Monash Council supports and hosts a variety of events designed to provide training or networking opportunities. Training ranges from starting your own business to how to carry out a marketing campaign. Council’s networking events are fun, interactive and feature inspiring keynote speakers.
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The Monash City Council hosts a variety of business events for the benefit of the local business community.
These include Small Business Victoria Workshops for business education and advice, the Small Business Bus visits, Networking events, Business Awards, and specialist tours of relevant business or research/collaboration sites.
We also partner with neighbouring Councils, the Eastern Innovation Business Centre (EIBC), the South East Melbourne Manufacturer’s Alliance (SEMMA) and the Monash Business Awards, promoting the business events that they host, which may be of relevance and interest to our own business community.
Events
Due to COVID-19 social distancing requirements most of our regular face-to-face business events are on hold.
Instead we bring a wide range of online business events, workshops/webinars to our local businesses, with topics specifically designed to help through this period of uncertainty.
To view the most up-to-date events on offer, please visit the Business e-newsletter page and sign up to regularly receive our First for Business e-newsletter.
Women's Business Network Hybrid Event - More Women in STEM
Join us for this hybrid (in person and online) event with Professor Elizabeth Croft, internationally respected robotics researcher and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Monash University.
Professor Croft will share insights on encouraging women to participate in research and employment across the wide variety of STEM fields.
Wednesday 12 May 2021
12 noon - 2pm
Hybrid event (in person or online)
Eastern Innovation, 5A Hartnett Close, Mulgrave or online via Zoom
For more information, visit Women's Business Network Hybrid Event - More Women in STEM
Upskill My Business: Emerge stronger with free online learning
The Victorian Government is giving businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic FREE access to top online short courses and training events so they can plan for a stronger future and take advantage of new opportunities. Courses on offer can help you regain ground to find more customers, better manage cash flow or just prepare for new market conditions.
Book online: upskill.business.vic.gov.au
ATO: Key webinar topics for small business
The Australian Tax Office is offering small businesses FREE key webinar topics for small business. This webinar series has been split into different session topics that cover both general and industry-specific areas of tax obligations. Each session runs for approximately 45-60 minutes.
Book online: www.ato.gov.au/Business/Starting-your-own-business/Small-business-webinars-and-workshops/Small-business-webinars
More events and workshops
For further information please contact the Economic Development Unit on 9518 3577 or ecodev@monash.vic.gov.au
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