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Join Latrobe City Business Festival 2024 for various opportunities like workshops, networking, and thought leadership until 29 August 2024Latrobe City Business Festival 2024, provides the local business community with various events and opportunities featuring workshops, networking, and thought leadership running until 29 August 2024. By news@gippsland - 6th August 2024 - Back to News Latrobe City Council is excited to share the Latrobe City Business Festival 2024 (Festival) will be celebrated over the next couple of weeks until Thursday 29 August 2024, with a program of inspiring and innovative workshops and events. The Festival provides the local business community with the opportunity to hear from thought leaders, engage in knowledge sharing, upskilling and valuable networking opportunities. It is a celebration of the important role business plays not only in the local economy, but our broader community. 
Latrobe City Business Festival offers local businesses insight from leaders, networking, and skills development, celebrating its 10-year impact. It launched August 6 with Kerryn Vaughan's Rediscover Your Mojo workshop Festival highlights connectionsThis year's festival marks more than 10 years of council being involved and promotes the theme of Strengthening Regional Growth Through Connections. The Festival launched on Tuesday 6 August, with the Rediscover Your Mojo workshop with Kerryn Vaughan, an international author and podcast host. Kerryn's award-winning book, 'Magnificent Kids!', inspired the creation of One Planet Classrooms, a global organisation that delivers clean water solutions to African schools and communities. On Thursday 15 August 2024, Latrobe City will welcome The Imperfects, an Australian podcast with over 8 million downloads, to Gippsland Performing Arts Centre for a live show. Hosted by The Resilience Project founder, Hugh van Cuylenburg, his brother Josh van Cuylenburg, and comedian Ryan Shelton, the trio embrace vulnerability and imperfection with laughter and connection. This is followed up with the C3 - It's all about Connection event on Friday 16 August 2024, presented by John Calabro, founder of the Traralgon-based brand design agency, The View From Here. This transformative one-day event brings business leaders and entrepreneurs from Gippsland and Melbourne together to foster connections and drive regional growth. The day includes multiple networking opportunities and two keynote speeches - the first by Gippsland entrepreneurial success story: - Andy McCarthy, founder of Gippsland Solar, the second by a powerful force of positivity
- Victor Perton, CEO and Chief Optimism Officer at The Centre for Optimism
Festival supports businessesMayor of Latrobe City Council, Councillor Darren Howe, said the Festival is an instrumental event for local business people interested in upskilling, growth-building and networking, and will strengthen the incredible business community that exists in Latrobe City. "There are over 4800 businesses operating in Latrobe City, driving economic growth and supporting our local community. They play a crucial role in the growth, strength, and stability of our region, and they are embedded in our landscape and our culture." "This Festival is about acknowledging our hard working local business community, and ensuring they continue to thrive, through bringing new opportunities to the region that will have a positive and tangible impact on their lives and aspirations," the mayor said. More informationOther program events include an Innovation Breakfast Series, Live Podcast at the Collective Co Space, Business Burnout Session with the Latrobe City Business Chamber, and an AI for Small Business Workshop with Start-up Gippsland. To find out more or buy tickets to an event, explore the Business Festival page on Visit Latrobe City website. Pictures from Latrobe City Council Facebook page.
Source: www.gippsland.com Published by: news@gippsland.com
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