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Four steps to success for your business

Get your business off the ground in 2020!

These Small Business Victoria workshops will help equip you to register and start your business, identify business risks and opportunities, create a marketing action plan, and navigate the online landscape. 

You can attend and pay for individual workshops, or register and attend all four workshops to receive them at the discounted price of $60 (save $30).

Starting Your Business - 11 February ($30)
Business Planning Essentials - 25 February ($20)
Marketing Your Business - 11 March ($20)
Taking Your Business Online - 18 March ($20)
 

Knox City Council Events

Starting Your Business: How to turn an idea into a business

Prepare to get your bright idea off the ground, step by step, at this essential planning workshop packed with vital start-up tips, tools and expert guidance that will prepare you to give your business the best chance of success.

Introduction to Chinese Business Culture

Knox in partnership with the Victorian Chamber of Commerce & Industry is offering a taster for local businesses seeking to commence working with Chinese partners or looking at exports to bridge the cultural gap that exists.

Tax Essentials for Small Business - ATO Workshop

Are you new to business, or thinking of starting a small business? Give your business the best start! REGISTER NOW to come along to this FREE introductory workshop run by ATO staff.

Business Planning Essentials - FULLY BOOKED

Put your business on the path to long-term success at this essential workshop that will take you, step by step, through the vital process of building a business plan to drive your business forward.

Knox City Council Supported Event

6for6 Pitch Night

Do you want 6 months free rent in the coolest innovation space in Melbourne’s South East? Pitch for it!

Business Excellence and Corporate Social Responsibility

Join like-minded people to learn how corporate leaders have achieved business excellence while contributing to their local community and developing young people’s potential.

Neighbourhood Learning Centres

Planning your regular financial commitments

Come along to this 45-minute session to learn a straightforward five-step process to stay on top of your regular financial commitments.

MYOB - Mondays

MYOB - this course will help you develop competence in a range of essential bookkeeping functions, accounting and banking procedures. Sales recording, inventory management and reconciliation.

MYOB - Tuesdays

MYOB - this course will help you develop competence in a range of essential bookkeeping functions, accounting and banking procedures. Sales recording, inventory management and reconciliation.

Social Media Marketing

This course focuses on introducing the learner to the basic marketing principles and strategies to further develop their business using promotional plans, advertising and the use of social media within their local communities and beyond.

Introduction to Creating Websites

Learn how to get started on website creation platform Word Press to build an online presence.

Introduction to Event Management

Considering a career in Event Management? Then this pre-accredited program will provide a pathway into further study (Certificate III in Event Management) and/or work, such as an Event Planner.

How to be Resilient in the Workplace

This course helps to initiate the process of adopting new useful and positive strategies and tools to help you.

Establish and Maintain your Small Business

Foundation knowledge essential to setting up and running a small business.

Tax Essentials for Small Business - ATO Workshop

Are you new to the business, or thinking of starting a small business? Give your business the best start!

Introduction to Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel - Level 1. This course helps you to navigate your way around Excel 2016.

Starting a Business: For Migrants & Asylum Seekers

Introduction to Australian culture, practices and requirements for Asylum Seeker, Refugees and migrants wanting to start their own business.

Knox City Council Events

Enhance Business Efficiency with the Cloud - ASBAS

Determine whether the cloud is right for your small business. Understand the risks and how to manage them. Discover cloud-based accounting software, customer relationship and project management tools.

Women On The Go: Business Accelerator Program 2020

A highly innovative program for women in business based in Eastern Metropolitan Melbourne seeking meaningful and practical business assistance.

Employers: Single Touch Payroll

This FREE one hour session is for small businesses that are new to employing people and paying them for their work. You as an employer are required to report salaries, wages, tax withheld and super information to the ATO through Single Touch Payroll each time you pay your employees.

Employers: Single Touch Payroll

This FREE one hour session is for small businesses that are new to employing people and paying them for their work. You as an employer are required to report salaries, wages, tax withheld and super information to the ATO through Single Touch Payroll each time you pay your employees.

Knox City Council Supported Event

Commercial Solar and ROI

Join us to learn about the important factors affecting ROI on commercial solar PV systems. This session is aimed at manufacturers who are both tenants and owner-occupiers interested in reducing their energy costs.

Neighbourhood Learning Centres

Marketing your Business - How to get it right first time

Marketing is a vital tool to establish your brand and build a loyal customer base. Without it, your customers will struggle to find you or even know what your business does.

Knox City Council Events

Marketing Your Business - How to get it right the first time - 9.30am

An effective marketing strategy should boost your brand, capture customers, keep them coming back, and ultimately save you time and money. Find out why just a website and a Facebook page is not going to cut it at this back-to-basics workshop that will show you how to develop a marketing action plan to keep your effort and resources focused in the right areas.

Neighbourhood Learning Centres

Marketing your Business - How to get it right first time - 6.30pm

Marketing is a vital tool to establish your brand and build a loyal customer base. Without it, your customers will struggle to find you or even know what your business does. Find out what it takes to make your business stand out from the crowd at this interactive two-hour workshop that will show you how to build your own marketing strategy from the ground up.

Employer Essentials for Small Business - ATO Workshop

Do you have employees, or are you thinking of employing workers? Understand your tax and super obligations as an employer.

Shared Events

Create an Ecommerce Website with Shopify (Maroondah City Council)

Setting up an online store with Shopify will save you the time, money, and stress of building an e-commerce website from scratch.

Professional video making for small business (Maroondah City Council)

You'll learn how to achieve professional level video production by JUST USING YOUR SMARTPHONE.

Business planning essentials: How to build a road map to success (Maroondah City Council)

Take the guesswork out of your next steps and fast track your business towards success at this practical two-hour workshop that will show you how to clarify your long-term goals into a solid business plan.

Design like a pro with Canva (Maroondah City Council)

Tell a story. Market a promotion. Build brand awareness. Prompt an action. Do all these things and more using a single graphic.

Starting your business: How to turn an idea into a business (Maroondah City Council)

Prepare to get your bright idea off the ground, step by step, at this essential planning workshop packed with vital start-up tips, tools and expert guidance that will prepare you to give your business the best chance of success. Come to grips with everything you need to know before you get started and walk away prepared with a clear vision of the next steps needed to turn your idea into business reality

Taking your business online: What you need to know (Maroondah City Council)

Whether you’re a bricks and mortar business or still at the drawing board, this workshop led by a digital expert with real-world small business experience spans the complete digital landscape

Single Touch Payroll for small business (Maroondah City Council)

Are you an employer, or are you thinking of hiring workers? Join us for this session to understand the new payroll tax and super reporting obligations.

Marketing your business: How to get it right first time (Maroondah City Council)

Find out what it takes to make your business stand out from the crowd at this interactive two-hour workshop that will show you how to build your own marketing strategy from the ground up.

Introduction to Google Analytics for Business Performance (Maroondah City Council)

Google Analytics offers all the information you need to improve your online business activities.

Tax essentials for small business (Maroondah City Council)

Are you new to business, or thinking of starting a small business? Give your business the best start! Attend this free introductory workshop run by Australian Taxation Office staff.

ATO - Starting a small business (Maroondah City Council)

Are you new to business, or thinking of starting a small business? Attend this free introductory workshop run by Australian Taxation Office staff.

Planning for financial commitments (Maroondah City Council)

Are you new to business, or thinking of starting a small business? Attend this free introductory workshop run by Australian Taxation Office staff.

Content Creation - How to create and plan content for your business (Maroondah City Council)

This workshop will show you simple and effective online tools for planning, creating, and managing your content.

Simple steps to build a website (Maroondah City Council)

This workshop will guide you through a digital strategy and details for creating a basic WordPress website.