Bizness Men program turns ideas into reality

A new business support program in Brisbane is supporting entrepreneurial men to turn their ideas into reality.

Bizness Men, a free and practical program for men who need training, mentoring and support to start a successful micro-business, has been working with 11 emerging entrepreneurs. The participants recently finished a series of 9 intensive workshops to get their business concept off the ground, receiving coaching and mentoring from experienced business owners on how to start and sustain a small, creative or social enterprise.
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Creative Pathways back in the Central West

The Creative Pathways team are heading back to the Central West for more creative arts workshops, including graphic design, drama, film & multimedia, zine-making and stencilling.

The team will also be holding community events, in both Blackall and Longreach, to share stories about this year’s Shockwave and to talk about next year’s festival.
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Bizness Men cut-off date extended

In late April / early May, the inaugural Bizness Men program will commence.

Conducted by Human Ventures, Bizness Men is a free, practical program for men who seek training, mentoring and support to start a successful micro-business.

The original closing date for Expressions of Interest was Monday 12th April. Despite receiving a strong level of interest, the decision has been made to extend the closing date until Thursday 22nd April.
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Adjectives in the 21st Century

I love adjectives, I really do.

They give life and colour and context to those plain old nouns. For example “a remarkable idea” takes on a whole different colour to “an idea”.

But I find that I’m rebelling against the use of adjectives that describe how things should be done…
Social enterprise
Social marketing
Organic Coffee
Fair trade
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Purse-uing sustainability for children in Tanzania

By providing food, water and shelter to vulnerable women and children in Tanzania, East Africa, major improvements are being realised in their lives every day.

But these services, provided by fws (food water shelter inc.), are not about handouts – they’re about handiwork that promotes sustainability.

The alignment of fws’ philosophy and practices with that of Human has led to support of the production of hand-made purses and bags that are now being distributed and sold in Melbourne, Australia. Read more