Hosting Senator George Mitchell on his visit to Belfast in 2004
Current and Recent Programmes
Current
InvestNI GoSucceed Programme – Mentoring Services
InterTrade Ireland Elevate programme and others – Mentoring Services
Recent Programmes
Cavan Local Enterprise Board
Start Your Own Business Programme – F2F Training and Zoom including One to One Mentoring
2018 to 2021
Kick-Start Your Own Business Programme
E-Mail Marketing Programme
Monaghan Local Enterprise Board
Start Your Own Business Programme – F2F Training and Zoom including One to One Mentoring
2018 to 2021
Meath Local Enterprise Board
Start Your Own Business Programme – F2F Training and Zoom including One to One Mentoring
2016 to 2020 –
Belfast City Council
“Think, Do, Be” programme & “Go for Growth” Programme funded by Invest Northern Ireland and the European Regional Development Fund under the EU Investment for Growth and Jobs Programme (2014-2020) and offered specially tailored support for micro and small enterprises right across the Council area.
Craigavon Industrial Development Organisation (CIDO)
2009 – 2016
Start Your Own Business Programme
Development and delivery of Polish and Portuguese versions of the programme
Develop Your Own Business Programme
Donegal County Council
Business Bootcamp Programme
Senior Enterprise Ireland
Start Your Own Business
Irish Rugby Union Players Association (IRUPA) – Transit to Business Programme and workshops
2011 – 2012
Transform Your Business – Armagh and Craigavon and Banbridge District Council 2022
One to One Mentoring
Business Start-up Seed Fund Programme Causeway Coast and Glens 2023/2024
One to One Mentoring
Mid and East Antrim Escalate Programme – 2021
One to One Mentoring
InterTrade Ireland
Elevate, Trading Accelerate Programme,
Brexit Planning and Tradelinks
Ulster University
Broadcast audience market research project
Enterprise Northern Ireland
Border Bootcamp Programme
Border Councils
North West Construction Programme
The Institute of Business Consulting and The Chartered Management Institute
Management of the Chartered Manager Programme at Queens University – Clinton Institute
Transnational Experience – Training Course design and development
EU project management – transnational – full partner in EU Leonardo project www.mofit.net
as co-ordinating partner.
ECONIT
EU funded Leonardo da Vinci Programme – Management of the CIDO participation in this programme.
ZAGREB Croatia – Ecorys – E-business Competitiveness Improvement Programme
Member of Irish Government’ s National Advisory Council on Teleworking (NACT) which reported to Government in 2001 including the development of training materials, development of web based resource tools, teleworking development and training, member of the E-Work Action Forum appointed by the Irish Government.
Draft Employees’ Manual 2000 – Download here
Draft Emloyers’ Manual 2000 – Download here
E-Work in Ireland – Code of Practice – Download here.
Academic
Ulster University 1988 – Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing
Professional Membership
Fellowship – Institute of Business Consulting
Chartered Management Institute – UK
By acclamation and service to business development iniatives in Northern Ireland
Employment
BT – British Telecom – British Telecommunications – formerly Post Office Telephones
1972 – 1996;
Sales – Account Management and Sales Management including staff management, management of resources, target setting, sales training and management of reward systems.
Marketing – Strategic Marketing Manager in BT Northern Ireland 1990 to 1996, competitor analysis, development of competitor response strategies, event development and delivery, internal and external communications.
Self Employment
ICT inc E-Commerce
Development of ICT resources, integration of ICT into business strategy, the web as a business resource, small business and the use of ICT for competitive advantage, ICT as a training resource,
Finance
Management and Development of McCormack Associates 1996 to date.
Finance Director Townsend Enterprise Park for three terms – 1992 – 1998
Chair – Townsend Enterprise Park 1998 – 2001
SFEDI accredited Finance Trainer
Business Skills Training
Design and development of training courses for LEADER groups and UU Community Leadership Programme
Contractor to Telework Ireland (TWI), Georges Street, Dun Laoghaire
To devise the content and manage the delivery of the EU funded ADAPT programme “Telework Development and Support Systems for Micro Enterprises” – 1998/2000 in association with FÁS which trained 120 participants as home based, self employed, eworking software localisation testers throughout Ireland.
Founder Director of Townsend Enterprise Park – 1986 to 2017
Joe McCormack is a
Fellow of the Institute of Consulting
Member of the Independent Consultants and Advisers Group Northern Ireland
Director – Belfast FM Ltd t/a Belfast 89FM
Director – Lagan SSBDAB Ltd
