Business Networking Plan for Personal and Professional Development

This assignment is a comprehensive business networking plan created by a student to fulfill the requirements of a PWC assessment. The plan focuses on establishing and maintaining a balanced network that incorporates personal, strategic, and operational networking strategies. It details industry associations like CPA Australia and ACS, outlining contact information, associated costs, and expected benefits such as skills verification, professional development, and industry recognition. The plan also includes information on relevant conferences and events. Furthermore, it explores online networking tools such as LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook, detailing their cost and expected benefits, which include professional connections and skill updates. Finally, the plan provides a section on personal networking, including contact details and skills of key individuals. The overall goal is to create a practical and effective networking strategy for personal and professional growth.

Assessment Task: PWC: Business Networking Plan
Conduct research and create a Business Networking Plan to meet your personal needs. It should create a balance between personal,
strategic and operational networking and provide for both face-to-face and online networking.
Student ID Student Name
Personal Business Networking Plan
Industry Associations Contact Information Cost (if any) Expected Benefits
e.g. Certified Practising
Accountants (CPA)
www.cpaaustralia.com.au
P: 1300 73 73
E: [e-mail]
Various costs
from
$2000.00
upwards
 Skills verified
 International and industry
recognition
 Access to resources and tools
 Professional development programs
1. SMIPA PY Professional
year program Sydney
https://www.atmc.edu.au/courses/atmc-
acs-programs/professional-year-
program/professional-year/smipa-
professional-year-program-sydney-
campus
Phone: [phone]
Various cost
from $7200
onward.
 Helps in providing the technical,
knowledge and skills.
 Communications and performance
in the Australian workplace.
 Internship programme on the go.
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Email: [e-mail]
2. CPA Australia https://www.globalfti.com/course/cpa-
australia/
Phone: [phone] (within Australia)
Various cost
from $2050
onward.
 Internationally recognised
qualification
 Flexible program
 Exam conducted twice a year
Personal Business Networking Plan
Conferences and Events
1. CAANZ CFO fast track:
analyst to strategic
workshop
Date: 24/05/2019
Time: 8:30 AM
Venue: CA ANZ, Level 1, 33 Erskine
Street, Sydney
$770  Productively engage in strategic
conversations
 Understand how accounting
knowledge and data align with
strategy
 Apply strategic reasoning to your
decision making
 Deal more effectively with
uncertainty and ambiguity
 Apply key strategy frameworks
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 Understand the relationship between
growth, innovation, and business
strategy
2. CA ANZ Winter Tax and
Super School – One day
Date: 04/07/2019
Time: 8:30 AM
Venue: CA ANZ, Level 1, 33 Erskine
Street, Sydney, NSW
$575  Basics of BRE rules – getting the job
done
 Dividends flowing through trusts and
into bucket companies
 Asset sales and possibility of saving
2.5% by selling before 30 June.
 Dividend and franking credit
planning
Online Networking Tools Contact Information Cost (if any) Expected Benefits
1. LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com $0  This helps in bringing the
information about the
professionals of the same job.
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 Skills update and verified
 Helps in providing the online
learning resources
2. Twitter https://twitter.com/login $0  The professionals gets to know
about the changes that happens in
the country.
 The price for the service is
established.
3. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ $0  Connect with the other colleagues
and get to know about the changes
that are happening.
 Information about the company in
which they were working.
 Opportunity to connect with the
other service providers.
Personal Networking
1. Roulla YIacoumi Phone: [phone] $0 An ACS graduate from Australia
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Email: [e-mail] Works at ACS
Skills: counselling expert, Financial
assistance, FACS
Has a good skills in counselling and the
experience.
2. Troy steer Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail],au
$0 An ACS degree holder and media
institute graduate
Works with ACS
Skills: Media enquiries fulfilment,
Financial assistance, ACS.
Has good media communication skills
and prosperity.
3. Charlene D’Rosario Phone: [phone] $0 An CPA degree holder and practicing
consultant
Works with CPA Australia
Skills: having good design and bespoke
learning solution skills, CPA, Cost
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assistance skills
Passionate to give the information about
the long lasting career building and
enhancing technique.
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