LCWiAN - Business Planning Workshop

Join us for an informative workshop examining farm business planning, facilitated and delivered by Chris Scheid from ProAdvice in Lucindale on 18 May - morning tea available from 9.30am, the workshop starts at 10.00am. 

As part of your registration, our workshop organisation ProAdvice, will complete a Quick Business Analysis (QBA) on your business. 

Once you have registered you will receive an information form that you return to ProAdvice along with 2 years of taxation financials (including profit & loss, balance sheet and livestock trading accounts).

Why does ProAdvice ask for this information?

To assist you to obtain the maximum benefit from your attendance at the workshop, prior to your attendance, ProAdvice turns your taxation financials into ‘real’ (farm management) profit/loss and balance sheet figures to give you a ‘real understanding’ of your business' key profit and banking ratios.

Then at the workshop, they will work with you (“work on your own business”) and provide you with your ‘real’ (farm management) profit/loss and balance sheet figures to compare.

Please rest assured that only ProAdvice (who are confidentiality bound), will have access to your taxation financials.  Your taxation financials remain with ProAdvice ‘in confidence’.

You are not required to share this information with any other participants at the workshop.

To gain the maximum benefit from the workshop we encourage you to register early and to allow ProAdvice time to complete your business analysis in time for the workshop, registrations are required no later than 13 May.

What happens at a workshop?

Key outcomes of the workshop are to:

• improve business acumen and gain a real understanding of your key businesses key profit drivers;
• allow you to see your business through the banks eyes;
• obtain a clear business direction that will clarify which business opportunities to pursue;
• assist you to identify and manage key risks to increase businesses resilience;
• learn from others through a group learning approach.

Registration for financial members of the following partner organisations is $50:

• MacKillop Farm Management Group
• DairySA
• Lucerne Australia
• the Grassland Society of Southern Australia
• Women in Business and Regional Development
• WoTL (Women Together Learning)

Individuals who are not a member of one of the above organisations are welcome to attend, in this instance registration is $200.

Morning tea and lunch provided. Registrations by 13 May essential.

About Chris Scheid

Chris Scheid, Director and Co-Owner of ProAdvice, has assisted a large number of farming businesses throughout Southern Australia, helping clients combine the understanding of their financial picture with the complexity of managing a set of physical resources. Chris focuses on the long term strategy of the business, short term plans and direction, successful succession, improving business systems and assisting with change management.

What's Next for the Limestone Coast Women in Ag Network

Save the dates for the following workshops that the Limestone Coast Women in Ag Network will be hosting or register to attend by clicking here: 

• Thursday 16th June - Career paths in ag and building a skill set for financial stability and independence, Bordertown
• Friday 29th July - Communication and Human Resources, Millicent, presented by Jeanette Long from Ag Consulting Co 
• Friday 26th August (tbc) - Networking and celebration, Keith

Join the Limestone Coast Women in Ag Network

The Limestone Coast Women in Ag Network (LCWiAN) is a network for women in the agriculture industry in the Limestone Coast to communicate with and support each other in both a social and a professional capacity, building strong connectedness in the region.  

Becoming a member of our Network is free, and when you sign up you’ll receive direct communication about all of our events and networking opportunities. We’d love you to join and participate in our Network by signing up here.

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