November e-Newsletter

Do you have a professional skill that could benefit a local community organisation? Have you ever considered volunteering?

Join us online this year at our annual skilled volunteering event.  You’ll hear from local community organisations and learn how your skills can make a difference in Boroondara and have opportunities to:

• sign up for a skilled volunteer project
• join a Board or become a Committee member
• connect with local community organisations across a diverse range of sectors including the environment, the aged, education, children, health and much more
• Learn about opportunities to volunteer remotely from the comfort of your own home

Do you know what you are paying for with your website? In this two hour session we cover:

• Terminology: domain name, hosting, platforms, plugins 
• Website design: quotes, project management, costing 
• Content: where to start, when to hire a copywriter 
• Search engine optimisation: the basics for every website 
• What other tools you need to make it all work

It's important to keep your business marketing agile, especially in times of big change. 

In this workshop we teach you how to ensure your marketing plan can:

• overcome obstacles
• take advantage of opportunities
• pivot your messages quickly
• ensure your tone, imagery and branding are working for you rather than against you.

Presented by Vickie Burkinshaw.  Click here to register.

Learn how to make powerful business videos using only your smartphone.

In this workshop, videographer Julian Mather will discuss how you can create business videos with your smartphone. During the two-hour session, we'll cover a range of topics, including:

• marketing yourself cleverly
• building trust with clients
• getting more leads
• stopping your business turning invisible in the digital age

Video presenting is the new normal. Even the most humble staff member can overcome their fear of the camera or the sound of their own voice – and truly shine with confidence.

So what’s stopping you becoming fearless and famous? Julian Mather knows. For decades he studied the secrets of great presenters through his TV camera lens. Share what Julian learned on his own journey from, from stutterer to speaker, from hiding behind the camera to shining in front of it.
 

In a time of change, it is hard to know where to spend your time and money when marketing your products and services. This session will cover: 

• Free local marketing options
• Assessing marketing choices
• Building your digital asset and dynamic presence
• Social media and website essentials
• Preparing for the unknown future

Wolfpack Games

The risks associated with excessive periods of screen time consumption is well documented. Research commonly highlights issues with blurred vision, eye strain and headaches.  There is also widespread anxiety over the inherent harm to children regarding inappropriate content exposure and safety risks.  While these plus other factors have led many people to place limitations on daily screen time, there are new fears that the COVID climate has led to a generalised laxity of control as we struggle to reorient our lives.

Wolfpack Games, located in Ashburton is a small family business established three years ago.  With a passion for playing games and tired of plastic and throw away products, Wolfpack Games specialise in exceptional quality, ethically sourced wooden games.  Backed by sustainable certification and the use of lead-free paint, the games are not only beautiful but incredibly engaging, cognitively stimulating and fun!

“Both my wife and I have always been conscious of limiting our children's' time on screens.  We enjoy spending a lot of family time playing games together.  So, after more than twenty years in corporate sales, the decision to launch Wolfpack Games opened exciting opportunities to pursue and share my passion for a diverse range of hand-selected products,” says Craig Woolf, founding owner.

Initially, Wolfpack Games were sold at markets and festivals before finding a retail home in the Ashburton arcade and pop-up kiosks in shopping centres.  While the focus has always been on meeting a wide range of needs for cognitive stimulation, development and fun.

Phone: (03) 8840 7501

Email: sales@wolfpack.games

Website: www.wolfpack.games

Instagram: @wolfpackgamesonline

Facebook: #wolfpackgamesonline

Backyard Honey

Bee Local . Bee Pure . Bee Me

Did you know that bees pollinate 40% of the fruit and vegetable produce we consume each day as well as the countless beautiful flower species found throughout Melbourne's suburbs?  For those of you looking for a way to support the eco-system and help your community towards a sustainable future, Backyard Honey beekeepers provide everything you need to get started!

Backyard Honey, based in Surrey Hills is a small local business owned by Peter and Jane Dyer.  "Inspired to pursue our bee-keeping passion, we developed an urban apiary experience whereby residents with little to no prior knowledge or experience can host a self-sustaining hive and harvest 100% pure raw local honey from their own backyards," says Peter and Jane.

100% all-natural, our premium quality Backyard Honey is cold extracted, unpasteurised, chemical-free and contains all-natural nutritional goodness. The harvesting and packaging process retains maximum bio-activity, vitamins, minerals, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties.  Backyard Honey was awarded a SILVER Medal at 2019 Australian Food Awards.

"We have worked with beekeepers around the world including UK; Germany; Romania; Turkey; Sri Lanka and SW America.  Proudly, we provide safe and responsible apiary services (hive maintenance, swarm removal, honey harvesting and incursions) to residential and commercial clientele.

With the COVID climate casting uncertainty, there's never been a better time to contribute to our food source, health and the general well-being of the local community. To learn more or book a COVID friendly ZOOM for yourself, school or community group, please get in touch with backyardhoney.com.au today!

The natural health benefits of honey include -

Gut health & Improved Digestion - Anti-bacterial & Anti-viral Immune System Builder - Helps Relieve Insomnia - Sore Throats - Topical Wounds and Ulcers - Reduce Local Pollen Allergies - Healthy Energy Booster (Low Glycemic Index) - Natural Antiseptic

Email: janedyer@backyardhoney.com

Facebook: /backyardhoneymelbourne

*This is a free service for local businesses and local business people.