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Future Agro Challenge Australia 2019

Are you interested in making your enterprise more profitable through rural technology and innovation?

The Future Agro Challenge will inspire you with practical information on idea and business development. You will also have the chance to get to know the organisers, the Startup Tablelands team, who are a huge support to small businesses and entrepreneurs locally. Come and be motivated by new insights, and mix with like-minded people, while having superb food in a memorable location.

PLEASE NOTE:

There are 3 events – each at different venues.

1. Welcome Function at My Uncle Distillery,1819 Chewko Road, Walkamin – Fri 1st Nov from 5pm – 7 pm

2. Morning Event with Leanne Kemp at Destiny Cafe, 49-57 Loder Street,Atherton – Sat 2nd Nov from 9am – 11 am

3. Main Event & Presentation Dinner at Skybury Cafe & Roastery,136  Ivicevic Rd, Paddy’s Green, Mareeba   – Sat 2nd Nov from 1.30pm – 8.30pm

Meet some of the very best national and local agricultural innovators.

Six Australian finalists will be pitching their ideas, with the winner heading overseas for the World Finals. Last year it was Greece, the year before Turkey, who knows where the final will be next year.

Guest speaker Queensland’s Chief Entrepreneur Leanne Kemp, is a mine of knowledge on developing start-up enterprises, from a hands-on practical, and industry support, viewpoints. Leanne is attending the full event and is CEO and founder of Everledger, which uses blockchain technology to track high-value assets such as diamonds, art and wine to guarantee end-consumers an understanding of where their purchases originated.

With a background in the Netherlands, which is 185 times smaller than Australia, yet produce three times more value in agriculture exports Ben van Delden, KPMG Melbourne Partner and Head of AgriTech division, is the after-dinner speaker who will focus on the international agribusiness.

The Future Agro Challenge runs from Fri 1st Nov (evening) to Sat 2nd of November.

There are 3 events

1. Welcome Function at My Uncle Distillery,1819 Chewko Road, Walkamin – Fri 1st Nov from 5pm – 7 pm

2. Morning Event with Leanne Kemp at Destiny Cafe, 49-57 Loder Street, Atherton – Sat 2nd Nov from 9 am – 11 am

3. Main Event & Presentation Dinner at Skybury Cafe & Roastery,136  Ivicevic Rd, Paddy’s Green, Mareeba   – Sat 2nd Nov from 1.30 pm – 8.30 pm

Thanks to our generous sponsors below you get incredible value, paying only $19 for Friday night, $10 for Sat morning and $59 for Sat afternoon/evening. You can register here today for this high-quality international event.

Find more detailed information on the AusFAC website

Our simply wonderful sponsors: AusIndustry, Telstra, Tablelands Regional Council, FIAL, Elders Malanda, Growcom, Rotary Atherton, Mareeba Shire Council, Farm Doctors, Startup Tablelands and Boldacious Digital. Please do not hesitate to support them in the future.

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Digital Security Made Easy

Do you suffer from PASSWORD ANXIETY?

Are you:

  • Sick of forgetting passwords?
  • Sick of writing them down on paper, then losing the paper?
  • Sick of trying to make new ones for every site?

OR

  • Do you just use the same password EVERYWHERE?? (It’s ok, you’re not the only one..)

At this workshop we will look at:

  • Why digital security is SO IMPORTANT for keeping all your business and personal details safe from hackers and spammers
  • How you can easily secure your business (and personal) information
  • Check if your passwords have been stolen
  • What to do if they have been stolen

At this workshop you will be guided through:

  • Quickly and easily adding the FREE software that will instantly stop password anxiety
  • Then strengthening your security to the next level
  • And setting these up on your laptop/phone
  • Practicing using your new super secure device

You will leave this workshop

  • With 2 layers of security on your devices
  • With the extra security of knowing how to EASILY and safely use your new software
  • Feeling safer, more confident and comfortable; knowing you are in control of your business’s digital safety

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Digital Productivity Magic Tricks

digital-productivity-magic-tricksHacks & Shortcuts on the Computer and Keyboard to speed up the ‘Doing’ of your work

Sick of sitting in front of the computer for hours to get everything typed and input and sent and added and saved and uploaded and written and emailed and ALL DONE so you can finally go home for the day??

  • Save Time Daily & No More Typos
  • Type less AND more accurately AND with better grammar
  • No more needing to remember website addresses
  • No more needing to remember email addresses
  • No more grammatical errors
  • “Their” or “there” – let your computer do it for you, and do it accurately
  • Sick of not-very-clever spell-checkers!

Seamus the Digital Magician to the rescue!!

These and other vexing issues will be tackled to the ground and beaten into submission in this workshop.

If you bring your computer on the day – which you are invited and encouraged to – you’ll be taming your own computer before the workshop is even finished!!

PLUS – BONUS reference sheet to take home with you

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Should I Boost That Facebook Post?

Build Your Marketing Muscles – Workshop #7

should I boost that facebook postDo you secretly feel like you might be throwing money away when you boost a Facebook post?

Have you been boosting for a while, but don’t really know if it’s working or not?

Have you never boosted a post, and are ready to try, and want to feel confident and informed about what you’re actually doing?

Come and join other business owners in an interactive 2.5 hour workshop learning how to get the most value out of the Facebook posts you boost. 

Learn When To Boost And When NOT To Boost
Learn How To Boost Your Post To The People You Want To See It
Learn To Read And Use onThe Insights For Increasingly Better Results
Learn How To Boost With Strategy Instead Of Boosting With Last Minute Urgency

Bring your laptop or mobile device – the Internet connection is provided. You’ll leave this workshop knowing exactly how to set up a boosted post to get the best possible outcome, you’ll have some new ideas for posting overall, and you’ll feel more confident and capable at using Facebook to support your business.

Tickets are $47
Book your seat here: https://workshops.valcozens.me/

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How Can I Easily Make Videos For My Business?

Marketing Workshop #5

Use your phone camera to easily make all kinds of videos that help keep your business front of mind with your customers.
Videos are very effective, you don’t need to be an actor (or even be on camera!), and they keep working for your business after you’ve done the work of making them.

Does the thought of making videos for your business get you feeling nervous? Unprepared? Outright petrified?
Perhaps you’re willing to, but don’t think you’ve got the right gear or the right skills or the budget to hire a videographer.
Do you sideswipe the idea of doing videos with the reason (or is it an excuse) that “I’m no actor” ?

And yet, do you appreciate and watch videos from businesses that you buy from?

Videos work. Videos help a customer or prospective customer warm to you and your business. Videos help people feel like they know you and your business. Videos build trust between your business and the people you want to do business with.

With the smartphone you already own, you already have all the equipment you need.

Now come to this workshop and learn how to create those trust building videos without even needing to have your face on camera – although it’s much better if you do! This workshop will help you understand what makes a good business video, how to create them yourself, and where to put them. If you did the Marketing Messaging workshop, bring your messages to this session and we’ll combine them with your videos.

Becoming confident and capable with making videos for your business will be something you will never regret.

Book your seat here: https://workshops.valcozens.me/

It’s great if you can snap about 10 awesome photos from around your business, to bring to this workshop – optional, but recommended.

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I Want To Use Email Newsletters In My Business – But How?

Workshop #4 – Email Newsletters 101

Email Newsletters 101.

Learn to use Mailchimp to create and send email newsletters to your customer email database,
to bring in more business.
Don’t have an email list or database? We cover that in this workshop too.
P.S Mailchimp is FREE

Email newsletters are the best way to stay in touch with your customers and potential customers. Yes, even better than Facebook.

When you stay in touch with the people who buy from you or who might buy from you, you stay in the front of their mind, making it easier for them to think of you when they need what you sell.

Come along to this workshop and get yourself skilled, tooled, and ready to boost your business with email newsletters.

Book your seat at this link:https://workshops.valcozens.me/

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How Can I Communicate Value So Customers Will Buy

3 event cover for allWorkshop #3 – Marketing Messaging

A group-work workshop where you will create attractive marketing messages that you can use immediately and in different ways, to help people buy from you.

As a group we are going to first learn what marketing messages are, how they support your business, and where they need to actually be placed, And then we are going to group brainstorm a whole heap of marketing messages for each business in the room.

You are going to leave feeling more excited about your products or services than when you walked in! 

You will also head out the door knowing where and how YOUR business can implement these totally free and very powerful messages in your business.

To book your seat, click here, or click the green Tickets button on this page.

This is the 3rd in a weekly series of marketing workshops run by Val Cozens from Local Business Digital Marketing With Val

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What Do I Post On Facebook & How Do I Do It?

Val workshop 2Learn what exactly to post on your Facebook business page!

And learn how to easily make different kinds of attractive posts that potential customers enjoy and engage with.

Do you see other businesses post really good posts on Facebook, but not know how to do that yourself?Do you post something on your Facebook page, and only get a couple of Likes or Loves, and not much else?
Do you have a Facebook business page, because that’s what you should do, and don’t really know what to post on it?
Or not even quite sure HOW to post correctly on it??

Whether you are selling multiple services / products now, or selling one bigger service / product on a date in the future, or just wanting to build your page following for a future focus on sales, this workshop will teach you the What and the How of posting to Facebook.

Suited for beginner to intermediate levels of know-how.

To book your seat, click here, or click the green Tickets button on this page.

Second in a weekly series of workshops run by Val Cozens from Local Business Digital Marketing With Val

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Cyber Security for Small Business – Is your business protected?

Cyber Security for Small BusinessPractical, easy steps to keep your business safe online.

Every day we do things to safeguard ourselves and our businesses, but as our customers and industries move into a digitalised world, it is now more important than ever to ensure your money, data and reputation are secure. Cyber security may seem scary, or you might say it is “too technical for me, someone else can do it”, but there are easy steps you can make within minutes to ensure your business operates and profits more securely online.

In this workshop, the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre is able to provide easy to understand, and easy to implement steps that you can achieve to protect your business online. Want to know how you can better identify criminally motivated emails? Want to find out how your phones can automatically install security patches? Looking for resources that empower you to make more informed cyber security decisions for your business? This interactive workshop is for you and your business.

A light breakfast will be served.

This event is brought to you by the Australian Government’s Australian Cyber Security Centre and Department of Industry, Innovation and Science supported by Startup & Innovation Tablelands.

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