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Tiddas in Business Masterclass - Communicating with Confidence

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Communicating with Confidence, Conciseness, and Clarity.
Being confident in your professional communications will allow you to ask for what you need for your business and stand up for yourself and your values!

Time: 6:00-8:00pm Qld (AEST)

Attend Online: A link will be supplied the day before the Masterclass.

About the Facilitator: Leesa Watego - Brisbane, Australia, Iscariot Media, Australian Institute of Company Directors, Melbourne Business School, Griffith University, Queensland University of Technology | about.me

Leesa is passionate about the development of Indigenous business, and the Indigenous Business and the Indigenous Chamber of Commerce movement. She is the Managing Director of Iscariot Media, an agency that focuses on creative Indigenous solutions for small businesses. Leesa works consistently to empower Indigenous communities by developing opportunities within the Indigenous business sector through initiative such as: The Critical Classroom - producing Indigenous educational resources; Deadly Bloggers, the first directory of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island bloggers; and, Dark + Disturbing, an Aboriginal curatorial project.

Leesa was nominated as a Queensland Digital Champion in 2016 and was a member of the inaugural Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Business and Innovation Reference Group. Additionally serving a year on the Queensland Government’s Procurement Industry Advisory Group, you get the picture, she is a deadly tidda and is here to share knowledge with you.


About the Tiddas in Business program

The Tiddas in Business program is a series of culturally appropriate business activities that introduce entrepreneurship, business, and leadership skills for women wanting to start their own business. The activities are led by deadly Indigenous Businesswomen who provide insights, strategies, tools, and resources for starting and growing a business. 

Business Ready Workshops: Tiddas in Business uses a toolkit that covers topics central to establishing a business, including - how to get started, ABN registration, business names, doing e-business, business structures, forecast + cash flow, strategic planning, insurance, Intellectual Property rights, digital marketing + networking, money, legal advice, scaling your business, exporting. All content is delivered of 2x3hr workshops.

Masterclasses take a deep dive into topics such as: Walking in Two Worlds; Communicating with Influence and The Art of Pitching; Business Plan/Capability Statement; Developing Proposals; Cashflow forecast; Marketing & Sales; Cyber Security; Web page development; Business Tax, BAS - working with the ATO; Legal Matters for starting your business, Intellectual Property and Copyright; Strategic Planning.

Virtual Mentoring Circles: The informal mentoring circles are culturally safe and are a place to join with other tiddas, sistas and sista-girls in business to yarn, share thoughts and ideas, ask questions, and build supportive relationships with others. The yarns provide benefit from the knowledge of the facilitator as well as from the experiences of other tiddas in business.

Leadership: By virtue of being in business, an Indigenous businesswomen can be thrust into leadership roles within their communities and, subsequently, the broader community. The Tiddas in Business Leadership Forum focuses on recognising well-being and positive behaviours for Indigenous women in Business Leadership, investigating leadership styles and developing a self-awareness of leadership potential, both individually and collectively.



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Enquiries: Contact Terri Lethlean, terri@murawin.com.au or 0437 338 306

    Tiddas in Business is delivered from 2021-24 with support from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet’s Office for Women.

    Artwork: "Stronger Together" Freeda Roberts, Dunghutti Creations.


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