It's who you know - Leveraging social media for your career or business. Find out how to harness the power of social media in a business setting. Expert guest speakers share their experiences and ways to utilise this effective tool. Social media enables businesses to connect and communicate with a number of stakeholders on a global scale unlike ever before - Are you linkedin?
2. It’s Who You Know LEVERAGING YOUR BUSINESS & CAREER THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA
3. Yvette Adams Award winning entrepreneur. Owner/director/franchisor of The Creative Collective. Works with start-ups through to large corporates locally right through to internationally to create online and offline success. Mum of 2. Career aspiration to be a DJ.
6. Format for the evening 6pm – Welcome – Yvette Adams, The Creative Collective 6:05pm – TAFE Partnership – Ross Hepworth 6.15pm – Yvette Adams to introduce guest panelists 6.15pm – 7pm – Panel discussion 7.00 – 7.15pm – Break (bar open) 730pm – 7.40pm – Introduction to student portal - Angela Lisle 7.40pm – 8pm – Opportunity for guests to ask panelists questions
7. Ross Hepworth SUNSHINE COAST TAFE Ross Hepworth is Sunshine Coast TAFE's Institute Director and has extensive experience in the areas of finance and business leadership. Ross is committed to ensuring Sunshine Coast TAFE makes a meaningful contribution to the innovative and sustainable economic, cultural and educational growth of our region.
8. Our panellists… Zoe de Luca Internet Entrepreneur inspiring extraordinary people to reach their financial and lifestyle goals. Oh plus Mum of 2, Step-Mum of 3, and ABBA loving shoe addict! http://www.markandzoe.com http://www.Twitter.com/zdeluca
9. Wayne Gerard Serial entrepreneur business owner and business adviser by day. Cattle and horse breeder and farmer by weekender.
10. Kerie Hurst Interior designer extraordinaire. 5532 Twitter followers. Her business Property Presenters Sunshine Coast helps others sell their properties through better property presentation & more strategic marketing. Kerrie also plans to one day test her skills as a belly dancer!
11. Brett Adams Over 7 years experience in the HR industry having worked for the Coast's largest employer Australia Zoo for five of those years. Now hiring en masse in the construction industry across Australia. He uses social media as a HR tool.
15. Catherine Deveny's (The Age) Logie night tweets… "I do so hope Bindi Irwin gets laid". “ Rove and Tasma look so cute . . . hope she doesn't die, too.”
20. How can people build their careers through social media networks? Which network should I use? How do I know if it’s working? Any tricks & tools for efficiency?
21. How can I stand out from the crowd on social media?
22. Should I post a job wanted ad on my social media? Do employers post jobs on social media? Does it work??
23. What else can I post on social media to build my career? Do people really respond??
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25. How can a business get started in social media? Profiles versus pages, who to be friends with, what to post…??!!!
26. Who should I add, who should I ‘ignore’ or decline.
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28. But how can social media make me money ? Are there really tangible results to be had??!!!
29. What other types of objectives can I aim for through social media? How else can it help me?
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31. How can I work smarter not harder on social media? How much time should I spend on it per day/week/year?
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