Upcoming Events
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
Host: Jodie Stewart
Speaker: N/A
Date: Monday, 13 September 2010
Time: 6:00 PM
Duration: 90 min
Venue: The Royal Oak Hotel, Cnr Curtis Road and College Street, Balmain
Cost: FREE
Description: Members are welcome to attend but please let us know ahead of time what you would like to discuss so we can allocate some time on the agenda.
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BUSINESS BRIEFING AND NETWORKING BREAKFAST WITH TANYA PLIBERSEK
Host: Sonia Komaravalli
Speaker: Tanya Plibersek
Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2010
Time: 7:15 AM
Duration: 90 min
Venue: La Boheme Restaurant, 332 Darling Street
Cost: $20 for members, $30 for non-members
Description:
Join member for Sydney, Tanya Plibersek, for breakfast.
More Info: Having recently retained her seat, local Federal member Tanya Plibersek is keen to share her vision for Sydney and the peninsula. Tanya will speak about building commerce in the local area, transport, infrastructure, tourism and more. She will also address questions relating to the cruise terminal, new industrial awards, Federal legislation and small business support. Tanya is also the Minister for Housing and Minister for Office of Status of Women.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
Host: Jodie Stewart
Speaker: N/A
Date: Monday, 11 October 2010
Time: 6:00 PM
Duration: 90 min
Venue: The Royal Oak Hotel, Corner of College Street and Curtis Road, Balmain
Cost: FREE
Description: If you wish to attend this meeting please advise the secretary ahead of time so the Committee is aware of what it is you would like to discuss.
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BUSINESS BRIEFING AND NETWORKING BREAKFAST
Host: Sonia Komaravalli
Speaker: Representatives of Leichhardt Council
Date: Wednesday, 20 October 2010
Time: 7:15 AM
Duration: 90 min
Venue: La Boheme Restaurant, 332 Darling Street
Cost: $20 for members, $30 for non-members
Description: Details to be advised but we expect this will be an opportunity to discuss local issues affecting business with senior people from Leichhardt Council
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
Host: Jodie Stewart
Speaker: N/A
Date: Monday, 8 November 2010
Time: 6:00 PM
Duration: 90 min
Venue: The Royal Oak Hotel, Corner of College Street and Curtis Road, Balmain
Cost: FREE
Description: This meeting is for Executive Committee business. Any member may attend but we would appreciate you advise our secretary beforehand and let her know what you would like to discuss.
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BUSINESS BRIEFING AND NETWORKING BREAKFAST
Host: Sonia Komaravalli
Speaker: Michael McQueen
Date: Wednesday, 17 November 2010
Time: 7:15 AM
Duration: 90 min
Venue: La Boheme Restaurant, 332 Darling Street
Cost: $20 for members, $30 for non-members
Description: Engaging, Motivating and Selling to Gen Y
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Michael McQueen, is a Sydney-based speaker, socialresearcher and best selling author. Michael is a previous winner of the NSWYoung Business Person of the Year award.
Michael's The `New' Rules of Engagement is a revealinglook at what drives and defines Generation Y. As a leading authority on youthtrends and strategies for bridging the generation gap, Michael featuresregularly on Television and Radio programs and is a sought-afterinternationally as a conference keynote presenter In addition to his work inthe government and education sectors, Michael's corporate clients have includedVodafone, Pepsi and Lenovo.
Coming from a background in corporate sales andmarketing, Michael founded The Nexgen Group in 2004 with the goal of partneringwith educators and employers to assist students in making a successful transitionfrom school to work.
Past Events
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
Host: Jodie Stewart
Speaker: N/A
Date: Monday, 9 August 2010
Time: 6:00 PM
Duration: 90 min
Venue: The Royal Oak Hotel, Cnr Curtis Road and College Street, Balmain
Cost: FREE
Description: Members welcome
More Info: Please advise us ahead of time what you would like to discuss so we can allocate some time on the agenda.
BUSINESS BRIEFING & NETWORKING BREAKFAST WITH FRANK TEREZINI & VERITY FIRTH
Host: Sonia Komaravalli
Speaker: Frank Terezini and Verity Firth
Date: Wednesday, 4 August 2010
Time: 7:15 AM
Duration: 90 min
Venue: La Boheme Restaurant, 332 Darling Steet, Balmain
Cost: $20 for members, $30 for non-members
Description: Business Trends in the New South Wales for the next decade.
More Info: Frank Terezini, Minister for Small Business and Verity Firth, MP will be speaking on business trends for NSW going forward into the next decade. They will also explore how Balmain and Rozelle businesses can improve their position as a business community and as individual businesses.
Frank and Verity will be available to answer any questions about the local economy and government's role in enhancing business activity in the local area.
A sit down hot breakfast, tea and coffee will be provided.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
Host: Lesley Byrne
Speaker: N/A
Date: Monday, 12 July 2010
Time: 6:00 PM
Duration: 90 min
Venue: The Royal Oak Hotel, Cnr Curtis Road and College Street, Balmain
Cost: FREE
Description: Members welcome
More Info: As a member you are welcome to attend an Executive Committee meeting if you would like to talk to us about something in particular. Please let us know ahead of time so we can allocate some time in our agenda.
END OF FINANCIAL YEAR DRINKS
Host: Jodie Stewart
Speaker: N/A
Date: Wednesday, 23 June 2010
Time: 6:30 PM
Duration: 90 min
Venue: The Royal Oak Hotel Cnr Curtis Road and College Street, Balmain
Cost: FREE
Description: Finish of the financial year with other local businesses. An opportunity to mix with your business peers. Food platters and complimentary drinks provided
More Info: TBC
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
Host: Jodie Stewart
Speaker: N/A
Date: Thursday, 17 June 2010
Time: 6:00 PM
Duration: 90 min
Venue: The Royal Oak Hotel Cnr College Street and Curtis Road Balmain
Cost: FREE
Description: Any member is welcome to attend.
More Info: Come and share some ideas!
PREPARING FOR THE END OF YEAR AND FORECASTING FOR THE NEXT
Host: Sonia Komaravalli
Speaker: Sue Tayler and Frances Dunne
Date: Wednesday, 16 June 2010
Time: 7:00 AM
Duration: 90 min
Venue: La Boheme Restaurant, 332 Darling Street, Balmain
Cost: $20 for members, $30 for non-members
Description: Preparing for the end of year and forecasting for the next
Budgeting for profit, cashflow, and understanding record keeping.
This is not your ordinary text book accounting presentation but lots of handy tricks and tools that will help your business prosper!!
Sue Tayler is a Chamber member and principal of Effective Services which offers smart accounting for small business.
Frances Dunne is also a Chamber member and runs local accounting firm Financials Delivered.
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BUSINESS BRIEFING & NETWORKING BREAKFAST
Host: Sonia Komaravalli
Speaker: Rob Pillans
Date: Wednesday, 12 May 2010
Time: 7:00 AM
Duration: 120 min
Venue: La Boheme Restaurant, 332 Darling Street Balmain
Cost: $20 for members, $30 for non-members
Description: PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY
Managing yourself and your time for maximum effectiveness
More Info: Do you have long list of things that never seem to get done?
Feel like you need more hours in the day?
Are you juggling competing demands on your time and not sure how to manage them?
In this session you will get ideas and practical tools to help you be more effective in the management of yourself and your time.
This will include how to identify what your priorities are and processes and systems to manage the to do list. We will also look at how you spend your time now and the difference between urgent and important.
You should bring your to do list to this session as you will need to refer to it.
Rob coaches business owners and managers to get more out of their businesses through growth and profitability and creating balance in their lives. He regularly works with people on their self/time/priority management and has plenty of personal experience of what works well and what doesn't.
EXECUTIVE COMMITEE MEETING
Host: Jodie Stewart
Speaker: N/A
Date: Monday, 10 May 2010
Time: 6:00 PM
Duration: 90 min
Venue: The Royal Oak Hotel, Cnr Curtis Road and College Street, Balmain
Cost: FREE
Description: The Executive Committee meets monthly. Any member is welcome to attend.
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
Host: Jodie Stewart
Speaker: N/A
Date: Monday, 12 April 2010
Time: 6:00 PM
Duration: 90 min
Venue: The Royal Oak Hotel. Cnr Curtis and College Street, Balmain
Cost: FREE
Description: The Executive Committee meets monthly and any member is able to attend.
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BUSINESS BRIEFING & NETWORKING BREAKFAST
Host: Sonia Komaravalli
Speaker: Simon Jackson
Date: Wednesday, 31 March 2010
Time: 7:00 AM
Duration: 120 min
Venue: La Boheme Restaurant, 332 Darling Street
Cost: $20 for members, $30 for non-members
Description: Working in 'an always on' world - Getting the most from IT.
More Info: The speaker at this workshop is Business Consultant Simon Jackson. Simon owns and manages a boutique consulting company that has a special focus on the Digital Economy.
A number of key subject areas will be covered in the session including:
- Effectively managing IT costs for your business
- Using the web to your advantage. Improving your search engine ratings, social networking and tapping into Gen Y.
- Managing data and security.
There will be the opportunity for Q&A and discussion.
A sit down hot breakfast and tea, coffee is provided.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
Host: Jodie Stewart
Speaker: N/A
Date: Monday, 8 March 2010
Time: 6:00 PM
Duration: 90 min
Venue: The Royal Oak Hotel, Cnr Curtis Road and College Street Balmain
Cost: FREE
Description: The Executive Committee meets monthly and any member is welcome to attend.
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BUSINESS BRIEFING & NETWORKING BREAKFAST
Host: Sonia Komaravalli
Speaker: Rob Pillans
Date: Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Time: 7:00 AM
Duration: 120 min
Venue: La Boheme Restaurant, 332 Darling Street, Balmain
Cost: $20 for members, $30 for non-members
Description: Winning and Retaining Customers for Your Business
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This workshop will focus on the key components of an effective process for winning and retaining customers. You will come away with ideas and tools to be more strategic, and have greater impact, with your marketing and customer service activity.
Rob Pillans is a Chamber member and Shirlaws Accredited Business Coach. He works with owners and managers of small to medium businesses to help them grow their businesses and be more profitable. He presented for the very first Business Briefing breakfast in 2009 and received "rave reviews". If you are serious about growing your business this is one not to miss.
Also at the breakfast we will ask each attendee to introduce themselves and their business to the group - 30 seconds per attendee!
A sit down hot breakfast with tea or coffee is provided.
You will be out the door by 9am.
LAUNCH OF NEW BUSINESS PLAN AND WEBSITE FOR THE CHAMBER
Host: Executive Committee
Speaker: Executive Committee Members
Date: Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Time: 6:30 PM
Duration: 90 min
Venue: The Royal Oak Hotel, Cnr Curtis Road and College Street Balmain
Cost: FREE
Description: Come along to hear about the Chamber's 2010 to 2012 business plan and refined mission and vision.
The new website will be demonstrated including the search function to find a local business and some features only available to members. You will also have the opportunity to ask questions.
Complimentary drinks and finger food will be available.
Lucky door prize - $100 value of Balmain Community Rewards Points!
More Info: The Executive Committee has invested considerable time in developing a clearer vision for the chamber and in building strategies to make it a reality. Don't miss out on your chance to hear and see first hand what this is all about, how it will benefit your business and how you can participate.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
Host: Jodie Stewart
Speaker: N/A
Date: Monday, 8 February 2010
Time: 6:00 PM
Duration: 90 min
Venue: The Royal Oak Hotel Cnr Curtis Road and College Street Balmain
Cost: FREE
Description:
The Executive Committee meets monthly and any member is welcome to attend.
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
Host: Jodie Stewart
Speaker: N/A
Date: Monday, 11 January 2010
Time: 6:00 PM
Duration: 90 min
Venue: The Royal Oak Hotel Cnr Curtis Road and College Street Balmain
Cost: FREE
Description: The Executive Committee meets monthly and any member is welcome to attend.
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
Host: Jodie Stewart
Speaker: N/A
Date: Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Time: 6:00 PM
Duration: 90 min
Venue: The Royal Oak Hotel, Cnr Curtis Road and College Street Balmain
Cost: FREE
Description: The Executive Committee meets monthly and any member is welcome to attend.
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BUSINESS BRIEFING & NETWORKING BREAKFAST
Host: John Fara
Speaker: Kate McMaster & Taylor Harrison
Date: Tuesday, 24 November 2009
Time: 7:00 AM
Duration: 120 min
Venue: La Boheme Restaurant, 332 Darling Street Balmain
Cost: $20 for members, $30 for non-members
Description: Thrive Not Survive 4
Take care of the most important assett in your business...you! Business owners are often unaware of how their health affects the state of their business. In the long run, you can't have success without health.
More Info: Kate and Taylor will give you fun and easy strategies to help you have more energy, feel less stressed, be more focused and get the right balance in your life. Also included is a health assessment personalised for your business place, yourself and your team. Make your business place not only efficient but somewhere which is both fun and healthy to work at. You will be amazed at how these simple strategies will help your bottom line (no pun intended)!
Kate McMaster is the owner of Chirosports at Rozelle and Kings Cross. She has been involved with the Chirosports Group for a number o years and has grown the Rozelle business dramatically in the 10 months since taking ownership. She is an ex elite athlete who still keeps fit and healthy and who will be sure to infect you with her contagious enthusiasm and energy!
Taylor Harrison has been practising and living in the local area for a number of years. His passion is to bring health and happiness to the homes and businesses in the Inner West. He is currently the secretary of the Chiropractic Association of NSW and Vice President of the Association of Health Professions NSW. He is also undertaking a Graduate Diploma in Pediatrics and is a budding triathlete.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
Host: Jodie Stewart
Speaker: N/A
Date: Monday, 9 November 2009
Time: 6:00 PM
Duration: 90 min
Venue: The Royal Oak Hotel Cnr Curtis Road and College Street Balmain
Cost: FREE
Description: the Executive Committee meets monthly and any member is welcome to attend.
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BUSINESS BRIEFING & NETWORKING BREAKFAST
Host: Lesley Byrne
Speaker: Anny Slater
Date: Tuesday, 29 September 2009
Time: 7:00 AM
Duration: 120 min
Venue: La Boheme Restaurant, 332 Darling Street Balmain
Cost: $20 for members, $30 for non-members
Description: Thrive Not Survive 3
How to identify, protect and profit from your intellectual property
More Info: This briefing will include:
* Information for new and existing businesses
* Practical tips to help identify and manage inventions, trade marks, domain names, copyright, knowhow, trade secrets and other intellectual property
* How your decision making in relation to intellectual property can maximise your business success and outwit your competitors
Chamber member Anny Slater of Slaters Intellectual Property Lawyers has over 25 years experience in the intellectual property and patent attorney fields. She is a notary public and lectures in intellectual property at UTS. In 2009 Anny was placed on the NSW State Government's Honour Role for her outstanding achievements in law, arts and community service. In 2008 her firm was awarded best enterprise at the Australian Business Awards. She was recently a nominee for the NSW Law Society's President's Medal and holds degrees in Law, Science majoring in Chemistry and aMaster's degree in Arts. she is a graduate of the Australian Film TV & Radio School and is managing directors of entertainment production company Moondance Pictures. Her collective film work has recently been inducted into the Australian National Collection at the National Sound and Film Archive.
BUSINESS BRIEFING & NETWORKING BREAKFAST
Host: Rob Pillans
Speaker: Michelle Pearce & Sue Tayler
Date: Tuesday, 23 June 2009
Time: 7:00 AM
Duration: 120 min
Venue: La Boheme Restaurant, 332 Darling Street Balmain
Cost: $20 for members, $30 for non-members
Description: Thrive Not Survive 2
More Info: This briefing will include:
* Practical tips to help improve your profitability in tough times
*Taking advantage of tax opportunities and minimising your tax during tough times
*Interacting with the ATO when your tax debts start to rise
Chamber member Michelle Pearce is a director of FACE Accountants, an accounting and taxation advisory firm in Balmain. with over 12 years of experience, she has a solid track record of providing effective commercial olutions for small to medium enterprises. Michelle is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, Taxation Institute of Taxation and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
chamber member Sue Tayler is a management accountant who has successfully run her local business, Effective Services, for 15 years. She has recently completed a Master of Commerce degree, is a Professional National Accountant and an active chamber member for over 10 years.