Small Business & Professional Development
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PR Mentor: PR training & mentoring for small businesses
Location: Chatswood, NSW
Date: Fortnightly on Fridays from 8am to 11am, starting 17 September
PR Mentor is a cost effective 12-week group training and mentoring program specifically tailored to small businesses. It provides you with the knowledge and tools required to start raising the public profile of your organisation.
Each group workshop includes training and mentoring from your PR professional, tangible exercises to start developing your public relations program, practical tools to take away with you and an exchange of ideas among like-minded business owners.
It consists of a series of six three-hour group workshops and three one-on-one sessions (one hour each). The program is limited to six participants. For more information |
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Social Media Basics – what is it about? Do You need it or not?
Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Blogs, find out what all the fuss is about and if your business needs to be a part of the social media phenomenon.
Social Media Basics will take you through the basics of key social media platforms that are currently in the marketplace. We will discuss what they are best used for so you can decide whether your business needs to get on board with all or none of the social media options.
Date/Time: 15th April 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Function Room The Hills Shire Council - 129 Showground Rd Castle Hill
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Rethink Your Business
The New South Wales Department of Industry and Investment (NSW DII) has recently approved our package under the Stepping Up Advance Program making it even more affordable to medium and small industries.
Ganges Consulting and SAI Marketing Counsel are now pleased to announce their first Rethink your Business program involving a series of three workshops and three mentoring sessions. Our focus will be on encouraging business owners and managers to rethink on how they decide on markets, define competition, develop offerings and deliver value to enable both top-line and bottom-line results.
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Show Me The Money
Supported by the AFA, PRIA, and APMA - this workshop is unique industry specific financial training. Sharing real examples, tips, and techniques from successful agencies this workshop will show you how to develop profitable pricing policies, negotiate lucrative and fair contracts with your clients, establish realistic budgets and set internal benchmarks, which will help develop clarity and build your confidence to measure, check, evaluate and grow your business.
Melbourne/Sydney/Brisbane
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MYOB courses from Beginners to Advanced
MYOB courses are designed to assist small business owners and bookkeepers with the use of MYOB software, from the basics of business computing through to mastering the most powerful features. And when you enroll in an MYOB Course with PrecisionPays, you are using the manuals used by MYOB themselves - the same experts who created your software. |

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Import Export Show
The Import Export Show is Australia’s only exhibition and seminar program dedicated to showcasing the full spectrum of services and support available to assist importers and exporters with their international business engagement and development.
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Diploma of International Business
Get the right skills for success in just 4 weeks!
Brought to you by UNSW Global and Australian Business International Trade Services, this four week diploma has been designed for the busy
professional, teaching you to profile, identify and analyse global markets as well as manage international marketing programs and develop critical
networking skills.
Flexible enrolment options are available as you can choose between the full diploma course or individual subject units. For more information and enrolment form |

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Import/Export Workshops - NSW
This workshop will prepare new exporters in the following areas:
- Assess risks in exporting
- Identify documentation needs
- Understand export terminology
- Know payment options
- Plan the trade cycle
- Calculate export pricing and
- Draw contractual arrangements
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Startnextweek.com.au provides last minute booking facilities for standby course
placements for a growing list of organisations throughout Australia.
Buy last minute training courses from hundreds of training providers, at genuine last minute prices, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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Human Resources; Industrial Relations; Occupational Health & Safety; Superannuation
Australian Business Limited run events with a reputation for being informative, allowing you to learn more about important issues and the changes facing your business. The information is timely, actionable and you'll learn from some key industry speakers.
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The National Speakers Association of Australia runs monthly events around Australia featuring speakers on a variety of topics. We also run professional development events on a regular basis, for individuals wanting to learn new skills ranging from professional speaking skills to managing the business.
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Maximising the value of your business
What would happen to your business if you were forced to retire tomorrow? Have you maximised the value of your business for sale or retirement? Are you ready to extract the maximum value out of your business? Are your successors ready to take over?
These seminars, presented by Peak Partners, go Beyond Advice to provide you with an actionable plan for effective succession.
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Break the Rules and Make More Sales! Why Salespeople Fail…and what you can do about it!
A special session for business owners and sales professionals. Discover the answers to critical business development challenges.
Complimentary for all DSBN Members.
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Employing & Managing Staff, Financial Management & Investing, Home-Based Business, Marketing & Selling, Starting a Business, Taxation & Record Keeping A comprehensive list of Government-run events and seminars throughout Australia designed specifically to help small business operators run their businesses. |
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Exporting One of the most cost effective ways to build your export business is by participating in an Austrade supported event. This site provides a current list of events. |

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For businesses that want grow quickly and smartly. A series of seminars presented by the NSW Department of State & Regional Development.
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A range of workshops and seminars offered for small business owners by the Queensland Government.
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Organisations wishing to register upcoming seminars, webinars or workshops please contact events@dsbn.com.au.
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