On the 16th April 2010, Dayne Frost, Liam Walsh, Lisa Barrow
& CEO of iBidAM.com, Louise Schultze are embarking on a 100,000km journey
to raise funds and awareness for Oxfam.
The Salem Australia Foundation and iBidAM.com are proud to support the team
"The iBidAM.com Oxymorons" on their quest to complete 100km's
trek from Wheelers Hill to Wesburn Park in Victoria, on the 16-18 April 2010.
Join our support crew, help raise funds, and learn about the work Oxfam does
for mankind around the globe.
For every dollar you sponsor the OXymorons, iBidAM.com will times it by 5 and
give the total amount back to you in free advertising for your business,
company or organisation. So if you donate $50, you will receive $250 worth of
free advertising. Adding some purpose into your passion!
Just forward your receipt of your donation to the OXymorons team for the Oxfam
Trailwalker Challenge, by email to info@iBidAM.com, along with your contact
name, number and email address to redeem your free advertising.
GO OXYMORONS!!!!
http://www2.oxfam.org.au/trailwalker/Melbourne/team/544
Thanks for your support
When you’re in a hurry….
OK – it’s your mothers voice
in your head saying, ‘you should have gone before we left.’ The very simple truth about being organised. But what happens when you are just not
organised. And you leave things to the very
last second and then you go, hang on – how do I get it there in time?
I recently did a talk in Brisbane and in holiday
mode left all my materials back at the office. Not possible to get them all re-printed, and Australia Post,
not even an option. So what could I do?
I recently spoke to an expert
on the subject Jason Egbers
from My Urgent Courier, about what
is the best and most financially viable way of getting something somewhere REAL
FAST. And this is what he had to say….
“The Freight industry is a
very complex beast. Without it, supermarkets would be empty, our stores would
only have local products and life would be very difficult. In fact we couldn’t
imagine life without it.
The only time we think about it is when we need something sent ‘yesterday’ and
we want it done for the cheapest possible price. Unfortunately, the freight
industry is already doing so much that it already has set schedules and can
include your one item but it has to fit into their schedule – not yours. The
only way to avoid this set schedule is to organise a VIP or Premium Flight
service.
My Urgent Courier allocates
the next available local courier to pick up your goods, take them to the
airport. Your item then flies to the nearest airport of its final destination.
Once it has cleared airport security it is whisked away by another local
courier and delivered. It’s that fast and that easy. “
By having 1000’s of couriers
around Australia
at your finger tips, seems to me like these boys are doing well for themselves.
Great concept and wish I had of known
about it 2 weeks ago!
www.myurgentcourier.com.au
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I want
to save the oldest rainforest in the World. So I think I’ll just go on another
holiday!
As you
know iBidAM
just loves helping out where it can. We
love the work the Australian Rainforest Foundation does and when they said
could we help out in giving away the best holiday in the world,
naturally how
could we resist.
Since the late 1700s much of Australia's rainforest, including
75% of its original tropical rainforest, has been cleared for agricultural,
industrial and urban development. Today rainforest covers just 0.5% or 4.2
million hectares of Australia's
landmass.
The campaign to save the endangered cassowary is
inextricably linked to saving its habitat – Australia’s small remnant wet
tropical rainforests. Funds raised form this competition will assist in not
just in land protection and rehabilitation but in the establishment of an
international rainforest research centre, planned to be built deep in the
Daintree rainforest.
So iBidAM entered in
the competition and extended a lending hand.
We thought even if you don’t win, we could give you something special
just to say thanks.
Not only are we giving away $300 of free advertising but the CEO of iBidAM is generously donating 10% back to the
Australian Rainforest Foundation to plant
the vital food trees required in the Cassowary Corridor - why wait ? Enter, get
you code and send your email off today.....
http://www.winthebestholiday.com/free-ad.php
http://www.winthebestholiday.com/home.php
"IT IS ONLY THE MOMENT TO WHICH YOU OWN.
THE NEW YEAR IS BUT A DREAM THAT THE MOMENTS YOU CHOOSE, PLAY IN.
LIKE ALL PLAYGROUNDS, YOU MAY SWING, YOU MAY SLIDE, YOU MAY CLIMB HIGH, YOU MAY EVEN BE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.
YOU MAY FALL, YOU MAY CRY, YOU MAY LAUGH, YOU MAY RUN AND RUN AND RUN.
YOU WILL HAVE FUN.
YOU WILL REQUIRE A LONG NAP.
THERE WILL BE JOY, JEALOUSY AND COMPETITION HAD, SOME MORE AGRESSIVELY THAN OTHERS.
CHOOSE YOUR PART WISELY.
WILL YOU BE THE BULLY OR WILL YOU BE THE VICTIM?
WILL YOU BE THE ONE WHO SIMPLY STANDS BY?
IT IS BUT A SUPERHERO I HOPE FOR YOU.
STAND AT THE TOP OF YOUR FORT AND HOLD YOUR FIST HIGH.
LEAVE THE PLAYGROUND AS YOU FOUND IT, SO THAT OTHERS MAY FIND JOY.
AND REMEMBER, IN A PLAYGROUND THERE IS NO PLAN, OTHER THAN A PLAN TO CREATE JOY IN ONES HEART.
MAY THIS BE YOUR PLAN FOR 2010."
Written By Louise Schultze, CEO iBidAM.com Pty Ltd.
As a qualified CFA Volunteer
Firefighter, a business owner and resident of a fire effected town of Black Saturday, I feel it is my duty to make sure that
everyone is aware of the real dangers of fire and what is important to remember
in protecting your home and business in Australia.
Remember we live in a dry
climate, fire prone, and every year with the effects of Global Warming the
weather is getting hotter (meaning more opportunities for fire) and our land is
getting dryer (meaning more readily available fuel for the fire). No matter where you live you should already
have a fire plan. I would like to see
the government make basic minimum skills taught in high schools. It would only take one week out of a school
curriculum. And it is life skills that
are detrimental to living in this country. But another beef I have with the government for
another day.
Remember, embers can travel
up to 50km in the air before landing and starting another fire. Resources are scarce, so how do you prepare
you business for a bushfire / wildfire. The Victorian Government is really working
hard to provide people with as much information as possible following the
devastation of Black Saturday this year. During the week I was sent the following short
piece of information that I think is a great start to making your business,
your livelihood, fire protected, without compromising yours or someone else’s safety.
Preparing
a Bushfire Response Plan
As a business owner it is
your responsibility to make sure you, your staff and clients are safe in the
event of a fire. A clear and concise Bushfire
Response Plan that your staff know how to use will go a long way to making
sure they are safe.
Things to do
- Have an emergency kit which includes first-aid
and supplies for up to three days; make sure employees know where it is.
- Identify staff who have first-aid qualifications
and train further staff if needed.
- Have a list of contact details for staff
members, including their emergency contact person.
- Identify which staff has the skills to help in
an emergency, e.g. able to keep calm in a crisis.
- Talk to emergency service providers such as
police, fire and ambulance services along with other agencies such as
VICSES and VicRoads to find out what they will want you to do during a
fire.
You can download more
details about preparing a Bushfire
Response Plan here.
Take care over the summer
season. Be pro-active about fire, because there is just NO time to be re-active.
The Serious No Joking Today
Louise Schultze
(This is an actual picture of a 150 year old business that was burnt to the ground only a month ago. I attended to this call out and the current person with the lease to the business had no fire plan and no internal protection installed and readily available, i.e fire blanket and fire extinguisher. This was a sad day for the town of Woodside VIC. Their only General Store that has lost it's 150 years of heritage)
As a choice to be a stay at home working
mother, I am always championing for more respect and development on a
Government level for the rights to/and of parents in Australia when it comes to entering
and exiting the workforce to bring up their children. I would like to see
a work force where children are simply a part of the way we do everything and
pregnant women, can continue to work from home or in the office where their
children are top priority. Addressing these issues was a political
campaign for Rudd leading up to his election, and I was wondering when we were
going to hear anything about it. Well, here is the first introduction to
change. The Paid Parental Leave Scheme. It's nice to see they
haven't segregated women and men from parental roles and a direct financial
support for the biggest job in the world they are about to undertake.
Monday 23
November 2009
The Australian Government is proposing to
introduce a Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme as part of the 2009/10
Federal Budget. The proposed scheme will be made available for parents who are
primary carers of children that have been born or adopted on or after 1 January
2011.
To be eligible for the proposed PPL scheme,
the primary carer must have:
- been engaged in work continuously for at least 10 of the 13 months
prior to the birth or adoption date of the child
- undertaken at least 330 hours of paid work in the 10
month period (an average of around one day of paid work a week).
Legislation for the proposed scheme will be
introduced into Parliament in 2010.
Read
More......
So far, it's a good start, however I would like to see them stop using the word "scheme". If someone said "I have a good scheme for you", one eyebrow would uncontrollably arch. Anyway, as I said it's a start, and the only person I can think of that wouldn't be happy with looking at this would be my mother. Only because she missed out with the 10 of us. Just a little bit p#ssed off! Love ya mum. ;)
http://www.business.vic.gov.au
Orphan Angels
Celebrating 2009 National Adoption Awareness Week Nov
16-22
As part of iBidAM.com’s community awareness and
action campaigns, I would like to talk about something that is very close to my
heart. As a parent earnestly waiting on the international adoption and
permanent care list, a foster care parent sometimes with up to 9 extra children
in my home, I would like to talk to you about a wonderful group I sincerely
care for called Orphan Angels.
Orphan
Angels was foundered by Deborra-lee Furness & Janine Weir, and
advocates for reforms through all available channels to provide children in
need with nurturing homes. They wish to raise awareness of the global crisis of
abandoned children, participate in creating a pro adoption community & illustrate
how anyone can transform the life of a child in need. They strive to
create an opportunity for each child to fulfill their birthright and realise
their potential.
So I believe it’s now time to…… TALK ABOUT
ADOPTION !
Many Australians have been touched
by adoption, permanent care or foster care. Most Australians know someone who
has been in one of these situations, who has adopted or fostered or even has
had to give up a child into one of these systems.
Adoption & foster care has touched us all at some time. However, for too
long it has been poorly understood and stigmatised. It’s time for us all
to become adoption advocates and acknowledge past practices, debunk adoption
myths, educate friends and family about ethical transparent adoption.
With a little preparation each one of us can do something...have one
conversation, discuss one article or one story within adoption awareness week,
that will inspire & create greater awareness of adoption, inter-country
adoption & foster care in Australia.
Please feel free to contact iBidAM, post a comment or
get in contact with the organisers directly if you can contribute in anyway to
raise the awareness of adoption and foster care within Australia.
Email Contact : enquiries@orphanangels.com.au
http://www.orphanangels.com.au
http://www.adoptionawarenessweek.com.au/
GlobalPoverty-ACallToAction-SpeakersNightInvitation.pdf (3.24 mb)
CALLING ANYONE WHO SERVICES SMALL BUSINESS. IF YOU
EVER THOUGHT YOU HAD THE GIFT FOR WRITING, WE WANT YOU!
WRITE ABOUT YOUR EXPERTISE,
WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT YOUR SKILLS OR SOMETHING RELATED TO YOUR COMPANY THAT YOU KNOW
WOULD BENEFIT SMALL BUSINESS AND WHY. AND THOSE MOST INFORMATIVE WILL
HAVE THEIR OWN WEEKLY SPOT ON OUR BLOG. THIS COMES WITH YOUR LOGO AND
CONTACT DETAILS IN FRONT OF OUR 10,000 BUSINESSES ACROSS AUSTRALIA!
Take a peek at what is in there now...
Email info@iBidAM.com, with "I want to share"
in the subject header, and a paragraph of what your business does. If you
know anything about our CEO - the more entertaining the better. DON'T be a car
salesman. Not that there is anything wrong with that of course!
Mr. Watson
at it again. This time teaching pre-schoolers all about the 'S' word
that we all love to hate..... Sales! What were you thinking about?
This is what he had to say.........
"Pre-schoolers never stop asking until they get
what they need but unfortunately, most people tend to lose that ability to ask
for what they need as they grow up and subsequently conform to external
pressures from parents, teachers, early employers, social peers, and the
general community in which they live.
As a business owner, the loss of this skill, to ask for what you need from
those who control what you require, can have a highly detrimental effect on
your businesses’ ability to increase its sales revenue.
Your business will therefore reap the benefits if you relearn the ability to
ask for what you need in order to grow your business. So how do you start
relearning what you once did intuitively as a pre-schooler?"
Want
more..... ?
Daniel Watson
from Rhodan Management
Consultants Pty. Ltd has over 35 year experience in directorship,
management, consulting, in both Private, Listed and Unlisted Public Companies
and Public Sector organisations, in Real Estate, Telecommunications,
Information Technology, Professional Services, Franchising and Government.
He is a member of all the cool business groups like Australian Institute
of Management, Australian Institute of Company Directors, the Golden Key
National Honour Society etc, and has the University papers to back it all up.
We’re going to cross over to
Daniel’s 'Unique Insights' Blog
from time to time and steal a few words of wisdom for all you SME’s that like a
bit of Boost Juice for your business.
