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.

Topics include:
– The three perspectives that underpin a business plan
– An introduction to business financials
– A new way of creating, developing and communicating the way forward
– The new A3 'Plan4Action' sheet that brings together your plan onto a single page
– How to develop a simple action plan for yourself and the business.
– Key aspects of your role and mind-set as a leader within your business
– The importance of culture and people within your business
– Developing relevant performance measures
– The importance of an ongoing planning process

In addition the presenter Brenton Leitch will describe common characteristics of many successful businesses. Brenton has has managed the national judging process for the Telstra and Australian Government's Small Business of the Year Awards for many years and is currently facilitating a number of business improvement programs. Consequently, he has a unique insight to those key success factors that distinguish some of the best businesses in this country.

This workshop will be held 12 May 2010 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm at the Education Development Centre, Milner Street, Hindmarsh.

For more information and to register your participation visit here.

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

Writing a business plan forces you to think logically and methodically about your potential business idea, assess its chances of success and work out if you can achieve the goals you set for the business.

It also helps clarify for other potential business partners, where the business is headed and make it easier to get constructive feedback from others, such as business sdvisers. It will also assist you in presenting your ideas when approaching a bank for finance. It’s much better to do this before you begin the business than to find out afterwards your business idea was unrealistic!

This workshop is designed for people who have already attended the Starting Your Own Business Workshop.

The workshop covers topics such as:

– Strategic planning and SWOT Analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats)
– Cash flow planning and seasonality
– Finance requirements of debt capital and leasing
– Market strategy based on market research
– Planning/reporting using a profit and loss statement and balance sheet

This workshop is being held at various suburbs in Adelaide on 3, 19 and 23 March, and  1, 7, 15 and 28 April 2010.

For more information on venues and times and to register attendance visit here.

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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.

Over breakfast seminar attendees will explore why some brands are more successful than others; why consumers choose one brand over another and how brands' protect their interests in the modern marketplace.

Key topics for the seminar are:

– Harnessing the benefits of the trade mark system in order to create or evolve a distinctive brand personality;
– Using domain names as a way of enhancing a brand;
– Applying real life strategies to help expand a brand into overseas markets;
– Identifying key ownership considerations for brand managers;
– Implementing strategies to deal with direct competitors and maintain brand integrity.

The workshop will be held by Tim Pethick, founder of Nudie juice, and Shane Radbone, former CEO of Wendy's. For speaker biographies visit here.

The workshop will be held 11 March 2010 from 7:30am to 10:30am.

Participation costs $45.00 (including GST and booking fee).

For more information and to register visit here.

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