We have just successfullly hosted our first multi-day conference at the Marine Rooms. We are delighted to offer our facilities and be able to provide the high standard of venue service we aimed to.

Recent pictures show how the facility is developing. conference venues north wales

View through the window

Set up for Groups of Four

Stunning Marina, Castle, River and Mountain Views

We have also just launched North Wales Projector Hire to perfectly fit with the conference facilities.

Make Microsoft Outlook the central part of your Social Media communications

Outlook Social Connector with Plugins

Merge your business life with your personal life. Link in your work/personal emails with your Social media networks such as Facebook, Linkedin, MySpace and MSN Messenger.

This little add-on available from Microsoft works with Office 2003, 200 and 2010. It’s simple to download, install and easy to use too.

The Outlook Social Connector allows you to synchronize your contact data from your social networks right into Outlook and obtain information about your friends and business colleagues.

Use the Outlook Social Connector to display a quick view of related Outlook content such as recent e-mail conversations, meetings, and shared attachments.

Even if you don’t want to use it to connect with Facebook and Linkedin it is a brilliant tool that allows you view contact related Outlook content. These include:

One tool that shows every email you’ve ever sent or received from a contact

List every meeting you’ve had with someone that you added in your calendar

View every attachment from a person that you’ve ever received

The ability to segment what you see, i.e. see everything or only certain things such as attachments, Facebook comments etc.

This tool combines both the business side and the personal side within Outlook. So, there’s no need to go anywhere else when you want to communicate with your business and personal contacts. You can do it all through Outlook.

with annotations

If you don’t want to see this extra information, a simple click of a button and it is hidden. It doesn’t yet link into Twitter, but this seems just a matter of time.

One thing you need to be conscious of is that even if you don’t have the Social Connector installed but you have your Facebook privacy set to open to everyone, then other people who are copied into emails and have the connector will be able to link straight into your profile and view it. It might be wise to consider what you want people to see and adjust accordingly.

Here at Livetech we keep on top of technology changes similar to this. If you like this, or would like some further advice then please give us a call.

Download it from Microsoft

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=b638cc14-11e5-448a-b5a6-4f553ce81b94&displaylang=en

Plugins

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/outlook-social-connector-partner-listing-FX102317540.aspx

Weekly News Article

SafetyMap is a response to the need identified for better public awareness of dangerous locations and the opportunity this presents for wider water safety education. The technology used is being applied from knowledge gained working with  online mapping technologies for agencies such as the Police.

Background

Often there are hidden dangers in a location that some people, especially young people, are not aware of. The resource will be the central point and database for a network of resources that will particularly appeal to young people – website, mobile phone app, social networks, signs with bar codes that can be scanned and an online mapping and alert system. There will be a section where it will be possible for the public to generate a printable sign with warnings and safety information. There will be an emphasis on education, to help young people make good decisions.

Safetymap Homepage

The Plan

Livetech along with River and Sea Sense are currently developing an innovative water safety resource tool, ‘SafetyMap’ . The tool links locations where there have been water safety incidents together on a map for the first time, allowing the public to see where areas for concern are and be educated on the potential dangers at various locations. Full use of social networking techniques will be made to collect up to date  information and relay this on to the users who will benefit most from it.

Further information

www.riveranseasense.com

www.safetymap.co.uk

Google Streetcar at Deganwy Quay, North Wales

Spotted the Google Street View car in North Wales this afternoon at 12.30, two years after the Streetview Car was last in town!

Going off the last Street View North Wales visit we can expect the images to be live in around twelve months.

Measuring time according to Google Street View visits is interesting, two years ago Livetech (Web Design North Wales) were operating  from Central Colwyn Bay, now were are based at the exclusive Deganwy Quay development.

It’s interesting to see how people react to the privacy issues highlighted by publishing  images of everyone’s homes, from a household security, home kerbside appeal (when selling), and whether you washed your windows that week.

Would you for example want a picture of your child on the camera going home from school? Not an unusual occurance on the service.

Google Street View Man is he coming to shoot you?

All interesting questions, I wonder how camera shy this particular chappy (featured left) is?

View the full series of photos here http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=352449&id=789157111

New Training Rooms with Stunning Location

This week I’m busy putting together a new training venue here at Deganwy Quay, Conwy, North Wales.

The Marine Rooms are a exceptionally well situated training rooms based at Deganwy Quay, within Marina House, part of the marina complex.

The rooms are available for hire for training events, corporate use, venue north wales etc.

The main room is 9.5m x 5m with the use of a smaller side room 3.1m x 4.1m

The facility has its own kitchen and toilet facilities and its own secure access.

Views over Deganwy Marina looking East

Featured here are some views of the rooms under preparation.

The rooms are available as follows

8.30 AM until 5.30 PM Day session

6.00 PM until 10.00 PM evening session

Rates are currently being finalized.

The venue provides a really nice feeling as soon as you enter, views over to the castle, a world heritage site are really inspirational and are bound to set the right tone for your event.

View of decking area from the main training room

Enjoy a break from your training by taking a stroll on the decking and enjoying some fresh air. View shown is looking South from the main room.

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Website under construction for this Venue North Wales at www.marinerooms.co.uk

Other businesses at Deganwy Quay

Quay Marinas – http://www.quaymarinas.com/Marinas/DeganwyQuays/

Network Yacht Brokers – www.nybconwy.co.uk

The Quay Hotel – www.quayhotel.com

Coast and Marina Properties – www.coastmarinaproperties.co.uk

Livetech – www.livetech.co.uk