7PM Wednesday 27 November 2013
(SMBiT Professionals Melbourne usually meets on the last Wednesday of the month)
Registration
Only members who register for the meeting using the link in this invitation will be eligible to enter the draw for the
SPECIAL DOOR PRIZES* - see below for prize details
Got a friend or associate working in IT for SMB? Invite your colleagues to come along too. Members, who invite potential new members, will get an additional entry per guest in the prize draw.
Location
Parkview Hotel 562 St Kilda Road Melbourne
See: Google map
Ample free parking in St Kilda Rd and Roy St after 6PM
Pre-Meeting Dinner in Lime Restaurant from 6PM
Please try to make it – all welcome!
Set menu of 4 choices, cost $25, including 1 drink
Coming up in November
Our final meeting for 2013 will be doosey ... don't miss it! …
Guest Presenters
Rockefeller Habits
Presented by James Eling
Managing Director, Extreme Networks
John D Rockefeller built Standard Oil. He became the world’s richest man and the first American worth more than a billion dollars.
A series of habits and best practices have been built out of how he built his company so large and so fast. Some of these are:
- Priorities — There are a handful of rules, some of which don’t change much like the core values of the firm and the long-term Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG) and others that change every quarter and every week, and the Top 5 and Top 1 of 5. It’s the balance of short term and long term.
- Data — In order to know if you’re acting consistently with your priorities you need feedback in the form of real time data. There are key metrics within the business that you want to measure over an extended period of time, called Smart Numbers; and there are metrics that provide a short-term laser focus on an aspect of the business or someone’s job, called a Critical Number. It’s the balance of short term and long term.
- Rhythm — Until your people are “mocking” you, you’ve not repeated your message enough. A well-organized set of daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual meetings keep everyone aligned and accountable. And the agendas for each provide the necessary balance between the short term and long term.
Extreme Networks has been implementing these habits over the last couple of years and James will show you what they have done, what has worked for them, what hasn’t and how everyone can use some of these habits to dramatically increase the profitability and efficiency of their company.
Extreme Networks is a SMBiT Professionals Member.
MyNetFone
Presented by Greg Round
General Manager Products & Services
The presentation will cover MyNetFone’s technical and network capabilities as well as a technical overview of their market-leading cloud-based business communication solutions including Virtual PBX, SIP Trunking and a host of value-added services.
Greg will also be providing more information on MyNetFone’s new Channel Partner Program, which was recently launched in October.
In addition to the presentation, MyNetFone will be giving away a door prize of a
Cisco SPA 122 router with Free Calls for a Year on their MegaSaver Yearly Plan.
MyNetFone is a SMBiT Professionals Silver Sponsor.
Roundtable Discussion
Discussing problems and issues ....
Special Visitors
Interstate members welcome to attend.
Parkview discount rate - Room $179 per night room only.
Parking $12 per day.
After Meeting Drinks
Stay a while and hang out with mates.
*This month’s awesome prize: Plantronics Voyager 510SL Bluetooth Headset
To be eligible to win a Door Prize, attendees must:
- Be paid-up members of SMBiT Professionals
- Have registered for the event on the membership website
- Be wearing their SMBiT Professionals name badge
Members are entitled to an additional chance in the prize draw for each guest who is a membership prospect.