During 2011 I was invited to be part of a vodcast series with Business Victoria. The topic for the interview was using social media for business purposes. A topic I’m rather passionate about given the success I’ve had with it in my own small business. Business Victoria are more than aware of the success I’ve had in building my brand and making strong connections in the virtual space and I jumped at the opportunity to share my experience and knowledge to all the Victorian business owners who may still be skeptical!

In this session, Steuart Snooks will look at how busy professionals can eliminate the single greatest time-waster of modern business life.

Steuart will cover:
1. Increasing information and the inevitable bottleneck
2. Incremental changes won’t solve the problem; we need a radical approach, and more…

I would like to share my current list of favourite websites and blogs geared to small businesses. If you’re not already following some of these I’m sure you will gain a lot by tuning in to what they have to offer. An easy way to do this is to subscribe to the Blog RSS feed if that is available.

This is one of my favourite TEDx Talks and I’m surprised I haven’t shared it here earlier. I came across it sometime last year and from memory may have watched it three times that day!

Simon Sinek presents a simple but powerful model for how leaders inspire action, starting with a golden circle and the question “Why?”

The final Tweastie gathering for 2011 was held last Friday for a Christmas lunch at Nataraj in Camberwell. We had booked one lovely long table in the courtyard and 15 or so enjoyed the balmy afternoon of great food, drinks and plenty of chatter.

Tweastie was formed as an informal means for people from the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne to meet their online connections, in real life. Tweastie generally meets the first and third Tuesday of the month for coffee mornings in Nunawading (the venue can change) and anyone and everyone is welcome. See who came along!