I am a business owner and entrepreneur. I am a passionate philanthropist and sit on the Board of many NFP’s and sporting organisations. I am an active member of the Liberal Party in Victoria and is passionate in his views. I am at the forefront of the digital frontier and is now investigating wearable technology in his attempts to “hack” life. This site contains my stories.

Whether looking for information about Telecommunications, Public Relations or the organisations that I support then this is the page for you.

I also do may public speaking engagements. If you would like to engage me to MC your event then please check out the Speaking Engagements page above.

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How Blogging Attracts Clients & Prospects

Your business should have a Blog. It needs a blog. You know this. But you only have some many hours in the day. And you have so many other items on your to do list. So many things that are demanding your attention. Your email is pinging. Your staff have [...]

Thu, Jan 18, 2018
Source: Greenlight Communications

Is your business NBN ready?

In recent times we’ve been dealing with a number businesses that have transferred over to the NBN network and this has caused a number of issues. You see, many businesses think they don’t need to do anything to make a switch. They think it’ll happen automatically and they think they [...]

Wed, Apr 19, 2017
Source: Best Business Deals

Telecommunications Audit – What it means for you

When we first meet with a prospective customer we have some questions we generally like to ask. Here are a sample of some of them: Tell us about your company? What problems are you trying to solve? Why has solving this problem become a priority today? What other solutions have [...]

Wed, Nov 16, 2016
Source: Best Business Deals

Are you an evangelist, a preacher, a spammer or just full of sh1t?

Worse still, are you not even part of the conversation? Late Gen Y and the Millennial Generation hate talking on the phone. Telemarketing doesn’t work and even networking via an unexpected phone call is out of the question. Don’t believe me? Check out this article. These guys, the up and coming decision [...]

Tue, May 26, 2015
Source: Greenlight Communications

Things I’ve learned whilst travelling that have dramatically helped my networking

by Hamish | Jul 4, 2014 | Networking

In May/ June 2014 I was lucky enough to be invited to participate in a Rotary International Group Study Exchange Program visiting Germany. I won’t bore you with the details of the program (you can find out more information here and I encourage any young professional aged 25-40 to enquire of their local club whether the program exists in your district and then you should apply. The chance to take a 4 week paid vacation in Germany notwithstanding (it wasn’t really a vacation but we got to see a lot of the sites) the educational and networking opportunities were phenomenal. Everyone must have leadership skills – The GSE Program I participated in in had a Team Leader appointed. He was older than the rest of us, a Rotarian and he spoke German. But as can happen on a tiring and taxing month away from home, especially when you have responsibilities back home, there were some days that he wasn’t at peak performance. On these days one of us (not always me) had to sometimes take up the slack and help get the team through whatever tasks were to be ahead of us that day. Everyone on the team had leadership skills – that’s why they were chosen – and developing these leadership skills is vital for anyone to be successful. Leadership skills are important to develop. These are skills that I like to think that I already have but they are certainly ones that I am continuing to work on. The importance of the team – This point goes hand in hand with the first point. Success doesn’t happen...