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Review – 2017 Federation Business School Gippsland Business Awards
The 2017 Gippsland Business Awards process, the Awards evening, congratulations to the winners, thanks to the GBA committee and suggestions for next year’s Awards.
The Awards evening
On Time Typing, finalist in the Business and Professional Services section, was represented by myself – Sally-Anne Watson Kane, editor – and Rae Desmond, transcriptionist (both pictured above). We were accompanied by Rae’s daughter, Shari McPhail, Victorian State Manager of Community Housing Ltd, a Registered Housing organisation managing over 2000 properties across Victoria and homelessness services in Gippsland and the Eastern region. Thank you, Rae and Shari, for sharing this celebratory evening with On Time Typing.
The 2017 Federation Business School Gippsland Business Awards gala evening on 25th August at the Premier Functions Centre, Traralgon opened with a welcome by MC Denis Walter and speeches by the GBA Committee Chair and Federation Business School representative. This was followed by the presentation of awards; some great singing and dancing by Oz Boyz: Australia’s Boys of Motown; then the last half of the award presentations. A three-course dinner and plenty of wine and beer were served throughout the evening which celebrated the achievements of all finalists as well as the winners of the 2017 Awards.
Oz Boyz were an excellent choice of entertainment for an audience whose age-group spanned three generations. The Boyz danced, sang and lip-synced to a huge variety range of songs dating from the 1950s to the most recent hits of 2017 which everyone enjoyed – as evidenced by the extent to which the audience joined in, regardless of their age.
The winners
On Time Typing is very happy to have been a finalist in the 2017 Federation Business School Gippsland Business Awards, in the Business and Professional Services category.
Congratulations to:
- all Gippsland businesses who were chosen as finalists in their sections: 2017 GBA finalists,
- all the winners: 2017 GBA winners,
- the winner of the 2017 Business and Professional Services Award: Aussie Broadband, and
- 2017 Business of the Year: Aussie Broadband.
Thank you, Gippsland Business Awards Committee
Thank you to the 2017 Federation Business School Gippsland Business Awards Committee: Chair, Graeme Sennett; Secretary Leo Billington; Treasurer Pat Coles; and Committee Members: Stephen Breheny, Janine Hayes, Kelly McCarthy, Leonie Paulet, Patricia Reardon and Stephen Riess.
I enjoyed all aspects of the process of being a finalist in the 2017 Federation Business School Gippsland Business Awards including:
- Being provided with the Gippsland Business Award Finalist badge for promotional use,
- Attending the Gippsland Business Awards finalists’ free breakfast (which was absolutely delicious) at Churchill Hotel
- Being given the opportunity to articulate how I met the various criteria during an interview with Graeme Sennett,
- the Awards presentation event and announcement of winners on 25th August
- the photography of finalists and winners by Focalfxphotography
Suggestions for next year’s Awards:
- Acknowledgement of Gunaikurnai traditional owners of Gippsland at commencement of Awards events,
- More women representing the sponsors and presenting the awards at the events, and
- Inclusion of an award for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses in Gippsland.
I look forward to seeing you again in 2018!
On Time Typing scribing and editing business provides services to Moe, Morwell, Traralgon, Warragul and Gippsland as well as online services across Australia. On Time Typing was a finalist in the 2017 Federation Business School Gippsland Business Awards – Business and Professional Services. For more information see: The On Time Typing Team or About Us
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