Regional Growth Summit 2020
How to get your business to stand out
Wednesday 2nd September 2020, 8:45am - 6:00pm
If you are a passionate and purpose-driven business owner who wants their business to stand out then the Regional Growth Summit is for you.
This one-day event brings together business leaders from across regional, rural and outer metro communities to share stories of inspiration combined with practical actions that you can implement immediately to help your business grow.
What is it?
The Regional Growth Summit is all about regional success stories and sharing their journey, lessons and practical actions that local businesses can take away, implement and ultimately thrive.
The full-day online event has a huge list of inspiring entrepreneurial speakers rooted in regional areas, ready to expand knowledge and encourage action!
The 2020 Regional Growth Summit included:
How to build resilience in a changing business environment through culture, leadership, sustainability and communication from the Global Director of T2 and Byron Bay’s BEAR
SafetyCulture talks through their journey from start-up to billion-dollar valuation and how proactively leaning into challenges and taking ownership of risks could help your business stand out
Practical masterclasses to walk through the ten steps of a marketing strategy and how to turn that into an action plan with Marketing Entourage
Practical examples of how to use your network and stand out from the crowd from two top recognised and awarded regional entrepreneurs who between them have successfully created and scaled innovative businesses
String Nguyen, a LinkedIn Top Voice, will speak on the importance of your personal brand and how to build it
Tech company Go1 will share its journey of growth from a regional city business to a global player, and the importance of maintaining local roots and using local talent
Growing an iconic hospitality business in a small regional town through a focus on customer experience and incorporating the region in the product with Dunkeld's Royal Mail
From backyard innovation to going global - lessons on how to scale a manufacturing company for an international market from Subpod
Virtual networking opportunities and panel discussions
This one-day virtual summit is based on our 'Teach, not tell' philosophy, where you can hear from other businesses who have used strategic thinking, technology and marketing as an enabler to create positive change in their business.
Join and meet fellow regional and rural business owners in these interactive sessions with networking opportunities. Participate in a marketing Masterclass or Workshop, or simply be inspired by stories of regional and rural Australian businesses. (See the full agenda below)
We recognise that many business owners have limited time, money and resources to work on their business, so this event is focused on creating change using simple steps and providing the inspiration and support that is traditionally hard to access in Regional areas.
Based on the current challenges across the country, there are many opportunities to listen to online events that provide theoretical ways to help build a healthy and sustainable business. However, the greatest impact comes from not simply being told, but getting practical help with real-life explanations and examples.
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Agenda
8:45am - 9:10am - Welcome & Introduction to the event
9:10am - 9:30am - The impact of COVID-19 on your local economy (Rob Hall, .id)
9:30am - 10:10am - Keynote 1: How proactively leaning into challenges and taking ownership of risks can help you stand out (Neil Jackson, SafetyCulture)
10:20am - 11:20am - Masterclass 1: Human-centred strategic marketing (Sam Hurley, Marketing Entourage)
11:30am - 12:00pm - Panel: Practical examples on how to stand out from the crowd (Adam Mostogl, Illuminate Education & Di Somerville, Bridge Hub)
12:00pm - 12:30pm - Masterclass 2: How to build your personal brand (String Nguyen, The Trusted Voice)
12:30pm - 1:30pm - Virtual Networking Lunch
1:30pm - 2:10pm - Keynote 2: Going global whilst supporting your local community (Vu Tran, Go1)
2:20pm - 2:50pm - Growing an iconic hospitality business in a small regional town through a focus on customer experience (Kylie Schurmann, Royal Mail Hotel)
2:50pm - 3:20pm - From backyard innovation to going global (Saadi Allan, Subpod)
3:30pm - 4:00pm - How to build resilience in a changing business environment (Derek Muirhead, T2 & Sam Leetham, BEAR)
4:00pm - 4:30pm - Masterclass 3: How to build a marketing action plan (Kim Fernandes, Marketing Entourage)
4:30pm - 5:00pm - Panel discussion & Event wrap Up
5:00pm - 6:00pm - Virtual Drinks