You’re Invited to the National Small Business Summit 2010

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David Koch’s Business Builders and the Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia (COSBOA) have confirmed the line-up for the NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS SUMMIT 2010: a supercharged, one-day summit and networking event for small business owners and the premier date on the Australian small business calendar. Bringing together small business operators, entrepreneurs, business experts and [...]

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Online Diva Hollie Turner on the run from creditors

Founder of OnlineDivas.com.au, Hollie Turner (pictured), is currently ducking creditors and a long line of dissatisfied members who are demanding their money back from the women’s networking site. Australian Women Online has spoken to several women who say they have been let down, ripped off and in some cases, verbally abused by Hollie Turner, who [...]

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How to Effectively Use Social Media for Business

People involved in small business have found a powerful marketing tool in social networking sites. Among the top social media used by business people today are Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube. By using these sites, you are able to expose your business to more people, at both a local and international level. Facebook www.facebook.com Facebook [...]

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Commonwealth Bank to Provide Support for Women in Business

The Commonwealth Bank has launched a new program designed specifically to support women in business, called Women in Focus. The Women in Focus program will offer tailored, flexible business coaching and networking opportunities for women to help achieve their business, career and personal goals. Introductory Sessions for those interested in learning more about the program [...]

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Mentoring Without Borders

The benefits for participants of mentoring programs have been well documented. Here we will take a close look at a successful mentoring relationship that has been developed over a vast distance. Living and working in a remote part of Australia and regularly facing isolation, anthropologist professor Dr Tess Lea (pictured on the left) is often [...]

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Business Mums Conference

Running a small business is challenging and requires a lot of energy; recharging the owner and the business at the Business Mums Conference is a key to ensuring the long term success of those businesses. “Our conference is about getting business parents out of the house/office and into an environment where they can learn from [...]

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Ladies, pitch your business idea to investors

Pitch Club provides aspiring entrepreneurs of all ages with the opportunity to connect with investors, business angels, venture capitalists and other entrepreneur enthusiasts. Pitch Club is a fun, fast and furious business networking event like no other and offers entrepreneurs the chance to pitch their ideas from a miniature boxing ring to an audience of potential [...]

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Business Women Use Social Media to Celebrate International Women’s Day

To celebrate International Women’s Day the Australian Businesswomen’s Network (ABN) is using Social Media to connect Australian business owners with women internationally. “We’ve put together three 90-minute webinars with local and international guests to give women access to best practice and expertise from across the globe. Women in small business, whether they live in Perth, [...]

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International Networking Week

International Networking Week™ starts this week with networkers around the world celebrating the role that networking plays in the development and success of business. BNI Australia’s National Director, Frederick Marcoux, said the purpose of International Networking Week™ is to raise the profile of networking in the wider community, recognising it as an essential tool for [...]

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Mega Networking Breakfast in Sydney to kick off International Networking Week

International Networking Week™, an initiative of BNI, will be celebrated in Concord with a Mega Networking Breakfast on Tuesday 3rd February at Roman’s Restaurant. It will be addressed by some of Sydney’s leading networkers who will talk about their networking experiences. They will include The Hon Patricia Forsythe (Sydney Chamber of Commerce), David Baumgarten (Business [...]

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