MakeUp

Harvest Textiles launches the MakeUP workshops during this year’s State of Design Festival. Here up-cycling and material reinvention will create new stories with old things in a series of five workshops over two weekends.

Held Saturday 23 July and Sunday 24 July, and Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 July 2011.

Money Matters for Small Business: Online financial course

Money Matters for Small Business is Swinburne University’s online financial course for small business operators. The course is cost-effective, can be accessed from any PC or MAC and provides one-on-one learning and also access to an e-coach. The program is supported by AusIndustry.

Ongoing opportunity.

Design Victoria: Using online and digital, how to do it right seminar

Design Victoria is holding a seminar that will guide participants through the pitfalls to avoid in developing an online strategy, ensuring you get it right from the start. Discover the best way to move forward and how to achieve online success.

Held 11 May 2010.

Money Matters for Small Business: Online financial course

Money Matters for Small Business is Swinburne University’s online financial course for small business operators. The course is cost-effective, can be accessed from any PC or MAC and provides one-on-one learning and also access to an e-coach. The program is supported by AusIndustry.

Ongoing opportunity.

Export development workshop

Successful export can take your business to a new level. However it is not easy and not every business is ready and able to export well. Canberra Business Point is holding a free workshop that will provide participants with an understanding of whether or not export is a valid strategy for their business and provide practical learning of how they might achieve export growth.

Held 22 April 2010.

Export development workshop

Successful export can take your business to a new level. However it is not easy and not every business is ready and able to export well. Canberra Business Point is holding a free workshop that will provide participants with an understanding of whether or not export is a valid strategy for their business and provide practical learning of how they might achieve export growth.

Held 25 March 2010.

Export development workshop

Canberra Business Point is holding a free workshop that will provide participants with an understanding of whether or not export is a valid strategy for their business and provide practical learning of how they might achieve export growth.

Held 25 March 2010.

NSW Manufacturing Week: Women standing tall in a changing world

As part of NSW Manufacturing Week, a lunch is being held that will feature talks by inspirational women leading the way in the manufacturing industry and pursuing new opportunities in creative thinking, management and technical manufacturing skills.

Held 5 May 2010.

NSW Manufacturing Week: Lean, green and innovative manufacturers tour

As part of NSW Manufacturing Week, two innovative Albury-Wodonga based manufacturers will open their doors for site tours. The tour will be followed by a presentation by Peter Lawlor, lean manufacturing expert from the Phalanx Consulting Group.

Held 5 May 2010.

NSW Manufacturing Council: Effective design processes workshop

The NSW Manufacturing Council is holding a free facilitated workshop that will provide input on practical support services to encourage and facilitate effective design processes in SME manufacturing firms.

Held 4 May 2010.

Business Enterprise Centre: Small business workshops

The Northern Territory Business Enterprise Centre runs a series of free workshops designed to introduce participants to five topic areas central to beginning a business. Workshop topics include introduction to bookkeeping, marketing and developing a business plan.

Next workshops held 26 to 28 May 2010.

Business Upskills workshops

Business Upskills are free practical, hands on workshops that are held cross the Northern Territory throughout the year. The workshop schedule for February to July 2010 is currently on the website.

Getting Export Smart workshop 4: E-business for exporting

Trade Queensland’s Getting Export Smart is a full-day workshop that shows you how to transact business online and implement effective strategies for internet marketing. It is part of a series focused on export skills development offered by the Queensland Government.

Held 5 May and 6 May 2010.

Getting Export Smart workshop 1: Preparing for export

Trade Queensland’s Getting Export Smart is a half-day workshop that provides participants with framework for planning their export strategy. It is the first of a four part series focused on export skills development offered by the Queensland Government.

Held 28 April 2010.

Starting a business: Managing your cash workshop

This three hour workshop is designed to give you the knowledge and skills you will need to forecast and manage your cash flow to ensure you make the best business decisions.

Held 12 May 2010.

Developing and implementing your business plan workshop

This free workshop will demystify business planning and provide you with a clear understanding of a framework and the essential elements of planning and actioning plans for your business.

Held 12 May 2010.

Planning for your new business workshop

This free three-hour workshop gives participants the opportunity to map our their business proposal and develop a business plan.

Held between 3 March and 28 April 2010.

How to make your brand great – IP and branding seminar

IP Australia is holding a workshop in Adelaide that will help business owners understand the key elements they need to create and protect a leading brand. Workshop attendees will also receive access to a free consultation with an intellectual property professional upon request.

Held 11 March 2010.

Building a website workshop

The Australian Business Arts Foundation (AbaF) is holding a free half day workshop in Devonport on developing a website.

Held 24 June 2010.

MakeUp

Harvest Textiles launches the MakeUP workshops during this year’s State of Design Festival. Here up-cycling and material reinvention will create new stories with old things in a series of five workshops over two weekends.

Held Saturday 23 July and Sunday 24 July, and Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 July 2011.

Design Victoria: Using online and digital, how to do it right seminar

Design Victoria is holding a seminar that will guide participants through the pitfalls to avoid in developing an online strategy, ensuring you get it right from the start. Discover the best way to move forward and how to achieve online success.

Held 11 May 2010.

Design Victoria: Tools of the export trade masterclass

Discover the tools of export success in tangible and practical methods at this free masterclass held by Design Victoria in partnership with the Australian Institute of Export.

Held 6 May 2010.

Small Business Development Corporation: Introduction to business planning workshop

Whether you have a business or are thinking of starting your own, this workshop will show you in simple steps how to write a business plan.

The workshop will be held on 6, 15, 19 and 29 May 2010.

Small Business Development Corporation: Biz basics

The Small Business Development Corporation’s BIZ Basics are free information sessions that can help in starting your own business.

Held 4, 6, 11, 15, 18, 20, 25 and 29 of May 2010.

Grant application writing workshop

The Australian Business Arts Foundation is holding a half-day workshop for visual artists on writing grant applications for federal, state and local government funding and philanthropic foundations.

Held 23 June 2010.