Photo of John Stock, Executive Officer of Melbourne Business Network along with Daniel Kowalski, GM of ASU and Esther Graham, Barrett Consulting.
Daniel recently participated in the final MBN Supper Club and as the General Manager of the ASU is involved in the transitioning of swimmers to the business world.
Tuesday 22nd November - 6pm to 8pm
Supper Club Series 2011
"Transitioning from Sport to Business"
Guest Speakers:
Chris Heffernan
Daniel Kowalski
Sharelle McMahon
Friday 28th October - 11.30am - 3pm
Women in Business Luncheon 2011
"Women of Influence"
Guest Speakers:
Jennifer Westacott - Chief Executive Business Council of Australia
Elizabeth Chong - Doyenne of Chinese Food Culture
Tribute to Dame Nellie Melba presented by Amy McPartlan, General Manger, Dame Nellie Melba Opera Trust
Friday 26th August - 12 noon - 2pm
Melbourne Day Debate 2011
"Is Melbourne Just Football?"
FOR
Peter Gordon
David King
Cameron Schwab
AGAINST
Merv Hughes
Julie Corletto
Andrew Westacott
Moderator: Dr Sally Cockburn
RACV City Club
Thursday 4th August - 7am to 11am
"Creating Quick Connections"
Guest Speaker: Bev Brough, Master Networking
Town Hall
"Melbourne, A Great Place To Visit and Do Business"
Guest SpeakerHon Louise Asher MP Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business | Minister for Tourism and Major Events RACV City Club, 501 Bourke Street
Monday 4th April - Supper Club Series 2011
"Celebrating the Next Generation in Business"
"The Role of Mentoring"
Guest Speakers - Monique Conheady, General Manager, Flexicar, Natalie Davies, Marketing Manger, Momentum, Alba Ruiz Leon, Director Albas Surf Club & Rod Curtis, Founder, Twenty20 Venue - Cocoon Club, The Swanston Hotel, Grand Mecure,
195 Swanston Street
March 21st - 25th
City Square
10am to 3.45pm
BUSINESS MENTORING OPPORTUNITY
MENTOR AS ANYTHING!
Are you a Business Owner or Entrepeneur?
As business owners and entrepeneurs, we are - or should be - always focused on the future and how we can build better businesses.
But as we plan for the next generation in our respective industries, it is just as prudent to pause and reflect on what - or, more precisely who - has gone before us.
For ONE WEEK ONLY - Small Business Mentoring Service delivered 50FREE sessions for small businesses in conjunction with Small Business Victoria.
Wednesday 16th February - Breakfast Event
"MBN 15th Anniversary Celebration"
Guest Speaker - Lord Mayor Robert Doyle with special guest Cr Carl Jetter
Venue: RACV City Club, Bourke Street, Melbourne
Tuesday 30th November - Supper Club Series
Celebrating Women in Leadership"
Guest Speakers - Christine Nixon, APM, Mary Barry, Bob Glindemann & Camillo D'Alessandro
Venue - Cocoon Club, The Swanston Hotel, Grand Mecure,
195 Swanston Street
Monday 8th November - Blokes' Health
Dr Bernard Crimmins
Professor David de Kretser, AC, Governor of Victoria
Venue: ON15, Grand Mercure, Swanston Hotel
Friday 29th October - 2010 Women in Business Luncheon
"Integrity, the essence of success"
Naomi Milgrom AO
Susan Renouf
Rachael Roberton
Dr Leanne Rowe AM
Venue: Zinc at Federation Square
Friday 27th August - Melbourne Day Debate 2010
"That Melbourne Is Still the Foodies Capital"
FOR
Shane Delia
Bob Hart
Virginia Hellier AGAINST
Iain "Huey" Hewitson
Elaine Reeves
Joanna Savill Venue - The Plaza Ballroom, Collins Street, Melbourne
Tuesday 3rd August Energise Enterprise
A Small Business Seminar "Ready Steady Grow"
Guest Speakers - Sam Kekovich along with Camillo D'Alessandro, David Markus, Brian Jones & Pippa Hanson
Venue - The Spring Street Conference Centre, Number One Spring Street
Celebrating Women in Business "Celebrating Mentors"
Guest Speakers - Brenda Rossmann, Sarah Johnson, Merinda Forbes & Catherine Curtis Venue - Cocoon Club, The Swanston Hotel, Grand Mecure, 195 Swanston Street
Celebrating Women in Business - "Does your business reflect real life?"
Guest Speakers - Linda Weatherson, Doreen Akkermann AM, Kate Webster & Estelle Petrie Venue - Cocoon Club, The Swanston Hotel, Grand Mecure, 195 Swanston Street
Feedback Great night your team put on, I was very impressed by the calibre of speakers and how they engaged my customers and all participants were. The food was great, the company was great, all in all a HUGE success - Amy O'Maley, Westpac Banking Corporation Networking was extremely valuable and the fact that you could have a conversation with the speakers was excellent. Looking forward to the next event - Erin Devlin, Devlin Alliance
Wednesday 3rd March 2010 Breakfast
"2010 Networking Workshop"
Guest Speaker - Julia Palmer Venue - The Hilton on the Park
December 2nd Christmas Networking Cocktail Party
"Why we should be Optimistic about 2010"
Guest Speaker - Rod North Beverage Sponsor - RACV Club
October 22nd Breakfast Club - RACV Club
"Securing a Post-Kyoto Protocol and What it will mean for Australian Business"
Guest Speaker - Tim Wilson Sponsored - Victoria University
WOMEN IN BUSINESS LUNCHEON - 14th October 2009 Guest Speakers: Dr Gael Jennings, Angela Forbes & Abigail Forsyth
Topic: "Women in the Business of Making a Difference"
Brought to you by: City of Melbourne & Melbourne Business Network
Melbourne Day Debate - 27th August - Plaza Ballroom
"Should Melbourne Banish all the Lawyers?"
July 16th Breakfast Club - RACV Club
Topic: 'What impact did the fires have in the affected communities?" What's happening right now and what are the plans for recovery?
Guest Speaker - Christine Nixon Sponsored by: City of Melbourne
May 21st Breakfast Club - RACV Club
"Don't let a good Recession Pass you By"
Guest Speaker - Tom Elliott
MM&E Capital & 3AW Sponsored by: CITY OF MELBOURNE
March 31st Breakfast Club - RACV Club, Melbourne
First 100 Days
Guest Speaker - Robert Doyle, Lord Mayor of Melbourne
Sponsored by: CITY OF MELBOURNE
February 26th Breakfast Club - Rivers Voyager, Docklands
Importance of Relationships - Business, Life, Sport
Guest Speaker - Stan Alves, AFL Coach, Elite Athlete, Media Personality, Entre[remeir and Siccessful Businessman.
Sponsored by: WHITELION
November 13th Breakfast Club - RACV Club
Alternative Energy Funds and Impact to the Community and Benefit to the Environment
Guest Speaker - Justin Beeton, Managing Director JB Global Advisors Top 50 BRW Fastest Growing Business in 2008
Sponsored by: IMPACT DIGITAL
Located on the highest floor of the Southern hemisphere's tallest residential building. The event was complimented by the experience of participants taking part in the Challenge passing through the luncheon after their climb to the top!-
NETWORKING & WINE TASTING EVENING "4 QUARTERS OF NETWORKING"Thursday 2nd October, 2008
Facilitator - Brenda Thomson, CEO & Founder of Networking World
Wine Tasting by our Sponsor, Winebox Warehouse, Camberwell
Gourmet BBQ
Testimonial I recently attended The Melbourne Business Network ‘4 Quarters of Networking’ event and was incredibly impressed.
Having run networking events myself, I understand the challenge of engaging the attendees for the entire evening.
Brenda Thomson did an excellent job with her networking game which left everyone at our table certain they could create quite a few alliances.
We did so well in fact, that we won the night!
Thank you for your refreshing approach to networking.
Guest Speakers: Kate Palmer, Netball Australia CEO, the Honourable Justice Linda Dessau,
AFL Commissioner and President of the Essendon Women's Network and Kate Roffey, VicSport CEO
Topic: "WOMEN IN THE BUSINESS OF SPORT"
Brought to you by: City of Melbourne & Melbourne Business Network
EMAIL COMMENTS
Tracey
A quick note to thank you for all your hard work that contributed to the great success of the lunch yesterday. I have received very positive feedback from our CEO, Councillors and Director and we could not have done it with you and the Melbourne Business Networks support.
When all the accounts are finalised, I would like to know our total donation for Dragons Abreast, so that we can let our Councillors know.
Many thanks and hope you now have a couple of quiet days to recover (from this and fashion week!).
Regards
Jane
Jane E Sharwood
Manager - Business & International|
City of Melbourne |PO Box 1603 MELBOURNE VIC 3001|
MELBOURNE DAY DEBATE 2008 - Thursday 28th August, 2008
Moderator: Peter Moon, Logie Smith & Lanyon Lawyers
Topic: "Melbourne Owes it all to the Greeks"
Greeks: Andrew Demetriou, CEO of AFL, George Donikian, Channel 10 Newsreader & Helen Kapalos, Channel 10 Newsreader
Melbourne: Red Symons, 778 Radio Host, Tim Campbell, TV Presenter & Dr Sally Cockburn (Dr Feelgood), Doctor & 3AW Radio Host
Sponsored by: METLINK
Charity Sponsor: LORD MAYOR'S CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
Photos provided by: Neos Kosmos/Peter Kakalias
EMAIL COMMENTS
John and Tracey
Yesterday I attended my first Melbourne Day debate and thought it was a great event. Congratulations on the topic, fantastic panels for the two sides and arranging such a good event.
Thank you also for your assistance with the Women in Business lunch in September - I know that will also be a great event.
Regards
Jane
Jane E Sharwood
Manager - Business & International|
City of Melbourne |PO Box 1603 MELBOURNE VIC 3001|
Guest Speaker: BRUCE KAIDER, General Manager of Business Development & Strategy with the WESTERN BULLDOGS
Topic: "HOW THE WEST WAS WON: BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS THAT WORK"
Sponsored by: VICTORIA UNIVERSITY
BREAKFAST Club - Thursday 5th June 2008 Guest Speaker: BRIAN WALDON, CEO of Melbourne Storm talking
Topic: "BUSINESS OF SPORT"
Sponsored by PACNET
WHITELION BAILOUT 2008 Padmini Dyer - TeamSolution
Geoff Southby - Precision Recruitment
Loretta Pavlovic - Your Vehicle Broker and our own Tracey Davis, Executive Officer
It was a fantastic event enjoyed by all that attended. Whitelion raised over $300,000 for the 2008 BAILOUT and this will go towards helping kids in Custody, a very worthy charity
Guests who attended the Gaol House Rock Cocktail Party enjoyed fabulous food and top class entertainment by Lior, The Currency, Bad Boys Batucada & Bridget Pross. Guests partied into the night and will be talking about this event for sometime.
Our "Biggest Morning Tea" on The Colonial Tramcar Restaurant
We raised approximately $1500 which went to the Cancer Council, thanks to all who participated in our fun event.
Guests enjoyed a fully catered morning tea with tea, coffee and champagne.
Jo the singing waiter sang amongst the guests whilst the tramcar travelled around our beautiful
Melbourne streets.