The Business Activators Breakfast Workshop

💥 The Business Activators - A workshop to take you from information to action 💥

Are you working in a small business and looking for ways to ensure you are evolving and growing?  ➡️ Then this workshop is for you! ⬅️

Covering the four essentials of HR, marketing, finance and safety, four dynamic businesswomen – and small business owners themselves – are coming to Singleton!

This 3-hour interactive workshop will help you to figure out your plan of attack, so that you leave the session knowing what your next priorities are.

The aim of The Business Activators workshop is to EDUCATE and INSPIRE.

⚫️ WHAT THE SESSION WILL COVER ⚫️

HUMAN RESOURCES

Having experience running large HR teams, as well as running her own small business, Seed People Consulting founder, Stacey Kelly, will step you through your core people compliance requirements, as well as things for you to consider to take your business to the next level - by getting the most out of your people.

The session will also include an informal and interactive Question & Answer time, where she will answer your burning questions on all things HR. 

FINANCE

Amanda Gascoigne of The Biz Buddy and Amanda Gascoigne Coaching & Consulting will be talking about: Why Embracing Your Business’s Numbers will give you a better business and a better life!
It’s time to embrace your business’s numbers.
To be empowered by them.
To be more financial savvy.
To be in control and able to make better business and life decisions.
Let your accountant and the ATO use your numbers after you have!

In Amanda’s session she will give you practical tips that she has shared with her clients for over 20 years in a fun way without all the jargon so many accountants insist on using which has you leaving their office in a headspin. You will leave the session with a whole new outlook and mindset on why it is so important to have ownership of your numbers, finance and taxes and you will be geared up to start having a very different conversation with your accountant!

MARKETING

Technology moves fast and many of the new inventions in the business space have revolved around marketing – meaning there is a lot more to know and it can feel really overwhelming! But Holly Martin, of The Marketing GP understands this and is passionate about helping small businesses to go back to basics with marketing and first understand who they want to be their customer and what they want to say to them. It’s only then that it’s time to start looking at the different tools available to you.

She’s a whizz at taking one piece of marketing content and using it many ways. So in her session you will brainstorm your ideal client, as well as learn how to develop your key messages and understand how to leverage your marketing content. 

SAFETY

Having worked for 20 years in safety, Sarah-Jane Dunford of Riskology and The Safety Academy of Australia cuts through the jargon and gives a practical understanding of the due diligence requirements for small to medium business owners and how to apply that in your workplace. 

⚫️ WHAT’S INCLUDED? ⚫️

• Access to four amazing expert presenters
• Breakfast
• Handouts and takeaway templates
• Discount offers

⚫️ WHO IS THIS SESSION FOR? ⚫️ 

Small business owners from ANY industry! Including: Manufacturing, Retail, Hospitality, Agribusiness, Professional Services, Infrastructure, Renewable energy, Logistics and Transport and Healthcare

The workshop is decision for business owners, managers and team members who want practical information that they can go away an implement immediately.

⚫️ HOW LONG IS THE SESSION? ⚫️ 

As business owners themselves, the presenters understand that time away from the frontline of your business is precious. They have created a workshop that will provide the key pieces of information to attendees. The session will be three hours.

⚫️ ABOUT THE PRESENTERS ⚫️ 

Stacey Kelly | Founder (Seed People Consulting)
Passionate about enabling people, unlocking inspiring leadership and building sustainable businesses, Stacey founded Seed People Consulting in early 2014 to partner with organisations to redefine perceptions of HR Consulting. With more than 15 years' experience in specialist and generalist human resources ranging from technical specialisation in Employee Relations, to leading HR strategy design and delivery, and leadership and team development, Stacey has extensive experience as in-house and consulting HR for organisations of all sizes.

Amanda Gascoigne | (The Biz Buddy)
Amanda Gascoigne is a Chartered Accountant. After 18 years of running her own accounting practice she is now coaching and mentoring other small and solo accounting practice owners on how to have better practices and better lives.
One of the things Amanda is also passionate about is helping accountants and their clients having more positive, rewarding and lasting relationships and she does this by educating, empowering and encouraging both sides.
Amanda is an author for MYOB and has been on the ATO’s Single Touch Payroll Readiness Working Group since October 2016.

Holly Martin | Chief Marketer (The Marketing GP)
Holly Martin is a small business marketing dynamo! She breaks down marketing jargon and concepts so SME businesses can confidently take control of their marketing and make educated decisions.
She is the Chief Marketer of The Marketing GP, consulting with businesses to ensure their marketing is strategic, integrated and leveraged. Holly is an experienced marketing and communication professional. She is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, holds a Masters of Marketing and a Bachelor of Communication, and is a former Associate Degree of Marketing lecturer.
The Marketing GP also runs a 12-week marketing course designed for business owners, administration staff and marketing graduates.

Sarah-Jane Dunford (SJ) | (The Safety Academy of Australia)

SJ has been involved in many facets of managing WHS in roles as a Health, Safety and Environment Manager for multi-national organisations and in consultancy roles. Her specialty is with the development, audit and implementation of WHS policies and procedures that are compliant with legislation in all states of Australia whilst cutting out the jargon to engage users. She has been on the receiving end of health and safety audits and, as a qualified auditor herself, she fully understands what components need to be included in policies and procedures to be compliant with the law. SJ holds a Masters OHS, Masters Business in Industrial Relations Law, a certified auditor and in her spare time farms bison.