Hawke's Bay Seminars and Workshops
Our Hawke’s Bay office offers a full calendar of seminars and workshops to help with your business training and development. In 2024, our specialists will cover leadership, HR and employment law, HR disciplinary and performance, tax, Xero and AI tools.
See below for more details and return to this page for upcoming activities, including our popular Women Influencing Women events.
Women Influencing Women – Alice Sip's business journey
Join us on Thursday, 22 August at 5.15pm at Kindred Road Cafe as we hear from Alice Sip, a native of Hawke's Bay who studied and performed professionally as a classical musician before starting a new journey as an entrepreneur. She’s performed on stage with the likes of New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and when overseas, she worked at an events company while studying, which fuelled her love for weddings and the events industry.
Alice has launched three businesses since returning to New Zealand: Flock Events, Kindred Road homewares store and cafe, and Canvas Coworking Space.
She is a wife and a mother to two-year-old twins and a four-year-old, and is also the Director of Festival Opera and President of Hawke’s Bay Orchestra. Alice loves to encourage women in smart, ethical business and loves to explore strategic and business growth within personal skill sets and abilities.
- When: Thursday, 22 August
- Time: 5:15pm
- Where: Kindred Road Cafe, 201 Queen Street East, Hastings
- Cost: Complimentary
Restructuring and Redundancy Webinar
Please join our HR Associate and Licensed Private Investigator Kerry Tattersall on 22 August in a two-hour online webinar that will focus on providing participants with a comprehensive overview on how to navigate restructuring and potential redundancies within your business.
- When: Thursday, 22 August
- Time: 10am – 12pm
- Cost: $350pp + GST, will be invoiced
Seminar – AI Tools
In this seminar, Specialist Services Director Rob McEwan from Taranaki will demonstrate some of the unique ways Microsoft Co-pilot and other AI tools are being used in the modern workplace to both save time and achieve more with less. Microsoft Copilot combines the power of large language models (LLMs) with your organization’s data – all in the flow of work – to turn your words into one of the most powerful productivity tools on the planet. It works alongside popular Microsoft 365 Apps such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and more. Copilot provides real-time intelligent assistance, enabling users to enhance their creativity, productivity, and skills.
Rob has over 30 years of computer and commercial experience from companies in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. He also has extensive experience working in the petrochemical industry with responsibility for IT engineering and service delivery to the Asia Pacific region.
Recently Rob has focused much of his time on assisting clients to develop and implement cloud computing strategies and his internal roles include team leadership and project management with a proven record of accomplishment working with diverse teams to deliver projects.
- When: Wednesday, 18 September
- Time: 7:45am – 9:00am
- Where: 205 Hastings Street South, Level 1 BTSR office
- Cost: Complimentary
HR Workshop Series 2024
Let us help you tackle your tough employment issues .....
Please join our Associate and HR Employment Specialist, Kerry Tattersall as she leads our 2024 HR Workshop Series. She will deliver these two hour informative workshops on everything you need to know about how to tackle disciplinary issues, poor performance, and restructuring & redundancy. Check out our flyer for specific details or contact Kerry.
Managing Poor Performance
- When: Thursday, 3 October
- Time: 9am – 11am
- Cost: $350pp + GST
Navigating Through A Disciplinary Process
- When: Thursday, 5 September and 14 November
- Time: 9am – 11am
- Cost: $350pp + GST
Seminar Series 2024
Every year we offer multiple opportunities to engage with our business community and this year is no different. Please join us on the determined dates as we deliver six complimentary informational seminars which allow you to network and learn the latest on the topic offered. Three topics are HR and employment law updates, one is a tax update and two are business advisory in nature.
Look for invites throughout the year but you can preview the entire schedule in our flyer. Select this link to view the entire collection and to register for any of the seminars. If you aren't currently on our mailing list and would like to receive updates, please contact us.