Organised by Adrienne

23/02/2026

We are down to our last 16 tickets!

This is an awesome chance to hear from the one and only Cathy Freeman, and celebrate International Women's Day here in Newcastle 🖤

It's official, tickets to our IWD event in partnership with Regional Australia Bank are almost sold out.

We now only have gallery seating remaining and once they’re gone, that’s it.

We’re so excited for this event and can’t wait to bring our community together. If you’ve been thinking about coming, this is your last chance 🔹
https://www.gencollective.com.au/gen-collective-events/2026-international-womens-day-luncheon-with-cathy-freeman

30/10/2025

It’s Hunter Manufacturing Awards day!

445+ guests.
40+ sponsors and partners.
15+ suppliers.
270+ days of planning.

Looking forward to seeing the local manufacturing community come together tonight to celebrate 🏆

23/10/2025

Tickets are now on sale for our final Gen Collective event for 2025 - a celebration of our wonderful community and an opportunity to raise funds for Dress for Success NSW & ACT 🖤

Join us for an evening of conversation and connection at Gen Collective's End of Year Celebration! We're excited to toast to a remarkable 2025 and acknowledge our shared successes, personal development, and flourishing community bonds.

📅 Date: Thursday 27th November
🕠 Time: 5.30pm to 8.00pm
📍 Location: 41 Darling Street, Carrington
🎟️ Tickets: $55 for members or $65 for non-members
🎄 Inclusions: Canapés, drink on arrival, and end of year celebrations!

This event is a special fundraiser for Dress for Success.

A special thank you to our event sponsor Beam Bookkeeping 💙

RSVP today via https://events.humanitix.com/gen-collectives-end-of-year-celebration

22/10/2025

For my Newcastle followers 👇

If you’re looking for a great staff, client and supplier Christmas gift this year, check out this stunning calendar produced by Brittany Millen 📸

All the images are captured by Britt herself and they are spectacular!

I’ve been buying this calendar for years - it really does make the perfect gift 🖤

A3 Wall Calendar featuring landscape images from Newcastle and surrounding areas taken over the last 12 months.​Spiral boundEasy to readGreat Christmas gift!

16/10/2025

A beautiful day to start the day, supporting the PKF Annual Breast Care Breakfast.

Over $68,000 raised for the very important work that the local breast cancer nurses do 💞

15/10/2025

It’s , a time to celebrate and support the people behind your local favourites.

Here are some simple ways to show your support (many of which cost nothing but make a BIG difference):
〰️Share or follow their social media posts
〰️Leave a Google review or LinkedIn recommendation
〰️Comment on and engage with their content
〰️Sign up for their newsletter or forward it to a friend
〰️Give them a shout-out on your stories or in your own posts
〰️Choose local suppliers and service providers
〰️Attend their workshops, events, or launches
〰️Recommend them to friends, family, or clients
〰️Collaborate with them on projects or promotions
〰️Send them a message of encouragement or thanks
〰️Nominate them for local business awards

23/09/2025

When was the last time you...
〰️ Checked the contact form on your website was working?
〰️ Reviewed your subscriptions and cancelled any you aren’t using?
〰️ Checked your message request folders on social media?
〰️ Ensured 2FA was turned on wherever possible?
〰️ Checked your junk or spam email folder?

Because you don't want to miss a thing (sung in my very best Steven Tyler voice) 😂

Seriously though.

How often are you checking these things?

I can tell you countless stories of client emails being buried in spam folders, collaboration opportunities sitting unanswered in the Instagram DM request folder and important customer enquiries being lost because of broken website forms.

And let's not even get started on the unused subscriptions you are paying for each month.

Set aside 30 minutes in your diary each month to do a quick check in, you won't regret it 🖤

20/06/2025

How it started vs. How it's going...

21st May - I was invited to speak at the HBWN event, on my tips for business owners who are looking to outsource. After I presented, a lovely guest came up to me and said "I think we could really utilise you in our business".

4th June - On my way to meet with the business owner to discuss how I can support them.

16th June - Spending the afternoon with the owners to get 'onboarded' (see what I did there 😉).

Very excited to have joined the Coast XP team as their Adventure Operations Manager 🐋

10/06/2025

Adds speaker wrangler to her list of services 😅

03/06/2025

Well May certainly wasn’t for the fainted hearted!

Ten incredible events across Newcastle and Sydney with Gen Collective, Alison Shamir, Enterprising ME, SlashNEW Hunter Business Womens Network (HBWN), Hunter Manufacturing Awards, Newcastle Virtual Assistants, Women’s Wellness Lunch and EquiEnergy Youth 🖤

19/05/2025

Looking forward to supporting the EquiEnergy Youth team on their charity fundraiser event this month.

The work they do in our region, to support the mental health of our youth is so important, and events like this go a long way to helping EquiEnergy Youth to deliver their programs, which gives adults simple steps to follow in a mental health crisis. The aim is to reduce episodes of psychological distress, self-harm, and the risk of su***de for young people in our region.

If you are interested in finding out more about the event head to

https://eeyouth.samcart.com/products/speakeasy-carnival 🖤

27/04/2025

Next month I will be joining Grace Richardson (Managed with Grace) and Melinda Connolly (ZAMEC Recruitment) for a panel discussion on outsourcing the juggle, hosted by Hunter Business Womens Network (HBWN)

This discussion is designed to help busy women in business explore the power of outsourcing (not just in business, but in life too). From hiring the right team, to letting go of admin, to finally asking for help, we will be covering it all!

You can find out more info about the event here 👇
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/hbwn-may-event-outsource-the-juggle-tickets-1324719665179