Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Coffee Time Minutes - 25th November 2009

Minutes– Coffee Time – 11th November 2009


Open:
Welcome

Attendees:

Tarnia Gurney, Dean Brown, Tony Bourke, Christina Jones, Natalie Pye, Sandra Boyd,


Update on:

If you are interested in going in the next B2B book. You need to organise ASAP. Contact Lyn or Suzy to organise your advertising.

CCWG/SWNG: Speed networking at Wyong Nissan & Mazda on the 18th was great. Lots of fun and meet lots of new people. For more info – www.sydneywomensnetworking.com.au

B2B Murrays Beach – 24th November, last night fantastic. Great night, great food, lots a new people. Congratulations to the B2B team for another successful night. For more info – contact LBH Promotions for next year’s events.

Networking:

CCWG/SWNG: women’s luncheon on at Wallarah Bay – 29th October. For more info – www.sydneywomensnetworking.com.au

CCBIZ fund raising night for CAPS – Ettalong Mantra - $65 ticket this Friday night. Contact Nicole at www.nhbs-online.com.au

Coffee time’s last meeting for the year is on the 9th of December. Love to see you all there.

Coffee Time and Networking Christmas drinks at Zenith on the 18th December, 5pm onwards. $10 for pizza and 2 drinks. Need to book in to Tarnia by the 1st of December if coming along.

Coffee Time will resume on the Wednesday the 13th of January 2010. Look forward to seeing you in the New Year.

Education:

For BEC courses please see Debbie or Kim for more information

Wins:

Tony Bourke has his new book to be launched next week, titled “Risk your business, Risk your life”

Craig and Natalie Pye – C& N Freight have picked up some new regular contracts between Sydney and Newcastle. Looking for a local freight company who cares, call them.

Christina and Darren Jones from Wiggle and Giggle have picked up advertising with some local play groups and will be working with the ASPECT school teaching the children music.


Introduce yourself:

Each person to say hi and who they are what they do – 30 second spill.

Tarnia Gurney: Gurney Financial Services - Looking after you and your family.
Specialising in superannuation consolidation and management, family budgeting and personal and family protection. www.gurneyfinancialservices.com.au

Planningwerx4U - Assisting small business in planning and back office. www.planningwerx4u.com.au

Dean Brown: Woodview Home Loans & Finance - Assisting the local community with finance and home loans.
www.homeloansandfinance.com.au

Tony Bourke: AIIB Insurance – Director of AIIB. Specialising in business insurance and protection. www.aiib.com.au

Ted O’Shannessy: Financial Freeway - Debt Management classes to help the local community get out of debt quicker. www.financialfreeway.com.au

Natalie Pye: C&N Freight - Local Freight Company between Sydney and Newcastle and local area. Website being built – cnfreight@bigpond.com

Christina Jones: Wiggle & Giggle Music - Teaching children music. Run music classes for playgroups, community centres and after school classes. www.wiggleandgigglemusic.com.au

Sandra Boyd: Kani Consultants -Looking for temp staff. Located at Wyong and servicing the Central Coast, whether for a day, week or month, Kani Consultants can assist your small business. Website being built – sandi.kani@gmail.com


Who we are? What is coffee time? When & Where? Tuggerah’s Zenith Centre. At 10.30 am on the 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of the month. Arrival 10.20 am for 10.30 am start. (Runs for about 1 hour)

Open Discussion:

No formal meeting was held, just casual chat, as there was a small group we talked about numerous business opportunities out there. Including keeping in touch with your clients. A suggestion made was to send a Happy New Year Card.


Next Meeting: 9th of November 2009 – 10.30am

Look forward to seeing you there

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Minutes - 11.11.09

Minutes– Coffee Time – 11th November 2009


Open:
Welcome

Apologises:
Kate Morris, John Mann, Tony Bourke, Sue Wells, Brian and Shanae, Ted O’Shannessy


Attendees:
Tarnia Gurney, Karen Teunissen, , Andrew Dunn, Dean Brown, Cheryl Greenwald


Update on:
If you are interested in going in the next B2B book. You need to organise ASAP. Contact Lyn or Suzy to organise your advertising. www.lbhpromotions.com.au

CCWG/SWNG: networking night on at the CC Motor Group Wyong on the 18th November. For more info – http://www.sydneywomensnetworking.com.au/

B2B Murrays Beach – 24th November, $22 bus ticket – leaving Gosford, Erina, Tuggerah and Lake Haven and dropped back.


Education:
BEC have some courses coming up, please see Debbie or Kim for more information


Introduce yourself:
Each person to say hi and who they are, what they do – 30 second spill.

Karen Teunissen:
Australian Government Job Placement – CSR
http://www.crsaustralia.gov.au/ .

Tarnia Gurney:
Gurney Financial Services
http://www.gurneyfinancialservices.com.au/

Planningwerx4U
http://www.planningwerx4u.com.au/

Dean Brown:
Woodview Home Loans & Finance
http://www.homeloansandfinance.com.au/

Andrew Dunn:
BizSav
http://www.bizsave.com.au/

Cheryl Greenwald:
Marriage Celebrant
Email - cellie001@gmail.com

Who we are?
What is coffee time? When & Where? Tuggerah’s Zenith Centre. At 10.30 am on the 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of the month. Arrival 10.20 am for 10.30 am start. (Runs for about 1 hour)

Open Discussion:
Coffee Time 1 Year old this week.
Coffee Time has been good for building relationships and meeting other business people.

No formal meeting was held, just casual chat.

Next Meeting:
25th of November 2009 – 10.30am

Look forward to seeing you there

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Coffee Time Minutes - 28/10/09

Welcome:

Good Morning to you all and thanks for coming along.

Who we are:

Coffee Time is a group where you can meet others in business and build relationships. We meet on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month. Here at the Zenith Centre.

Apologises:


Attendees:

Tarnia Gurney, Karen Teunissen, Tony Bourke, Ted O’Shannessy, Kate Morris, Andrew Dunn, Dean Brown, Lyn Thompson, Mark Izzard, Kate Morris, Natalie Pye, Donna Llige, Sue Liptrott, Brian and Shanee, Jenny Abourizk, Christina Jones

Golden Rules

Can we show each other respect by only person to speak at a time. And hold all
Conversations, recommendations, till the end.

Wins:

Tony – new book out in 4 weeks. Helps small business owners with insurance: keep an eye out for “Risk your business, risk your life”. 10% of sales to go to Alzheimer’s group

Ted – is a poppy, Joseph Jone O’Shannessy was born on the 25th.
Have my first international SOC person in Spain.

Mark – Unique Security have picked up another big new client.

Dean – Finally getting some new business. Working with clients for a year now, and they finally got a home loan.

Kate – GNI (Girls night In) raised $6000 so far.

Mark - Rotary has raised $12,000 for local groups, also if you are looking for a good group to join, have a look at Toukley Rotary. They raise money for the community and charities. There is good networking there as well.


Update on:


Wyong Chamber of Commerce: Annual Ball – 16th October; Dinner/networking 10th November was good, lots of great people and businesses winning awards

B2B Function – Next one at Murrays Beach. Contact Lyn for more details or www.lbhpromotions.com.au If you are interested in going in the next B2B book. You need to organise ASAP. Contact Lyn, Suzy or Heidi to organise your advertising.

CCWG/SWNG: women’s luncheon on at Wallarah Bay – 29th October and there is a networking night on at the CC Motor Group Wyong on the 18th November. For more info – www.sydneywomensnetworking.com.au


Education BEC have some courses coming up, please see Debbie or Kim for more information

Introduce yourself:

Each person to say hi and who they are, what they do – 30 second spill.

Tony Bourke: AIIB Insurance – Director of AIIB
http://www.aiib.com.au

Karen Teunissen: Australian Government Job Placement – CSR
http://www.crsaustralia.gov.au .

Tarnia Gurney: Gurney Financial Services
www.gurneyfinancialservices.com.au

Planningwerx4U
www.planningwerx4u.com.au

Ted O’Shannessy: Financial Freeway
www.financialfreeway.com.au

Kate Morris: Joyful Healing & Wellness
www.joyfulhealingandwellness.com.au

Dean Brown: Woodview Home Loans & Finance
http://www.homeloansandfinance.com.au

Andrew Dunn: BizSav
www.bizsave.com.au

Jenny Abourizk: Job Centre Australia
www.jobcentreaustralia.com.au

Natalie Pye: C&N Freight.
Website being built – cnfreight@bigpond.com

Donna Llige: Ultra Print
www.colour-copy.com.au

Christina Jones: Wiggle & Giggle Music
www.wiggleandgigglemusic.com.au

Lyn Thompson: LBH Promotions
www.lbhpromotions.com.au


Sue Liptrott: B2B – Marketing and Events
b2bwithatwist.com.au

Mark Izzard: Unique Security
www.uniquesecurity.com.au

Brian and Shanae: Bee Cee Audio
www.beeceeaudio.com


This Weeks presentation is about organisation and time management

When you get a problem find a solution
Write the 6 thing to do the next day
Write down everything at the end of the day for tomorrows to do list
Systems help business
No – say no when you have to, but give a reason why
Making time to spend with family.
Have flexibility and freedom with having a business, but plan for this time.
Work hard. Put in 110%
Have a vision – make a vision board
Work on the business as well as in the business
Write down your ideas
Have a business plan, spend time working on it and reviewing it
Find someone to help you and delegate where you can
Bookkeeper
Accountant
Virtual office assistant
Marketing specialist
Place a dollar value on your time
Plan on Mondays for the week
Need structure. Put in place
Need a business plan
Look at the big picture – always look ahead
Plan your budget, plan your cash flow and manage
Look at the highs and lows in the months ahead and plan into your diary
Follow up
Build your business by doing work in kind or a barter system
Work together with other small businesses and use resources
Use a diary that has one page per day – add your to do list to this


Handouts:
10 Habits of Highly Successful People
By Lorraine Pirihi

Highly successful people clean out the clutter regularly
Highly successful people use a diary and write a “list of things to do” each day.
Highly successful people are great delegators
Highly successful people know how and when to say “NO”
Highly successful people have a balanced life
Highly successful people spend time “working on the business” as well as “working in the business”
Highly successful people know their team is their most important asset
Highly successful people exercise regularly and eat healthily (most of the time)
Highly successful people are happy to share their knowledge
Highly successful people ‘just do it!”.


Organised Planning:
Think & Grow Rich – Excerpts from Napoleon Hill

First: Ally yourself with a group of as many people as you may need for the creation and carrying out your plan or plans for the accumulation of money – making use of the “Master Mind” principle. (Compliance with this instruction is absolutely essential. Do not neglect it.)

Second: Before forming your “Master Mind” alliance, decide what advantages and benefits you may offer the individual members of your group, in return for their cooperation. No one will work indefinitely without some form of compensation. No intelligent person will either request or expect another to work without adequate compensation, although this may not always be in the form of money.

Third: Arrange to meet with the members of your “Master Mind” group at least twice a week, and more often if possible, until you have jointly perfected the necessary plan or plans for the accumulations of money.

Fourth: maintain perfect harmony between yourself and every other member of your “Master Mind” group. If you fail to carry out this instruction to the letter, you may expect to meet with failure. The “Master Mind” principle cannot obtain where perfect harmony does not prevail.

Keep in mind:

First: You are engaged in an undertaking of major importance to you. To be sure of success, you must have plans which are faultless.

Second: You must have the advantage of the experience, education, native ability and imagination of other minds. This is in harmony with the methods followed by every person who has accumulated a great fortune.



15 Rules For Finishing Off The Day – Jim Prigg

1. Clear, clean-up and tidy your desk – by clearing your workspace you will enable you to start the new day with a clean slate in all respects.

2. Try to have only one working or project on your desk at any one time, ensuring you to focus your attention on that one activity.

3. Throw unnecessary paper in the bin – get in the habit of removing rubbish and unwanted paper from your desk each day. This will also assist your ‘clear desk policy’ if that works for you.

4. Put files away each day – keep files off your desk unless you are working on them. It is not good for office security to have valuable company information available to anyone who might wander past your desk. Place them in locked cabinets or drawers.

5. Adjust your priority on tasks for the next day. What may have been B minus today can become A double plus tomorrow

6. Check the time of your first appointment the next day – if you know what your first commitment for the day will be, you can plan the rest of the day around it. It also allows you to book travel time to that appointment and any preparation you may need to do beforehand.

7. Start your “to do” list for the next day – carry over important tasks form your current day’s list, add new tasks for the following day and your planning will save you a few minutes the next morning.

8. Put your reading file in your briefcase – start a reading file and carry it with you to read on your way home on public transport or while you are in a queue – you can get through your reading easily if you carry it with you and make the most of each opportunity,

9. Wash your coffee cup or empty your water bottle – start each day afresh by cleaning up the night before.

10. Switch your phone on voicemail if appropriate – if you are not going to be in the office until later the next morning, this will allow any early morning callers to leave you a message.

11. You may like to change your voicemail message if you are not going to be in the office the next day to advise callers where they could reach you or an alternative number.

12. Get those final email messages and memos out tonight, not tomorrow. Rule number one of business momentum is to have other people busy for you, not the other way around

13. Switch off your computer, screen and printer – be environmentally friendly and save power and money where you can.

14. Remind yourself of your achievements of the day – take a minute to remind yourself of what you achieved in your day. You may like to record it in a journal or diary. Celebrate your success

15. When you switch off, switch off! Let go and go home


Planningwerx4U has some business planning CDs on sale for $50 this month, will be $359. If you are interested in purchasing a CD or know some one who might be contact Tarnia on admin@planningwerx4u.com.au

Next meeting

Is our first birthday. Everyone to think about where you were a year ago and where you are now. Open discussion for all attendees

Upcoming Topics –
Our First Birthday – where have we come from in business
Your Super Your Choice,
Business Management.

Thank you all for coming along. Feel free to come along next time, bring a friend. Remember this group is for small business owners to help build relationships with other small business owners, and to offer assistance to others if needed.

For those available, please stay around and have a chat or catch up with someone.

Wednesday 11th November 2009 – 10.20 arrival for 10.30 starts.

Thanks

Regards Tarnia