AGRIBUILD_TM WORKSHOPS

We run two day Business Strategic Planning Workshops for people seeking to establish new or improve existing businesses.

CURRENT PROJECT

• Agribuild_TM Workshops for Rural Women.
  
  
• Sponsors Ministry of Commerce, New Zealand. Business incentive programme for SME's.
  
  
• Targets Wide range of rural women from farming, farmlets, agricultural servicing, tourism, crafts, accommodation and catering.
  
  
• Joint Promoters Womens Division Federated Farmers.
  
  
• Objectives To encourage and enhance the business skills and management capabilities of small to medium businesses.
  
  To develop the confidence and competence of people to grow their business ideas and create greater employment opportunities.
  
  
• Workshops Contracted to run 23 workshops for approximately 460 rural women.
  
  Using the opportunity to create ongoing support networks of people with common business ideas and networks.
  
  
• Progress Over half way through the project with excellent responses from participants.
  
  
• Participants Feedback Typical comments (all on file with detailed course evaluations).
  
  "The balance of personal motivation, goal setting and self esteem along with the business strategic planning was excellent".
  
  "I feel more empowered to go about planning and organising a small business venture now. A very professionally presented course".
  
  "Having been to several business management courses before, this one has been the most enlightening and I have got more from it than from all the others put together".
  
  "Agribuild helped me tremendously with my time management and business planning".
  
  "David, you are a great presenter. The Agribuild workshop was very interesting and gave me great insight into developing a business plan. Will really get me cracking with my business. Great. I loved it".
  
  "Very good to be able to share ideas and help us lose our rural hopelessness down here. Showed me that there is every chance I can succeed with my business idea".
  
  "Gave me much more self confidence. I thoroughly enjoyed the course and have the confidence now to follow my dreams and give it my very best to succeed".
  
  
• Future Projects
  
  Enhancement - To enhance above workshops by offering business coaching, 0800 access, E-mail access and greater networking opportunities for specific interest groups.
  
  Additional Courses - To be run for interested groups and organisations