GLASS CEILING FOR WOMEN’S Sport has been BROKEN
THE Matildas recent World Cup achievements have pushed women sport through the glass ceiling and galvanised Australia in respect of our female athletes and what (and how) they can achieve.
In a compelling presentation one of Australia’s most successful sports marketers and coaches, Bob Turner, assembles team of local insiders to explore the growing success of women in sports with unique insights and predictions. Held in conjunction with the Greater Blacktown Business Chamber this event is being held as part of WEXPO 2023 at Blacktown.
Some of the issues to be explored include:
• Pay scales.
• Marketing.
• Styles of play.
Leadership.
• Development paths.
• And more…
The panel includes sports administrators, women players, coaches and captains:
Bob Turner is executive chairman of Blacktown FC, winners of 2022 National Premier Leagues NSW Men’s Championship. Bob has been actively engaged as head coach, general manager, managing director and part owner of four NBL teams and in 2010 was the driving force in the resurrection of the Sydney Kings. In 1999 he was honored by Basketball Australia and the NBL as a Hall of Fame inductee. His personal success as a basketball player, coach, marketer, administrator, and businessman is a unique combination in the business world
and he has been actively engaged by corporate associates to present and develop a variety of issues including team building, motivation, success and leadership.
David ‘Dok’ O’Keefe - Head of Women’s Football at Blacktown City and tasked with the goal of reaching NPL 1 status within three years. Dok built the Barker College Football program and achieved a similar role with Sydney University.
Kiara Rochiax – In her second season with Blacktown City, women’s captain Kiara Rochiax is one of the best goalies in the competition, this talented athlete has many scouts watching her games. A former Under 19 All School Australian representative, Kiara is a leader both on and off the field.
Mark Crittenden – Regarded as one of the Premier coaches in NSW, mark has led the organisation both on and off the field to establish an exceptional culture for the club. He has been a main driver in the establish-
ment of the Blacktown City Senior Women’s Team and assisted in building a similar culture.
Matt Lewis - The longest serving player in Blacktown City FC history, men’s captain Matt Lewis, has played a record 376 games for his club. Recognition of his contribution came with the annual Matt Lewis medal. Matt played his youth with Blacktown City before being recruited to the Central Coast Mariners. After leaving CCM, he returned to play for Blacktown Head of Football, Mark Crittenden.
Details
What: WEXPO 2023 - Greater Blacktown Business Chamber Business After 5.
Venue: Blacktown Workers Club.
When: 5.30PM, September 5, 2023, Ballroom level 2.
Tickets: FREE, limited to 100, Book at www.wexpo.com.au Includes: Finger food.
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Patron Stephen Bali MP.
Sam Kerr. Bob Turner.
Last year's WEXPO event.
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Cost of Living – how community and government can respond
Experience first hand as an audience member - FREE
This important forum addresses the cost of living pressures that so many of us are experiencing. With an almost 7% inflation rate, essential things like food, electricity and housing are becoming high price items – individually and collectively we need to explore options and address the growing inequality that cost of living is causing in our society.
With specialist guest speakers, this session will promise insights, solutions, and recommendations to government on how to take the crisis out of cost of living. Limited
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LEE USSHER – 9.30AM
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FREE - REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Creating Attraction Marketing
Effective marketing has a lot to do with being attractive. Marketing guru Lee Ussher explains the concepts that create attractive marketing and techniques to achieve it.
FARID ZAKI – 10.30AM
FREE - REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Recipe for Sales and Marketing Success
What exactly is the recipe for sales and business success? Respected accountant Farid Zaki dons his chef’s hat to take his audience through an a session of insights and entertainment.
KATHERINE HAWES – 11.30AM
FREE - REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Law for Non-Lawyers
The principal at Digital Age Lawyers unpacks legal concepts for small businesspeople and individuals. In this engaging session Katherine will lead her audience through key principles for creative solutions to everyday problems.
MARCUS WHELAN – 1.30PM
FREE - REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Succeed: Barriers to Authentic Success
With mental health playing a part in everyone’s life this presentation from life coach and and psychologist Marcus Whelan is designed to refresh self-limiting beliefs and chart a path to the authentic you.
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Lunch $33 per head
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EMMANUEL MARTIN – 2.30PM
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Creating Meaningful Transformation
Attention all thinkers! Emmanuel Martin taps into his executive experience in the corporate sector and running BREED Australia to guide his audience through the steps and processes to create meaningful transformation in small and medium sized enterprises.
TOM DAWKINS – 3.30PM
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Introducing Social Enterprise : what it is, why it matters, how to get involved
There’s a lot of excitement about using businesses that do-good, but also a lot of confusion. This session, led by ACU Co-Lab member Tom Dawkins, will cut through the jargon and address what’s really going on.
Register for workshops by scanning the QR code below or go to: www.wexpo.com.au | Events 2023 - Blacktown
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
STEVE KAMPER – 12.30PM
Lunch - $33 per head (includes lunch)
Connecting Multi Culturalism and Business
Steve Kamper is NSW Minister for Small Business, Minister for Lands and Property, Minister for Multiculturalism and Minister for Sport. Steve ran a successful accounting firm and raised a family of five with his wife, Magda. He is a former President of Sydney Olympic Football Club. Steve was sworn in as a Minister in the NSW Minns Labor Government on April 5, 2023.
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11.30 AM: Katherine Hawes workshop.
12:00 PM: Lunch entry commences.
12.30PM: Lunch commences.
Tuesday September
9:00AM: Expo opens.
9.15AM: WentWest Community Leaders Forum.
9.30AM: Lee Usher workshop.
Overview of Timings for the day
Overview of Timings for the day
10.30AM: Farid Zaki workshop.
1:00PM: Minister Stephen Kamper speaks.
1.30PM: Marcus Whelan workshop.
Tue sday September 5 | Blacktown Workers Club
2.00PM: Lunch concludes.
11:00 AM: Workplace Wellbeing Community Leaders Forum.
11.30 AM: Katherine Hawes workshop.
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Tue sday September 5 | Blacktown Workers Club
12:00 PM: Lunch entry commences.
55 Campbell Street, Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
12.30PM: Lunch commences.
2.30PM: Emmanuel Martin workshop.
Monday September 4 – 6PM Bump In.
Tuesday September 5 – 8AM Bump In.
3.00PM: SydWest Community Forum.
Monday September 4 – 6PM Bump In.
9:00AM: Expo opens.
3.30PM: Tom Dawkins workshop.
9.15AM: WentWest Community Leaders Forum.
Tuesday September 5 – 8AM Bump In.
5:00PM: Expo Finishes. Bump out.
9.30AM: Lee Usher workshop.
9:00AM: Expo opens.
10.30AM: Farid Zaki workshop.
1:00PM: Minister Stephen Kamper speaks.
1.30PM: Marcus Whelan workshop.
2.00PM: Lunch concludes.
2.30PM: Emmanuel Martin workshop.
3.00PM: SydWest Community Forum.
5.30PM: Greater Blacktown Chamber Business After Five.
3.30PM: Tom Dawkins workshop.
9.15AM: WentWest Community Leaders Forum.
11:00 AM: Workplace Wellbeing Community Leaders Forum.
7.15PM: Bump out. WEXPO concludes.
11.30 AM: Katherine Hawes workshop.
9.30AM: Lee Usher workshop.
12:00 PM: Lunch entry commences.
5:00PM: Expo Finishes. Bump out.
5.30PM: Greater Blacktown Chamber Business After Five.
* Workshops held in the Redwood Bar, Forums held in the Ballroom, lunch in the Eucalyptus Restaurant. Level 2.
7.15PM: Bump out. WEXPO concludes.
10.30AM: Farid Zaki workshop.
12.30PM: Lunch commences.
1:00PM: Minister Stephen Kamper speaks.
11:00 AM: Workplace Wellbeing Community Leaders Forum.
* Workshops held in the Redwood Bar, Forums held in the Ballroom, lunch in the Eucalyptus Restaurant. Level 2.
1.30PM: Marcus Whelan workshop.
11.30 AM: Katherine Hawes workshop.
2.00PM: Lunch concludes.
Stephen Bali MP Member for Blacktown Event Patron
12:00 PM: Lunch entry commences.
2.30PM: Emmanuel Martin workshop.
3.00PM: SydWest Community Forum.
12.30PM: Lunch commences.
3.30PM: Tom Dawkins workshop.
1:00PM: Minister Stephen Kamper speaks.
5:00PM: Expo Finishes. Bump out.
1.30PM: Marcus Whelan workshop.
5.30PM: Greater Blacktown Chamber Business After Five.
7.15PM: Bump out. WEXPO concludes.
2.00PM: Lunch concludes.
* Workshops held in the Redwood Bar, Forums held in the Ballroom, lunch in the Eucalyptus Restaurant. Level 2.
2.30PM: Emmanuel Martin workshop.
3.00PM: SydWest Community Forum.
3.30PM: Tom Dawkins workshop.
Carevan Blacktown is a non-remunerated local charity operating in the Blacktown LGA since 2011, serving the community’s most socially and financially vulnerable, without question, criteria, or cost. Run by a group of dedicated volunteers, Carevan Blacktown provides a welcoming weekly meal and food support service at the Lalor Park community hall every Tuesday night. We create a welcoming environment for all to attend, facilitating a connection between a benevolent community and an ever-growing number of people experiencing poverty, loneliness and other social challenges, people most in need of this kindness and care. Visit us at exhibitor space C13 in the diamond Room.
5:00PM: Expo Finishes. Bump out.
5.30PM: Greater Blacktown Chamber Business After Five.
7.15PM: Bump out. WEXPO concludes.
* Workshops held in the Redwood Bar, Forums held in the Ballroom, lunch in the Eucalyptus Restaurant. Level 2.
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Stephen Bali MP Member for Blacktown
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Community Juries in Western Sydney | 9.15am to 10.45am
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The people of Western Sydney have spoken!
As part of a drive to understand the well-informed views of the people of Western Sydney, WentWest is ruining two citizen juries (Community Panels) in Western Sydney asking the question “Should we the people of Western Sydney continue to invest in hospitals in the same way we have in the past?”
This forum promises to deliver never before revealed insights from Western Sydney’s inaugural community jury program addressing issues that affect us all.
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