perhaps, a stret...

Feel the fear and present with confidence

DBEC Team
27 August 2018

Feel the fear and present with confidence

Feel the fear and present with confidence In a 2014 survey by Chapman University, over a quarter of the US respondents listed public speaking as their greatest fear - alongside being involved in a mass shooting or walking alone at night. Our US cousins are not alone, commonly I find that senior representatives of wide ranging organisations are petrified by the prospect of s...

Find your own community!

DBEC Team
26 June 2018

Find your own community!

Find your own community! Goodness knows, it can be hard work keeping going whether you own your business or you are working for others – things to do, people to see, places to go to… Time is one commodity that we can never control and, on occasions, the work escalator can feel very steep and very fast. The concept of work life balance can feel a faint memory of a time pre-...

Why green venues are good for business

DBEC Team
30 May 2018

Why green venues are good for business

Why green venues are for good for business When we embarked upon our journey to develop a sustainable venue in the middle of rural Devon we were faced with a wide range of choices. In pure terms, Devon Business & Education Centre is a compromise based on good intentions, a fixed budget, but also a need to satisfy the varied needs of all our visitors. The trade-offs are ea...

What's the point of sustainable business?

DBEC Team
18 October 2017

What's the point of sustainable business?

What's the point of sustainable business? ‘Sustainability’ is one of those concepts which over time can become little more than a trendy buzz-word, a vague notion of goodness we know we should be aiming to achieve in our homes and businesses. The general reasons why we should strive to live greener lifestyles are not new to us; over the last few decades, the destructive impac...

Devon Business & Education Centre launches partnership with Emotional Logic Centre

DBEC Team
11 January 2019

Devon Business & Education Centre launches partnership with Emotional Logic Centre

Devon Business & Education Centre (DBEC) is delighted to announce that it is has become an accredited training venue for the Emotional Logic Centre, one of the UK’s most respected and impactful mental health training and support organisations. The Emotional Logic Centre, based in Ivybridge, Devon, provides practical, innovative life long learning skills to individuals and organisation...

Helping others to help yourself

DBEC Team
22 August 2018

Helping others to help yourself

Helping others to help yourself One of the wonderful benefits of working at Devon Business & Education Centre is the wide variety of visitors we see each month. Some are young people and parents engaged in tutoring, others run small or growing businesses or are part of larger organisations that are hiring space for meetings or being trained over the day. Their aims of being there are ...

How to make your Awayday one to remember! (and for all the right reasons!)

DBEC Team
14 June 2018

How to make your Awayday one to remember! (and for all the right reasons!)

How to make your Awayday one to remember (and for all the right reasons!) Be honest, how do you feel when your manager tells you that you are all going on a team awayday? Joy, trepidation, intrigue, anxiousness, horror? Depending on your viewpoint, you might feel any of the above emotions or many others. The thing is - awaydays aren’t everybody’s cup of tea. Being whi...

How to run effective meetings

DBEC Team
22 May 2018

How to run effective meetings

How to run effective meetings We often hear people saying they hate business meetings or that they are a waste of time, uttering phrases like “that is an hour of my life that I will never get back!” or “what was the point of that then?” The trouble is, meetings are essential. Without them businesses can easily become flotsam on the high seas, bobbing around with...

Start as you mean to carry on

DBEC Team
11 September 2017

Start as you mean to carry on

Most of us stumble into self-employment - unexpectedly waking up to find we have to consider customers, cashflow, and marketing. Before long we realise we have staff and wider commitments - all too quickly what started as fun has turned into a chore. However, whether your business has just started up, is a year old or, even, you are wanting the confidence to launch it - then a l...

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Present with confidence

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