The Business Wodonga Connection July 10, 2020
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THE BUSINESS CONNECTION
Expression of Interest
September Business Festival Month
Are you an expert in your field and want to share that with the world?
Do you have a workshop, or content to share that can help the local business community? We want to showcase the incredible talent that we have in our own area. The entire month of September will be dedicated to all things business. This will be a great opportunity to network, learn or present.
Send us your expression of interest with brief details about what you would like to do!
Let us know how we can help you! We are to open to all kinds of content and look forward to hearing from you.
Expression of interest ends 12th July 5:00pm.
For more information get in contact with us at mail@businesswodonga.com.au.
Border Closure
- You can apply for the border declaration permit via the Service NSW website, here. It should only take a few minutes.
- Cross-border residents within a 50km vicinity of the border will automatically qualify for a ‘Type-C’ permit,
Congratulations to our previous winners
April:
Solar Integrity
May:
Impact Building Approvals
June:
Robert Stevens Commercial Real Estate
The Australian Community Media & The Border Mail
Each month the Australian Community Media and the Border mail are giving one Business a fantastic media and marketing PRIZE that is not to be missed.
This includes:
- 6 weeks of advertising
- A review of your website, including analytics
- Training on analytics
- Benchmarking your Google search results
- Provide search insights within your business industry
- Review of your social media strategy
- Online business directory listing for 12 months
Free to enter
Support local businesses!
Support Local Shop Local is for the community. We aim to give your business the best opportunity to thrive by giving you a secure platform to sell your products and services. There are no costs, no payment or transaction fees associated and no contract and best of all we keep all the income local.
If you already have a website or platform that you sell your products on this is the perfect opportunity to create more traffic to your online store by being included in the directory.
Check out the website for more details.
MEMBER HIGHLIGHT
Adapting to the New Business as Usual
Join Business Edge Accountants for a 60-minute complimentary webinar, Adapting to the New Business as Usual. We’ll show you how to find your new ‘business as usual’, including:
• Lessons from lockdown
• Choosing to change
• The fundamentals of rebuilding your business
• How to leave no stone unturned
• Pulling it together into a cohesive plan
Plus, we’ll update you on how we can continue to support you to reach your new normal.
LATEST MEMBERS OFFERS
Coffee Connectors Online
Coffee Connectors is online, meet or catch up with your fellow business owners across the community from the comfort of your own home.
Tuesday 4 Aug 8:00AM
The Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2020, the world’s most comprehensive research on startup ecosystems, has launched today.
Created in a partnership between Startup Genome and the Global Entrepreneurship Network, the #GSER2020 includes:
- Rankings of the Top 40 Startup Ecosystems in the world;
- Rankings of the Top 100 Emerging Startup Ecosystems;
- A detailed look at the global startup landscape in 2020;
- Insights into how COVID-19 has harmed startups around the world;
- An in-depth policy analysis into how to effectively support startups.
What is 'Sister School' all about?
Business Education and support network
Business coaching, networking and mentoring from experienced business leaders
10 week online business program
Business education including sales, marketing, operations and growth plans
Fully Subsidised, free workshop
My Big Idea workshop is provided at no cost to you thanks to our incredible corporate and government partners
Excel College Australia
Small Business Record Keeping
Small Business Record Keeping Using MYOB Accountright Plus. Learn how to set up, customise and operate MYOB AccountRight software in a way that suits your business needs and much more.
Tue 14th, 21st, 28th - July
Return to Work Essentials
Participants will identify their personal strengths and core values, learn how to manage change and transition, identify hidden job markets, and use their networks to give them an advantage in a competitive job market.
Wed 09th, 10th - July 2020
Upskill My Business
Business Victoria is providing people with free online business learning workshops and courses. Make the most of these opportunities and upskill your self or employees.
2020 YACVic Young Activators Program
YACVic Rural Activators Program will be sponsored by RSPCA Victoria and support young people aged 16-25 in bushfire-affected communities. Activators will work to develop and deliver a project on an issue designed to help their local community. They don't have to have a specific idea already in mind; but you do have to be passionate about the community and animal welfare.
Unpaid pandemic leave and annual leave at half pay extended
The Fair Work Commission has extended the entitlement to unpaid pandemic leave and annual leave at half pay in 63 awards.
What is Schedule X?
Schedule X is a temporary schedule in some awards. It gives employees:
- 2 weeks of unpaid pandemic leave
- the ability to take twice as much annual leave at half their normal pay if their employer agrees.
Upskill with Microsoft
Online/interactive training sessions that will change the way you manage your workload!
Manage your Outlook Inbox for success
Manage your workload with Outlook
Advanced Outlook time-saving tips
Introduction of Microsoft OneNote
Doing more with Microsoft OneNote
Working remotely with Microsoft Teams
Priced at $105, however, if you mention you are a business Wodonga member you will only pay $75!
Will It To Be
Will It To Be supports you and your loved ones to efficiently and painlessly, navigate the piles of administration in preparation for serious illness, injury or death with a coordinated approach for both before and after death and enables you to make clear, in legally binding documents how you want your assets, health care and guardianship matters dealt with when these issues become relevant in your life.
Contact Cheryl today for more information.
Keen Medical Supplies
Keen medical supplies First Aid Kits, AED
First aid kits for home office $28 including free post
Do you have a story to highlight or content to share? Let Business Wodonga Know.
Business Recovery Forum Report
We encourage you all to read the 'Quick of the Blocks' Wodonga recovery forum report. Please provide feedback to Business Wodonga at mail@businesswodonga.com.au
Breakfast at Noon - Jan Vydra, Executive Director at Fresh Leaf Farms Limited
In a time of uncertainty, learning to adapt to change and being innovative is the key to success. In this monthly series, we invite you to join a conversation with those who are ensuring learning to adapt and continue to grow is of a top priority especially during a time of the unknown.
Breakfast at Noon is an informal way get into the minds of entrepreneurs and change-makers and learn how being creative, innovative and an opportunist can help you succeed.
Tuesday, 14 July 2020
Communities doin’ it for ourselves – COVID-19 as a case in point
Join this public research seminar to hear the response to COVID-19 by Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO) and its AIDS Council members, each of them established by gay communities and thriving today as LGBTI community-controlled organisations responding to an ever-widening range of issues. What characterises this peculiarly community response to COVID-19 and how does it differ from mainstream responses? Why did it occur? What lessons might we draw from it? And for a strong, queer-centred health and wellbeing agenda, what must we do next?
From a distance: Sex and technology during COVID-19 – Webinar
Please join us for a webinar to explore the role of new technologies in shaping human sex and intimacy, issues that have been starkly highlighted during the restrictions on human contact imposed globally in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thursday, 16 July 2020
Visualising Law, Death and the Body – Bold Thinking Series
Mikael Owunna is joined by Associate Professor Rebecca Scott Bray (University of Sydney) and Dr Marc Trabsky (La Trobe University) to discuss how photography can reveal social, political and legal realities, while also providing a counterpoint to dominant narratives of the black body.
Wednesday, 29 July 2020
Small Business Check In
Share your situation and answer questions and be a part of the online community. Great live streams from local businesses daily. Make sure to check in at 9:00am every weekday for an update. If you would like to share something
Program for Leaders in Lockdown
La Trobe University’s Business School is proud to offer a free online leadership development program, delivered by leading business academics and alumni from the University’s MBA program. La Trobe Business School wants individuals and business owners to have this valuable opportunity to equip themselves with new skills and professional development.
Need assistance applying for grants please email Pat from The Community Entrepreneur at pat@thecommunityentrepreneur.com or 0407 450 818
GRANTS 2020
THANKS TO ALL OUR SPONSORS
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We would love to hear from you
The Business Wodonga team is working from home but is still connected via phone and email. TAFEspace is still available for meetings and events that meet all current restrictions in place. Please contact us for more information.
Please note that Business Wodonga new mailing address is
158 Lawrence Street Wodonga, Victoria, 3690.