Professional Development

CHDC encourages professional development among the local community to help lead to sustainable economic growth, for your convenience below is a list of some groups and workshops available in the Central Highlands. Please contact us should you require further information.

Name:

Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation

Focus:

Starting and operating a business

Initiatives:

Managing your cash (28th April 2010)

  Smart marketting (12th May 2010)
Registration For more information and to register.
   

Name:

CHDC

Focus:

Building business capacity and providing networking opportunities’

Initiatives:

Friday Business Forums

   
Forum Details
Date 21st May 2010
Time 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Venue Pritchard Road Country Resort, Emerald
Speakers

Mary Carroll, CEO, Capricorn Tourism

Topic Tourism in Our Region

Date 18th June 2010
Time 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Venue Function Room, Explorers Inn
Speakers Julie Strudwick, Manager, Energy Skills Queensland and
Livia Maiorana, Systems & Approvals Manager, Aquila Resources Ltd
Topic  

Date 16th July 2010
Time 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Venue Gossips Function Room, Western Gateway
Speakers Trudy McCaul, Tradestart Export Advisor,
Trade Queensland / Austrade
Topic Is Export for You & Getting into Export

Date 20th August 2010
Time 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Venue TBA
Speakers Ian Ogden, DIS & R
Topic  

Contact:        Robyn Matheson
                       P | 4982 4386
                       Email | rmatheson@chdc.com.au

Name:

CHDC

Focus:

"Building business capacity and providing networking opportunities."

Initiatives:

Business Breakfasts
   
Breakfast Details
Date 8th June 2010
Time 6:30am - 8:30am
Venue Capricornia Restaurant, Emerald
Speakers

David Allen, Santos-Project Controls Manager
Rex Vegt, Atlas Heavy Engineering

Topic 1. Alliance opportunities with local businesses, and
2. Benefits of the GLNG (gas) project
Cost $30.00 per person
RSVP

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Date 9th July 2010
Time 6:00am - 8:00am
Venue Mayfair Tavern, Emerald
Speakers

TBA

Topic Rural Sector Preparing for the Future in the Bowen Basin
Cost $30.00 per person

   

Name:

Central Highlands Rural Women Leading Change

Focus:

‘Building leadership capabilities for women in grains, beef, cotton and horticulture’

Initiatives:

Workshop - Central Highlands Toolkit 4 Rural Women

Contact:        Rachael Reeves
                       MP | 0427 954 012
                       Email | womensevent@centralhighlandsirrigators.org.au
                       Postal Address | PO Box 1749, Emerald QLD 4720

Name:

Working Women’s Network

Focus:

‘Women Empowering Women’ for any women, from any background, in any job or industry.

Initiatives:

Monthly functions –held the last Wednesday of each month
Follow the link here for details on the next function.

Contact:        Sherry Smith
                       P | 0439349372
                       Email | ssmith@chdc.com.au

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