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Tuesday 4th March 2008

6.30pm - 9.30pm

The Long Room
162-168 Collins Street
Melbourne

$25.00 Members
$35.00 Non Members

 WESTEND BUSINESS ASSOCATION AND SIGNATURE OF M invites you to a

COCKTAIL PARTY

Supporting THE LADDER PROJECT an AFL Foundation and AFL Player's Association initiative

Guest Speaker AFLPA President Joel Bowden

To book online, click here...

 Invitation to a Cocktail Party on March 4th.

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Past Events

 

 

Breakfast by the Pool

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

Courtesy by Alexandra Davis

 

Wednesday 8th June - 7am to 9am

"Melbourne, A Great Place To Visit and Do Business"

Guest Speaker Hon 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 50 FREE 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

Courtesy by
Lisa Germany Photography


 

Wednesday 28th July 2010 Supper Club 

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

Courtesy by
Lisa Germany Photography


 

Wednesday 2nd June 2010 Breakfast Club

"From The Bush to Hollywood" 

Guest Speakers - Shane Brennan, Creator of NCIS Los Angeles and Executive Producer of NCIS
Venue - RACV City Club, 501 Bourke Street, Melbourne

Courtesy by Lisa Germany Photography



Wednesday 28th April 2010 Supper Club

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

Courtesy of
Lisa Germany Photography

MBN Supper Club 2010 from MBN on Vimeo.

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
John Stock, Vice President & Lord Mayor, Robert Doyle  
                          
                
                    


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

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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



EUREKA TOWER CHARITY CHALLENGE - CORPORATE LUNCHEON - Friday 24th October 2008

 

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.
 
Warm regards,
 
Ludwina Dautovic

 

 

 

WOMEN IN BUSINESS LUNCHEON - 16th September 2008

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|
 
|Phone: 61 3 9658 9854 | Fax: 61 3 9650 3572|
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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|
 
 
|Phone: 61 3 9658 9854 | Fax: 61 3 9650 3572|
 
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BREAKFAST Club - Thursday 10th July 2008

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.
   
   

 

Click here to see our Event focus in the Cancer Council Newsletter

 


SPECIAL LAUNCH OF NEW EXPANDED ASSOCIATION -
Eureka Tower

 
'MELBOURNE BUSINESS NETWORK' - Sponsored by Yarra Trams





March Cocktail Party with Signature of M  The Long RoInvitation to a Cocktail Party on March 4th.om
 
Supporting THE LADDER PROJECT an AFL Foundation and AFL Player's Association initiative.


 

 

 

 

 

February Breakfast Club - RACV ClubWestend Business Association February 2008 Breakfast Invitation.

 
New Government!  New Workplace System? Your Questions Answered.
 
Guest Speaker - Ross Jackson, National head of Maddocks' Workplace Services price and a partner of the firm for 19 years.
Sponsored by:  PRIMUS TELECOM

 

 

 
Christmas Breakfast Event - Tania Doko and Mark Watt,Whitelion
"Balancing Life in the Music Industry with the needs of kids in custody"
 
RACV Club, Melbourne

 

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Julie Corletto 2011 Melbourne Debate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supper Club Series - Celebrating Women in Leadership