Beyond the Basics Workshop Series

Thinking about starting a small business or currently running a small business?

Then BEYOND THE BASICS workshop series is a must. The series starts with a 2 hour introductory workshop for those thinking about starting a small business, to workshops on; business planning, marketing, finance, and bookkeeping.

You can combined attendance at these workshops with our Beyond the Basics Mentoring Program and take advantage of free membership to our enterprise hub.

The series stars with Beyond the Basics and includes the following best practice business workshops.

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Planning for Profit and Growth– Book Now!

Provides critical best practice to help you write your own business plan or feasibility study. You will be guided through the research phase, setting personal and business objectives with useful ideas and presentation tips

Planning for Profit and Growth

Are you looking at starting a Small Enterprise?

Attending a Beyond the Basics workshop is an important step in achieving success for any small startup venture.

This informative, three hour workshop will provide an overview of successful business planning techniques and increase the management skills of participants

The facilitator will assist you to complete a plan for a new business or conduct a feasibility study.

Key topics will include:

Understanding the role and purpose of the business planning process
Learn to set objectives and how to get organised for your business
Learn to conduct a personal review, set some short term and long term goals including SWOT audit of your current situation
What is required from market research and competitive analysis
Adopt a model to assist with the writing of the business plan

Clients are recommended to attend the Marketing Today, Financing Your Cashflow and Legal Issues workshops to complete your Business Essentials Series.

Secrets of Successful Marketing– Book Now!

Expand on your marketing potential and sales income strategies. Your will be learning how to sell your product and services! Discover the importance of targeting your customers; finding unique benefits that will help you stand out from the crowd.

Marketing Today: You are your Business

This workshop would benefit those looking at commencing a business or those who have just started a new enterprise.

Workshop aim

To provide an overview of marketing and selling concepts (including new technology) and help participants evaluate their market to develop a selling strategy.

Outcomes

The workshop provides the key marketing and selling skills required to present your products and services to new customers:

As an interactive three hour workshop focusing on learning and sharing new ideas.

The facilitator will

Provide information regarding the successful forms of promotion and low cost advertising techniques
Understand the elements of the sales process;
Highlight the use of technology benefits such as the Internet and e commerce
Discuss service expectations and repeat business
Discuss importance of building relationships and trust

This workshop is part of the Beyond the Basics workshop series.

By completing all workshops and attending business networking events will further assist your business skills development.

“Success in business is selling to strangers who become loyal supporters”

Finance Fundamentals– Book Now!

Develop and analyse your industry benchmark and the most common financial statements: cash flow; profit and loss; and balance sheet.

Will you make a profit is a critical question to be answered?

Finance Fundamentals

This workshop would benefit those looking at commencing a business or those who have just started a new enterprise .

Workshop Aim:

This 3 hour workshop aims to provide some basic financial literacy for participants to discuss business and financial issues with a partner, bank, bookkeeper or an accountant.

The workshops looks at the main financial indicators to compare and review small business financial performance.

Outcomes:

The facilitator will discuss these important topics:

Understand the use of Profit and Loss Statements
Why it is important to compare industry benchmarks;
Debtors and creditors, and chasing money
The difference between Gross Profit and Net Profit
Identify sources of help including Website addresses.

A sample financial benchmark will be presented to highlight the use of current technology to assist your small business management.

This workshop is part of the Beyond the Basics workshop series.

Managing your Money– Book Now!

Discover how to do record keeping correctly, explained in a simple way to track your income and expenses

Workshop Aim
This 3 hour workshop aims to provide some basic financial literacy for participants to discuss business and financial issues with a partner, bank, bookkeeper or an accountant.

The workshops looks at the main financial indicators to compare and review small business bookkeeping requirements

Outcomes