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Microsoft Expand Your Business Programme for Women (Deadline 7 March 2012)

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On February 16, 2012

In Professional Networking, Social Networking

Microsoft

Microsoft Expand Your Business for Women

Microsoft, in association with Business Engage (previously Women in Finance) will be sponsoring a number of qualifying female entrepreneurs to attend a 5-day “Expand Your Business Programme”. This is another one of Microsoft’s commitments to supporting the development of female entrepreneurs and we invite you to provide a motivation to take part in this campaign should your organisation meet the relevant criteria which is as follows:

  • You must have a registered businesses (cc, Pty Ltd or partnership)
  • Your business must have been in existence for 1 year or more
  • Your business must be SARS compliant
  • Your business must have a turnover of R250 000 – R5.5million a year
  • You must be the majority shareholder in your business
  • You must have a desire to grow your businesses

Steps to participating in the programme:

  1. Click here to register (Link: https://secure.mseventssa.co.za/WEDPCampaign2012/)
  2. Complete all fields in the registration process
  3. Provide a written motivation on why you believe your business is ready for growth and why you believe you should be accepted on the programme (deadline 7th March 2012)
  4. You must attend a 1-day Action My Business Growth Workshop in the week commencing 26th March 2012. (Only 50 applicants will be accepted)
  5. At the Action My Business Growth Workshop the facilitators will determine if you are one of the qualifying candidates who will enter the second phase of the programme
  6. If you are one of the qualifying applicants chosen to go into phase 2 you will then attend a 5-day Expand Your Business Programme in the week commencing 16 April.

Action My Business Growth Workshop

This objective is to assist Growth Orientated Women Entrepreneurs (GOWE) to grow their businesses from small-to-medium scale. This is done through the use of participative training techniques to assist the GOWEs to:

  1. Understand the challenges and opportunities of having growth as an objective
  2. Identify barriers to growth and strategies to overcome these barriers
  3. Understand how to plan for and to manage growth
  4. Explore their business’ growth potential
  5. Develop realistic action plans for growth
  6. Identify new opportunities for sustainable growth
  7. Explore entrepreneurs tools for developing action plans to expand their businesses and
  8. Go for growth!

Expand Your Business Programme (EYB)

The EYB programme is an integrated support package for growth-oriented enterprises (GOEs) that offers 5 days management training, business counseling and linkages for medium businesses that are rapidly growing to assist them realize their growth ambitions.

The objectives of the Expand Your Business (EYB) programme are:

  • Strengthen the business fundamentals and functional areas to prepare the business for growth.
  • Assist the enterprises to develop and implement their business growth plans through training and non-training interventions.

The training component of the GOWE EYB programme covers 5 key business management areas of:

  • Strategic Management
  • Marketing Management
  • Human Resources Management
  • Operations Management and
  • Financial Management

The non-training components of the programme include facilitation of business and financial linkages, individual counselling and business networking.

Original Source for announcement: http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=2e60d4844f9d6e7d12f669abb&id=7e764058a9

Fulbright South Africa Applications open 2012

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On February 14, 2012

In Professional Networking, Scholarships

Fulbright Scholarship

The Fulbright South Africa Post-Graduate Studies Program will be accepting applications for the 2013-14 U.S. academic year until April 20, 2012. This program provides South Africans the opportunity to pursue Master’s or Ph.D. degrees at U.S. academic institutions. South African Ph.D. students can also use this program for a one-year nondegree program to conduct research and/or take courses at a U.S. academic institution. The program is open to South African residents and permanent residents who have a four year Bachelor degree or Honours degree for the Master’s program or a Master’s degree for the Doctoral program. The study grants are competitive and awarded for a period of two years. For more information, please contact Mareka Chabedi at ChabediMM@state.gov or visit our website at http://southafrica.usembassy.gov/postgraduate.html

Calling Alumni Golf Players

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On February 4, 2012

In Social Networking

Alumni Golf Day

Alumni Golf Day

Alumnus Vincent Kekana (Tsogo 1988) is organizing a game of golf for Alumni. Message: Greetings! A game of golf is planned for March against another school Alumni. Inviting Tsogo Alumni who play golf so that we can form a team of golfers against this other school alumni. Any Tsogo alumni who plays golf and is interersted can contact Vincent Kekana (Tsogo 1988) at  vincent@risimatigroup.com. This is a great networking opportunity and should be fun.

Goldman Sachs-GIBS 10,000 Women Certificate Programme for Women Entrepreneurs

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On January 25, 2012

In Professional Networking, Social Networking

Overview

Goldman Sachs launched the 10,000 Women programme in March 2008. It is a $100 million, five-year campaign to foster greater shared economic growth by providing 10,000 underserved women around the world with a business and management education. The programme is founded on research conducted by Goldman Sachs, the World Bank, and others which suggests that this kind of investment can have a significant impact on GDP growth.  Research also suggests that such an investment in women can have a significant multiplier effect that leads not only to increased revenues and more employees for businesses, but also healthier, better-educated families, and ultimately more prosperous communities. 10,000 Women is coordinated in local markets by a network of more than 80 academic and NGO partners. More than thirty of the world’s leading business schools are participating in 10,000 Women, including seven of the top ten.

In South Africa, 10,000 Women is managed and delivered by the Gordon Institute of Business Science. By the end of 2013, the school will provide 300 underserved female entrepreneurs with a business and management training delivered by leading faculty and industry specialists. This will be supported by mentorship, networking events, community dialogues and business advisory that will enable the women to grow their businesses.

Applications are now open for the first cohort of fifty women who will begin the programme in March 2012. Classroom sessions will take place at the GIBS Inner City Campus.

Click here to download the application form
Click here to download brochure

Go to original website: http://www.gibs.co.za/default.aspx?pid=2232&stepid=1&oid=401847

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