Recession Proof: Staying in Demand

In response to Trinidad and Tobago’s economic downturn, ODEM Business Consulting hosted the “Recession Proof: Staying in Demand” seminar, aimed at equipping local entrepreneurs and business professionals with strategies to thrive during challenging times. The full-day event featured expert-led seminars and interactive workshops focusing on enhancing productivity, boosting sales, leveraging digital marketing, and sound financial planning. Attendees gained practical tools to innovate, collaborate, and maintain business growth amidst economic uncertainties.

Speakers & Facilitators: 

Speakers and facilitators are chosen based on in-depth knowledge and industry expertise on the various topics. It is an honour to have everyone as part of the team working towards positively affecting our nation’s economy through providing sound business development and adaptability strategies advise during this Recession. The schedule for this event runs from 7:00am to 5:00pm.

If you wish to pioneer with us, kindly refer your additional questions to Winnie John via telephone contact 285-9135 or e-mail at in**@***********es.com.

Below is a listing of our speakers and facilitators.  Click on links for additional biography and other information.

Master of Ceremonies: 

Ardene Sirjoo – Radio Broadcaster and Development Advocate 

Ardene Sirjoo gets fired up about finding common ground to mobilize people. Ultimately interested in affecting positive change, she is driven to connect the right people to various causes and audiences. Her 9 years’ experience in radio broadcasting allows her to draw on human and information resources that support her work both on and off-air.

With a solid, postsecondary school foundation in political education and the experience of student activism at the UWI St Augustine campus, Ardene’s foray into radio with i95.5fm at the start of the 2007 general election campaign seemed logical. Since that time, she has cohosted several talk shows, three of which she has helped to establish, including two daily programs. She has taken advantage of opportunities to do live outside broadcasts and on-the-field reporting as well as to produce and host diverse panel discussions. Still with i95.5fm, she is into her sixth year of cohosting the weekly development talk show, “The 95 Mandate”.

She has also worked with a range of entities coordinating, curating and supporting projects in areas such as human rights, food security, capacity building, entertainment, culture and social outreach. Her current assignment with the Bocas Lit Fest has seen her embrace and create prospects for collaboration with local for-profit and non-profit actors in order to help fulfil the NGO’s literary development mandate.

Guest Speakers: 

Laura Cotton – Customer Service Expert

Gillian Wall – Team Building Specialist

Rene Davis – Sales & Networking Consultant

Philip Williams – Finance & Investment Advisor

Session Topics Covered:

• Enhancing Productivity: Speed, Efficiency, and Cost Reduction Effective Sales Techniques and Networking Strategies Navigating Traditional and Digital Marketing Trends Financial Planning and Investment Strategies 
• Team Building for Business Growth 
• Understanding Business Growth Stages 
• Strategies for Business Expansion 
• Sustaining Mature and Established Companies 

Sponsors & Exhibitors: 

• Republic Bank Ltd 
• CL Communications 
• Trinidad & Tobago Unit Trust Corporation 
• Isaac 98.1 FM 
• Gayelle The Channel 
• Youth Business Trinidad & Tobago 
• Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) Sevens Financial Services Ltd 
• The Centre of Excellence