Tag: maroondah business week
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2008 Maroondah Business Breakfast with David Parkin
The annual Maroondah Business Week breakfast is one of the premiere events of the week, with this year’s event including premiership-winning footballer and coach David Parkin as the keynote speaker. David spoke about his experience with teams, drawing on his time within the AFL and the need for genuine appraisals and performance reviews to ensure…
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2008 Eastland Women in Business Lunch with Sigrid Thornton
Maroondah Business Week is an annual event designed to assist Maroondah based businesses through providing information and networking opportunities. The women in business lunch returned in 2008 with actress Sigrid Thornton who spoke about her experiences in acting, business and community work. Sigrid spoke about the need to remain focused while maintaining a sense of…
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Maroondah Business Week 2008 – Sustain and Grow your Business
Maroondah Business Week will run from from October 27-31 with the theme of Grow and Sustain Your Business. Highlights include presentations from Sigrid Thornton at the Eastland Women in Business Lunch to be held on Monday the 27th of October, David Parkin at the NAB Business Breakfast on Wednesday the 29th of October and Jen…
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Continuing the Maroondah Business Expansion and Retention Program
This afternoon I accompanied Maroondah’s Economic Development team to interview another business as part of the Business Expansion and Retention Program. The program aims to gather qualitative data into current business conditions and to determine ways in which Maroondah can further assist the business community. While it would appear that businesses are quite optimistic about…
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2007 Maroondah Business Week Awards
Maroondah Business Week has concluded for 2007 with the presentation of the Business Week Awards. The Maroondah Business Week Awards provide the opportunity to recognise Maroondah based businesses that have excelled over the past twelve months. A total of 21 businesses were nominated for this year’s Business Week awards and all nominees should be congratulated…
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2007 Maroondah Business Week Breakfast with Dean Jones
Maroondah Business Week provides the opportunity to showcase the range of businesses that exist within Maroondah and includes a range of workshops and events to assist businesses in their growth and development. Today’s business breakfast included Dean Jones, Victorian Cricketer and commentator, who spoke about the importance of team building and decisive leadership. Dean spoke…
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Maroondah Business Week – 2006 Business Excellence Awards
Maroondah Business Week came to a close tonight with a cocktail function to announce the Maroondah Business Excellence Awards. The business excellence awards provide a way of recognising Maroondah’s many successful businesses particularly those that are innovative and supportive of the local community. A total of 29 nominees were entered with eight being presented an…
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Maroondah Business Week – HomeBiz Business Panel
As part of Maroondah Business Week, Maroondah HomeBiz a non-profit organisation representing home based businesses, presented a panel of successful home based businesses to highlight the themes that are crucial to the success of small and medium businesses. The panel consisted of four very different home businesses however several key themes emerged including the need…
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Maroondah Business Week Networking Function – Hosted by Robyn Henderson
This evening Maroondah Business Week continued with a networking function hosted by networking specialist Robyn Henderson. Robyn explained the strength and necessity in building comprehensive business networks to develop business relationships and drive sales. Networking is expected to account for more than 87 per cent sales making networking a necessary skill for businesses in expanding…
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Maroondah Business Week Breakfast – Hosted by Kevin Sheedy
The Maroondah City Council Week continued this morning with Kevin Sheedy hosting the NAB Business Breakfast. Kevin spoke of the need for innovation within business and highlighted some of the partnerships that have been created through innovation between the AFL and the various clubs. Maroondah’s Business Breakfast is part of the week long Maroondah Business…