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Transcript of Get your Business Organised seminar
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Welcome
What will we cover today?
Time managementGoal settingResourcefulnessRecord keeping
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Time Management
What techniques can we use to bestmanage our time?
Learn to say NOIdentify and remove distractionsGet the day off to a productive start
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Activity – Identify and Remove Distractions
Identify the distractions in your workday(pages 2 - 3 of workbook)
Develop strategies to remove/manage the top three distractions (pages 2 - 3 of workbook)
Time available: 5 minutes
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Time Management Continued: Effective Diary Management
Effective diary managementtechniques:
‘Chunking’To Do listsPrioritisingDelegatingEfficient communication
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Activity – To Do List
Thinking about the business tasks that you need to complete tomorrow, fill in the to do list on page 4 of your workbook
Time available: 3 minutes
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Activity – Prioritise Your To Do List
Using the information and example provided on pages 4 and 5 of your workbook, prioritise the tasks in your to do list
Time available: 3 minutes
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GOALS
S SpecificM MeasurableA AchievableR RealisticT Time-bound
Goals sharpen our focus on our business activities and clarify our direction
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GOALS cont.
In 1996, after 30 years of research into the effect ofgoal setting on performance, Edwin Locke at theUniversity of Maryland found:
the more explicit the goal, the more specifically it is carried out
the more challenging the goal, the greater the achievement
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Activity – Create a SMART Goal
Create your own SMART goal for your business or your life (pages 9 and 10 of workbook)
Time available: 5 minutes
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Resourcefulness
Identify your resources
Leverage your networks
“No one knows everything, everyone knowssomething, all knowledge resides in
humanity”Pierre Levy 1997
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Activity – Identify Resources
Identify the resources that will help you to achieve your SMART goal (page 11 of workbook)
Time available: 3 minutes
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Record Keeping
Meet your taxation requirements
Keep track of financial trends that will help you plan for the future
Show the financial side of your business to lenders
Improve customer service
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Record Keeping cont.
Manual vs. electronicbookkeeping
Setting up yourfiling systems
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Small Business Mentoring Service
Business mentors help you to identify a clear direction for you and your business
Business mentors can also advise you on how to:conduct market researchprice and/or cost your products or servicesdevelop an effective marketing strategyuse other business management tools
To arrange a session with a business mentor go to:www.sbms.org.au
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Discussion and Questions
Thank you for attending
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