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MEETING TOPIC IDEAS
Please check all meeting topics that would be of interest to you.  There is space at the end to add a topic not already listed.

Setting business goals
What’s going well in your business
What are the areas you are working on improving
How do you promote the benefits of your products
Talk about new products and services in the pipeline
What special deals do you have upcoming
Talk about a positive experience with a customer
Soliciting customer feedback
What value are you creating for your customer
Talk about current industry news
What would you like to change in your industry
Highlight business that compliment yours
Tell about a great thing your employees did
How to find great employees
Do a “Day in the Life” discussion
Tell about a book that relates to what you do
Setting up your website
Legal & consumer obligations
Security & fraud
IT Training
Complaints, disputes & employee relations
Ending employment
Environmental management
Business benefits & planning
Licenses & labeling
Minimizing your impact
Market research
Marketing & advertising
Taxes and superannuation for your workers
Tax deductions
Record keeping and reporting
Paying your taxes
Ending your business
How did you create your product or develop your service
Income tax for business explained
Methods to protect information against intruders
Does affirmative action work
Developing and updating business plan
Review a member's financials
Review a member's marketing plan
Strategic planning and thinking
Succession and transition
Management and operations
Family and business - estate planning
Leadership development
Human resource management
Compensation and incentives
Recessionary “hard times” planning
Forming a mission statement
Biggest lessons learned in your business
Biggest rewards in your line of business
Going Green
Did you make the news
Experiences with online social networking  
Experiences with face to face networking  
Look ahead - what’s there for your business
Employing people
Hiring people
Employer obligations
Employee entitlements
Skills development & training
Develop a marketing plan
Accidents and injuries
Licenses & permits
Taxes explained
Buying a new franchise
Franchising your own business
Training and development - strategic thinking, negotiation, communication, risk-taking.

Anecdotes/tell a story  
Involved with a charitable organization
Ergonomics in the workspace
Business loans
Creative accounting and the accounting standards
Marketing ideas
How to introduce young people to business
B2B contracts
Outsourcing
What if your business grows too fast
Types of insurances
Business ethics and social responsibility
Risk management
Hiring people
Quality control and tracking
Human resources benefits
Safety programs and working conditions
Warranties and refunds
Fair trade policy
Time management
Step by step starting and managing a small business
Impact of news on your business
Best advice about business you’ve ever received  
Best advice about business you can give
Your inspiration 
E-business
Getting connected
Codes of practice
Customer service
Dispute resolution
Retail leasing
Collective bargaining
Telecommuting, job sharing, part-time and other flexible work arrangements
 

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