ANZ Producer Marketplace workshops

Our guest speaker, Jonathan Norman from Sainsbury Logan & Williams law firm, provides some great legal tips for small to medium business owners.  Watch to find out about:

• Getting your legal advice up front 
• Benefits of having limited liability protection
• Terms of trade and payment terms
• Employment laws in New Zealand
• The importance of intellectual property and brands.

Andrea Stevenson, Director of Human Resources at Baker Tilly Staples Rodway, shares her top tips. She talks about  :

• Her top staff retention tips 
• How to onboard new staff
• How to use the skill/will matrix to grow your staff 
• Coaching vs mentoring. 

What’s the secret to improving your customer experience in your business? In this workshop, Jacqui Hartley-Smith from Positive Solutions Ltd shares a range of tools and tips to help you deliver the best customer experiences:  

• The importance of collaboration, connection and communication
• Think about all your business  ‘front doors’ 
• Reframe your mindset
• Finding and cultivating your WOW factor.

Creating a disaster recovery plan (DRP) before it’s required is crucial to retaining business continuity immediately after an unexpected disaster, and recovering faster in the months that follow.  

Peter Murphy, Gallagher (formerly Crombie Lockwood)’s Senior Business Development Manager, talked through: 

• The importance of disaster recovery plans for businesses of all sizes
• Ways to ensure employees’ wellbeing and the business’s ability to continue to function after a natural disaster.

The team at law firm Duncan Cotterill covered the legalities of running a small to medium business, including: 

• Immigration with Nicky Robertson
• Fair Trading Act with Nick Crang
• Competition, focusing on social media, with David Briscoe
• Employment and health and safety matters with Kirsty Wallace
• Franchising and scaling up with Hamish Walker.

Bastion Amplify works with many of Australasia’s most loved brands to develop PR, social media, content, and influencer strategies that drive impact. GM Joanna James shared insights and advice on how to work with media and influencers, as well as tips on generating more engagement through your social media activity.  

Dylan Fraser-List, Content Creator at Bastion Shine, covered the start-to-finish process of creating content for your food and beverage business.  

Navigating the ever-changing digital marketing landscape can be challenging. In this workshop, Jayden Szekely, Web and Performance Strategist at Bastion Digital, revealed: 

• Key growth-focused digital marketing ingredients
• The perfect balance between customer acquisition and retention.

Steve Dixon, Environmental, Social, and Governance Specialist at ANZ, explored:

• The murky world of sustainability
• Future trends we’re seeing with conscious consumerism, especially in the real threat of the climate crisis.