Schmooze Program for 2012

About

In 2012 we expand our regular program and introduce several new initiatives for our members and guests to provide you with a wide range of opportunities. We are also planning to expand our professional community to Tasmania!

Members can enjoy our hosted events for free, or at cost if social members, in all locations providing exceptional value. The retail value of the Canberra program alone is over $2500 to attend all the events we'll offer, not to mention all the services and promotional opportunities we provide our members.

Non-members are always welcome and can purchase Casual Guest Passes for $55 for each event.

• There will be other special activities, members-only events and joint ventures announced during the year as well, plus the events are members will host.
• For a discription of the events in our regular program, please see our Events page.
• For details of each event please see our events calendar.
• Also check out our Events on Demand program starting in 2012
• Please note, you need to be a member to be eligible to be invited to present, or sponsor or contribute to our program in some way.

Get involved!

See this page for more information on our membership packages.

Initiatives

• We'll be capping our ACT Region memberships at 500 organisations only to ensure we'll continue to provide our high level of personalsed service
• Schmooze Member of the Year Awards - recognising our special members and their qualities.
• Guest Members Blogs - providing another plaform for them to share their expertise, read more here
• Events on Demand in all locations - a wide mix of activites that will be voted for by our members and run when a threshold is met
• Our membership rates will be on hold (same for over 2 years) until July 2012
• Professional Relations Master Class Series presented by Schmooze's Founder Phillip Jones, members can attend at special rates, read more
• Website enhancements including social media links for members profiles for our online contacts database
• Continuing our Featured Causes of the Month as suggested by our members

Canberra

We'll be offering as our regular program:

• 11 Monthly Schmooze networking events
• 11 Business Essentials workshops for professionals and business owners or start-ups
• 11 Young Professional Lifeskills seminars for under 30's
• 8 Schmooze@Campus workshops for tertiary students
• 5 Business Lunch Club events exploring topical ideas for discussion and debate
• An expanded Schmooze Canberra Region Market Place expo which will include a seminar program, see this page for info on the 2011 event

Melbourne

 We'll be offering as our regular program:

• 11 Monthly Schmooze networking events (including two in partnership with the Australian Institute of Training and Development)
• 5 Business Essentials workshops for professionals and business owners or start-ups
• 4 Schmooze@Campus workshops for tertiary students
• 5 Business Lunch Club events exploring topical ideas for discussion and debate
• Special members-only events
• The opportunity to participate in the Canberra Region Market Place expo which will include a seminar program

Tasmania

We are looking to launch in the first half of 2012, and will offer a mix to start with:

• 5 Monthly Schmooze networking events
• 3 Business Essentials workshops for professionals and business owners or start-ups
• 3 Young Professional Lifeskills Seminars for under 30's

Professional Development

To give you a flavour of the topics we'll be covering in our workshops and seminars, presented by our member subject matter experts, note these are subject to change and confirmation.

Business Essentials Workshops

Melbourne Workshops (others to be announced soon)

• February: How To Brand Your Business to the Future using Promotional Products
• March: Meyer Briggs profiling

Canberra Workshops

• January: Schmooze Information Evening
• March: Using LinkedIn
• April: Media Skills Workshop
• May: What are you worth? How to cost and value your professional rates
• June: Making the jump: Public Servant to Private Sector business owner
• July: Its all in the Cloud and/or Mobile Computing Briefing
• August: Guest Sessions at Canberra Region Market Place
• September: Looking Your Best- Fashion for Success (field trip)
• October: How to use Linkedin and Facebook for business
• November:Living with the Carbon Tax- how to account and monitor it

Other Workshop themes include:

• Not for Profit sponsorship and relationship success case studies
• So you want to be a Consultant?
• ‘A is for App’. Mobile Phones / iPads and the opportunities for Business
• IT Fundamentals for Small Business
• Selling Your Business- Managing Your Exit
• Writing for different communication channels and different audiences
• When things go South- workplace conflict and resolution
• Business Opportunities for Artists

Young Professional Lifeskills (Canberra Only for the moment)

• February: How to use a recruitment firm to drive your career
• March: Volunteering- the ‘garnish’ on a CV
• April: Website Fundamentals and Google/ SEO
• May: Using social networking channels for your career and business
• June: Start-Up Essentials- Regulations and Opportunities

Other Lifeskills themes include:

• Managing Your Boss and Workplace Expectations
• Blogging for success and profit
• So you want to be an Entrepreneur? Have you got what it takes?
• Marketing Plan Fundamentals
• Business Plan Fundamental

Other Young Professional Events in the pipeline (under 30's)

• Young Professional Schmooze networking evening
• Pitch Night: for young Entrepreneurs - have you got what it takes to impress?

Business Lunch Club Talks (Melbourne and Canberra)

• Future Fund Briefing
• Carbon Tax briefing
• Canberra Centenary 2012 briefing
• Working with Government Partners
• Not For Profit/ Private Sector Partnership Case study
• Peak Oil- Fact or Fiction?
• What can we learn from the Arts for business?

Schmooze@Campus -this series is repeated each Semester

Note, only full-time students under 25 can attend these events. We're also running this series in-house for the University of Canberra Village residents, plus a public program.

• Session 1:How to write a resume to apply for jobs &  Networking Fundamentals
• Session 2:How to effectively write towards selection criteria & What to expect at an interview
• Session 3:What to wear in the workplace & How can I best come across during interview
• Session 4:What to expect when I undertake an Internship / How can I best be of use during my Internship /  What to expect in the workplace by sector (Private, Not-for Profit and Public)