Previous EVENTS

We grow as a community through our knowledge experience and what better way to share our knowledge with events. We have a resourceful group of community members that are skilful in their field and love to share their knowledge.

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PALITOW Flow Breathing and Mindfulness Session
20210816

Forget about manic Mondays – start your week calm and in flow by participating in a PALITOW Flow breathing and Mindfulness session!


Bracing yourself for another crazy week?

Juggling your business and family and feeling like you don’t have a moment to alone to think?

Give yourself an hour, before you start your week to disconnect from the noise of the outside world and reconnect with yourself.

Pesamino from PALITOW Flow will guide you through deep breathing and mindfulness exercises to help you reset your mind and relax.

Sessions are currently delivered via ZOOM.

PALITOW stands for Peace and Love Is The Only Way!

 

GC Hub Toastmasters
20210811

Join us for an incredible opportunity to enhance and grow your Communication and Leadership skills in a supportive encouraging learning environment with Toastmasters at Gold Coast TechSpace!

As a business owner speaking skills are a must have. Toastmasters will give you the skills and confidence you need to effectively express yourself in any situation. By learning to effectively formulate and convey your ideas, you open a world of possibilities. You will be more persuasive and confident whether speaking with your colleagues, your community or your family.

Leadership is the art of understanding the needs of others and guiding them to achieve common goals. To do so, you need to communicate effectively and inspire people to work as a team. Toastmasters can help you do both. Learn leadership theories and put them into practice with the GC Hub club so that you can, in turn, apply them to everyday situations.

LUNCH AND LEARN with DAVID CHUNG
20210810
Lunch and Learn with DAVID CHUNG

About this event

Join fellow members and like-minded Business owners, start-up entrepreneurs, and visionaries for lunch on a mission. VIA ZOOM

Enjoy a delicious lunch and a cold beverage while immersing yourself in the experience and knowledge of our handpicked guest speaker.

No matter whether you are a seasoned business owner start-up or entrepreneur, you will take away a wealth of learning from this event.

GUEST SPEAKER: DAVID CHUNG Founding Director of Creo Legal, a ‘New Law’ commercial law firm focusing on startups and early-stage businesses.

He has first-hand experience as a startup founder, having co-founded a health-tech startup in 2016. He is currently working on a blockchain project expected to be released in 2021.

David’s clients span across all industries, including bioscience, technology, retail, hospitality, manufacturing, professional services, finance, and agribusiness.

PRESENTATION TOPIC:

The legal side of marketing – what laws apply, what you can and can’t say, and practical tips on how to minimise marketing-related legal

PALITOW Flow Breathing and Mindfulness Session
20210809

Forget about manic Mondays – start your week calm and in flow by participating in a PALITOW Flow breathing and Mindfulness session!


Bracing yourself for another crazy week?

Juggling your business and family and feeling like you don’t have a moment to alone to think?

Give yourself an hour, before you start your week to disconnect from the noise of the outside world and reconnect with yourself.

Pesamino from PALITOW Flow will guide you through deep breathing and mindfulness exercises to help you reset your mind and relax.

Sessions are currently delivered via ZOOM.

PALITOW stands for Peace and Love Is The Only Way!

 

GC Hub Toastmasters
20210804

Join us for an incredible opportunity to enhance and grow your Communication and Leadership skills in a supportive encouraging learning environment with Toastmasters at Gold Coast TechSpace!

As a business owner speaking skills are a must have. Toastmasters will give you the skills and confidence you need to effectively express yourself in any situation. By learning to effectively formulate and convey your ideas, you open a world of possibilities. You will be more persuasive and confident whether speaking with your colleagues, your community or your family.

Leadership is the art of understanding the needs of others and guiding them to achieve common goals. To do so, you need to communicate effectively and inspire people to work as a team. Toastmasters can help you do both. Learn leadership theories and put them into practice with the GC Hub club so that you can, in turn, apply them to everyday situations.

PALITOW Flow Breathing and Mindfulness Session
20210802

Forget about manic Mondays – start your week calm and in flow by participating in a PALITOW Flow breathing and Mindfulness session!


Bracing yourself for another crazy week?

Juggling your business and family and feeling like you don’t have a moment to alone to think?

Give yourself an hour, before you start your week to disconnect from the noise of the outside world and reconnect with yourself.

Pesamino from PALITOW Flow will guide you through deep breathing and mindfulness exercises to help you reset your mind and relax.

Sessions are currently delivered via ZOOM.

PALITOW stands for Peace and Love Is The Only Way!

 

PLAY Sportstech Accelerator: 6 Week Accelerator Program
20210802

The structured accelerator program commences on Monday 2nd August and runs for 6 weeks. It is delivered in a hybrid delivery format with a mix of face to face and virtual workshops and mentoring sessions.

This is an intensive program and your 100% commitment to the program is expected – if you can’t commit, don’t apply.

You will participate in:

  • Weekly meetings with the program facilitator.
  • Up to 3 workshops with program facilitator and/or partners per week.
  • One full day face to face industry session with mentors and customers per week.
BUILD A PROFITABLE AND THRIVING BUSINESS WITH CRM PART 3
20210729

PLEASE NOTE: To register for this event you must be a business (0-19 employees) and provide your ABN.

Join our three-part Customer Relationship Management (CRM) masterclass webinar series where Customer Experience experts Michelle Fragar, Krystle Divertie and Declan Pym run through everything you need to know about using CRM software in your business. Across the three parts, we’ll show you the basics of CRM, explore tips and tricks to help you save money and time and dive into advanced CRM strategies that will help you grow your business!

Register here:

Build a profitable and thriving business with CRM part 3

GC Hub Toastmasters
20210728

Join us for an incredible opportunity to enhance and grow your Communication and Leadership skills in a supportive encouraging learning environment with Toastmasters at Gold Coast TechSpace!

As a business owner speaking skills are a must have. Toastmasters will give you the skills and confidence you need to effectively express yourself in any situation. By learning to effectively formulate and convey your ideas, you open a world of possibilities. You will be more persuasive and confident whether speaking with your colleagues, your community or your family.

Leadership is the art of understanding the needs of others and guiding them to achieve common goals. To do so, you need to communicate effectively and inspire people to work as a team. Toastmasters can help you do both. Learn leadership theories and put them into practice with the GC Hub club so that you can, in turn, apply them to everyday situations.

PALITOW Flow Breathing and Mindfulness Session
20210726

Forget about manic Mondays – start your week calm and in flow by participating in a PALITOW Flow breathing and Mindfulness session!


Bracing yourself for another crazy week?

Juggling your business and family and feeling like you don’t have a moment to alone to think?

Give yourself an hour, before you start your week to disconnect from the noise of the outside world and reconnect with yourself.

Pesamino from PALITOW Flow will guide you through deep breathing and mindfulness exercises to help you reset your mind and relax.

Sessions are currently delivered via ZOOM.

PALITOW stands for Peace and Love Is The Only Way!

 

Economic Recovery and International Trade Speaker Series, UK Edition
20210723

Economic Recovery and New Opportunities in the United Kingdom

To drive economic recovery, we must think forward and develop relationships with countries that are open to collaboration and connectivity to develop new business.

Honourable Guest Speakers

Joanne Freeman – British Consul General for Queensland and the Northern Territory and the Director of Trade for Australia & New Zealand

 Economic Recovery and International Trade Speaker Series, UK Edition image Jo Freeman is the British Consul General for Queensland and the Northern Territory and the Director of Trade for Australia & New Zealand at the UK’s Department for International Trade (DIT). Before arriving in Brisbane Jo worked as the Deputy Consul General in Sydney and has previously worked for DIT in various roles overseas including India and Canada. As the Head of Learning & Development at UK Trade and Investment, she delivered training courses across the overseas network and in the UK. Before coming to Australia in October 2016, Jo was DIT’s Deputy Regional Director for London. In this role she was responsible for managing stakeholder relationships across the London region and helping London companies explore export opportunities overseas.

Dr Sarah Pearson, FTSE, Non-Executive Director, Advisory Board Member, Researcher & Investor

 Economic Recovery and International Trade Speaker Series, UK Edition image Dr Sarah Pearson FTSE, has extensive global executive leadership experience spanning FTSE 100 multinationals, international C-suite roles in the public and private sector, leading brands such as McKinsey&Co and Cadbury, start-ups and venture capital (MSV and GIF, ~ 1$bn).

She has lead innovation ecosystems nationally and internationally, being an entrepreneur and intrapreneur, Board director and advisor for numerous innovative organisations, and chief scientist for DFAT. She holds a PhD in particle physics from Oxford, is an author on eight international patents, for cancer diagnosis and novel confectionery and is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of technology and engineering.

Nick Milan Founder & Managing Director, CyTrack Intelligence Systems

 Economic Recovery and International Trade Speaker Series, UK Edition image In an always-connected world, customer expectations have never been higher. Revolutionise customer relationships and experiences through Collaboration, Omni Channel and AI with CyTrack’s modular Cloud Telephony & Contact Centre solutions.

  • Microsoft Gold Application Development & Integration Partner
  • Winner 2016 Microsoft Partner Awards ‘Excellence in Industry and Platform Innovation’
  • 2x winner of Mayors Innovation Award with the Gold Coast Business Awards

Nick Milan is the CEO of CyTrack Intelligence Systems and with over 39 years of experience in contact centre & customer experience technology – a well-known figure in both the IT and Telephony channels. Nick is an experienced and energetic public speaker who has presented to large audiences on his subject matter and business experience all over the world. Nick has a Master’s Degree in business (MBA) from Bond University on the Gold Coast where he was also honored with the Deans Award for his thesis in IT technology.

CyTrack’s UK ‘Life Lesson’ A case study of an SME IT company setting up in the UKNick will present on CyTrack’s business experience when launching in the UK and provide a case study and story line format.The presentation covers the experience and challenges of a small business setting up overseas with seemingly ideal conditions and how things can go wrong quickly. Some of the lessons to be learnt will include the importance of integrating with communities locally, get powerful supporters as soon as possible, watch your back, re-learn your unique selling points, have rock steady belief and be ready to go the distance.

Luke Rust, ex-Head of Marketing and APAC Lead @ Immense Simulations

 Economic Recovery and International Trade Speaker Series, UK Edition image Luke moved to Australia from the UK in 2020 and led marketing and local expansion for high-growth British startup, Immense Simulations. Immense has democratised transport modelling and simulation to accelerate the deployment of new mobility innovations including autonomous ridesharing and real-time traffic operations. Luke has previously undertaken several UK Government trade missions to build innovation bridges with governments and businesses around the world including Singapore and the USA.

Building Anglo–Australian opportunities: a startup’s perspective

Luke will explore the UK-Australia innovation landscape and strategies for making the leap as an SME. He will talk about his own experience in landing here, benefits of the Global Talent Visa Program, and ways to engage with UK and Australian governments.

 

Meet, Connect, Grow | Discover Northern Gold Coast RELAUNCH
20210722

Far Northern Gold Coast Business Network,

After the recent successful tourism workshop hosted by Discover Northern Gold Coast, we are pleased to invite local business to the first networking event specifically for businesses in this region.

Division 1 Councillor Mark Hammel will be presenting on the future vision for our region. Are we green space or are we the next mega city, and how does this affect your business prospects for the next few years?

Come along, have your say, and engage with fellow business owner-operators from Coomera to Yatala.

Seats are limited – entry cost is $35 (includes 2 drinks and canapes)

When: 21 July 2021

Where: Whistlestop Café, 88 Pimpama Jacobs Well Rd, Pimpama

Time: 5.30pm

Register now! Numbers limited to 40.

GC Hub Toastmasters
20210721

Join us for an incredible opportunity to enhance and grow your Communication and Leadership skills in a supportive encouraging learning environment with Toastmasters at Gold Coast TechSpace!

As a business owner speaking skills are a must have. Toastmasters will give you the skills and confidence you need to effectively express yourself in any situation. By learning to effectively formulate and convey your ideas, you open a world of possibilities. You will be more persuasive and confident whether speaking with your colleagues, your community or your family.

Leadership is the art of understanding the needs of others and guiding them to achieve common goals. To do so, you need to communicate effectively and inspire people to work as a team. Toastmasters can help you do both. Learn leadership theories and put them into practice with the GC Hub club so that you can, in turn, apply them to everyday situations.

Brunch Like A Boss
20210720

A proactive female founders club uniting Gold Coast’s Boss Ladies, Entrepreneurs, Start-ups and CEO’s

November’s Brunch Like a Boss is traveling to the recently extended, Parkway Robina, This is our last event for 2022 and is expected to sell out fast, so get your tickets so you can be one of the amazing female founders to come together, for this new era of business exchange.

Together we share our stories, strengthen our networks, create opportunities for investment, nurture innovative ideas and give rise to new and exciting collaborations.

You will receive a glass of bubbles on arrival, enjoy a delicious brunch from the menu, and be inspired by two successful #BOSSLADY guest speakers…plus, everyone goes into the draw to win one of our famously donated female founder prizes.

Make sure you brush up your elevator pitch, we are surrounded by opportunities and your next collaboration could be in the crowd.

SHARE BAGS…. are placed at the door, feel free to share the love and add a sample, discount voucher, special offer, flyer or business card to the bags. each attendee will get to take one home.

 

Brunch Like A Boss | Champagne Brunch for Female Founders
20210720
A proactive Female Founders club thrusting the doors open to the Gold Coast’s Boss Ladies, Entrepreneurs, Start-ups and CEO’s

About this event

After a sellout first event, Brunch Like a Boss is back and at a bigger venue so we can welcome even more amazing female founders to experience this new business exchange.

Together we share our stories, strengthen our networks, create opportunities for investment, nurture innovative ideas and give rise to new and exciting collaborations.

Receive a glass of bubbles on arrival, enjoy a delicious Brunch from the menu, and be inspired by two successful guest speakers.

Every boss lady goes into the draw to win one of our famously donated female founder prizes.

Make sure you brush up your elevator pitch because everyone is welcome to share their venture on the open mic, remember, we are surrounded by opportunities and your next collaboration could be sitting in the room.

GIFT BAGS… sharing is caring, we want to offer every attendee the opportunity to promote their business to the other guests.

Bags will be placed at the venue entrance, please feel free to add your

  • business cards
  • flyers
  • discount vouchers
  • samples

Start-up founder story will be shared by: Phoebe Dray Profit 2 Cash Consultancy

Phoebe Dray, a qualified, award winning accountant, is not your typical accountant, she is passionate & fun and driven to help you succeed in business by far more than crunching numbers. In fact, Phoebe is a business finance success coach with solid experience in running businesses, management accounting, and cashflow improvement strategies. Phoebe understands the strategies needed to make a business successful and is focused on sharing this knowledge in a simple, easy to understand way so you can implement what you learn and create the success you dream of.

  • Website: www.phoebedray.com
  • FB: https://www.facebook.com/PhoebeDrayCPACashflowPocketRocket
  • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phoebe_dray/
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/74305022/admin/
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Followed by our special guest speaker: Monica Bradley

Monica is a company director with sustainability, technology, and investment experience. She has a portfolio of board roles, advisory, advocacy and venture capital investment panels.

Her expertise accumulated over decades and across continents has its foundations in the industrial sectors of trade and logistics, followed by a decade in professional services predominantly in government reform and most recently in technology, impact investing & early-stage capital.

The cornerstone of Monica’s executive career was her ability to deliver revenue growth, new business formation and digital transformation in challenging and uncertain environments.

Monica held leadership, sales, operations, and strategy roles in New York, Abu Dhabi, Sydney, Perth, Canberra, and Brisbane.

Monica is on the board of Enova Energy, Container Exchange and QUT and a member of Advance QLD Expert Panel and QBDF Venture Capital fund investment panel.

Impact & …. Audaciously Possible Futures

Monica will share her life learnings from a corporate career that spanned New York, Abu Dhabi, Canberra and Sydney before returning to her beloved QLD.

Impact & is Monica’s mantra. She dedicates her talents and energy to supporting founders, ventures and investors who apply technology, capital and new business models to create a zero carbon, inclusive sustainable future.

Impact & speaks to Monica’s audacious mission to apply impact capital to solve the World’s To Do List

  • @MonBLeaves (Twitter& Instagram)
  • www.linkedin.com/in/monicabradley
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