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Master Business Communication – 1 Day Course | Sydney, NSW

**Overview** Improve communication, presentation, persuasion, and public speaking skills to engage audiences and influence workplace outcomes. **About This Event** **Certificate:** Course Completion Certificate **Duration:** 1 Day **Course Delivery:** Classroom / Virtual **Language:** English **Credits:** 8 **Refreshments**: Lunch, Snacks and beverages will be provided during the session **Course Overview** Sydney’s dynamic professional environment brings together professionals from finance, technology, professional services, government, creative industries, and client-facing businesses. In such settings, the ability to communicate clearly and confidently can directly affect collaboration, presentations, meetings, and business relationships. This **1 Day Business Communication Mastery** course provides practical techniques for structuring messages, delivering engaging presentations, handling questions, and communicating with greater confidence and professionalism. **Key Takeaways** By the end of this training, participants will be able to: * Communicate complex business ideas with greater clarity and confidence * Structure presentations that are logical, engaging, and outcome-focused * Use verbal and non-verbal communication to strengthen professional credibility * Deliver more effective presentations using purposeful visuals * Engage different audiences and handle questions professionally * Apply persuasive communication techniques to influence workplace discussions * Stay composed and communicate effectively during high-pressure presentations * Use feedback and practical techniques to continuously improve presentation performance **Target Audience** This course is suitable for: * Corporate professionals across Sydney’s business and professional services sectors * Managers, supervisors, and team leaders * Sales, marketing, business development, and client-facing professionals * Professionals who regularly deliver meetings, briefings, or presentations * Consultants and project professionals communicating with stakeholders * Government and public-sector professionals * Entrepreneurs and business owners * Professionals seeking stronger communication and presentation confidence **Agenda :** **Module 1: Foundations of Effective Business Communication** • Understand the principles of clear, purposeful, and professional business communication • Identify common barriers that can affect workplace understanding and collaboration • Adapt communication style to different audiences, situations, and professional expectations • Strengthen clarity, confidence, and professionalism in everyday workplace interactions • Activity: Communication self-assessment and workplace communication challenge **Module 2: Structuring Powerful Business Presentations** • Organize information into a logical and audience-focused presentation structure • Use business storytelling to make ideas more memorable and meaningful • Develop strong openings, supporting points, transitions, and conclusions • Connect presentation content with audience needs, objectives, and desired outcomes • Activity: Business presentation structuring case study **Module 3: Verbal & Non-Verbal Communication** • Improve voice projection, tone, pace, emphasis, and verbal delivery • Use body language and professional presence to strengthen credibility • Recognize how facial expressions, posture, gestures, and eye contact affect communication • Align verbal and non-verbal signals for a more confident and authentic delivery • Activity: Verbal and non-verbal communication role play **Module 4: Engaging Audiences & Handling Questions** • Capture and maintain audience attention throughout a presentation • Adapt delivery based on audience reactions, engagement, and feedback • Use active listening to understand questions, concerns, and expectations • Respond confidently to questions, objections, and unexpected comments • Activity: Audience engagement and Q&A challenge **Module 5: Presenting with Visuals** • Use presentation slides and visuals to reinforce key business messages • Select visuals that simplify complex information and support understanding • Create cleaner presentation layouts with a clear visual hierarchy • Avoid clutter, excessive information, and unnecessary visual distractions • Activity: Visual presentation improvement exercise **Module 6: Influencing & Persuading Through Communication** • Understand practical strategies for persuasive business communication • Frame messages around audience priorities, interests, and decision-making needs • Build credibility and influence through clear, relevant, and audience-focused messages • Apply persuasion techniques during meetings, presentations, negotiations, and workplace discussions • Activity: Business influence and persuasion case study **Module 7: Presenting Under Pressure & Applied Practice** • Manage presentation nerves and maintain composure during high-pressure situations • Apply communication techniques when presenting to senior leaders, teams, clients, and stakeholders • Integrate verbal, non-verbal, visual, audience engagement, and persuasive techniques • Deliver concise presentations and use feedback to strengthen future performance • Activity: 3-minute business presentation simulation with peer and trainer feedback **© 2026 MEDA Corporate Mastery. 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Digital Mentor Youth Network - Volunteer Community

Register here https://qualtricsxmkgg2n2lzt.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_885AiIJ7jt3qXMq Free coffee! We are excited to invite you to participate in the **FREE** **Online Workshop**. This is a great opportunity to develop your digital communication and mentoring skills while making a meaningful impact on the lives of seniors in our community. This Young Digital Mentor Program is proudly supported by the **Australian Government’s Be Connected initiative and includes a Digital Mentor Certificate**! After completing the training, you will have the opportunity to volunteer as a digital mentor and assist senior community members at Parramatta Library. You will also gain valuable volunteer experience and strengthen your CV.

Lifeblood Donation Week - Project Management Warriors & Warrioresses

Unhurried Conversations - Saturday

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Under the Hood of AI on AWS: Rethinking Data & Application Health

Hello Amazonians, AWS User Group Sydney and TiDB are teaming up for an evening on the gap between a working AI demo and a system you can run in production. Two speakers will share what they have learned running AI workloads on AWS. **🎤 Hear from:** * **Shahed Kazi, Global Lead, Cloud Architecture & Strategy @ Everlight Radiology** Application Health at Scale with Agentic AI: Extending AWS DevOps Agent with AI Agents and Skills * **Predee Kajonpai, Sr Solution Architect @ TiDB** *One data layer instead of four: simplifying your AI stack on AWS* Stay after the talks to meet fellow builders over drinks and nibbles! 🍕🍻 **Agenda:** 17:30 \| Arrival\, registration and refreshments 18:00 \| Introductions **18:05 \| Talk 1: Application Health at Scale with Agentic AI** Shahed Kazi, Global Lead, Cloud Architecture & Strategy at Everlight Radiology **18:35 \| Talk 2: One data layer instead of four: simplifying your AI stack on AWS** Predee Kajonpai, Sr Solution Architect at TiDB 19:05 \| Networking\, food\, and drinks\! 🍻🍕 **Event details:** 📅 Date: Wednesday, 4 November 2026 ⏰ Time: 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM (doors open 5:30 PM) 📍 Location: Level 8/2 Market St, Sydney NSW 2000 (Please enter via Kent St to access the building). RSVP now to save your spot! See you there, **The PolarSeven and TiDB Team** *Would you like to present? Complete [this form](https://forms.gle/GAqrJggTjme6Uzsu6) and we'll be in touch soon.*

🚀 NASA Space Apps Challenge Prep & Team Formation Day!

The **NASA Space Apps Challenge** is the largest global hackathon on Earth—and it’s right around the corner! Using open NASA data, teams from around the globe work together to solve real-world problems on Earth and in space. Since the main hackathon takes place on **November 14th–15th** (the weekend after this Meetup), we are getting together to get a head start, form teams, and start brainstorming! **💡 What We’ll Do** * **Explore Challenges:** Walk through the official list of NASA challenge prompts. * **Form Teams:** Find collaborators who share your interests and skill set. * **Prep & Research:** Start early brainstorming and research so you can hit the ground running on hackathon weekend. **👉 Preview the challenges and register here:** [Official NASA Space Apps Challenge List](https://www.spaceappschallenge.org/2026/challenges/) **💻 What to Bring & Prerequisites** * **Your Laptop (and charger!)** to research and test out ideas. * **No prior space/NASA experience needed**—all backgrounds, coders, designers, and enthusiasts are welcome! **🍕 Perks & Details** * **Pizza Provided:** We'll have pizza to keep us fueled while we brainstorm! * **Community Chat:** Join the discussion before and after the event on our [Discord Server](https://discord.gg/wPmp25Xnm5). **📸 Media Consent** By attending this event, you consent to being photographed and recorded on video for future marketing and promotional purposes. If you have any concerns or prefer not to be photographed, please inform one of the organizers upon arrival.

Community of Practice 🗣️ - Human Hearted Sydney 🌻

Join our monthly Community of Practice (COP) where we discuss the ideas of Human Heartedness: a secular approach to life that promotes empathy and social connection based on cultivating our human social potential. Each meeting we discuss these concepts and how they can help us in practical ways to live better, happier, and more fulfilling lives. The meeting is followed by an optional lunch together nearby. This is a great opportunity to meet like-minded people and find your local community! ⏰ **When:** Sunday November 8th at 11:00am 📍 **Where:** Darling Square Library, Level 1 - Ideas Space 2 (see directions) 🎟️ **Cost:** Free 🧑‍🦱 **Who should come:** anyone looking to meet new people and build connections with like-minded Sydneysiders. We’re queer-friendly and welcome people from all ages and backgrounds :) **About Human Heartedness:** The modern world’s focus on competition and materialism makes it easy to feel isolated and overwhelmed. The collapse of traditional sources of meaning like religion and local community intensify this so that we’re often left with a lack of meaning and purpose. We can try to fill the void with money and success—or to numb it with drugs and technology— but nothing seems to work. Human heartedness reminds us that the path to living well doesn’t come from money and power, but from building on the best in our own human hearts. Our human social potential. It points to a better way: to build in-person communities that build on our innate social potential and inherent value as humans. By building good relationships and social connections, we can live a more fruitful and fulfilling life (and help others to do the same). We can move from struggling alone to flourishing together. Following the human hearted way offers a secular, inclusive, forward looking solution to the meaning crisis of our times. [Learn more about Human Heartedness and our other events here!](https://linktr.ee/humanheartedsydney) **About the Community of Practice (COP):** Our human hearted community of practice (COP) offers a friendly welcoming environment in which we support and encourage each other to live more human hearted lives. Our goal is to build a community that supports us all to live more meaningful and fulfilling lives. We welcome you to join us in exploring together how to live better lives. *Human Hearted Sydney is sponsored by Humanists Australia which kindly funds our activities and keeps events like this free. Consider donating to Humanists Australia to show your support for community-building in Sydney and beyond. All our events are governed by [Humanist Australia's Code of Conduct](https://bit.ly/ha-conduct-pdf).*

Extreme Positivity 2.0 - Overflowing Generosity

We live in a world where bad news travels fast, fear grabs our attention, and negativity has had decades to occupy our mental real estate. What if, for once, we turned the tables? What if we flooded our surroundings with so much goodness that it became impossible not to know it, feel it, and be it? Welcome to "Extreme Positivity 2.0 - Overflowing Generosity" where we take our best finds and see what happens when we broadcast it on everyone around us. This isn't about pretending life is perfect or forcing ourselves to be happy. It's about deliberately creating hope for hope's sake, then seeing what happens when this new energy gives people permission to flourish, heal, and become positivity beacons themselves. Expect more expressions of goodness than you've ever experienced packed into 3 hours. Some of you will immediately know you need this right now as you read this invitation. Others might not realise how much they've needed it until afterwards because sometimes, the busyness of life gets in the way of noticing, appreciating and sharing good news. Because positivity isn't just something we can cultivate within ourselves. It's something we can give and multiply... **Who is this for?** * anyone surrounded by toxic environments or negative people * those who need to communicate optimism and convince others to embrace positivity, whether professionally or as a business owner * people who would benefit from connecting with a diverse network of humans working to make the world a better place in different fields **What will happen?** * exercises to discover what brings people to life and learn what makes each other tick * team challenges that turn feelings of joy, awe and ecstasy into expressions of goodness for others to experience * simulations to explore and practice the power of words, thus honing in awareness of how the way we communicate matters a lot **What will you get out of it?** * leave very, very, very positive about yourself and others * learn techniques and tools to make positivity feel more natural and become your new default * gain a greater appreciation of your own influence in the world 🎟️ This is a ticketed event. Register to attend using this link: [https://www.trybooking.com/au/event/1663936](https://www.trybooking.com/au/event/1663936) Ticket includes drinks, snacks and a vegetarian meal. \*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^ ***Utopia Rising*** delivers unconventional social experiences for self-improvement seekers looking to broaden their network or simply be inspired by life again. It’s a party reimagined - alcohol-free, featuring healthy plant-based food. [www.utopiarising.com.au](https://www.utopiarising.com.au) \*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^\*^

Why Aren't We Working Less? The Four-Day Work Week Debate

Why do we still work so much? In 1930, celebrated economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that rising productivity would reduce the working week to just fifteen hours by now, leaving society with a novel challenge: what to do with all that free time! He was remarkably close on the productivity prediction—yet the standard working week has barely changed. So where did the promised leisure go? Did consumerism convince us to trade leisure for luxury brands and better gadgets? Did work itself become too central to who we are — our identity, our worth, our status in the world — to simply give some of it up? Or did most of the gains from productivity growth flow upward, leaving the rest of us running just to stand still? We'll explore the history of the five-day week, the evidence coming from today's four-day week trials, and whether working less could create a happier, healthier society—or simply new problems. Join us as we unpack this fascinating debate about the future of work. **Primary Reading:** ***[Why Do We Still Work So Much? The Pros and Cons of a Four-Day Week](https://1drv.ms/b/c/adb4f7488b2eef0a/IQCMLOhSERNXQrLX7RbhwoOjASCYnbF-FMR0fSJ4mRubaFA?e=s1NMGH)*** (a document prepared for this meetup) **Report: *[Four-Day Work Week (2026)](https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_departments/Parliamentary_Library/Research/Issues_and_Insights/2026/FourDayWorkWeek)***[ ](https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_departments/Parliamentary_Library/Research/Issues_and_Insights/2026/FourDayWorkWeek) by Parliamentary Library of Australia **(Optional) Book: *The Case for a Four-Day Week* (2021) by Anna Coote, Aidan Harper and Alfie Stirling** There wasn't one ideal book (affordable and easily available in paperback) for this month's topic, so the primary reading is a document prepared specially for this meetup, It traces the history of the working week from its origins through to today's four-day trials and policy proposals, weighing the strongest arguments on both sides. It's designed to give everyone a shared, evidence-based foundation for the discussion. However, if you are fine with reading eBooks or can find it with your library, the main book I would suggest is *The Case for a Four Day Week* by Anna Coote, Aidan Harper and Alfie Stirling, which is a widely cited book-length treatment of the topic and is readily available as an eBook, though you will probably need to order it in if you'd prefer a paperback. And if you have no luck with that book, there are also two other similar books mentioned below which you may also want to try (O'Connor and Lindzon, 2026; Schor, 2025) We also recommend you look at a short, up-to-date report from the Parliamentary Library of Australia, which offers a concise local policy snapshot to complement the broader discussion in the main reading. As always, we strongly encourage you to do the reading before attending. This will enrich both your experience and our collective discussion. We’ve also included links below to further resources on the topic. So join us for a drink (and optional meal) at 6:30pm on Monday, 2 November, on the 2nd floor of the Keg & Brew Hotel in Surrey Hills (i.e. up two flights of stairs). The venue is conveniently located near Central Station and the Light Rail. We look forward to seeing you there! P.S. Please adjust your RSVP if you have indicated that you will come but are no longer able to do so. This is courteous to others if there is a waitlist. \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- These are just optional links to consider. Feel free to pass on other useful links in the discussion section. **Videos** * Two short explainer videos about why we still work so much: [The five-day workweek was made up. What if we changed it?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn5-FIkFq0I) [Why do we still need to work?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KXZP-Deel4) * Two videos on the four-day work week: [TED The Case for a 4-Day Work Week by Juliet Schor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyVfUaXyyqo) [ABC Could a 4-day working week be coming to Australia?](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-29/could-a-4-day-working-week-be-coming-to-australia/105588208) * SBS Insight - Rat Race - Episode 11 2026. As post-COVID attitudes towards work-life balance continue to change, some of us are questioning our role in the rat race and opting out. For others, the choice is hampered by housing and cost-of-living pressures. This Insight explores how Australians are balancing a desire to clock-off - and doing something like a 4-day week - with their need to pay the bills. **Written** * Primary Reading: ***[Why Do We Still Work So Much? The Pros and Cons of a Four-Day Week](https://1drv.ms/b/c/adb4f7488b2eef0a/IQCMLOhSERNXQrLX7RbhwoOjASCYnbF-FMR0fSJ4mRubaFA?e=s1NMGH)*** (a document prepared for this meetup) * An Easter egg for those who have read this far: [The Case for a Four Day Week](http://reparti.free.fr/coote2021.pdf) * A Britannica overview of issues relating to a four-day work week: [The Four-Day Work Week](https://www.britannica.com/procon/four-day-workweek-debate) * Studies and trends in Australia's experience with four day work week; [Emerging Four Day Work Week Trends in Australia](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372461877_Emerging_Four_Day_Work_Week_Trends_in_Australia) [The four-day workweek in Australia: insights from early adopters](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-026-07536-x) * An annotated reading of John Maynard Keynes' 1930 lecture about what 2030 might look like: [Keynes (1930) Economic possibilities for our grandchildren ](https://www.elysian.press/p/economic-possibilities-for-our-grandchildren) * Other books which members may want to look at: *\- Do More in Four: Why It's Time for a Shorter Workweek* (2026) by Joe O'Connor and Jared Lindzon — written by the pioneer behind Ireland's national four-day week pilot, this is one of the most current, practically-minded account of how organisations are actually redesigning work around a shorter week, including in the age of AI. *\- Four Days a Week: The Life\-Changing Solution for Reducing Employee Stress\, Improving Well\-Being\, and Working Smarter* (2025) by Juliet Schor — drawing on the largest study yet conducted on reduced-hours trials (245 organisations, 8,700 workers), this is Schor's own full account of the evidence behind the case for a four-day week. *\- Bullshit Jobs: A Theory* (2018) by David Graeber — a provocative anthropological argument that a significant share of modern work is pointless by the admission of the people doing it, offering a very different angle on why we still work so much.

The Dinner Party

**After the success of " The Drinking Party " Fight Club launches it's second Symposium** This time can **the problem of Justice** be answered in the course of a Dinner Party!? **Dine, drink and join us for a night of philosophical theatre !** Reserved Bridge View Room w single long dining table and balcony Dress code is cocktail. All the lads are expected to wear suits. **All attendees will give a 5 - 10 minute speech**. Traditionally this has been a definition but there are no restrictions. It could be a personal anecdote, toast or freestyle, the choice is yours. **Plus one's and guests** are allowed but you will need to make a request. **Limited reservation,**

Unhurried Conversations at the Pub

In an unhurried conversation, there is time to think differently and connect with people in a refreshing way. Unhurried isn't always slow. It offers a pace where people find it easy to join in and not feel crowded out. And listening can be as satisfying as talking. We use a simple meeting format to make this happen. https://www.unhurried.org/ This newly created event is at a new venue, the Keg & Bew Hotel at Surry Hills. We meet on the 2nd floor around 6:15pm. Food and drinks are available, before and after, on the ground floor and roof top.

Drummoyne Toastmasters Meeting @ Club 5 Dock

Join us to Develop 'YOU'. Improving your confidence, leadership skills, public speaking and communication skills are all benefits that could have a great impact on your personal life and career. Members of Toastmasters find unlimited opportunities for personal and professional growth and development. Joining Toastmasters could change your life. Great time, great venue, great Club. Supporting you in: * Giving prepared speeches * Talking “off the cuff” * Giving evaluations * Telling jokes and stories * Chairing meetings * Meeting management skills * Handling props * Using audio-visual equipment This is a place where you will: Continue to grow; Enhance your social skills; Be entertained; Laugh...... and HAVE FUN! Our meetings are held at **Club Five Dock RSL**. To **confirm your attendance** please RSVP or email your details to **president.drummoyne@toastmastersD70.org**