These workshops are designed to teach local business people real business skills whilst learning the lived experiences of local Kimberley business people. Come along to one, or all sessions.
Kris Young has more than 20 years’ experience as a financial planner, a small business owner, and a business advisor. Hear from Kris as he shares his own experiences in business, his techniques for financial goal setting, and how the presence or absence of financial plans has personally impacted his own success in business.
Kris Young
Business Advisor at Business Foundations
09:50 - 11:05BE YOUR BRAND
Make your Business a reflection of you.
Emma Young, (aka “Emma the Celebrant”) has seen her business grow from strength to strength in the past 6 years by building a brand that is uniquely her. Listen as Emma tells her story that started with aspirations of being a marriage celebrant and grew to creating a self-defining brand that has seen her win Broome’s Sole Trader Business of the Year in 2023. Emma has now married over 200 couples in Broome and adds an additional average of 45 newlyweds to that list each year. Hear how her personal brand and marketing strategy has been instrumental in the success of her business.
Emma Young
Owner/Operator at Emma the Celebrant
11:35 - 12:45TRAIN YOUR BRAIN
Learn to Spot That Next Big Opportunity.
Sometimes the difference between a successful business and an unsuccessful business is the capacity to see an opportunity in front of you and grab it. Scott will delve into a career in sports administration to share with you some insights on how to train your brain to be on the look-out for opportunities that can positively change the shape and fortunes of your business.
Scott Ballem
Business Adviser at Broome Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Inc)
12:50 - 14:05A STRATEGY TO SELF-DETERMINATION
Planning for a prosperous future.
In just five years, Nathan McIvor and the Board of the Djarindjin Aboriginal Corporation, (DAC) have turned DAC into a multi-faceted business that successfully runs an airport, a roadhouse, a caravan park, a tourism post, and a community of more than 350 people. Hear Nathan talk about how he and the DAC Board created a twenty-year strategic plan and are now on a mission to create a future of self-determination for their people, built on strong values and economic prosperity, that has seen DAC recently named the winner of the National Indigenous Governance Award, and Nathan named Broome’s Business Person of the Year.
Nathan McIvor
CEO of Djarindjin Aboriginal Corporation
Speakers
Scott Ballem
Business Adviser at Broome Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Inc)