top of page

Seminar 2020 - Small Business Success
in a Changing Environment

Melbourne Victoria skyline and Yarra River

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of our​

28-29 February 2020 Melbourne Seminar

Our Guest Speakers - from business management, finance, law, a chamber of commerce, the hearing care industry, and government - offered guidance and answered all our questions about the challenges and opportunities we faced as the changes to the HSP and NDIS approached in 2020.

All the hearing aid manufacturers supported and sponsored us, and all three Professional bodies endorsed with CDP points.

Thank you to our generous sponsors for assisting us to provide this Seminar at a reasonable cost to our Members

Platinum: Sonic - Sonova - Starkey
Silver:  Bernafon - Gain Hearing Network - Hearing Check - MED-EL - Oticon - GN
Bronze: Advanced Bionics - Signia - Widex
Dinner Sponsor: GN

DAY 1 - FRIDAY 28 FEBRUARY, 2020

1000  Registration will commence from 1000 

1200  Lunch and Networking

1300  Jane MacDonald, HBA Executive Officer

Welcome to our Seminar

1305  Kate Carnell, AO, Australian Small Business and Family

Enterprise Ombudsman - Keynote Speaker

Small Business Challenges - Keeping Ahead of Change

1335  Kathy McEwan, Branch Manager, Communities of Practice, NDIA

Changes to Hearing Services under NDIS after 1 July 2020.

Is your Business Ready?

​Melissa Clements, Deputy Registrar, NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission

Sarah Hawke, Branch Manager, Participant Outcomes Branch,

Department of Social Services

1405  Matthew Cartledge, Director, Hearing Services Program

Management Section

Will your Business be HSP-compliant by 1 April 2020?

1515  Afternoon Break

1545  Andrew Nelson, Blue Ocean Strategy Australia - Strategy,

Innovation and Business Advisory Service

Seminar Objectives and Actions

1600  Stephen Logan, SJL Business Consulting Pty. Ltd.

Strategies for Business Success

1700  Close of Day 1

1900  Pre-dinner Drinks

1930  HBA Seminar Dinner - sponsored by GN

HBA Seminar Melbourne.jpg

DAY 2 - SATURDAY 29 FEBRUARY, 2020

0830  Morning Coffee and Tea

0900  Daniel Wright, FlowGetic - Executive and Business Coaching

Creating your own Economy

1030  Morning Break

1100  Adam Phillips, General Manager, Australia Arab Chamber

of Commerce & Industry

"Sales" is not a Dirty Word

1230   Lunch and Networking

1330  Katie Bryan, Propeller Advisory - Business & Corporate Advisors

Understanding the Financial Impact of Change

on your Business

1415  Corinna Dowling, Special Counsel, Barry.Nilsson.Lawyers

Legal Implications of Change and Protecting your Business

1500  Afternoon Break

1530  Andrew Nelson, Blue Ocean Strategy Australia - Strategy,

Innovation and Business Advisory Service

Strategic Planning  -  What's your Plan?

1645  Don MacDonald, HBA Chairman

In Closing  -  Thank You

Download Guest Speakers' Biographies

​​

APPROVED CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) POINTS IN 2020

 

ACAud: up to 9.25 points.  Approval No. 202007

AudA: up to 9.25 points. Approval No. CPD1920 054 (Fri: Category 1.1 - 3.5 points. Sat: Category 1.1 - 5.75 points)

HAASA: up to 4.75 points.  Approval No. CPED 2018-2020 / 2020-006

Ms Kate Carnell, AO

Ombudsman, ASBFEO

Small Business Challenges - Keeping Ahead of Change

DELEGATES LEARNED

Some of the unique perspective of Ms Kate Carnell, Australia's "independent advocate for small business owners."

Kathy McEwan, ​Branch Manager

Communities of Practice, NDIA

Melissa Clements, Deputy Registrar

NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission

Sarah Hawke, Participant Outcomes Branch

Department of Social Services

​Changes to Hearing Services Under NDIS after 1 July 2020. Is your business ready?

  • What is changing for the Hearing Services Program and clients of HSP?

  • Arrangements for specific cohorts such as children, Aboriginal and Torres Straight Island peoples, and people with complex hearing needs

  • Eligible services under the NDIS  

  • Who can provide services under the NDIS

  • Registration process for providers who have not been previously NDIS-registered

  • Changes to certification and verification. 

Matthew Cartledge, 

Director, Management Section

Hearing Services Program

Will Your Business be HSP-Compliant by 1 April 2020?

  • The key legislative and contractual changes

  • Timeframes for implementation of the changes - 1 October 2019, and 1 April 2020

  • Particular requirements that apply for device supply, claiming and private services

  • Supports available for providers

  • Requirements for record keeping - Privacy and confidentially requirements

  • What constitutes a notifiable data breach and the required actions

  • Requirements relating to digitisation and destruction of records - Cloud services.

Andrew Nelson

Blue Ocean Strategy Australia

​Seminar Objectives and Actions

  • What to expect from the remainder of speakers during the seminar

  • How to maximise what you take home from the seminar

  • Things to consider about your business whilst you listen to the remaining speakers.

Stephen Logan

SJL Business Consulting

Business Success

Strategies for Business Success in the Hearing Market

Daniel Wright

FlowGetic - Executive and Business Coaching

 

Creating Your Own Economy

Adam Phillips

General Manager Australia Arab Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Sales is not a Dirty Word

  • Provide options for clients for services and products

  • ​Be comfortable discussing costs and different levels of products

  • Be confident imparting information to clients to enable and empower them to make informed choices

  • Why “Sales” is not a dirty word.

Katie Bryan

Propeller Advisory - Business and Corporate Advisors

Understanding the Financial Impact of Change on your Business

Corrina Dowling

Special Counsel Barry.Nilsson. Lawyers

Legal Implications of Change and Protecting your Business

  • Obligations under modern awards when implementing workplace change

  • Implementation of practical tools to manage change

  • The redundancy process.

Andrew Nelson

Blue Ocean Strategy Australia

Strategic Planning ... What's your Plan?

  • Find, test, prioritise and commercialise new revenue, profit and growth opportunities

  • How your people and advisers can help you flourish in tackling those challenges and take advantage of the opportunities

  • Devise a Strategic Planning Framework: Customers - Culture - Cashflow - Capital - Collaborators.

bottom of page