Coaching Groups Melbourne

Still Learning - Leadership panel and end of year celebration 🎉

**Curious about what tech leaders are finding difficult, and how they keep learning anyway?** Join us for a great panel discussion on what tech leaders are still learning and where they find things difficult. This will be followed by our Tech Leading Ladies End-of-Year Celebration! 🎉 We’re thrilled to welcome an incredible lineup of panelists: ✨ **Mai Nguyen** (she/her) - Chief Engineer @ Bendigo Bank ✨ **Lavinia Kanagandran** (she/her) - Ethical Tech Founder @ Good Humans ✨ **Iman Yusuf** (she/her) - Senior Engineering Manager @ Atlassian Our panelists will share how they find their way out of survival mode and keep growing. Each of these remarkable leaders has forged their own path in tech, and they’ll open up about their personal journeys, lessons learned, and the wisdom they have acquired along the way. 💬 **Bring your questions!** We’ll wrap up with a Q&A session where you can engage directly with our panelists. Don’t miss this opportunity to celebrate, connect, and learn from some of the top tech leaders in our community. We can’t wait to see you there! **Agenda (time in Melbourne/AEST)** * 5:30pm Networking * 6:00pm Welcome & EOY Wrapup * 6:15pm Panel + Q&A * 7:00pm Networking * 7:30pm Close **This will be a HYBRID event:** **Zoom link -** will be shared with confirmed attendees 1hr before event starts.

Build Your Business Idea with Claude

Every time a customer asks for a quote, you have to ask the same questions about what they need, when they need it and how much they want to spend. What if they could fill out a form and get an initial quote straight away? Or what if visitors could learn about your services and send an enquiry from the same page? Bring a business problem like this to the workshop. **Vanessa Cai** will walk you through a working example, then guide you as you build your own version with **Claude Code**. By the end of the day, you’ll have one core workflow working end to end in **a prototype you can run on your laptop, try out and demonstrate**. ## 💡 What would you like to build? Pick one of these ideas or bring your own business scenario. * **Business website or landing page** — Create a page that showcases your business, personal brand or portfolio and lets visitors send an enquiry. * **AI tool** — Build a marketing copy assistant that drafts copy based on your product and target audience. * **Workflow automation** — Build a tool that takes a sample spreadsheet, organises the data according to your rules and generates a summary. * **Business management tool** — Prototype a booking system where users can choose a time slot, enter their details and see a confirmation. * **New product prototype (MVP)** — Test a new idea with one core feature. For example, build a tool that suggests activities based on someone’s availability and interests. ## 🧭 Before, during and after the workshop **Before the workshop — Choose your project** Think about three questions. Who will use your tool? What are they trying to do? How will you know they’ve succeeded? You can bring a business idea that doesn’t involve sensitive information or use one of the workshop examples. Bring a laptop you can install software on and follow the pre-workshop instructions to set up Claude Code and your development environment. Account requirements and any software or usage fees will be confirmed before registration. **During the workshop — Build and test your prototype** Vanessa will help you choose the core workflow you can complete in a day. You’ll use Claude Code to build the interface and make it interactive, then test it with sample data. You’ll check what happens when someone leaves a field blank, enters invalid information or uses the tool on a phone. If you get stuck, you can ask questions and use the feedback to fix the issues that most affect how the prototype works. **After the workshop — Decide what to improve next** Before you leave, you’ll demonstrate your prototype and note what to improve first. Take home your **prototype, project brief, sample data and testing checklist** so you can keep refining it or give it to a business partner to try. You can also save the prompts you used and refer back to them when writing requirements, asking Claude Code to change a feature or adding tests. ## 👥 Who should attend? This workshop is for entrepreneurs who want to test a new idea, small business owners who want to simplify how they work with customers, and consultants or freelancers who want to turn their expertise into a tool. If you’re a product manager or business analyst, bring a requirement you’re working on and practise turning it into something other people can try for themselves. ## 🎙️ Meet your instructor, Vanessa Cai Vanessa is a senior business analyst with more than 20 years of experience in banking and fintech. At NAB, she led projects involving electronic payment systems, terminal management and AI applications. She’ll bring business analysis methods from those projects into the workshop to help you decide which features to build first and test whether your prototype solves the problem you started with. Vanessa holds the IIBA® Agile Analysis Certification, the IIBA® Certification in Product Ownership Analysis, the IIBA® Entry Certificate in Business Analysis and the AWS Certified AI Practitioner certification. ## 📅 Workshop details * **Date** — Sunday, 22 November 2026 * **Time** — 10:00 am–4:00 pm Melbourne time (AEDT) * **Location** — Melbourne City * **Format** — In-person, hands-on workshop delivered in English * **Tickets** — A$328 early bird or A$389 standard per person 🎟️ **Register for the workshop, bring a business problem and build a first version you can try out yourself.**

MAD COACHING Sunday Coaching Session

MAD COACHING Saturday Coaching Session

Coaches/Consultants/Creatives Meet up

**Meet up in Person - For the people who give, and want to meet their people** Meet up in-person Wednesday 18th Nov, at Dundas and Faucett in Albert Park... This is a social group, not a networking group, so come relaxed and simply to meet people, make new connections, and be part of this community. No hustling required. Simply turn up solo, as we all do, and meet new people. Registration to get numbers required.

MAD COACHING Sunday Coaching Session

📚 #InPursuit – A Book Club for Builders, Thinkers, and Doers

📚 #InPursuit is a book club for entrepreneurs, creatives, and curious minds who know personal growth fuels business growth. **See a lot of RSPVPs and wonder how it works? We'll break up into groups of 6-8 to share our insights, then swap groups after 30-45min so you can maximise learning from everybody!** *Note: this even is not organised by or affiliated with The State Library of Victoria* **That's what #InPursuit is all about** It’s not a traditional book club, it’s a space for people who are actively designing a better life through the pursuit of business, creativity, and personal growth. This event is for anyone #InPursuit of better business, life and relationships. Instead of reading the same book, we each come prepared to share one powerful insight from something we’ve read in the past 3-months. Anything non-fiction that’s moved us forward. Whether it’s a mindset shift, a productivity system, a new philosophy, or just a truth that punched us in the gut. This is a place to unpack it together and hear what others are learning too. We’re not just here to *read*. We’re here to *integrate*. Because when we grow, our business and our lives grow too. **🔍 Why Join? You'll leave with:** * 5–10 fresh insights from books you may never have picked up * Deeper awareness of how others think, lead, and evolve * New connections with people walking a similar path toward purpose, results, and impact This isn’t a lecture. It’s a room full of people building themselves while they build the thing. **📖 How It Works** First time? No pressure to share, just come curious. We'll break up into groups of 6-8 and share our insights, then swap groups so you can maximise the learning! Returning? Bring one idea you’ve read about in the last 3-months and be ready to speak on: 1. What did you learn? 2. How did it shift your perspective about the world or yourself? 3. How has it changed the way you show up or behave? We keep it structured, but flexible. After sharing, we open up to Q&A, personal stories, challenges, and deep dives. Some of the best insights come from the conversations *after* the share. **🧠 Who This Is For** * Entrepreneurs or side-hustlers finding their footing * Business owners, and doers building toward better * Curious minds who love ideas but care more about action * People tired of shallow conversations and hungry for growth If you’re working on something—or becoming someone—this space is for you. It’s a practice ground for people who want to grow forward. We’re all #InPursuit of mastery, momentum, and the kind of success that starts from within. **Map on how to get there** We're in the Create Quarter on the ground level (back right of the Quad as you enter from Swanson St). We'll likely be on a long table together. https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/SLV-EnglishMap_Jan25.pdf

Monthly South Melbourne Beach Patrol beach clean-up

Join us for one hour of beach cleaning, socialising, and generally being a good person. It's a perfect time to head down to clean up the beaches that you love. Meeting Spot: Kerferd Rd Pier When: Every third Saturday, 9am - 10am Please arrive 850am for a 9am start! Bags provided. Please bring your own gloves if you like. Feel free to invite neighbours/family/friends/colleagues, etc to join in and lend a hand as we tidy up our beaches and bay!! 3205 Beach Patrol is a group that meets for One Hour each month to clear rubbish from South Melbourne Beach. Totally voluntary, totally optional, totally local. We meet every THIRD Saturday, same place, same time. Beach Patrol is a chain of volunteer community groups each defined by suburb, post code and t-shirt colour. Starting in 2009, by mid-2015 there were 18 groups running, covering over 50 km of beach across the top of Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay with approx. 1500 volunteers signed up to help keep our beaches clean.

Presenting - Improv workshop

Smashing! Try something new Thursday Discover your unique speaking style and learn how to make it your greatest strength. In this interactive workshop explore practical ways to speak improv with structure. Sound smart, articulated, organized when speaking improv **Be yourself, connect with your audience, and make every presentation memorable!** Why is Smashing different to other speaking clubs? Interactive reality workshops- Tonight get involved and have some fun. Just two member's thoughts, "The fun/laughs factor is definitely a point of difference. We keep it moving with high standards so it’s a nice balance. Too strict makes it tense and boring, too loose and we can lose the energy/commercial feel. SmashSpeak's vibe's in the sweet spot." "At other clubs I used to listen to long speeches and lectures, here we get so many chances to talk every meeting, that we have to improve" **Free parking** close: O'Connell and Cobden streets **IMPORTANT: Be on time, as doors close when the show starts** “Proudly Australian" – Free-flowing teamwork, greater good focus, sharing the stage, etc Multicultural Hub, 506 Elizabeth St (Opposite Queen Vic Market) Level 1, PURPLE Room (End of corridor) More to come

Melbourne Public Speaking and Leadership Club

Come along to share ideas, learn together different techniques and Public Speaking, Presentation and Leadership skills. Public Speaking give you confidence and can be used as a marketing tool to attract clients and increase sales to your Business. All skills levels are welcome. People can practice Public Speaking presentations in a safe and nice environment with other members of the group.

Melbourne Intentional Dating (30 - 45)

**Only Eventbrite tickets purchased prior to the event time will be accepted. Get your ticket now so that you don't miss out on the day.** **Melbourne Intentional dating – Meeting at Caulfield Park. At Caulfield Pavillion.** We will enjoy indoor speed dating style activities as weather is not suitable for the outside walking component of our event. Tickets here! [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2001800735888?aff=oddtdtcreator](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2001800735888?aff=oddtdtcreator) If you are lost, please message Kris at 0422467134 We will meet at 1:00 pm at Caulfield Pavilion as the weather is too wet to walk. Our entire event will be indoors. This is a ticketed event. Tickets are purchased through Eventbrite. It is necessary for this to be a paid event as it assures us of the numbers that are attending and also helps you commit to attending as well. If you get in early, Earlybird tickets are available. **Don't miss out!** Tickets will be monitored and released according to demand and guided to maintain gender balance. We always do our best to orchestrate this but sometimes there will be some imbalances. Throughout the indoor activities, you’ll be guided to connect with someone new every 10-15 minutes, creating opportunities to meet a variety of potential matches in a warm and relaxed atmosphere. To make conversations flow with ease, we’ll provide thoughtful dating questions designed to inspire connection and meaningful dialogue. This event is ideal for singles who are ready to move beyond apps and experience the magic of face-to-face chemistry in a natural, uplifting setting. By the end of the walk, you’ll have shared genuine moments, discovered new connections, and perhaps even taken the first steps toward something special.

Adult beginner-intermediate volleyball class

Come and practice volleyball and make new friends at Heidelberg Volleyball Club. One of the oldest volleyball clubs in Victoria provides experienced coaches to help improve your volleyball skills!