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2023 Sleep Bus Fundraiser

No one deserves to be homeless - The SleepBus initiative will help give a safe night sleep to up to 20 people per night. Together with Lifehouse Care the SleepBus Fundraiser is well on the way to reaching the target goal of $100,000 to bring this hotel pod on wheels to Coffs Harbour for emergency overnight accommodation. I had the honour and privilege of being involved on the day. A very big thankyou to Doris Rake for organising the event, and to Alison Paul from NBN news for her talented MC'ing, and thank you to all attendees, bidders and donators (especially one very generous couple who donated $20,000). Lastly a personal thank you to my wonderful and very supportive wife Janie Bourne for handling the Door Entry and Raffle Ticket sales.

The event was held on Saturday the 13th of May at Coffs Surf Club Restaurant and Bar.

Wheelchair Donation

Michael Bourne sourced, fund-raised and donated a (near-new, high-end, ultra-light) wheelchair to the Fracture Clinic at Coffs Harbour Hospital. PHOTO: Michael Bourne (in yellow) pictured with Chief Physiotherapist Greg Ewart (in blue).

Coffs Harbour mountain bike rider, surf lifesaver, businessman, hubby and dad Michael Bourne has used a not-so-pleasant cycling accident to help others. After a recent spill from his mountain bike, Michael spent some time at Coffs Harbour Health Campus with the Surgical Unit team, and then the Physiotherapy team. He noticed the hospital could do with another set of wheels… a self-propelled wheelchair to be precise, so he turned to his Facebook friends for help. Having located a near-new $1500 high-end wheelchair for $300, Michael asked for donations and within three hours, hit his target. Today, Michael handed over the ultra-light wheelchair to Chief Physiotherapist Greg Ewart (in the blue shirt) where it will be …

Reachout Australia

In March 2021 Reachout Australia held the Laps For Life 2021 month long swimming fundraiser for teenage mental health support services. Michael Bourne participated and swam 34.5km and raised $565. Thank you to all supporters. March 2021: Michael Bourne

Did you know that suicide is the leading cause of death for young people in Australia? That means that each year, more young people die by suicide than in car accidents or from cancer.

By sponsoring my participation in Laps for Life, you'll be helping ReachOut achieve its mission of ensuring that all young people have the support they need to be happy and well.

March 2021, I’m challenging myself to swim to save lives.https://www.lapsforlife.com.au/fundraiser/michaelbourne

How Linkedin worked for us

How Linkedin worked for us. Early Adopters: Our business (Infotek3000 - the parent company) began in 1996. When Social Media was a fairly new term we were registering with many of those Social Platforms, setting up our profile and then watching to see what would happen next… “First in Mind” through a Passive Long-Term Presence: We primarily use LinkedIn as a tool to maintain an additional connection with many of our long-term clients. We share posts that we think are relevant to our client-base and we occasionally share useful insights into our own business successes and failures. We try to grow and maintain a fairly innocuous and passive presence. Our aim is to keep “First in Mind” without bombarding our clients with countless sell signals. To a lesser degree we also connect with people we have recently met, and we connect with people that we feel a connection may create a mutual benefit. Additional Point of Contact: We have noticed a slow but steady rise in the number …

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How BBX worked for us

How BBX worked for us. What is BBX? I define BBX as being a Network of Members that Buy and Sell Products and Services that might otherwise still be on the shelf right now (eg. Excess Stock, Clearance Items, Vacant Accommodation especially during the Low Season, and More Members in a Class or Gym or Pool). BBX helps to match Buyers with Sellers and Facilitates the Trade of those Goods or Services. In return BBX receives a cash commission. [Join BBX under Infotek3000] Cowboys vs Cashflow: Infotek3000 joined BBX in 2006. A few "cowboys" would regularly purchase large quantities of only one of our product (eg. 10,000 Business Cards every few weeks). This made our turnover look great, however our cost of sales & commissions were mounting & our cash-flow took a beating. We looked at ways to deal with the few cowboys without affecting our smaller BBX Member Clients - Here is what we came up with...

1). Regain Control - We registered a se…