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Building
Business and Communities; Double Bay & Districts Chamber of Commerce puts
on impressive panel and networking event at Easts Rugby Union Club, Bellevue Hill
- 11th April 2018
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Greg Tingle It
was a media and community panel for the ages. Ok, it was just a panel discussion
and networking event, however this was one of the better ones I have ever been
to, and that covers a career spanning almost twenty years in and around media
and technology. When
I first saw the invitation come through I was a little skeptical, having been
to quite a mixed bag of panel discussions and networking events over the decades.
Then I had a closer look - strong line up of speakers, media and sports media,
held at Easts Rugby Union Club - just down the road, and I'm working on a number
of sports media projects at present, including with an acclaimed sports producer
- director and documentary maker, Richard Bradley...perfect Did
I mention I'm a former Rugby Union player... 1987 Warringah Rats 'First 15', and
we won the premiership way back when. These days the likes of the Rats and the
Newport Breakers are handing out hidings ever chance they can to the Randwick
union team, but that's another story for another time. I'm a Rugby fan from way
back, so the location of the event hooked me in even further, and Mr Bradley knew
the location extremely well, being a local to boot. I'm not quite local, but still
Eastern Beaches. I'm a Rabbitohs fan, if you must know, but for years I was Easts,
and originally Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, having spent most of my childhood growing
up at Newport Beach. You
may ask yourself, what's all this sports and rugby union talk got to do with business?
In Australia at least, there is a very strong connection between sport and business.
It's part of our culture, and who doesn't have fond memories of our sporting endeavors
growing up, and many of us still enjoy our sport, albeit more as a spectator and
as one who enjoys a moderate beach and gym workout. Sport is also a great icebreaker,
and often a bit more interesting that the old political news banter, which can
get a touch depressing. I would rather start with.. "Did you catch the game
of Roosters vs Rabbitohs" or Rats vs Wicks, and you get the idea... Down
to business, this was a worthwhile panel discussion and networking event to say
the least, and it was also enjoyable, entertaining, and I felt that I had definitely
made the right decision to attend. I had prepared myself for success at this event,
which is also important in achieving positive outcomes - Preparation - Preparation
- Preparation. The right event, questions lined up, the right guest, pitches ready,
shirt ironed et al. I even got to mention to Peter Switzer that I was aware of
some of their positive dealings with our mutual friend and associate Kym Illman
from Messages On Hold over in Perth, Western Australia. We also threw in that
Kym was also widely acknowledged as the leading ambush marketing expert in Australia,
if not the world, and that we have enjoyed working with Messages On Hold a number
of times over the years. Reference the old expression, It's who you know, not
what you know. Ok, not entirely accurate, but you get the point. I would say its
actually a combination of both. Strong
themes of the evening included building better businesses and communities, hence
the title, but also how in many ways, local is the new global. Building from sold
foundations locally, and build upwards and outwards towards state, national, international
and so on. It's worth noting that the Wentworth Courier is one of the most solid
and successful local newspapers in Australia. Sure, they have a stack of real
estate listings, which is good business, but they also have high quality journalism
and a good mix of both good news stories on business, community and sports, as
well as covering the more serious side of news... the scandals, corruption, over
development and all that good stuff which lends itself to producing a credible
local newspaper. Our
questions pertained to how we say local becoming new new global, and that by connecting
locally we could also help combat the Facebook - Google duopoly that had not always
served Australian people and business well, and that local knowledge and relationships
can trump the global social media and big tech's invasion into Australia. In addition
to how we can use social media to advantage, but also retain ownership of our
content and relationships. Of course, quality is often preferred over quantity,
and how organic and natural listings and exposure across the internet medium is
more often than not a better and more credible and sustainable way to be found
by the target audience. Brittany Bloomer, Founder or Pound Paws, has been enjoying
success with targeted advertising options across social media, but also acknowledged
the power and credibility in natural and organic listings, as well as mainstream
news media, and community event presence. I'm
going to use this space to just also quickly mention one of the biggest challenges
that contact sport in Australia and internationally faces at present, and finally
its starting to be addressed - head injuries, including concussions and sub concussions.
We've added ourselves to the media list of world acclaimed head injures expert
(and former professional wrestler), Dr. Chris Nowinski. Perhaps Mr. Bradley and
I will be able to network soon with the good doctor who is enjoying strong success
doing the rounds down under at present. Thank
you to all involved in the success of the most recent Double Bay & Districts
Chamber of Commerce event, and we shall be looking forward to the next, as well
as tracking the interest and developments of Mr. Bradley's sports media related
projects, in addition to continuing to build upon our relationship with the chamber
and their members. Here's to a great event, and many more. *the
writer is a former resident of Bondi Beach and is the founder and director of
Media Man and Greg Tingle Promotions.
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credits: Double Bay & Districts Chamber of Commerce Event
Overview
Building Business and Communities.
Line
Up: Double Bay
& Districts Chamber of Commerce Easts
Rugby, Wentworth Courier and guest panelists to discuss how businesses can engage
with the local community. Special
guest panelists: Kim
Doherty Editor, Wentworth Courier Peter
Switzer Financial and Business commentator John
Hartigan Chairman, Prime Media Group, fmr CEO News Corp Brittany
Bloomer Founder, Pound Paws Inc Notables
in the crowd include: David Leckie, Richard Bradley 
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credit: Double Bay & Districts Chamber of Commerce 
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credit: Double Bay & Districts Chamber of Commerce 
Friend
and associate Richard Bradley
(Productions) attended the stellar event 
Richard
Bradley (3rd from left, back row aka full back, flanked by media) 
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