CASH IS QUEEN – TIPS & TOOLS TO CREATE FLOW
Is your business living month to month? Are you sweating on payment before closing your next deal?
Let us give you the tips & tricks you need to manage & smooth out your cash flow.
SPONSORED BY CANNY GROUP
Amanda Wilkens is co-Director(CPA) in the Canny Group. Amanda has a keen interest in helping women in business. Whether this is starting, growing or exiting the business, she has helped many small to medium business owners with cash flow management, employment issues, financing growth, taxation, business planning and succession planning over the years.
Amanda is an Alumni of the Leaders for Geelong program and is also on the board of Encompass Community Services which started out as one of the only nine funded Disability Employment services in Australia in 1985 and are proud to be customer service leaders in delivering NDIS supports. She is also on the board of Elf Squad a Geelong based charity.
She holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Deakin and is a qualified CPA and has a CPA public practising certificate.
When she’s away from the office, Amanda loves spending time in the garden at home. She is often socialising with family and friends and playing ‘Ninny’ to her two young grandson’s.
How to make a Grand Exit
Always have your business ready for an exit event. You never know when the right opportunity may present itself so it pays to be ready. Whether it’s a trade sale, management buy-in or even a traditional succession plan to a family member, there are plenty of things you can be doing now that will make the process far simpler when/if the time comes to ensure you realise its true potential and walk away satisfied with the outcome.
You would not build a house without plans the same is true of your business. Learn what will add value to your business.
SPONSORED BY ZENITH BUSINESS ADVISORY
Renée Jovic B Com Dip FP CPA has been in the accounting industry for over 23 years and was the Director and Managing Accountant of her own practice, Jovic Accounting for 16 years.
Renée recently sold her practice and has started a new boutique Business Advisory business – Zenith Business Advisory. This is an internal financial and business advisory business for Medium-sized businesses, who require the skills of a CFO/CEO without the wages of a full-time employee.
Renée believes in becoming integral part of a client’s business, property and personal strategies. She is passionate about making business financially successful.
How to BUILD AN AUTOMATED MARKETING MACHINE FOR YOUR BUSINESS!ow to automate my marketing & BECOME A CLIENT
Smart systems generate more leads and sales on auto-pilot. Learn How to Attract Your Ideal Client and Increase Your Sales On Autopilot. Grow Your Business Faster by Using Proven Systems and Time-Tested Strategies!
SPONSORED BY ALTITUDE COMMUNICATIONS
With over 26 years of marketing experience, some of the world’s leading companies like Coca-Cola, McDonalds Restaurants, Coles Supermarkets, Optus Communications, and Ray White have called on Bill to share his expertise and marketing savvy when it comes to client attraction, lead generation, and their overall marketing.
Bill is passionate about helping business owners and entrepreneurs to boost their marketing results to Attract & Retain more Qualified Leads and Convert them into profitable long-term clients using the power of Smart Automated Marketing Systems.
One of Bill’s clients quoted saying…
“Working with Bill is what I imagine being in a room with Richard Branson would be like! He has
seriously high energy and passion for all things marketing. Limitless ideas and strategies which
when refined and applied all boil down to just two things… more leads for your business and
more sales.”
7 STEPS TO SUCCESSFUL SALES
Catherine and Kaz are entrepreneurs with a passion for supporting women in business. Catherine and Kaz both have a unique style making them a dynamo team. They have both spent the last several years investing in personal development and leadership training.
Kaz has recently travelled to the USA for personal mentoring and leadership training.
Kaz also runs a small successful Real Estate agency, which she has seen grow from day one when she backed herself to start it. Catherine is an NLP trainer specialising in body language and persuasive conversation.
These women are a dynamic duo teaming up to bring you the skills. Knowledge and mindset behind successful selling.
AUDACIOUS Leadership: The Bold & The Beautiful
In this workshop session, they’ll share why they believe leadership success is an ‘inside job’ and give you a road map to discover your own audacious leadership style, and develop the confidence to allow it to show in your work.
● Learn the distinction between ‘doing leadership’ and ‘being a leader’ and why it matters
● Understand why true leadership starts with self-leadership
● Discover the proven leadership techniques you can put into practice straight away
SPONSORED BY PEOPLE LEADERS
Michelle and Jan Terkelsen have been working with and coaching leaders for more than 20
years each. Both have completed their MBAs (Macquarie University and Australian Institute of Business)
and are accredited coaches with the International Coach Federation (ICF). They are also master
facilitators.
They have developed bespoke leadership, change-management and coaching programs for
organisations such as Westpac Bank, Jetstar, BUPA, Salesforce, Origin Energy, NSW
Department of Justice, Challenger, First National Real Estate, City West Water, CPC,
Melbourne Water, LUCRF, Public Transport Victoria, Perpetual, Broadspectrum and more.
They are also the hosts of the People Leaders Podcast where they discuss leading-edge
leadership topics and interview subject matter experts from a diverse range of industries. Their
main focus is supporting leaders of the future and are especially interested in upskilling and
coaching new and emerging leaders.
Attracting Success w to automate my marketing & BECOME A CLIENT
With a focus on wellness & work-life balance. In this workshop you will learn how to:
- Overcome any fear that is preventing you in achieving your goals
- Develop a “money mindset”
- Make the best decisions for yourself
- Value yourself and develop a rock-solid sense of self-belief
- Become less frenetic and more flowing
- Maintain positive relationships
- Enjoy your journey to business success
SPONSORED BY BLISSPOT
Deborah Fairfull is committed to the ongoing improvement of the world we live in and believes in the power of each individual. Her simple, succinct and practical approach to raising the awareness allows people to connect to true peace and happiness. For that reason, she founded Blisspot, an online community transforming everyday lives through encouragement, sharing, education, inspiration and connection in the modern world today. Through community, education and technology, Blisspot focuses on sharing skills to support individuals and businesses overcome stress and thrive.
Prior to that Deborah was the founder and CEO of Brave Design Group and Eatsmart Food. During that time she won the ACT Business Women of the Year and the ACT Chief Minister’s Award for Innovation.
An entrepreneur with a passion for personal growth, Deborah founded the wellness community Blisspot to support people in overcoming stress and thriving. Along with being a businesswoman for the past 30 years, Deborah has studied counselling, psychology and kinesiology and is an industry spokesperson and author in Australia and The United States.
USING LinkedIN for connections, career & sales
Karen Hollenbach is one of Australia’s leading independent LinkedIn Consultants, and the Founding Director of Think Bespoke. In 2018 she was listed as one of the top 20 LinkedIn Experts in Asia.
Celebrating Think Bespoke’s 10th year in 2020, Karen has extensive experience in running her own business and establishing her thought leadership in the online space. You’ll find her very approachable, able to offer a fresh perspective and helpful tips to help inspire new ideas and challenge the status quo for your business. She’s the ideal person to help you navigate your personal brand on LinkedIn to help you get more of the clients you deserve.
As a regular social media trainer and presenter with the Recruitment, Consulting & Staffing Association, Australia & New Zealand’s (RCSA), the peak recruitment industry body, and Independent Tertiary Education Council of Australia (ITECA) Karen’s focus is on educational leadership and keeping her communities informed about how to maximise LinkedIn and personal branding for their business and career.
HOW TO CREATE HIGH PERFORMING TEAMS
Do you have a team of great individuals, but they could add even more value? Does your team perform well, but you feel like you haven’t tapped into their full potential? High performing, cohesive teams gives you the ultimate competitive advantage. United, high-functioning teams achieve great things; they experience less stress, a greater sense of wellbeing and engagement and more positive mindsets.
This workshop will give you the tools to take your team from good to great!
Michelle and Jan Terkelsen have been working with and coaching leaders for more than 20
years each. Both have completed their MBAs (Macquarie University and Australian Institute of Business)
and are accredited coaches with the International Coach Federation (ICF). They are also master
facilitators.
They have developed bespoke leadership, change-management and coaching programs for
organisations such as Westpac Bank, Jetstar, BUPA, Salesforce, Origin Energy, NSW
Department of Justice, Challenger, First National Real Estate, City West Water, CPC,
Melbourne Water, LUCRF, Public Transport Victoria, Perpetual, Broadspectrum and more.
They are also the hosts of the People Leaders Podcast where they discuss leading-edge
leadership topics and interview subject matter experts from a diverse range of industries. Their
main focus is supporting leaders of the future and are especially interested in upskilling and
coaching new and emerging leaders.
Facebook Advertising – Practical Workshop
POSITIVE THINKING DOES NOT WORK
SPONSORED BY CREATING POWERFUL RESULTS
● Why using normal methods of eradication, simply does not work. What you can do to turn it around, and Much, Much More.
● Why 3 brains are better than one. How to align the other two brains.
● Find out how positive thinking is highly overrated and doesn’t work. More importantly what actually works.
● Learn to deploy ‘The 4Rs Release Model®’ proprietary system, to get immediate results.
Mags Bell – With over 25 years experience in Business and 60,000+ Coaching hours under her belt, top executives and business owners have learned from Mags, Author of ‘What The Bleep Is Coaching? Join Mags As she shares her experience, knowhow and proprietary system, to help you take your business to the next level. Helping You Bring Out Your Brilliance!
GROUP MENTORING
Jo Plummer is an experienced Chair and board executive working across a portfolio of positions including Barwon Water, Deakin MBA Advisory , Barwon Asset Solutions and Geelong Regional Football. Her experience will be invaluable in allowing you to explore board opportunities.
Jo is known for her optimistic, energetic style and has been affectionately coined the ‘positive provocateur’. She is relentless in her drive to focus on and positively shape the futures of the organisations with which she is engaged. Her trademark is aligning customer and community expectations with sound commercial, social and environmental outcomes.
Currently Jo’s portfolio includes numerous board Chair and committee roles, co-ownership of Business in Heels International as well as professional director mentoring. She was recently made a Fellow of the AICD and is a graduate of the Company Directors and Mastering the Boardroom courses. Jo also holds an MBA majoring in Strategy, Planning, Leadership & Communication.
how to fill your pipeline with referrals
During this presentation, listen as she makes you adjust your current referral generation practices by improving your ability to recognise, create and convert referral opportunities for yourself and others.
Referrals are gold for business owners. We love clients who come to you ready & willing to do business.
No one likes to be salesy and in this workshop he will show you how to build your pipeline through collaborations. You will explore who are the right collaborators for you, where to find them and how do you engage with them. Then we will take a look at understanding the pain points & triggers that denote interest. We will look at strategies you can use both online & in-person to build up your salesforce of collaborators.
Steve Sweeney from ARTA – The Referral Academy is an expert in training people on collaboration & how to attract referrals. He works with business owners every day to develop their collaboration circles.
He is a Training Consultant contracted to Business Networking International. He is brought in strategically to teach members to recognise, create and convert referral opportunities. Over the past few years, he has successfully trained thousands.
Additionally, he runs his own successful communications and copywriting agency and has ghostwritten 6 books. Regularly called upon to deliver informative and engaging presentations on Networking Excellence, The Art of Persuasive Presenting, and Structuring and Participating in Effective Business Meetings, he also becomes a strategic partner to business owners who use his mentoring services.
How to put your Expertise on Steroids & be seen as a Media Expert
Do you want to be known as an expert? Have you got advice and information about your area of expertise you can share with others? In this workshop you will learn the art of storytelling for the mainstream media and how to craft your story or advice to make it truly newsworthy.
Learn how to showcase your expertise so you can become a regular fixture in the media. Getting published regularly in magazines and newspapers, on radio and TV will make a massive difference to your business.
Raise your SEO with backlinks to your website from media outlets, see your social media posts go so much further, have your customers search for your business so they can buy, ‘own’ your google page with multiple media listings, go to new business meetings where people say they have read your articles or seen you interviewed, gain immediate trust and position yourself at the top of your game. These are just some of the things that can happen when you understand how PR works and what the media is looking for.
Jules Brooke has a wealth of experience having owned a PR agency specialising in small business clients, start-ups and entrepreneurs for well over a decade.
She regularly Accelerator programmes where attendees “Meet the Press” which gets results, her students have been on TV & radio, featured in magazines and newspapers nationally. To enable continued success she has a platform that provides a one-stop shop to enable you to manage your own PR process, giving you direct access to thousands of journalists both here & in the US.
Here latest venture is “She’s the Boss” TV show where she interviews amazing women all hosted on Ticker TV.
Check it out https://www.handleyourownpr.com.au/
Scaling Your Business
Want to scale your business so it is not limited by or your time? Today Business in Heels connects 160,000 through various mediums, learn the secrets to achieving scale . Learn about key ways you can become known as an expert & simple marketing tools to build awareness for your business.
Lisa Sweeney CEO of Business in Heels works with business owners every day to fast-track them on their road to success. With over 25 years in a corporate buying role Lisa was determined to make a difference. So she & her Business partner Jo Plummer founded Business in Heels as you know it today and have been steadily growing it for the last 5 years.
Strategic planning, recognition of business opportunities, developing them into a business & marketing are Lisa’s strengths. She loves the opportunity to share this with her many collaborators & mentees.