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Boost your business with a book

Wednesday 09 August
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Masterclass: How to 10X your Website

Thursday 10 August
10:00 am - 11:30 am
$25

Social Selling Part 2 – Bringing People Easily into Sales Conversations Online

Thursday 10 August
1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
$45

Weekly HIIT for business

Thursday 10 August
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Workplace Wellness Program – Pilates & networking

Thursday 10 August
6:45 pm - 8:15 pm
$21

Unleashing Resilience through Art – A Small business journey

Friday 11 August
9:15 am - 12:00 pm
$25

Instagram essentials for business – one day workshop

Friday 11 August
9:30 am - 3:30 pm
$100

Marketing for ecommerce: Build visibility, influence and sales

Monday 14 August
10:00 am - 11:00 am
$27

Work Integrated Learning program that supports small business

Monday 14 August
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Building Cyber Resilience

Monday 14 August
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Undertaking effective workplace investigations

Monday 14 August
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Lights Camera Conversion! Accelerate your business with video marketing

Monday 14 August
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Event Planning made easy – Step by step guide for small business owners

Tuesday 15 August
10:00 am - 11:00 am
$49

The Power of Coaching to Engage teams

Tuesday 15 August
11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Uncover your leadership potential today

Tuesday 15 August
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
$55

Business Insurance Tips & Traps

Tuesday 15 August
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Sustainability and water efficiency

Tuesday 15 August
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

How to create a brand with heart

Tuesday 15 August
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
$45

Turn your dreams into $$

Tuesday 15 August
6:15 pm - 8:00 pm
$27
Build a Better Business

Build a Better Business

Wednesday 16 August
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Nail your next hire

Nail Your Next Hire: Learn How to Cut Through This Candidate Market

Wednesday 16 August
10:15 am - 11:30 am
$15

Lead with Impact – Strengthening our Conversations

Wednesday 16 August
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
$27

Commercial Leasing 101

Wednesday 16 August
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Leading in hard times

Wednesday 16 August
4:00 pm - 5:45 pm
$20

Know your numbers – unlocking financial freedom for your business

Thursday 17 August
11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Basic Food Labelling for Food Business

Thursday 17 August
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Find your Vision and Mission: Build a powerful, unshakeable brand with a purpose driven foundation

Thursday 17 August
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Weekly HIIT for business

Thursday 17 August
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

How to create a high performing business

Thursday 17 August
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
$18

From Burnout to Breakthrough: Insights from the Generation Behind the Great Resignation

Friday 18 August
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Restart a Heart

Friday 18 August
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Develop Critical thinking in your team

Friday 18 August
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Free

Using AI to create compelling marketing content

Monday 21 August
9:30 am - 11:30 am
$25

Ecommerce meetup

Monday 21 August
11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Optimise your online store for SEO

Tuesday 22 August
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
$22
Charge and drive

Charge and drive your workplace into the future

Tuesday 22 August
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Instagram and content creation 101

Tuesday 22 August
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
$55

Small Biz Speed dating at Sonder

Tuesday 22 August
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Social Media & Online Advertising Obligations for small business

Wednesday 23 August
10:00 am - 11:00 am

Embracing the power of divergent minds

Wednesday 23 August
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Weekly HIIT for business

Wednesday 23 August
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Where Business meets Sports

Thursday 24 August
10:00 am - 11:00 am
$20
Home Based Food Business

Starting a Home Based Food Business

Thursday 24 August
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Virtual Reality Escape Room – Team Building

Thursday 24 August
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm

Business in Heels – Lessons Learned

Thursday 24 August
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
$29.00
Get back an hour your day

Get back an hour in every day

Friday 25 August
7:30 am - 9:00 am
$25

Leading for Performance & wellbeing

Friday 25 August
10:00 am - 11:00 am

Indigenous High Tea – Take a Break and connect

Friday 25 August
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
$35

The BIG Geelong CoWorking Day & Tour

Monday 28 August
8:00 am - 8:00 pm
$30
Hey, Your Looking Good

Hey, You’re Looking Good

Monday 28 August
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Growing Real Estate Assets

Growing Real Estate Assets alongside your business

Tuesday 29 August
9:00 am - 10:30 am
$20

Inclusion for Trans and Gender Diverse Employees

Tuesday 29 August
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Strategic Leadership

Strategic Leadership

Tuesday 29 August
12:00 pm - 3:30 pm
$46

Cyber Security for Small Business

Wednesday 30 August
9:30 am - 11:00 am
$5

Embracing the power of divergent minds

Wednesday 30 August
10:00 am - 11:30 am

Leadership with EQ in a world of AI

Wednesday 30 August
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
$18

Grow your ecommerce business with email & automation

Wednesday 30 August
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Ripple Deep Dive – The Rip Curl Impact Story

Wednesday 30 August
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
$30

Weekly HIIT for business

Thursday 31 August
All day

Westpac Economic Breakfast

Thursday 31 August
7:00 am - 9:00 am
$75

Corporate Social Responsibility and the Leukaemia Foundation

Thursday 31 August
11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Canva & Content Creation for Small Business

Thursday 31 August
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
$15
Featured

Launch Event sponsored by Morris

Thursday 08 August
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
In Person
$53.90

From startup to superbowl

Monday 12 August
9:00 am - 11:00 am
In Person
Free

Performance conversations – when our people are experiencing personal or mental health challenges

Monday 12 August
9:30 am - 11:00 am
In Person
$20

Implementing Paid Domestic and Family Violence leave in the workplace

Monday 12 August
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Online
Free

Business Support Expo

Monday 12 August
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
In Person
Free

Setting up new employees for success

Monday 12 August
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
In Person
Free

Lead generation: The secret to building an online marketing machine

Monday 12 August
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
In Person
$20

Cyber Risks for Small Businesses: Red Flags and Simple Strategic Actions

Monday 12 August
3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
In Person
Free

Get more organic website traffic – beginners guide to SEO

Monday 12 August
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
In Person
$20

Hospitality networking event

Monday 12 August
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
In Person
Free

Financing for Growth

Tuesday 13 August
9:30 am - 10:30 am
In Person
Free

Image branding workshop

Tuesday 13 August
9:30 am - 11:00 am
In Person
$49

A guide to your super obligations

Tuesday 13 August
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
In Person
Free

Scaling your business with digital & AI solutions

Tuesday 13 August
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
In Person
Free

Navigating financial success in small business

Tuesday 13 August
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
In Person
Free

Communicating with impact

Tuesday 13 August
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
In Person
$25

Lessons Learned

Tuesday 13 August
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
In Person
$39

Canva and Content creation for small business

Wednesday 14 August
9:30 am - 11:00 am
In Person
$25

How generative AI is supercharging organisations today

Wednesday 14 August
9:30 am - 11:30 am
In Person
$99.00

Apprenticeship and Traineeship Support Forum

Wednesday 14 August
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Online
Free

Starting a Home-based food business

Wednesday 14 August
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
In Person
Free

Strategic brand storytelling crafting stories that sell

Wednesday 14 August
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
In Person
Free

Basic Food labelling for food businesses

Wednesday 14 August
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
In Person
Free

Get Microsoft Copilot ready

Wednesday 14 August
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
In Person
$30

Marketing for Trade Services

Wednesday 14 August
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
In Person
Free
Featured

Westpac Economic Breakfast

Thursday 15 August
7:00 am - 9:00 am
In Person
$85

Confidence on camera

Thursday 15 August
9:30 am - 11:30 am
In Person
Free

Insights from real life experiences to build a better business

Thursday 15 August
9:30 am - 11:30 am
In Person
Free

Is it time to scale your business?

Thursday 15 August
10:00 am - 11:30 am
In Person
$49

The CFO’s playbook: tips for business growth

Thursday 15 August
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
In Person
Free

Setting you up for business success – HR fundamentals

Thursday 15 August
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
In Person
Free

How to innovate

Thursday 15 August
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
In Person
$55

Confidence on Camera – 2nd workshop

Thursday 15 August
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
In Person
Free

Top 3 challenges facing business owners, and how to overcome them

Thursday 15 August
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
In Person
Free

AI for Small business

Friday 16 August
9:30 am - 11:30 am
In Person
$20

Enhance your business with Tourism

Friday 16 August
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
In Person
$30

AI made easy for small business success

Friday 16 August
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
In Person
Free

Get back an hour in every day

Monday 19 August
7:30 am - 9:00 am
In Person
$25

The community sport & business ecosystem

Monday 19 August
9:30 am - 10:30 am
In Person
Free

Financial literacy and business funding

Monday 19 August
9:30 am - 11:00 am
In Person
Free

Mentoring your success

Monday 19 August
9:30 am - 11:30 am
In Person
Free

Crucial employment law update

Monday 19 August
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
In Person
Free

Start selling online – a beginners guide to ecommerce

Monday 19 August
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Online
$20

Negotiating commercial leases from the tenant’s perspective

Monday 19 August
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Online
Free

Crack the Leadership Code: Essential Strategies for Aspiring Leaders

Monday 19 August
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
In Person
Free

Podcast power hour

Monday 19 August
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Online
Free

Inner Strength: Resilient Strategies for Business Owners

Monday 19 August
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
In Person
$49

Unleashing reels, YouTube Shorts and TikToks for Social Media Success

Monday 19 August
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
In Person
$67

Insider insight: Your business legal action plan

Monday 19 August
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
In Person
Free

Understanding and Harnessing the power of local media

Tuesday 20 August
10:00 am - 11:30 am
In Person
$30

Storytelling for brands

Tuesday 20 August
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
In Person
Free

Local SEO – get found in your area

Tuesday 20 August
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
In Person
$20

Connect, Lead & Thrive

Wednesday 21 August
21/08/2024 @ 8:00 am - 22/08/2024 @ 5:00 pm
In Person
$250

Strategies for small business success

Wednesday 21 August
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
In Person
$79

Business Finance 101

Wednesday 21 August
9:30 am - 11:00 am
In Person
Free

Navigating the NDIS audit process with confidence

Wednesday 21 August
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
In Person
Free

The rewards of building a deliberately developmental company

Wednesday 21 August
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
In Person
Free

Tapping into the strengths of neurodivergence in the workplace

Wednesday 21 August
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
In Person
$34

Supporting mental well-being at work

Thursday 22 August
9:30 am - 11:00 am
In Person
$10

How to create a brand with heart

Thursday 22 August
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
In Person
Free

Conflict Resolution Essentials

Thursday 22 August
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
In Person
Free

Smart Business: Energy efficiency for small business

Thursday 22 August
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
In Person
Free

Business as a force for good – Networking event

Thursday 22 August
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
In Person
$40
Featured

NEXUS Clean Economy Showcase

Friday 23 August
9:00 am - 6:30 pm
In Person
$135

Business Growth & Networking Event – Celebrating 15 Years of GSBF

Monday 04 August
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
In Person
Free

Guard your genius -secure your business’ intellectual property

Monday 04 August
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
In Person
Free

Canva & Content creation for small business

Monday 04 August
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
In Person
$20

How Deakin business school can support your organisation

Monday 04 August
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Online
Free

Get back an hour in every day

Tuesday 05 August
7:30 am - 9:00 am
In Person
$25

AI for business leaders – a practical roadmap to getting started

Tuesday 05 August
9:30 am - 11:30 am
In Person
Free

Leveraging social proof to increase donations

Tuesday 05 August
10:00 am - 11:30 am
In Person
Free

Discover and Dismantle your hidden blocks to success

Tuesday 05 August
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
In Person
Free

Picture this – Winning Social Media with the Right image and message

Tuesday 05 August
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Understanding Psychosocial Hazards and Risks in the Workplace

Tuesday 05 August
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
In Person
Free

Customer Acquisition and retention – digital marketing strategies for your small business

Tuesday 05 August
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
In Person
$15

Use technology to help with insurance decisions

Tuesday 05 August
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
In Person
Free

The million view method – a proven system to grow on Instagram

Wednesday 06 August
9:00 am - 10:15 am
In Person
Free

Master storytelling for strong communication

Wednesday 06 August
9:30 am - 11:00 am
Online
$33

HR Tech Transformation – Leveraging HRIS for Streamlined Success (Use code GSBFC2025)

Wednesday 06 August
9:30 am - 11:30 am
In Person
$50

Book your business boom – how to turn your story into sales

Wednesday 06 August
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
In Person
Free

Getting started in the circular economy

Wednesday 06 August
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
In Person
Free

Pitch Perfect – Learn how to win more tenders

Wednesday 06 August
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
In Person
Free

Implementing Paid Domestic and Violence Leave in the workplace

Wednesday 06 August
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Online
Free

Social Media for Small business

Wednesday 06 August
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
In Person
Free

Vision-Led business architecture to reset, realign and reverse engineer your next 90 days

Wednesday 06 August
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
In Person
$49

Crack the Leadership Code – Essential strategies for aspiring leaders

Thursday 07 August
9:30 am - 11:00 am
In Person
Free

Confidence on Camera

Thursday 07 August
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
In Person
$20

On brand workshop

Thursday 07 August
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
In Person
Free

AI for Small business – getting started without the hype

Thursday 07 August
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
In Person
Free

Email marketing essentials for small business

Thursday 07 August
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
In Person
$35

How to use video to build trust and win clients

Thursday 07 August
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
In Person
Free

Bringing the F-word to women-led ventures

Thursday 07 August
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
$30

Confident online and offline marketing strategies

Friday 08 August
9:30 am - 11:00 am
In Person
$25

The art of corporate storytelling with Spiri Tsintziras

Friday 08 August
10:30 am - 1:00 pm
In Person
$40

Overcoming the content overwhelm & be more consistent

Friday 08 August
11:30 am - 12:45 pm
In Person
$10

Ask a Lawyer – Demystify the Legal Side of Business

Friday 08 August
3:15 pm - 5:15 pm
In Person
Free

Business Connections – Networking at the Torquay Hub

Friday 08 August
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
In Person
Free

Strong leaders, strong teams – the human side of high performance

Monday 11 August
9:30 am - 11:30 am
In Person
$30

Ditch the marketing mindset and achieve a brand that sticks

Monday 11 August
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
In Person
$45

Start with strategy! Map your video message

Monday 11 August
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Online
$20

Know your numbers – From confusion to clarity

Monday 11 August
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
In Person
$20

Stress, Resilience and Wellbeing in the Workplace

Monday 11 August
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
In Person
$10

What is a client journey and why you need one

Monday 11 August
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Online
Free

Unlock the power of AI – practical tools to grow new revenue streams

Monday 11 August
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
In Person
$20

Retention starts with wellbeing – simple strategies to keep good people in your business

Monday 11 August
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
In Person
Free

How to get reviews on autopilot

Monday 11 August
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Online
Free

Secure Finance with Confidence: Today’s Lending Landscape

Tuesday 12 August
9:30 am - 10:30 am
In Person
Free

Practical AI Solutions for small business

Tuesday 12 August
9:30 am - 11:00 am
In Person
Free

The Small Business Bus is festival bound!

Tuesday 12 August
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Be Pay-Day super ready

Tuesday 12 August
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
In Person
Free

Getting paid on time

Tuesday 12 August
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
In Person
Free

Unlocking Innovation – A 90 minute spark for creative leadership

Tuesday 12 August
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
In Person
$10

Lead generation and converting customers

Tuesday 12 August
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
In Person
Free

Think like a CFO and Grow

Wednesday 13 August
9:00 am - 10:30 am
In Person
Free

Insider secrets to market success – learn from Piccadilly Market’s Expert

Wednesday 13 August
9:30 am - 11:00 am
In Person
Free

Take better product photos – using just your phone

Wednesday 13 August
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
In Person
$85

Accessibility Makes Good Business Sense

Wednesday 13 August
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
In Person
Free

Strategic Growth Blueprint – Generate Leads and Sales Online with proven strategies

Wednesday 13 August
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
In Person
$45

Leading Change

Thursday 14 August
9:30 am - 11:00 am
In Person
Free

Environmental Regulation – Getting it right for your business

Thursday 14 August
9:30 am - 11:30 am
In Person
Free

From Insight to Impact

Thursday 14 August
9:30 am - 11:30 am
In Person
Free

From chaos to clarity – building a small business team that performs

Thursday 14 August
10:00 am - 11:30 am
In Person
Free

How to successfully work with people you love

Thursday 14 August
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
In Person
Free

Is your business built to last?

Thursday 14 August
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
In Person
$20

Providing employment opportunities for people living with disabilities

Thursday 14 August
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
In Person
Free

Navigating Financial Success for Small Business

Thursday 14 August
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
In Person
Free

Lights, camera, ROI – how to create video content that pays off

Thursday 14 August
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
In Person
$67

Getting your business structure right

Thursday 14 August
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
In Person
Free

Learn from my mistakes – Real talk & real connections

Thursday 14 August
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
In Person
$30

Can we circle back? What is Circular Economy and what it means for you and your business

Friday 15 August
9:15 am - 10:15 am
In Person
Free

Apprenticeship and Trainee Forum

Friday 15 August
9:30 am - 10:30 am
In Person
Free

Gen AI at work – leading the organisation

Friday 15 August
10:45 am - 12:45 pm
In Person
Free

Yes, you’re the problem – lead better, starting now

Friday 15 August
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
In Person
$49

Starting a Home-based food business

Friday 15 August
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Online
Free

Net Nature Positive forum

Friday 15 August
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
In Person
Free

Build your mentorship and leadership skills

Friday 15 August
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm
In Person
Free

Paint and Yarn

Friday 15 August
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
In Person
$50

The Future of Friendship talk with Steph Clarke

Friday 15 August
3:30 pm - 6:30 pm
In Person
$30
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