Special Invitation : 28 July

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Love to see anybody from Socket if they would like to come to Civic Square on Thursday!
 
Best from Julia
 

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Gecko Press invites you to join us in a
GRAND HEE HAW
to launch Donkeys, an internationally award-winning picture book translated from German by Catherine Chidgey.
 
28 July, 2005, 11.30 am, outside Capital E
at Ilott Green, Civic Square, Wellington.
 
We'll have live donkeys, storyteller Dame Kate Harcourt, and a rousing sung 'hee haw'.
 
Preschool and early primary age children are especially welcome.
 
RSVP appreciated to julia@geckopress.com
Hope to see you!

Elevate : for young business people in Wellington

Do you own a business?
Want to start your own business?
Have a business-related career?
Just think business is interesting?


Then you need to come to the next Elevate event. Elevate is a new community made for young business people in Wellington. It’s for entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, innovators, movers and shakers to get together and network. It’s for people who want to make things happen, and are looking to get that innovative edge.

Come along to our very social networking event at Sandwiches, feel free to bring your friends, workmates and anyone else you think would be interested.

Friday 29th July
5.30pm – 7.30pm
Sandwiches
8 Kent Terrace
Wellington
Cost: Free!
Come along and you and your friends could win a $50 bar tab and other spot prizes!

So if you’re ready to step up in business (and have a good time) make sure you attend and don’t forget your business cards!

Cheers,
The Elevate Team.


http://www.elevate.org.nz
http://www.sandwiches.co.nz

BIZ Centre August Calendar

From those helpful peeps at BizInfo:

WELLINGTON
Course
Business Growth Series
Kick Ass Business Planning Tues 2 Aug
Finance for Growth Tues 9 Aug
Choose Your Weapon Tues 16 Aug
Hot Buttons Tues 23 Aug
Head For Success Tues 30 Aug

Business Development Series
Strategic Planning Wed 10 Aug
Market Research Wed 17 Aug
Target Your Market Wed 24 Aug
Action Planning Wed 31 Aug

Miscellaneous
Trafficology Thurs 4 Aug

ALL WGTN COURSES ARE HELD AT THE BIZ CENTRE, GRD FLOOR, 155 THE TERRACE
5.30-8.30PM


Check out our website for more information or to request a place in any of the above courses.

www.thebizcentre.co.nz

Library FREE research + mygateway

Thanks to Marilyn Domney, Business Customer Specialist, Wellington City Library; who came along to Socket July.
Just to give you the juice on their services again incase you are looking at using them:

MYGATEWAY.INFO is free remote access to Health, Business and Biography Databases plus 10000s of New Zealand and
international newspaper and magazine articles.
All you need is a password on your library cards, which you can instigate online.

FREE RESEARCH
Free access to up to 2 hours non-urgent (within 3 days) business research, excluding direct costs.

www.wcc.govt.nz

Help for the busy woman

CLEANER AVAILABLE in Central Wellington
$12 per hour
Telephone Wendy on 976 8514

Socket for July 2005

Hi gals!

Big month this one, with a superstar of the New Zealand business world joining us as our guest speaker…

Wanna know how it’s all done? Here’s an awesome opportunity to be in the audience of a remarkable business advisor, and so we strongly urge you to come and hear for FREE the vastly experienced and knowledgeable Fran Wilde. This really is a special chance, and we encourage you to bring female friends or business associates along to share it. Read on to find out more about Fran …


July’s speaker: Fran Wilde

Fran Wilde is the principal of Fran Wilde & Associates, Ltd and has had a fascinating career that spans a range of public sector, business and community areas.

She currently chairs Wellington Waterfront and the Food Safety Advisory Board and is on the boards of NGC and Humanware. She also provides business advisory services through her own company, Fran Wilde & Associates Ltd.

Elected four times as MP for Wellington Central, Wilde was a Parliamentary Whip, then Minister in the 1984 - 1990 Government, holding the portfolios of Minister of Tourism, Minister for Disarmament as well as Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade and of Conservation. Prior to becoming a minister she successfully sponsored through Parliament two high-profile pieces of human rights legislation; the Homosexual Law Reform Bill and the Adult Adoption Information Bill.

Wilde resigned from Parliament in 1992 after being elected Mayor of Wellington, where her new initiatives included branding, economic development programmes and vital infrastructure (wastewater treatment plant, stadium and inner city fibre optic cabling). She retired from politics in 1995.

Her business career has included roles as a company director, senior manager and consultant. In 2003 she finished six years as CEO of Trade New Zealand. Under her leadership Trade NZ topped the NZ Business Excellence Foundation awards judged under the prestigious international Malcolm Baldrige criteria.

Her present community activities include Chair of the NZ International Arts Festival and Trustee of Project K and the Life Education Foundation. She also chairs the Board of the Pacific-focussed Regional Rights Resource Team, based in Suva. In 1995 Wilde was awarded the QSO and in 2004 received an honorary Doctorate of Laws from the Victoria University of Wellington.


We look forward to seeing you at the very beautiful Beau Monde. Its plush leather couches slap-bang fireside are perfect for a kick-back and chill out. Beau Monde really makes for a divine setting to share and support each other in business, and we warmly welcome new faces to the very relaxed atmosphere of Socket.
Wotcha waiting for?! We’ll see you all there.

Tuesday 19 July 2005
5.30 – 6.30pm
Beau Monde Lounge Bar: Upstairs, 82 Tory Street, Wellington Central.

THIS EVENT IS FREE : Please bring a friend!

Switch On: July 2005

Switch On: seminars, workshops, exhibitions, events


SEMINAR
The New Cool: Free Seminars
A series of free seminars runs alongside the exhibition to give visitors the opportunity to meet The New Cool company directors and learn how to develop a positive entrepreneurial attitude.
Dates 2 July, 9 July, 16 July
Registration Online at The Dowse’s groovy new website at: www.dowse.org.nz, or phone 570-6500.

WORKSHOP
The New Cool: Super-charger Workshop
Presented by The Dowse and Positively Wellington Business for those involved in animation, film, video, SFX, media, music, games, entertainment, software development, publishing, fashion or design, The New Cool Super-charger Workshop is designed to give existing creative businesses a boost.
The workshop is for you if you’re looking to grow your business, with a new market penetration or product launch planned for the coming year. Alternatively, you may have reached a capacity level and be unsure about getting to the next level. You’re passionate about your business, and focused on seeing it grow to be world class and/or worldwide.
Dates 30 – 31 July & 3 – 4 September
Numbers Limited to 15 places
Cost $200 incl. GST
Registration Email dowse@huttcity.govt.nz to be sent a registration form, which needs to be returned by 16 July.


EXHIBITION
Contemporary Dutch Graphic Design
From the Netherlands. Words & Images (c.1990-2004) curated by Toon Lauwen.
Contemporary Dutch Graphic Design: Work from over 60 designers and design studios –
ranging from the influential senior designers to trail-blazing renegade youngsters. Designers include: Irma Boom, Wim Crouwel, Karel Martens, Maureen Mooren & Daniel van der Velden, Jop van Bennekom, Mediamatic, and Zee.
Where The Great Hall, Massey University
College of Creative Arts, Buckle Street, Building 10, Wellington