Conference

WHEN: Saturday, August 18th 2018

TIME: 8:00am Registration. 8:20 Start – 3:30pm finish

WHERE: QA Hotel, Brisbane

INCLUSIONS: Muffin Break Muffins/Tea & Coffee on arrival. Hot Lunch and morning tea included

Mastermind

WHEN: Sunday, August 19th, 2018

TIME: 9:45am Registration 10:00 Start – 2:00pm

WHERE: QA Hotel, Brisbane

INCLUSIONS: Lunch included

Rachael Tiernan

Emcee

Rach Tiernan is happiest when she has a microphone in hand and is becoming one of Brisbane’s most popular MC’s. Some of her work includes hosting high tea events for national charities, creating community events for the 2018 Commonwealth Games and facilitating fascinating interviews with some of Queensland’s finest celebrities and sports stars. ON a weekly basis, she’s still driven to grow the confidence and self-esteem of children through her Brisbane based performing school SUPERSTARS, and inspire others to be the best they can be.Today, 15 years down the track, SUPERSTARS has over 680 students attending weekly classes across Brisbane.

Natalie Brennan

Keynote Speaker

Muffin Break will celebrate 30 years in Australia next April. You don’t stay in business that long without constantly re-inventing and innovating. Natalie Brennan; General Manager of Muffin Break has been with the master franchisor for 17 years and has been the driving force behind many of Muffin Break’s first to market initiatives. Natalie has also re-invented herself over a career in hospitality and franchising that has spanned over 30 years (she originally trained as a Physical Education teacher!). Natalie will tell her story and that of Muffin Break showing that it takes more than one great idea, innovation is about perpetual forward motion. www.muffinbreak.com.au

Elise Easdown

Topic: “Social media for the kids activity industry”

Elise has spent 7 years working in the kid’s activity and party industry. Elise began working as a paediatric occupational therapist teaching baby massage classes and after becoming a mother herself realised how hard it was to find quality activities to do with her children.

The explosion of digital marketing and social media enabled Elise to grow an online community of over 200,000 Australian mums and become an influencer in the family sector. Elise has developed marketing campaigns for Nickelodeon Jnr, Disney On Ice, Event Cinemas, Cricket Australia & more and is passionate about supporting the kids’ activity and party industry through hosting events, conferences and awards. www.whatson4kids.com.au

Mark Harris

Topic – “Do you know where to find images and music you can legally use in your classes and shows?”

Mark Harris is a musician first and a creative small business co-owner second. Mark is a career double bassist who has performed around the world with a wide range of artists and ensembles including children’s TV and live band Lah-Lah, Australian jazz legend James Morrison, Gyp-rock leaders Monsieur Camembert, The Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Disney’s musical The Lion King, Baz Luhrmann’s film The Great Gatsby and more. With wife Tina, Mark runs Lah-Lah Productions, a live performance and audiovisual production and tour promotion company managing the activities of Lah-Lah, one of the most popular and successful children’s live-action music properties in Australian history. www.lah-lah.com.au

Fred Porter

Topic – “The machines are learning! What can automation do for my business?”

Angela Henderson

Topic – “Do I really need a sales funnel?”

Founder of the highly successful online store Finlee and Me, Angela taps into the decade’s worth of knowledge of how to grow a thriving enterprise and pours it into her business consulting clients. As a business consultant, she partners with start-up and small businesses to grow their brands through hands-on support, ensuring foundations are laid in order to leverage growth. Angela’s skills were honed at the helm of Finlee and Me, where she learned everything from branding, PR, sales funnels, email marketing, website, copy, SEO and more. Angela knows what it truly takes to have a strong brand, consistent sales, steady growth and overall dedication. Angela has been featured in the media including Talking Lifestyle with Ed Phillips and David Koch, Inside Small Business and on numerous Australia and International podcasts.  www.angelahenderson.com.au

Christian Morrison

Topic – “How you can start your own youtube channel and not break the bank”

Christian is a producer, director and owner of Debbie Doo Productions, a business that produces music videos for children and distributes worldwide to YouTube, Ruku, Amazon and more. He and his partner Debbie have grown their YouTube channel Debbie Doo TV to over 700k subscribers and amassed more than 1 billion views across all digital platforms. Christian provides advice and mentoring to business looking to promote their message online through video and advocates the ability for anyone with any budget or skill level to plan, produce and deliver content that will achieve results. www.debbiedoo.tv

Conference Mastermind

Mastermind Speakers/Facilitators:

• Elise Easdown – What’s On 4 Kids
• Kristy Ellis – U.P. Agency Event Services
• Fred Porter – Agent Digital
• Tina Harris – Lah-Lah
• Angela Henderson – U.P. Agency Event Services
• & more

NB: In order to attend the mastermind you must attend the Saturday conference.

Conference & Mastermind

Build your own conference experience.

Sage Hotel Brisbane

This location is ideal for those attending the Networking party, the Conference, Awards and Mastermind.

W: www.nexthotels.com/sage/james-street-brisbane
E: reservations.jamesst@sage-hotels.com
P: 07 3222 3111

They are offering a great rate at the moment for their 1st Birthday celebration – Mention What’s On 4 Kids as they have reserved rooms for us.

Tryp, The Valley

What’s On 4 Kids Gala Awards

Each year the national What’s On 4 Kids Awards are where we reward, recognise and celebrate the very best in children’s activities, classes, clubs, volunteers, family days out and kids party entertainers across Australia. #whatson4kidsawardsAU

Gala Awards Location

Cloudland
641 Ann Street, Fortitude Valley
Brisbane, Queensland