Connecting and Networking
Connecting and Networking
By attending and participating in the regular networking activities offered by the Chamber you will have the opportunity to build-up relationships and connections with a wide range of people.
You can use these events to:
- Meet new people
- Tell others about what you do
- Support other local businesses
- Promote your products and services
- Talk to like-minded people
You can find out more about our upcoming events and/or to register here.
Our portfolio of regular networking events includes:
Business After 5 (BA5) - Dunedin
Generally held on the last Thursday of each month, these networking functions are held by a host company to which all chamber members and their staff are invited.
Business After 5 (BA5) - Oamaru
Generally held on the first Monday of each month, these networking functions are held by a host company to which all chamber members and their staff are invited. Alternatively we will host a Beer N Yarn at a local hospitality venue.
Business After 5 (BA5) - Central Otago
Generally held on the third Thursday of each month, these networking functions are held by a host company to which all chamber members and their staff are invited. Alternatively we will host a Beer N Yarn at a local hospitality venue.
Golf Tournaments
- The Dunedin Golf Tournament is held in February at one of our associated Dunedin golf clubs.
- The Otago Chamber of Commerce Alexandra Blossom Festival Tournament is held in September at the Alexandra Golf Club.
Dunedin Business Expo
Our Business Expo is an opportunity for our members showcase their businesses alongside others, and for members to be introduced to a variety of local businesses. This annual event is held in The Hub at Otago Polytechnic. Find find out more here.
10 Hot Tips for Networking
This popular 60 minute session will provide you and your team members with the skills needed to successfully network and to maximise networking opportunities. To find out more, please contact our Training Team.
Testimonials
- An owner of a restaurant 30 minutes from town went to a BA5 and swapped business cards with a number of people. Over the next three months he got eight group bookings averaging 12 people each from the people he met at the BA5.
- A tyre salesman joined the Chamber and began to attend networking functions. The day after his first BA5, someone he met drove in with a Porsche 911 and bought four tyres at $900 each. In total he estimated he sold $5,000 worth of tyres to people he met in the first two months of membership.
- A couple who owned a commercial cleaning firm went to a BA5 and got talking to an old school friend. The friend owned a large student residential complex and by the end of the evening the cleaners had secured the job of cleaning the whole complex at the end of the student year.
- A graffiti removal specialist attended a BA5 wearing his franchise uniform and within 15 minutes of walking in was tapped on the shoulder by a building owner and asked to call in the next day for a job.
