As the year comes to a close and we run our final event for 2024, I’d like to thank you for your ongoing support of our chamber.

It’s been an amazing year of growth for our chamber and we are excited for the year ahead.

Please take some well deserved timeout over the Christmas and New Year break. Spend time with friends and loved ones and travel safe.

We look forward to seeing you for a fabulous 2025!

Terri Cooper

President

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Chamber Charity – 2024

Safe Haven Community (January – June)

We were pleased to include the Safe Haven Community as our chamber charity for the first 6 months of 2024. Their mission is to help women and their children escape domestic abuse, and to empower, guide and support them to lead the life they were meant to lead.

Click Here to check out their website to see in what other ways you can support this deserving organisation.

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Viv’s Place (July – December)

For the last half of 2024, the Brisbane Southside Chamber of Commerce is pleased to support, Viv’s Place, which is run by Vivian Crick.

Her Mission for Viv’s Place is to empower women with breast cancer (& their loved ones) to rediscover their identity, find their voice, and face their journey with confidence and courage.

By providing a safe and nurturing environment, inspiring individuals to find their inner strength, and fostering a supportive network that promotes resilience, Viv’s Place strives to impact positively the lives of those affected by breast cancer.

The vision for Viv’s Place is to create a bright and sustainable community that empowers women and their support networks to navigate the tremendously difficult breast cancer diagnosis and its aftermath. Viv’s Place aims to provide them with the tools, resources, and emotional support needed to positively move forward in life, while creating a lasting legacy that extends beyond us.

Click Here to check out their website.

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New Members

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Member Contributions

Event Powerpoint Slidedeck Redesign

The committee would like to thank Kassandra Marsh from Make Better Documents for redesigning our Event Powerpoint Slidedeck. She has done a great job in updating our slides and images.

If want your documents to have that professional edge, then we recommend you contact Kassandra.

Kassandra Marsh

Make Better Documents   0431659627   graphicdesign@makebetterdocuments.com

BSCC Website Link: https://www.brisbanescc.org.au/member-profile/?usid=76

Click on the image icons below to see what support all three tiers of government can offer small business.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Common Mistakes to Avoid When Prompting AI Content Generation

As a marketing agency in Brisbane, we’ve had a front-row seat to how artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed content creation in recent years. AI provides businesses with a powerful tool for quickly and efficiently producing high-quality content, as it can generate text, images, and even code in an instant. However, to fully realise the potential of AI, it is necessary to understand how to effectively prompt it.

Want to know more, click here to read our article

Jane Toohey – Outsource2Us Marketing

I am the director of Outsource2Us marketing agency and head teacher at Haven Yoga & Meditation. In the marketing agency we develop marketing communications strategies to help grow Australian and New Zealand based businesses. We operate as a plug-in marketing team, working across multiple industries and have specialist skills in the manufacturing and trades, childcare & education, professional services, health & wellbeing and technology industries. In Haven Yoga I offer Corporate Yoga and Meditation, and I have a studio. read more here

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TAFE Queensland

Seize your opportunity with Fee-Free TAFE

The career of your dreams is within reach thanks to Fee-Free TAFE. Follow your passion with over 70 industry-recognised courses to choose from. Fee-Free TAFE, now extended until 2026, allows eligible Queenslanders to study priority skill sets and qualifications, providing opportunities to upskill, reskill or start a career in high-demand industries.

So far over 82,000 Queenslanders have benefitted from Free TAFE through around 200 courses that offer cost of living support to receive the skills needed for good jobs.

Qualifications and skill sets funded under Fee-Free TAFE are aligned to national and state skills priorities, in-demand areas, and emerging industries to enable Queenslanders to be job-ready and meet current and future skills needs.

Fee-Free TAFE courses have been specifically chosen based on local skills demand and advice from industry. Completing training in these high-priority areas will guarantee you graduate with in-demand skills and strong job prospects. With Fee-Free TAFE training you can feel confident for what comes next, knowing you’re job ready with the industry-relevant skills employers are looking for.

As industry priorities change and new qualifications and skill sets are developed, the qualification list may change.

You can enrol in a qualification under Fee-Free TAFE regardless of your current employment status or the number of qualifications you’ve previously completed. If you’ve completed a qualification subsidised under a different funding program, you’re still eligible.

If you or your staff is interested in undertaking a fee free TAFE course, click on the link below to find out more:

https://tafeqld.edu.au/courses/apply-and-enrol/subsidised-training/fee-free#courses

Also. if you have any questions or concerns about training for your workplace, please contact your local BSCC member Geoff Webster.

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Sharyn Crawford – Coffee News

Chamber member:

2015 – 2017  (3 years)

Sharyn passed away earlier this year. Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family and friends over their loss.

 

 

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We would like to thank the following members for their ongoing support with our events. Their efforts are greatly appreciated and we look forward to their continued involvement with the chamber in the future.

It is our members that make the chamber what it is. We value your loyalty and commitment. We look forward to seeing all of our members at our events throughout 2025.

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