Over the years we have been encouraged by the many Government Supported Programmes we have tended for and won. We believe this reflects the quality of our service, our expertise in our chosen areas and our reputation as a strong, solid organisation. We are also delighted that through these funded programmes our clients have been able to benefit from the opportunities. Some of the programmes we have delivered include:

Management Skills for Technical Professionals
In 2002 the Department for Education and Learning adopted the Beckinridge Management Skills for Technical Professionals programme as part of their Management & Leadership Development Programme. This course develops the skills needed for today’s rigorous and demanding ICT management environment.

Export Sales Programme
Since 1996 Beckinridge have delivered the highly acclaimed Export Sales Training Programme on behalf of FAS for the Irish Software Association and Shannon Soft.
The programme (developed by Beckinridge and accredited by the Irish Marketing Institute) assists and increases the sales effectiveness of indigenously owned companies in the Irish software industry who wish to enter or further develop into an international ICT market.

Impact Programme
Since 2000, Beckinridge has been delivering workshops on the Impact Programme for Invest NI (formally LEDU). These workshops help companies implement their marketing plans. The topics delivered by Beckinridge are: Sales Management with Impact; Selling a Service with Impact; Introduction to the Internet; Practical Internet Marketing and Selling on the Internet.

Sales Development Toolkit
Supported by FAS, the Beckinridge ‘Sales Development Toolkit’ programme is designed to increase the sales effectiveness of small, privately owned ICT companies. The programme focuses on critical sales and personal skills that professional salespeople require to gain new business and to develop/expand existing markets in a controlled and profitable manner.

EBusiness Training Programme
Beckinridge and Chambers of Commerce in Ireland partnered in 2000 to deliver a countrywide eBusiness Training Programme for SMEs to provide a solid background in the business reasons for adopting web technologies. CCI chose Beckinridge to develop the programme content because of their vast experience in developing and delivering tailored programmes and courses in the area of eBusiness.

Empower Programme
In 2000, Beckinridge delivered the Empower programme for the Dublin City Enterprise Board. The programme provided hands-on training for senior managers and owner-managers to assist companies to ‘gear up’ for ebusiness.

Develop Your eBusiness
In 2000, Beckinridge designed and delivered the Develop Your eBusiness programme on behalf of FAS. This programme was to help small businesses in the service sector with the deployment of eBusiness technologies.

The Buttons Programme
In 1999 and 2000, Beckinridge, was commissioned by the T&EA (now DEL) to run a series of one-day workshops under The Buttons Programme aimed at small businesses across Northern Ireland. The workshops were specially designed to demystify eCommerce and to enable participants to assess its relevance to their business.

BugBusters
In 1999, Beckinridge won a contract to help Northern Ireland’s small businesses protect against the threat of the Millennium Bug. With funding from the T&EA (now DEL), Beckinridge trained over 750 individuals from SMEs to become ‘Bug Busters’, to help them assess, manage and fix problems arising from the Millennium date change.