SHINE'ing the Spotlight... Unleashed SHINE Business Women - Founder: Zoe Sparks

Today is a 'special event' episode... Simon Nedelko interviews Zoe Sparks, Director & Owner of Spectacular Events, and Founder of SHINE Business Women & SunSHINE Boxes, as Spectacular Events is celebrating it's 25th Birthday.

This celebratory episode is SHINE'ing the Spotlight on Spectacular Events, and Zoe talks about her 25 years in business and shares the tips, tricks and insights into what makes this business not only tick but constantly thrive, expand and adapt, especially over the past few years where things in travel and events have been  particularly tough as they have been for many others.

This is an episode not to miss as we celebrate 25 Years of Spectacular!

About Spectacular Events:

Spectacular Events Pty Ltd focuses on the professional planning, management and delivery of group movements from 20 to 2000 delegates/attendees. 
Creations includes conferences, expos/exhibitions, specialised group tours and team building experiences, golf days, launches, business meetings, workshops and cocktail functions/Gala dinners.
Their dedicated fully accredited travel division creates tailored travel packages for major events, held throughout Australia and around the world, and also puts together the travel logistics and partner program elements around all types of events.

ADAPTING TO CHANGE & EMBRACING OPPORTUNITIES
Check out Natalie Tink’s bio below and you will instantly know that she is a hard-working, forward-thinking entrepreneur who has certainly made her mark in a number of businesses on the Sunshine Coast. She has a talent for bringing people together, supporting local and doing all she can to promote our community, whilst also being a powerhouse of a business woman who thrives on a challenge, a new venture and making a difference.
Natalie has changed and adapted to the landscape around her, not only during COVID 19 but over a number of years, and without a doubt, Natalie mastered the ‘pivot’ long before it became a buzz word!
We talk to Natalie about how she has adapted to change, pursued her passions and followed her dreams to become the popular, award-winning business woman that she is renowned for. Natalie is always candid, honest and authentic so she will share her trials and tribulations as well as her successes.
About Natalie Tink
Meet Natalie Tink founder of Miss Monogram, Member Manager of the Sunshine Coast Business Women’s Network and driven Real Estate Agent at Ray White Maroochydore.
Having spent 20 years in real estate marketing and publishing, Natalie has refocused her passion for property into her role as Sales & Marketing Consultant at Ray White Maroochydore. Natalie’s extensive background in real estate ensures she has a thorough understanding of the Sunshine Coast property market.
Natalie is also the Founder and Managing Director of the fashion retail business, Miss Monogram which opened it’s online store in November 2016 & Sunshine Plaza retail store in November 2018. Miss Monogram gives women an opportunity to express their individuality and femininity with bespoke fashion accessories, including personalised leather bags, wallets, wedding gifts, travel and office accessories.
Passionately motivated and a high-achiever, Natalie has been praised for her accomplishments as 2012 Sunshine Coast Young Business Woman of The Year, and more recently 2019 Sunshine Coast Small Business Woman of the Year.
Natalie is a trailblazer, arranging paid marketing campaign partnerships with major retailers including Lendlease, Westfield, Mirvac and Vicinity. Natalie previously ran a successful national magazine for 20 years, giving her invaluable marketing insight and Natalie has established a loyal customer base all over the world and leverages every touchpoint to nurture customer connections and build brand affinity.
In her spare time, Natalie enjoys exploring her beautiful home that is the Sunshine Coast with her family (Kooper 11, London 6 and wife of 18 years to Brad) as well as training at boot camp. 

HOW TO BUILD AN AWARD WINNING BUSINESS
After only three years in business, Lisa Versaci and her business, Cheeky Little Monkeys, are smashing goals and winning awards! Recently, Lisa took out three QLD AusMumpreneur awards – Making a Difference Award Community (Winner), Service Business (Silver), and Customer Service (Bronze).
An incredible powerhouse of a lady, Lisa is making her mark in the business world and providing a service which is a life-saver for parents.
Cheeky Little Monkeys hosts 340 little ones each week and that’s not taking into account the six parties they usually host each weekend.

Join us as we chat to Lisa about the secrets to her success, how to build an award winning business and what's next for this powerhouse of a lady! 

PRACTISING THE ART OF SELF LOVE
Entrepreneur, Speaker and Mum, Kim Morrison, has drawn from her personal experiences, trauma and research to develop a six step process that supports us to stay in the presence of love. We all have bad days, horrible moments and experiences, as well as feelings of guilt, shame, lack of worth and other self-sabotaging thoughts that pull us away from self-love… a place fear. We simply fall out of the circle of love and Kim will bring you back into the circle of self-love with clarity and ease.
Welcome to the pathway back to yourself!
About Kim Morrison
There is so much more to Kim Morrison than meets the eye.
Tenacity is probably the first word that comes to mind. Her journey and all she has accomplished to date has all stemmed from her unwavering self-belief and her deep understanding that you must also take care of yourself first and foremost.
Kim set a world record as the youngest female to run 100 miles in less than 24 hours in 1983. Cliff Young was her mentor throughout and still to this day lives by his ethos that success is 90% mental and 10% physical. She has used her running story as a direct metaphor for life – riding the highs, hitting the walls, pushing through the pain barriers, crossing the line and never, ever giving up!

At 17, Rachel Pope lost her Dad (age 47) to cancer, and eight years later, her eldest brother in a tragic car accident. Little did she know that her grief journey would come full circle with the death of her husband, at the same age and from the same cancer as her Dad. Their children were six and four years old.

Rachel Pope is the founder of the online community 'Gifts from Grief', and is highly admired for her positive attitude and work as a Grief Specialist. She is a writer, inspirational speaker, former trained-pilot and early learning educator, with a personal mission to lift the lid on grief and loss, one conversation at a time. Rachel has lived it, survived, and resurfaced with a passion to help people grow through grief and recognise the gifts within their story.

Kym Phillips (a.k.a The Moving Angel) from Moving Made Easy shares with us her secrets to success and how to build a business with a limited marketing budget!

Kym grew up in the removals industry with her parents running a successful business for 30 years. To spend time with her parents, Kym would go with her Dad in the truck or be the errand girl for her Mum in the office. These times underpinned Kym’s values towards business & people, including treating everyone with respect, not judging a book by its cover, always be reliable and exceed people’s expectations. Kym is the type of person who finds a solution to any problem. 
From humble beginnings, leaving school at 15 and with minimal education, Kym cut her way through a hairdressing apprenticeship, where she really learnt to talk, before returning to the industry she loves and is passionate about. Learning the ropes within Government Departments, organising Defence force moves for employees & families, Kym climbed the corporate ladder, cutting her teeth on every aspect, from customer service to corporate management, understanding firsthand the problems faced by women when moving house. 

This ultimately inspired Kym to create a business model that was different, that identified individual client needs, by actively listening to clients, holding removalists accountable and providing a service that was always reliable, not just matching client expectations, but exceeding them.