Professor Retha Wiesner from USQ is leading a program to develop more female entrepreneurs in rural Queensland, including the South Burnett (Photo: QRRRWN)

March 1, 2017

Kingaroy will be hosting a free half day workshop for women entrepreneurs on Tuesday, April 4, between 9:30am and 1:00pm.

The workshop is one of fourteen similar workshops being run around the state in March and April as part of the WiRE program (Women in Rural, Regional and Remote Enterprises).

Others will be held at Atherton, Cairns, Mackay, Ipswich, Roma, Charleville, Dalby, Rockhampton, Biloela, Emerald, Longreach, Goondiwindi and Charters Towers.

The aim of the WiRE program is to provide free mentoring and counselling for women who want to create a business or the initiative of their dreams without having to leave regional Australia, and it has been developed by the University of Southern Queensland.

The University has partnered with the Queensland Rural Regional and Remote Women’s Network (QRRRWN), Startup Toowoomba and Fire Station 101 to deliver an integrated capacity building program for women in rural enterprises.

The WiRE program will be officially launched at USQ Toowoomba this Friday (March 3).

Professor Retha Wiesner, from USQ’s School of Management and Enterprise, said the program will condense the complexity of venture/business building into a user-friendly system of techniques, tools and guidance.

“The WiRE workshops will share key factors for success in creating and progressing a venture, and help develop support hubs for women in rural, regional and remote enterprises,” Professor Wiesner said.

“It’s all about expanding and empowering a community of women who are passionate about being entrepreneurial, and making a real difference to regional economies and communities.

“A successful venture is not a fairy tale. All you need is a seed and the right fertiliser.”

The objective of the WiRE program is to enhance individual and organisational awareness, participation, skills, entrepreneurial behaviour, competencies and capacity.

It hopes to build support networks by sharing knowledge, help to grow resilient communities and create sustainable change in regional Queensland.

The program is funded by the Australian Government Department of Industry, Innovation, and Science through the Women in STEM and Entrepreneurship Programme.

Registrations for the Kingaroy workshop can be made online.

Further information can also be obtained from the QRRRWN website or Facebook page.


 

2 Responses to "Free Workshop For Women Entrepreneurs"

  1. You can register for this workshop online, Maxine, and the link to the workshop registration is on the second-last line of this article

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