Business Development SIG previous years meetings

2012 dates	Topic
February 2	The first meeting for 2012: Growing, Stagnating or Contracting? Presented by Viv Brownrigg, FCA
March 1	Why chartered accountants should be more pro-active with their business clients. Presented by Alan Blackie, an expert on business banking
April 12	How to become a Value Improvement Business Advisor (viba) of the future. Presented by Nikki Kent, Bstar International
May 3	Insight into a Rapid Growth Culture Presented by Tenby Powell, Hunter Powell
June 7	Disaster Recovery in Action Presented by Alan Race, Crombie Lockwood and Mike Rondel, BDO Christchurch
July 5	Business Transformation presented by Simon Hunter, Grant Thornton
August 2	Disaster Recovery in Action presented by Alan Race, Crombie Lockwood and Mike Rondel, BDO Christchurch
September 6	A wake up call for all Chartered Accountants – the do's and don’ts of nurturing SMEs presented by Rudi Bublitz
October 4	Business Development Specialists SIG 2012 AGM Retail business leadership and change management presented by Mark Powell, GEO, The Warehouse Group
November 1	Express Your Voice of Leadership presented by Sally Mabelle, International Speaker of the Year NSANZ 2011 Adding Value to Your Clients’ Businesses – a Collaboration Model presented by Warwick Russell, SMEtric Consulting Group and Richard Gee, CEO GeeWiz
November 29	Facilitate or Stagnate, presented by Kevin McCaffrey, Effective Governance

2011 dates	Topic
February 3	Creativity in business presented by Mike Hutcheson
March 3	Michael Gerber event review followed by member "war stories".
April 7	The Best of the Best presented by Mike Doughty, CEO, The Knowledge Gym
May 5	Wayne Cameron introduces a new product Exit When which is designed to enable a business vendor to receive the “Right price at the right time”.
June 2	Business strategies for profitable growth presented by Craig Norgate
July 7	The dollars and sense of reputation branding presented by Hannah Samuel - speaker, columnist and author
August 4	Building better business intervention and transformation strategies presented by Michael Humphries, Director of Humphries Associates
September 1	From the server to the cloud – building a modern practice presented by Philippa O’Mara, director at Engine Room CA
October 6	Bravery and fresh thinking. It’s our policy. Presented by Naomi Ballantyne, Managing Director of Partners Life Ltd
November 3	The ICEHOUSE presented by Andrew Hamilton, CEO, The ICEHOUSE
November 28	Innovation through observation - lunch with Sir Ray Avery