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SUMMARY:Local Event - Tailwind - Built to Grow Sprint
DESCRIPTION:Built to Grow Sprint: Ask Me Anything\nNot sure the Built to Grow Sprint is right for your business? Fair enough. You shouldn’t have to guess with your time and money on the line. \nCome ask us anything. Join the free AMA in person at Dashworks on Wednesday\, 7 October at 12:30pm\, or online on Thursday\, 8 October at 12:30pm. \nPrefer to talk it through privately? Book a one-on-one call with Baidy Barton\, Director of Tailwind Growth\, and find out if the Sprint fits your specific business. \nAnd if you still want more certainty than that: we believe in this program enough to guarantee it. If you don’t see ROI by the end of the Sprint\, we’ll refund your ticket fee in full. Only 15 spots\, applications close 21 October. \nBOOK HERE \nSee you there\, \nThe Lake Macquarie Business Team
URL:https://www.lakemacbusiness.com.au/event/built-to-grow-sprint/
LOCATION:Tailwind Growth
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SUMMARY:Networking - Lake Macquarie Business to Business Expo - 2026 Small Business Month
DESCRIPTION:The Business to Business Expo\nBring your business to the Lake Macquarie Business to Business Expo. \n\n\nBook your spot. Display your business. There are a limited number of tables available. \nThe Expo will be promoted to all businesses in Lake Macquarie. \nThis event is being held in conjunction with the Small Business Commissioners’ – Small Business Month to deliver our organisations key focus; supporting and connecting business in our region.. \nYou will: \n\nMeet local business\, service providers\, government organisations and business support organisations.\nHear practical 20-minute business presentations.\nConnect with other Lake Macquarie business owners.\n\nAlso:  Register your interest to attend the AI Collab presentation of The Copilot AI Builders Workshop .  Discover how AI can help improve your business (Please purchase tickets to the workshop which are being sold separately – register your interest now\, tickets open 28th September) \nWorkshop runs from 11.00 am to 3.00 pm with a half hour lunch break.. Details are on that event.   Expo Exhibitors are provided with a discount to attend this workshop at $100 per ticket (normally $150).  Just choose the Expo Exhibitor Discount ticket to purchase your seat at the workshop.. \nThis ticket includes your spot to showcase your business to other business attendees. \nThe Business to Business Expo\nThere are two sessions to the day.  The cost covers both sessions. \nAll attendees enter without charge. \nSession 1 –  7 am for 7.30 am start to 10 am  (leave your table in place for Session 2)\nSession 2 – 4.30 pm to 7 pm\nWhen you book your Business to Business Expo spot\, a full breakdown of the Expo Information will be provided on your receipt. There will be a program of practical 20 minute talks and we will forward the schedule shortly. \nClub Macquarie will have light refreshments and meal options to purchase on the day. \n\nAre you interested in becoming a Sponsor? See v2 Lake Maccquarie Business to Business Sponsorship Proposal  for more information.
URL:https://www.lakemacbusiness.com.au/event/lake-macquarie-2026-small-business-month/
LOCATION:Club Macquarie\, 458 Lake Rd\, Argenton\, NSW\, 2284\, Australia
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SUMMARY:The Copilot AI Builders Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Bring your laptop. Learn and implement workflow and agent design. \nWhat jobs should you build an AI agent for? In this workshop we’ll map the workflow\, design and build working agents inside your own Microsoft Copilot Studio. \n\n\n\nDate\nWednesday 21 October 2026\n\n\nLocation\nClub Macquarie\, Argenton\n\n\nHosted by\nLake Macquarie Business\n\n\n\n\nWhat we’ll cover\n\nDesigning a workflow for AI: the work worth handing over\, the steps that stay yours\, and why skipping this is where most AI attempts stall.\nThe four-part brief that gets an agent built right instead of being slightly off every time you use it.\nThe data layer of an agent – and how to keep data safe.\nThe line between what an agent runs and what stays your call – so you lead the tools instead of chasing them.\nWhere your business sits on the AI adoption curve\, what good looks like in 2026 – and the one stage almost everyone gets stuck at.\n\n\n\nWalk out with\n\nA working agent built in your own Copilot studio.\nWorkflow design skills you can apply to repetitive workflows in your daily work.\nSafe AI and connecting agents to data.\nA clear picture of where AI can assist you every day – and where you stay in control.\n\n\n\n\n\nTo take part: bring your own laptop and an active Microsoft Copilot licence that lets you build agents in the Copilot app (Microsoft 365 Copilot Premium). You’ll build in your own business environment on the day. \n\n\n \n\n\nYour presenter – Kim Fernandez\nKim is the CEO of AI Collab and host of the AI Your Business Podcast. She has helped more than 250 Australian businesses put AI to work safely\, spoken to over 1\,000 people from stages around the country\, run workshops and designed AI for small businesses and consulted eight-figure businesses on AI governance\, roadmaps and team capability. Before AI Collab she spent years inside ASX-listed companies\, alongside the C-suites and boards running them. An NBN Innovation Awards finalist\, Kim builds the same agents and automations she’ll have you building in the room. \n\n\nRegister your interest now.\nGet your tickets \nLimited places available. \n\n\nCost\n\nMembers – $150\nNon-members – $200\n\nThe Business to Business Expo\nIf you are coming to the event\, why not attend the Business Expo at the same time for no additional cost. \nThe day includes two sessions. \nSession 1 –  7 am for 7.30 am start to 10 am\nSession 2 – 4.30 pm to 7 pm\nWe will run a program of practical 20-minute talks and will forward the schedule shortly. \nClub Macquarie will have light refreshments and meal options to purchase on the day. \nAre you interested in becoming a Sponsor? See v2 Lake Macquarie Business to Business Sponsorship Proposal for more information.
URL:https://www.lakemacbusiness.com.au/event/how-to-build-an-ai-agent-copilot-ai-builders-workshop/
LOCATION:Club Macquarie\, 458 Lake Rd\, Argenton\, NSW\, 2284\, Australia
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