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.

In addition our Members get access to our events, programs and member benefits.

Done Day
20220526
8:30 am

What is it?
DONE is a facilitated day of work sprints spent 100% focussed on getting your priorities done with zero distractions. All you need to do is bring your enthusiasm and your to-do list, and then we will keep you motivated and focussed on getting it done. If you know the acronyms, it’s all about GSD by JFDI.

Why participate?
You are probably very busy, possibly even getting a lot done, but yet you may be left feeling like you never get time for the most important things. Or maybe you’ve got a backlog of small unfinished. Or maybe you have a big piece of project work that really needs an entire day of focussed work. Or maybe you just want to do some planning and develop a strategy. Or maybe you need time for writing or content creation, or finalising that grant application, or catching up on book work.

How it works:
Each participant brings their own “To Do” list for the day and works through them in a series of short, focussed sprints.

Our facilitator does all the time keeping and keeps you accountable to your tasks for the day.

The morning starts at 08:30 with an optional training session where we share with participants some productivity techniques and tools as well as giving you time to work on your to-do lists for the day.

Then at 09:00 we commence the actual focussed work sprints. You can take all these learnings back into your everyday work practices to improve your normal levels of productivity.

As well as working individually, you have the option to use the power of the group to have short sessions for some brainstorming and co-creation with fellow participants.

It’s a great way to gain some fresh perspectives, new ideas, and new connections.

Done Day is the brainchild of the amazing people at Tribe Global

Toastmasters
20220525
12:00 pm

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.

Networking Drinks
20220519
5:00 pm

Once a month we invite our Members, Mentors and Partners to shutdown their laptops, turn off their phones and take time out to meet and mingle in a very social gathering with the GC HUB team.

Let’s get to know each other on a deeper level, connect and share some laughs and good conversation.

Toastmasters
20220518
12:00 pm

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.

Gold Coast - DIGITAL MASTERMIND FOR STARTUPS by Sharon
20220517
1:00 pm
The Digital Mastermind for Startups provides a great way to get the support and feedback that you need to grow your business.

About this event

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

 

Delivery Method: Face to Face Workshop

Level : Beginner

 

The Digital Mastermind for Startups provides a great way to get the support and feedback that you need to grow your business, while also learning from others about their experiences running a business and using digital technology.

Capped at 10 participants, attendees each have an opportunity to raise an issue they are experiencing in their business and to brainstorm the solution with the other business founders.

The Digital Mastermind serves to connect people on a personal level by providing them with an environment where they can share their struggles, successes, knowledge, and ideas.

 

This workshop is brought to you by Business Station and AusIndustry under the Digital Solutions Program.

 

ABOUT PRESENTER

Recognised by the Australian Financial Review as one of Australia’s 100 Women of Influence Sharon Hunneybell has a passion for technology, innovation, collaboration and is a champion for youth participation in startups and technology.

Sharon has held senior roles in a number of fast growing Australian firms including multi award winning software company, Opmantek. She has been an active startup community builder, co-creating and facilitating dozens of programs and initiatives to support

digital business creation and growth. These include Startup Apprentice, Australia’s first high school startup accelerator program and the Mayors Telstra Technology Awards.

In 2017, Sharon co-founded the Gold Coast Innovation Hub, a non-profit organisation that has received Federal, State and Local government support to deliver a citywide innovation strategy to support entrepreneurs and new business growth on the Gold Coast.

 

#gchub #goldcoaststartups

 

About Digital Solutions – Australian Small Business Advisory Services

Digital Solutions is one of the most generously supported digital transformation programs for small business by the Commonwealth Government. This iteration of the program has been run by Business Station in QLD, WA and NT for three years and has had a significant positive impact on the small business community.

This event will give you the chance to learn about the details of the program, what’s on offer and who can access the free or highly subsidised support, training and resources! Perhaps you will find them beneficial for yourselves, your network or your clients.

To better understand what’s on offer, we will encourage each attendee to register themselves to the program before the event, or otherwise by attending this workshop, you will be registered.

 

Important – Participating businesses must be aware that this information will be provided to the Commonwealth Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources for program evaluation and reporting purposes; and businesses may be approached by a representative from the Department to complete a survey on the services provided.

 

Please Note: Entry to venues in which we run our workshops are subject to the requirements of the Qld Government and COVID restrictions, please check with the venue about these requirements if you are unsure

Toastmasters
20220511
12:00 pm

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.

Gold Coast Angels May Investment Evening
20220511
5:30 pm

Join us for the second meeting of the Gold Coast Angels for 2022 run in conjunction with a variety of investment and industry partners from the Gold Coast. We are always happy to welcome new members so bring along anyone who you think may be interested in joining a vibrant and active Angels group that will have the opportunity to invest together in some of the best tech companies in Australia.

This month’s meeting will be running directly after the pitch showcase for the Gold Coast Innovation Hub’s PLAY Accelerator, Hospitality and Tourism Cohort.  Angels are welcome arrive early at 4.00pm to support the accelerator participants with feedback and to enjoy a preview of some of the businesses that will be raising capital in the future.

Drinks will be available at the bar, venue and finger food has been sponsored by the Gold Coast Innovation Hub and 42 Ventures.

Agenda:

[optional 4.00pm – PLAY Accelerator pitch showcase]

5:30pm Registration, Networking and Drinks

6:00pm Welcome & Introductions

6:05pm Update on previous opportunities

6.15pm – 8:00pm 3 Pitches, Q&A and Discussion

8:00pm Next event details & Close

Networking continues in main bistro, meal options available.

LUNCH AND LEARN
20220509
12:00 pm

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

Whether you are a seasoned business owner, start-up, or entrepreneur, you will take away a wealth of learning from this event.

EXPRESSWAY Network Forum-Attracting institutional support for your business
20220506
2:00 pm
The EXPRESSWAY Network connects commercially focused innovation businesses across Queensland.

About this event

EXPRESSWAY™ Network Forum

Attracting institutional support for your startup or innovative small business

Friday 06th May 2022

2.00pm – 5:00pm

Free for owners and managers of Innovative Queensland innovation enterprises.

The Precinct, Level 2 Stadium or via ZOOM

The Precinct is located in the T.C. Beirne Mall Fortitude Valley (between Brunswick St Mall and Chinatown Mall). Access to the Level 2 is via the lifts in the Precinct lobby at the China Town Mall end of the TC Beirne mall (to the left of the coffee shop).

If you are unable to attend physically, please indicate you will be attending the video stream (a ZOOM link will be provided to you prior to the event)

If it is not COVID safe to hold a physical forum, a ZOOM Link will be provided to all speakers and registrants and the forum will be conducted in the virtual world.

The EXPRESSWAY Network connects commercially focused, like-minded Queensland people, with the objective of creating a Queensland wide innovation network that encompasses all industry sectors, regions and stages of business.

EXPRESSWAY offers opportunities for the management teams of high growth businesses to connect with each other to share ideas, form collaborations and find out about services available from government, education and NFP business support agencies.

This months topic is… Attracting institutional support for your Startup or Innovative Small Business

Taking new innovative products and services to market can often require moving heaven and earth.

 

However, it needn’t always be that way if we first identify, align & co-create initiatives with relevant key stakeholders from relevant institutions.

 

Creating a stakeholder group and working backwards from what they collectively want/need is the name of the game.

 

In this session, we will run through how to identify, align and co-create with the right stakeholders for your business… getting this right can often be the difference between abject success and failure.

Toastmasters
20220504
12:00 pm

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.

Gold Coast - DIGITAL MASTERMIND FOR STARTUPS by Sharon
20220503
1:00 pm
The Digital Mastermind for Startups provides a great way to get the support and feedback that you need to grow your business.

About this event

Delivery Method: Face to Face Workshop

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

 

Level : Beginner

 

The Digital Mastermind for Startups provides a great way to get the support and feedback that you need to grow your business, while also learning from others about their experiences running a business and using digital technology.

 

Capped at 10 participants, attendees each have an opportunity to raise an issue they are experiencing in their business and to brainstorm the solution with the other business founders.

 

The Digital Mastermind serves to connect people on a personal level by providing them with an environment where they can share their struggles, successes, knowledge, and ideas.

 

This workshop is brought to you by Business Station and AusIndustry under the Digital Solutions Program.

Done Day
20220428
8:30 am

What is it?
DONE is a facilitated day of work sprints spent 100% focussed on getting your priorities done with zero distractions. All you need to do is bring your enthusiasm and your to-do list, and then we will keep you motivated and focussed on getting it done. If you know the acronyms, it’s all about GSD by JFDI.

Why participate?
You are probably very busy, possibly even getting a lot done, but yet you may be left feeling like you never get time for the most important things. Or maybe you’ve got a backlog of small unfinished. Or maybe you have a big piece of project work that really needs an entire day of focussed work. Or maybe you just want to do some planning and develop a strategy. Or maybe you need time for writing or content creation, or finalising that grant application, or catching up on book work.

How it works:
Each participant brings their own “To Do” list for the day and works through them in a series of short, focussed sprints.

Our facilitator does all the time keeping and keeps you accountable to your tasks for the day.

The morning starts at 08:30 with an optional training session where we share with participants some productivity techniques and tools as well as giving you time to work on your to-do lists for the day.

Then at 09:00 we commence the actual focussed work sprints. You can take all these learnings back into your everyday work practices to improve your normal levels of productivity.

As well as working individually, you have the option to use the power of the group to have short sessions for some brainstorming and co-creation with fellow participants.

It’s a great way to gain some fresh perspectives, new ideas, and new connections.

Done Day is the brainchild of the amazing people at Tribe Global

MASTERCLASS, Full Circle Sales
20220428
6:00 pm

👉  So what do we need to TELL?  when – where – to whom?


Expert Panel:
1) Marlie Jolanda // Meaningful Marketing: How they will get to KNOW you (Lead Generation)
2) Meghan Jarvis // 80/20 Nurture: How they will start to LIKE you (Lead Followup)
3) Adam Beverly // Handling objections: How they will TRUST you (Lead Conversion)

MASTERCLASS, Full Circle Sales:  How to turn more potential customers into paying clients.

“You can’t SELL anything if you can’t TELL anything.” ~Beth Comstock 

We all know, you can’t have a successful business if you aren’t selling. 💸 However, many business owners really struggle with this aspect of their business.

Keen to learn how to improve your Sales-System and up your Marketing MOJO to attract more/better clients and see more 💰 in your bank account?

If you aren’t rating yourself 10/10 in nailing the KNOW-LIKE-TRUST process, you can’t miss this Mega Masterclass! (We are expecting 120 attendees and we will SELL OUT, so grab your ticket ASAP! ⏰)

 

🎁 BONUS: You will be presented with Special Offers to work with our Expert Panel, exclusive for our GC Hub network.

Toastmasters
20220427
12:00 pm

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.

Networking Drinks
20220421
5:00 pm

Once a month we invite our Members, Mentors and Partners to shutdown their laptops, turn off their phones and take time out to meet and mingle in a very social gathering with the GC HUB team.

Let’s get to know each other on a deeper level, connect and share some laughs and good conversation.

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