Small Business Success | Ryde
Mentoring Program | Helping Small Businesses Grow |
Feb –
June 2011
Small
Business Mentoring | Ryde, [formerly known as Stepping Up Mentoring] is
subsidized by Industry & Investment NSW and provides established business
owners committed to growing their business support to:
·
build
profits, jobs and exports
·
acquire
new skills and freshen up strategies
·
be
better equipped to face a highly competitive, technologically savvy,
global and green ‘new economy’
·
resolve
a known business issue or pursue an identified opportunity
What
you get
Small
Business Mentoring | Ryde comprises 5 components: short workshops;
one-on-one mentoring; small group coaching; self paced e-learning;
networking. The design, pace and layering of this program allows you to
work on your business with minimal impact on your valuable time.
·
Workshops:
8 x 90
minute insightful growth oriented workshops on specific business topics
from selling to financial growth, cash flow management to pricing and
costing, marketing to risk management, strategic planning to innovation
planning. Topics will be adapted suit participants’ needs.
·
Mentoring:
Ten
(10) hours of one-on-one mentoring with an experienced business person.
Participants are matched with a mentor who provides a “voice of
experience” without a conflict or vested interest. A mentor can help you
develop strategies to overcome a business hurdle or pursue an identified
business opportunity or market, act as a sounding board, or bounce off
ideas..Mentors help you focus on the “big picture” issues that face your
business. However, a mentor does not offer is professional advice or
consulting services.
·
Group
Mentoring:
Four (4) group mentoring sessions where you consolidate your knowledge,
network and sharing ideas with like-minded entrepreneurs and learn from
each other;
·
Self
Paced e-learning:
Self paced e-learning via Moodle, a web based course management system
with readings and selected valuable links and resources and a dynamic
workbook as a record of your learning
·
Networking:
networking with other business owners. Tap into the RBF business networks
including local chambers of commerce, council and other networking groups.
Eligibility Criteria
To be
accepted as a participant in the subsidized program a client business must
meet the following criteria
·
NSW-based business
·
Have
operated the business for at least two years
·
The
business is profitable and viable
·
Sales
turnover of between $200,000 and $10 million per annum or has potential to
achieve the minimum requirement of $200,000 within a reasonable period
·
Employs
at least one staff member in addition to the owner, has potential to
employ or uses services equivalent to one staff member
·
Able to
identify a business goal or hurdle suitable to be addressed through the
program
·
Is
prepared to respond to I & I NSW monitoring and evaluation surveys each
year for up to two years
Dates and time
·
Held
over twelve weeks commencing February 23, 2011 and concluding May 25,
2011, SBMP will run in the Ryde/Macquarie Park area with plenty of free
parking, easy access to the M2 Motorway and proximity to Trains and Buses.
What
does it Cost?
·
Program
fee is $1500 plus GST. Qualifying small businesses pay only $500
plus GST saving $1000 plus GST after Government subsidy
Who
is Behind SBMP?
·
Subsidised by Industry & Investment NSW
www.smallbiz.nsw.gov.au
·
Brought
to you by Ryde Business Forum
www.rydebusiness.com.au
·
Developed and facilitated by Greg Jenkins of TinCAN Learning Company
www.tincanlearning.com
·
Supported by Macquarie Park Rotary
http://www.macquarieparkrotary.org.au/
For
more information contact the facilitator Greg Jenkins | p: 9874 0418 | m:
0418 486 501
greg@tincanlearning.com
|
www.tincanlearning.com
Would you like to be a Mentor?
If you
have a minimum of five years recent experience as a business owner or
manager and would like to be considered as a mentor, then we would like to
hear from you. Mentors need to have strong communication skills and be
prepared to sign agreements that preclude conflicts of interest and
breaches of confidentiality. Mentoring is a rewarding experience as the
mentor can pass on their knowledge and skill to help other business owners
to create new sales, jobs and profits.
Prospective mentors should register their interest with course facilitator
Greg Jenkins on 9874 0418 or 0418 486 501 |
greg@tincanlearning.com
|
www.tincanlearning.com
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