Speed Networking
Speed Networking MDI Day - Magaliesburg Agriculture and Tourism Business Opportunities
Speed Networking MDI Day - Magaliesburg Agriculture and Tourism Business Opportunities
Venue: Magaliesburg Secondary School 24 August 2018.
Venue: Magaliesburg Secondary School 24 August 2018.
- 10:00 to 12:00
- 50 to 60 people.
- Attendees will be able to register online for the event or just show up at the door.
- Banks, sponsors and other organizations will receive a 5 to 10 minute opportunity between rounds to address the whole event.
- Organisation is in progress in conjunction with Nedbank, an insurance institution other interested parties and the Headmaster.
Venue: Bekker High School 24 August 2018.
Venue: Bekker High School 24 August 2018.
- 14:00 - 16:00
- 80 to 100 people.
- Attendees will be able to register online for the event or just show up at the door.
- We will give banks, sponsors and other organizations 5 to 10 minute opportunities between rounds to address the whole event.
- Organisation is in progress with various organisations indicating their interest still to confirm how they are going to help.
Diva Dips Collection 076 484 7990
Event goals
- Teach the local community what investors would like to hear
- Create an event where local business people and entrepreneurs can meet each other and share business opportunities and ideas
- Create investors’ awareness of potential business opportunities in Magaliesburg
- Inform/Educate local entrepreneurs about business financing through banks
- Look for tourism opportunities in the area
- Investigate agricultural opportunities in the area
- Link local businesses with emerging community entrepreneurs
- Link community entrepreneurs with government funding opportunities
Event guidelines
- 5 min. Networking opportunities before you have to swap to the next person
- Only people actively networking at the station may be speaking to each other
- You must move to the next table or person
- 2 min. Between networking
- Note Taking is encouraged
- Community members need to prepare for the event
- You must have a business cards to swop
- You do not need to be a business
- Bystanders may not stand near or behind tables while networking is in progress
- Be Respectful
- Know your 15 second introduction
- Be aware of your body language
- Encourage and be helpful
- Follow up the contacts you have received during the meeting
- Only official representatives of organisations may represent organisations
24 AUGUST 2018 Proposed Agenda
MDI SPEED NETWORKING Day
Magaliesburg Agriculture and Tourism Business Opportunities
General Aims
- Be an event where local business people and entrepreneurs can meet each other and share business opportunities and ideas
- Create investors’ awareness of potential business opportunities in Magaliesburg
- Teach the local community what investors would like to hear
- Inform /educate local entrepreneurs about business financing through banks
- Inform/educate local entrepreneurs about the benefits of insurance as an enabler to entrepreneurs
Goals
- Link local businesses with emerging community entrepreneurs
- Look for tourism opportunities in the area
- Investigate agricultural opportunities in the area
- Link community entrepreneurs with government funding opportunities
Type of expertise required to assist in the achievement of goals
- Department of Tourism Specialists
- Department of Agriculture Specialists
- Agriforum advisors
- Bank investment advisors – various banks
- Insurance advisors
- National Youth Development Agency
- Department of Trade and Industry Specialists in SMME development in rural areas
Venues: 10-12 AM Magalies Secondary School
2-4 PM Bekker High School
Facilities required at venues:
- Central meeting place for generic discussions
- Separate areas for Agriculture and Tourism opportunities –
- Desks, seats and stationery for each business/government department
- Timer for networking sessions between entrepreneurs and experts
- Microphone/sound equipment
- Bathroom facilities
- Safe parking
Programme for each session:
- Welcome by MC from MDI
- Endorsement by local government
- Introduction to the financial institutions and investment experts present
- Explanation of procedure for networking
5. Brief Generic discussions regarding:
- Role of Magaliesburg Business Forum in promoting community business in Magaliesburg
- Business financing through banks
- Insurance benefits for businesses
- Department of Tourism opportunities
- Department of Agriculture opportunities
6. Networking sessions
- Speed networking: 5 minute briefings during which entrepreneurs identify their proposed business ideas and experts/local businesses/departments can clarify what next steps need to be taken to realise those proposals
- Informal discussions between local business people and other participants
Examples Of Some Current Networking Ideas:
Examples Of Some Current Networking Ideas:
- Diva Dips Collection
- Divine African Touch
- Agriculture Management Project ( for young female graduates 25 -35 ) Proposals under discussion with Agricultural Schools
- Tourism Grading Council
For Booking please contact
For Booking please contact
Mengie Hlatshwayo
Mengie Hlatshwayo
Manager: Tourism Development Department of Economic Services
Manager: Tourism Development Department of Economic Services
081 351 2928
081 351 2928
Bekker High School
Bekker High School
Magaliesburg Secondary School
Magaliesburg Secondary School