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Business Matters Newsletter – February 2022

Posted on by Xanthe_Addison
Welcome to your February Dashworks newsletter. Some of the themes that you will enjoy over the coming months are member, team, external speaker and motivator interviews, videos and in-house success stories. A ‘What’s On in Lake Mac’, to help you plan your outings and family events, Table Talk with Josh to throw around ideas and get conversations started, plus much more.
We have noticed that you are all quite busy at the moment which means that business is booming ! And the Dantia team love to see your success.

TABLE TALK WITH JOSH

Josh Sattler is available for a chat on a monthly basis either in Charlestown or Warners Bay and would love to meet you. Whether you have a business matter, project or idea to discuss or simply want a one-on-one chat, book in for a 15-minute slot now.
Josh’s next ‘table talk’ is in our Charlestown office on Thursday 24th February from 9.30am-11.30am. You will find a calendar on the board in the Charlestown kitchen, so simply put your name down to block your 15 minutes, or send an email to Deborah.

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN LAKE MAC

Sunday Sessions at MAC : 20th February 1pm – 3pm Grab a wine or beer, enjoy some local music and art-making. Tickets are $20, which covers a cheese platter and all art materials.Drinks are available for purchase at the bar

Creative Play for Under 5’s : 22 February 10am – 10.45am

Hands on activities for your younger children. Stories, music, songs, art, science, dance…

 

Live Music with Lake Mac
When: 10th March 6.30pm – 10pm

 Hot Potato Band and Luna Menta at the Warners Bay Theatre for a Covid-19 safe live music event

LAKE MAC AWARDS

The Lake Mac Awards are now open for 2022. The awards recognise excellence and outstanding contributions to leadership, advocacy, innovation, bravery, skill or community spirit within the following categories:
  • Sports
  • Arts and Creativity
  • Volunteering and Community Contribution
  • Environmental Enhancement

 

Get your nominations in before the 21st Feb 2022 by nominating a person or group here.

OUR NEW KITCHEN IN WARNERS BAY

 

The Warners Bay Kitchen was definitely due for an upgrade and local company Taylors Kitchens has recently revamped the current space. The new design includes more storage, a refresh of the bench tops and will soon be finished off with a brand-new fridge. Disruption was kept to a minimum for your convenience and the coffee machine that we all love hasn’t gone anywhere. Enjoy your new space and help yourself to a nice hot drink !
To mark international Pancake day we would like to celebrate by inviting everyone to breakfast in Warners Bay or Charlestown on Monday 1st March from 9am -10.30am

WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS
Warners Bay
Mick Rippon : Phyllome
Rachel Betteridge : Moins, Morris, Schaefer
Charlestown
Ian Gale : Dental Sleep Institute
Aaron O’Neil : MTP Services
Vera Dwyer : My Goal
Sophie Simpson, Lauren Cooper and Ben Gair : BG Risk Solutions

You’ll get to know our newest members in future newsletters with our focus articles

GETTING TO KNOW YOU


Meet Jill Stewart, Marketing and Communications Manager Dantia

Business Matters Newsletter – January 2022

Posted on by Xanthe_Addison
Welcome to the new Dantia Dashworks newsletter, where you will be kept up-to-date with all internal Dashworks related news. Each newsletter we’ll have a specific focus, whether it be a new member interview, a success story, information to help small businesses, up-for-grab awards, general everyday information dedicated to each of our co-working sites or a message that you’d like to pass along to everyone, this newsletter is for you.

MEET DANTIA’S NEW CEO

The appointment of Joshua Sattler as CEO of Dantia has been officially announced today.

He brings to Dantia his experience in economic development, innovation, and leadership derived from his role as City of Darwin Deputy CEO and General Manager Innovation, Growth, and Development.

We will be hosting a morning tea for Joshua on Tuesday 25th January at 11am in Charlestown, so please come along and say hi!
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BOOTHS FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE!

A much needed addition to the Dashworks Charlestown office, we have added 2 booths so that you may take those important calls in privacy and without disruption.

Rules of use

  • Keep conversations to a respectable time-frame : 5-10 minutes
  • Take everything with you when you exit the space and leave it tidy

BOOTH NAMING COMPETITION
Jack and Jill, Pepper and Salt, Sugar and Spice, Kath and Kim, Booth and Bones? Maybe not!
Write your suggestions on the kitchen blackboard in Charlestown and we’ll vote to decide.
SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESS
Our booths were built by MAC CUSTOM BUILT, located in Edgeworth
If you need something done around your house and appreciate the quality of the workmanship, call Nathan on 0423 494 096

COMING SOON

As the temperature is heating up, keeping cool is more important than ever and that is why we are getting the air conditioning serviced at Warners Bay and Charlestown.
For the Warners Bay office, parts have been ordered and the work is tentatively booked in for the 3rd Feb. We will keep you posted on what this means for you in terms of noise and distractions.

 

Business Matters Newsletter – November 2021

Posted on by Holly

A message from our CEO

The past six months have seen more change than anyone could have anticipated. Lives and livelihoods, industries and businesses, communities, and cities were disrupted by the pervasive impact of the global pandemic. The National and State lockdown and lockout measures to protect our health inevitably slowed our local economy and changed how and where people worked, studied, and interacted. 

At Dantia, we welcomed new team members; Jill Stewart, Marketing & Communications Manager, Deborah Canias to the role of Executive Assistant – CEO/Team Co-ordinator and Kylie Rose our new Dashworks Community and Member Lead.  

We worked closely with our Dashworks community to minimise disruption in a COVID safe way and made some internal aesthetic changes to our Charlestown and Warners Bay spaces. Our Charlestown workspace is getting a full external makeover in the coming months and we look forward to sharing some imagery with you once it is finalised.

From a project perspective, Dantia continued to proactively drive, advocate and shape city changing initiatives including those at Cockle Creek, Catherine Hill Bay and Charlestown revitalisation.

One of the recent SME projects that I am most proud of is the launch of the Business Matters portal. We partnered with Lake Macquarie City Council to bring the Business Matters portal to help local businesses navigate COVID 19 and the re-opening of our business community. We are about to launch the second phase of this platform, which will act as a business services marketplace.  Read more about that below.

As we move into the busy Christmas and New Year period, I look forward to connecting with many of you. 

FOLLOW Dantia on Linkedin to stay up to date with our latest event, project and member updates. 

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Latest News:

Dashworks Open Week

From Monday 29th November to Friday 3rd December, we are opening our doors to welcome new faces into our vibrant co-working spaces for FREE.  

It’s an opportunity to spend a day sharing office space with our forward thinking and friendly business community.

Book a desk for a day or stay the week!  Book here

Meet our member: Stephen Houraghan

Stephen an Irish born branding consultant and coach works with both local Lake Mac and International brands across USA, Canada and UK. He’s taught over 20k students globally, how to develop strategic brands through his business Brand Master Academy.  

In his secondary business Iconic Fox, Stephen works directly with clients through brand consulting and execution services.

After working from home during lockdown, Stephen was quite happy to relocate to a professional ‘quiet’ space and we are thrilled to welcome Stephen! 

If your business needs some help with branding check out the Brand Master Podcast or visit brandmasteracademy.com

Welcome Kylie Rose

We are thrilled to welcome Kylie Rose to the team as our Dashworks Community and Member Lead.  With a background in innovation and corporate communications, Kylie loves to support others and build connections and is a great fit for the Dashworks community.

Business Matters Marketplace

Business Matters Marketplace has been developed to inspire our community to think local first when purchasing goods and services. Wherever possible, supporting local businesses helps local people, industries and our Lake Mac economy.

If you are in the business of marketing, finance, grant writing or other professional services, email our team to register your business to be a service provider for the Marketplace. As businesses re-open post COVID, we’ve seen increased demand from local businesses seeking support and guidance for their own business in the areas of Marketing, Finance, HR, Legal, Training and Grant Writing.  

We want to connect local SME’s with other local businesses that need to reset and move forward post COVID. Lake Mac businesses have continued to show their resilience and agility post COVID. Now it’s time to start thinking about what the next year of business looks like and the first $100 is on us! 

To register your business as a preferred supplier or request support, please get in touch. 

 

Are you looking for a workspace to call your own? Give Dashworks a try! Join over 120 professionals and entrepreneurs and book your free 5-day trial! Start the conversation today.