Out and about

James & Wells employees involved in Waikato’s ‘Buddy Day’ awareness for child abuse programme

Extra (cardboard) people could be found in the James & Wells office last Friday, when a number of employees adopted a 'Buddy' for the day. The 'buddy's were involved with day to day activities, including client meetings and out for lunch.

The 'Buddy Day' programme was designed to raise awareness for child abuse. The campaign saw 180 life-sized cardboard children on display around Hamilton. The cardboard cut outs represented 10% of the 1800 child abuse cases reported in the Waikato region last year.

The Buddy Day organisers said "We love James & Wells! You guys took the most Buddies of any company." Watch the news clip on TVNZ.

From Shed to Stock Exchange

Are you an innovator, an entrepreneur, a person who has made something in your shed that could revolutionise the way we do things? If so, Enterprise Great Lake Taupo together with the Taupo District Council would like to work with you to see if they can take a crazy idea to a commercial one.

They are looking for people in the Taupo region to help grow the economy, ideas on how to shape the future and the commitment to work with them to generate high value jobs.

If you want to know more about the programme for creating high value jobs for the region, go to their Facebook page, From Shed to Stock Exchange, email suedb@theanchovygroup.co.nz or call 021-775530.

James & Wells is a proud sponsor of 'From Shed to Stock Exchange'.

The NZ Innovator awards are now open for entry

The paperclip is famously clever. Yet nobody knows who created it. Don't let this be you.
If you've created a novel product, solved a complex problem or generated a breakthrough
idea, then this is your moment to shine.

Simon Rowell, a partner at James & Wells is on the judging panel of this years Innovator awards.

For more information visit: www.innovators.org.nz

Is your business plan investor-friendly? Take the Unlimited Investment Challenge

Submit a one-page business plan by 26 August 2011 and you could be pitching to investors and matched with a business mentor. Read more.

Finalists will be announced on 5 September. If you become a finalist you'll take part in a pitch preparation workshop before doing a dummy pitch (5 October) and a real pitch to investors (25 October). Selected finalists will be matched with a business mentor for 12 months.

James & Wells is a proud sponsor of the 2011 Unlimited Investment Challenge

Principal for a Day 2010

Smart Waikato recently organised the third 'Principal for a Day' event in the Waikato, where 24 business and community leaders were matched with principals from around the region to shadow the Principal for a Day.

James & Wells were proud supporters of this great community event that is designed to bring together schools and the business world at a leadership level so that closer links can be forged between the two sectors.

More information on 'Principal for a Day'..

Results.Com Business Execution Workshop

James & Wells recently partnered with Results.Com to provide a Business Execution Workshop to a selection of clients.

The key learnings from this two hour workshop was to simplify the client's business strategy and make execution their number one priority. At the end of the workshop, clients left with a 1-page strategic execution template that maps the way forward for their business.

It was a great opportunity for James & Wells to provide tools to help grow their clients' business.

Results.com offers a free webinar on how to develop and execute a winning strategy. To sign up for the webinar and to subscribe to the latest Business Growth tips, visit: Results.Com

Pecha Kucha in Hamilton

Many presenters, each with 20 slides, each shown for 20 seconds. That's how the night works. Kate Wilson, a Partner in our Hamilton office, presented at the Pecha Kucha event in Hamilton this month, with great results.

Kate used her own paintings in her presentation on Capturing Creativity. As a result, she ended up exhibiting her work in the Hamilton City initiative-Art on the move.

Pecha Kucha is a presentation format for creative work originally devised by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Kein-Dytham Architecture (KDa) in Tokyo, Japan in 2003. Presenters and attendees come from the design, architecture, photography, art and creative fields.

E2theMax Business Makeover Challenge Reveal Event

'To be considered a direct contributor to New Zealand's prosperity' is part of the James & Wells vision, and being involved in the E2theMax Challenge went a long way in helping us to achieve this vision.

The E2theMax Business Makeover Challenge Reveal event was held last week. After 12 weeks of mentoring from different experts, nine businesses were boosted in the challenge.

James & Wells expertise helped a number of these businesses to understand where Intellectual Property protection fits in the overall picture.

Congratulations to our client, Gareth Moore from School of Rock, winning one of the awards for the most significantly boosted business in 2010.

National Business Review - Audacious Challenge

James & Wells would like to congratulate the winners of the NBR Audacious Challenge. In particular, Josh Tabak' who's idea of a Seabird Mitigation Device won him the James & Wells innovation prize.

The NBR challenge provides budding entrepreneurs with the assistance and knowledge to set up their own businesses and we are proud to have been involved in this event for a number of years.

If you would like to comment on or know any further information about the above, please feel free to contact us.

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