30 May 2018

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"In the digital age, a basic understanding of how the online world works isn't just useful and when it comes to business, it’s essential."
Ronan Harris
Google UK & Ireland Managing Director

We couldn’t agree more. That’s why The Big House has teamed up with Google’s Digital Garage to offer two exclusive workshops in June and July. Let’s Get Digital and Seriously Good Social Skills are two half-day sessions which provide an opportunity to hone the digital skills essential for taking any creative or digital business to the next stage.

"We are delighted to bring the Google Digital Garage to The Big House in Nottingham and ensure everyone has access to free digital skills workshops. We hope you'll pop in and get the skills you need to become more confident online, grow your career or business and maybe even launch the next big idea."
Ronan Harris
Google UK & Ireland Managing Director

The Let’s Get Digital workshop on 14th June at Biocity covered 'Building a digital marketing plan', 'Introducing digital advertising' and 'Understanding your business data. The session was designed to take the guesswork out of digital marketing and help develop a practical and realistic digital strategy.


Let's Get Digital Workshop on 14th June at Biocity

Session two, Seriously Good Social Skills, will run on 5th July and focus on social media platforms, maximising audience engagement, best practice planning and creating captivating content. Attendees will learn how to create a social media strategy that delivers the right business goals and the importance of defining a set of marketing guidelines for staying on brand and on message.


Seriously Good Social Skills, on 9am to 1.30pm, 5th July at Biocity

"It’s fantastic that we are able to offer training courses of this calibre as part of The Big House programme. We are excited to be involved with the Digital Garage team and for any creative or digital or business wanting to develop new or refresh existing skills, this is an excellent opportunity"
Di Tunney
Communications, Media and PR Manager at The Big House

The Big House programme offers a range of different types of free business support through a range of partners, such as 1-2-1 mentoring, access to grants and workshops. See what else you can can involved with.

Google Digital Garage is a place where anyone develop free digital skills to help them find a job, grow in their career, grow their confidence online, or grow a business.

In the last two years, over 200,000 people across the UK have benefitted from Google’s free face-to-face training on digital know-how.

Workshop details:

5 July - Seriously Good Social Skills from the Google Digital Garage Team

Biocity, Pennyfoot Street, Nottingham NG1 1GF, 9am – 1.30pm: Main Hall

Book your place today.

Don’t miss out on the chance to sharpen your skills from a world leader in digital trends. Visit our events page for more details.