What is the SpringBoard Business Development Program?

The Springboard Business Development Program ™ is specifically designed for growth oriented home based and small businesses. It is based on facilitated peer to peer learning, in groups of 12 to 15 businesses and with delivery by local skilled facilitators (not ‘trainers’). It is not ‘chalk and talk’ teaching – it is about networking, knowledge sharing and growing businesses.

A feature of the program is local delivery, with local facilitators. We have had no difficulty finding suitable facilitators whom we train to conduct the program. A side benefit is enhancing the capability of local business consultants and support services.

The program costs around $550 per head to deliver, and costs even less when the delivering organisation has ready access to possible participants as this reduces the marketing effort.  To date public subsidies have underpinned the program allowing a substantial reduction in cost to the participant.

The Springboard Program is unique. While there are many seminars for home based business, this is the only program focusing on growth oriented businesses and built upon facilitated adult peer to peer learning principles.

The Springboard Program is proven and documented with facilitator training, manuals, selection procedures, workbooks and reading materials, so it can easily be implemented by local organisations and people.  It is ready for scaling up and replication more widely.

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