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Have your say: carbon units
Helen Hull | February 14, 2012
First 5000 members are invited to have your say about the position paper on the legislative instrument for auctioning carbon units in Australia’s carbon pricing mechanism.
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Get Schmart with your marketing
Helen Hull | February 14, 2012
Discover how to build powerful customer relationships by bridging the gap between social and traditional media at PMP’s 2012 Schmart Marketing Conference.
Popular keynote speaker from the 2011 Schmart Marketing Conference, Jeffrey Hayzlett, former Eastman Kodak chief marketing officer and vice president, returns to Australia to lead the discussion which will take place in Melbourne and Sydney, on 21 and 23 February respectively. -
Business giving back to the community
David Bell - Kwik Kopy | February 14, 2012Aligning your business to a charity is a great way to give back to the community. David Bell, managing director of Kwik Kopy discusses how the First 5000 partner chose to work with its charity Hands across the Water to create the 2012 Kwik Kopy Hands Classic.
You want your business to find a way to give back to the community, but choosing which charity to support can be a challenge.
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How to prevent a terrible nightmare at work
Sarina Russo | February 14, 2012Work can be a stressful place at the best of times, but difficult colleagues and staff can make it impossible. Sarina Russo looks at how to avoid hiring an office psychopath.
Not only can office psychopaths make your life a living hell, they can be charming and know how to avoid detection.
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A blueprint for reducing your advertising production costs
Darren Woolley | February 7, 2012After media, advertising production is usually the single biggest expense marketers and advertisers manage. Yet we hear horror stories of budgets being blown out with production over-runs and changes. Darren Woolley managing director, of marketing consultancy, TrinityP3 outlines how to build an ad campaign without blowing the budget.
We generally find that these production blowouts are more likely due to poor supplier management rather than the naked greed of the suppliers. Of course, this does not mean there are no longer sharks in the advertising waters, it just means armed with knowledge on costs and processes, you are less likely to get attacked, or worse still, eaten alive.
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Have your say: Fair Work Act
Helen Hull | February 7, 2012
You are invited to comment on the Fair Work Act Review. The Object of the Fair Work Act is to provide a balanced framework for cooperative and productive workplace relations that promotes national economic prosperity and social inclusion for all Australians.
The Panel is particularly keen to hear from First 5000 members. Written submissions to the Review Panel are due by 17 February 2012. -
What keeps people from LEADING successfully?
Franziska Goyo | February 7, 2012
How do you to motivate your teams to sell more, be more and stay with you, executive coach Franziska Goyo, shares her tips.
The CEO of a fast growing recruitment company asked me to train their teams to become more effective in selling, coordinating and motivating their clients. The first analysis clearly showed that the teams were stressed. A lot of complaining behind other people’s backs was going on amongst them and trust levels were low. A number of the staff had left not long after they had started.
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Say Yes to being a successful business
Helen Hull | January 31, 2012
Relationships, creating an international brand and outsourcing are the keys to the success of natural skincare brand Yes to Carrots. Co-founder Lance Kalish gave us the inside scoop on how this strategy has worked for his company and how it could help yours.
“Relationships are the most important thing,” a confident Kalish says about creating operations overseas. “Relationships are everything. You cannot build a meaningful relationship with a retail buyer, or a distributor, or anyone in your industry from behind your computer in Australia. -
Conroy announces National Telework Week
First 5000 | January 17, 2012The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has announced the creation of an Australian Telework week, following on from a unanimous vote by delegates at the 2011 National Economic Review.
At the summit, hosted by First 5000 parent company, Global Access Partners’ (GAP), Tim Fawcett, CISCO General Manager Government Affairs & Policy, made a case for Australia to follow the United States’ lead and create a National Telework Week. In the US more than 35,000 businesses and organisations pledge to allow employees to work from home for a week.
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Top 5 LinkedIn New Year Resolutions for 2012
Jennifer Bishop | December 30, 2011As 2011 draws to a close and professionals enjoy some well earned time off, we all have a chance to reflect on the year and what we might do better next year.
For professionals who utilise LinkedIn to maintain their professional network and grow their business; here are 5 New years Resolutions for using LinkedIn in 2012.
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Fair Work Act review outlined
Helen Hull | December 20, 2011The Federal Government has announced the details of an independent review of the Fair Work Act.
The review of the Fair Work Act, first announced when the legislation was introduced, will be conducted by Reserve Bank Board Member John Edwards, former Federal Court Judge, the Honourable Michael Moore and legal and workplace relations academic Professor Ron McCallum.
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Kwik Kopy Australia designs campaign with Australian Red Cross
Helen Hull | December 20, 2011Corporate design and print solutions specialist and First 5000 partner Kwik Kopy Australia has partnered with Australian Red Cross on its latest direct mail campaign.
The new direct mail campaign will promote further understanding of Red Cross’ humanitarian work amongst small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across Australia.
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Learn how an improved privacy strategy can increase market share
Peter Kocovski | December 19, 2011
As the issue of individual identity and privacy become more complex, organisations need more disciplined responses to protect customer and organisational interests and comply with best practice.
For many organisations, Contact Centres are now the first and sometimes the only point of contact for their customers. -
Have your say: Strata Laws
Helen Hull | December 19, 2011The New South Wales Government plans to commence a review of the State’s strata and community title laws in 2012, which may include significant amendments to the existing legislation.
Contributions close: 29 February 2012.
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Have your say: anti-discrimination laws
Helen Hull | December 13, 2011The Attorney-General and Minister for Finance and Deregulation launched a public discussion paper to seek community views on consolidating Commonwealth anti-discrimination law in September 2011.
The project to consolidate existing Commonwealth anti-discrimination law into a single Act is a key component of Australia’s Human Rights Framework. First 5000 members are invited to submit your opinions on the discussion paper until 1 February 2012.
