Cheers to 2018 and Here’s to 2019!   As we farewell 2018, and look forward to an amazing 2019, it’s time for a little reflection and a sneak peak of what’s in store for the year ahead. * Reflection *   SHINE Business Women was founded on 8/3/18 – unintentionally coinciding with International Women’s Day! […]

This week we SHINE the Spotlight on a lady who is seriously my ‘girl crush’ and a woman whom I even more greatly admire and respect now that I’ve read her amazing book ‘Winging It’ , which was released just last week. Emma is a force to be reckoned with and a dynamic entrepreneur; she […]

People have created communities since time began; working together for better outcomes and wanting to feel that they are part of something and have somewhere they feel they belong. Wanting to embrace and be part of a ’community’ is a natural human instinct and a desire we all innately have, we are social creatures by […]

Zoë Sparks Director – Spectacular Events Pty Ltd / Founder – SHINE Business Women Known as a Travel Guru, Author, Speaker & Business Mentor, Zoë has over twenty-seven year’s experience within the travel industry, and after winning the prestigious “Traveland National Consultant of the Year” 1995/1996 award, she moved from Qld’s Sunshine Coast to Sydney to […]

Today marks a MAJOR milestone for Spectacular Events & Spectacular World Travel… today we celebrate our 20th birthday! Woo hoo!!!   In 1998, I held the piece of paper in my hand that was my company certificate… I was aged 25 years old, ready to take on the world and initially we started out with […]

Dr Kirstin Ferguson currently sits on the boards of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, SCA Property Group Ltd, Hyne and Layne Beachley’s Foundation. She also sits on the Advisory Panel of SheStarts, an incubator for female led technology startups and is the Chairman of the Women’s Agenda Leadership Awards. Previous board appointments include CIMIC Ltd, Dart […]

The wealth of your business does depend on you keeping on top of your paperwork and administration, as well as controlling your cash flow. You also need to make sure that you are focused on your yield or net profit, taking into consideration all revenue and expenses. There’s no point being in business and putting in all the time and effort […]

Lynn has been creating change and motivating people and teams to success for over 25 years. During a 20- year career in Travel, Lynn was responsible for negotiating airline contracts for Flight Centre’s U.K. Head Office before moving to New York for a joint venture with British Airways. Taking time out to have children, Lynn […]

Dr Maria Boulton is a GP, business owner, author, public speaker and regular guest on ABC Radio Brisbane. Her business Family Doctors Plus won the 2017 Telstra QLD Business of the Year Award as well as New Business of the Year Award. The state win was superb considering very few new businesses normally win that […]

Elaine Jobson is a Fitness Industry veteran having spent 23 years in executive positions working for a number of the large fitness brands. Her roles have taken her all over the globe having worked in Asia, Europe, South Africa and now Australia. She is best known for teaming up with well-known industry entrepreneurs including Mike […]