oscaractive2024-03-29T15:34:28Zhttps://oscaractive.ning.com/group/businessasmission/forum/feed/allWho else is going to the BAM Global Congress in Thailand?https://oscaractive.ning.com/group/businessasmission/forum/who-else-is-going-to-the-bam-global-congress-in-thailand2019-11-20T11:00:55.000Z2019-11-20T11:00:55.000ZJon Bowershttps://oscaractive.ning.com/members/JonBowers<div><p>The last BAM Congress in 2013 was amazing. There were 550 BAM/Tentmakers with great speakers.This time the event looks to be 2-3 X bigger!</p><p>The best part was probably the networking. God led me to a software company in Cambodia where I spent the past 5 years. </p><p>More info here: <a href="https://bamglobal.org/congress/">https://bamglobal.org/congress/</a></p><p>If you are going then maybe we can meet up there or here.</p><p>Any Q's let me know.</p></div>Conference: Business as Usual or Business unUsual, Bath, 7 May 2016https://oscaractive.ning.com/group/businessasmission/forum/conference-business-as-usual-or-business-unusual-bath-7-may-20162016-01-29T09:16:03.000Z2016-01-29T09:16:03.000ZOSCARhttps://oscaractive.ning.com/members/MikeFrith<div><h3>BUSINESS as USUAL or BUSINESS unUSUAL?: Spreading the Gospel through Business</h3>
<h4>Saturday 7 May 2016, Widcombe Baptist Church, Bath, 9am to 2pm</h4>
<p>How can business be used to bless the nations, particularly in areas where the church is small or non existent? From Bath to the ends of the earth, God is using business and business people to sow the seed of His Gospel through business. If we understand business rightly, we see that in the day to day of business we have many opportunities to exhibit Godly principles through our lives. But sometimes we don’t know how, or when, or what to do. This interactive morning workshop will help YOU figure that out for your business.</p>
<p><strong>SPEAKERS</strong></p>
<p><strong>Dr. Nora Hughes</strong> is an accomplished manager, author, speaker and consultant. As Managing Director of the Business 4 Blessing Alliance, and Hughes Alliance, a business consultancy, she has been providing management consulting services to CEOs and managers of private and public businesses as well as governments since 1990. Dr. Hughes was OMF International’s director of Missional Business from 2009 – 2012 and received a PhD in Human and Organization Systems from Fielding Graduate University, an MSOD and BSM, Summa Cum Laude, from Pepperdine University.</p>
<p><strong>Hong-Hai Seeto</strong>, is an experienced and self-reliant deal-maker at the business-technology interface. He has over over twenty-five years of UK and international experience. A native of Singapore, he returned to his homeland to use his well-honed business skills for the Kingdom. He works in difficult East Asian countries to provide consulting services for Missional Business start-ups. He also mentors a small group of local people who have come to faith.</p>
<p><strong>COST (includes light breakfast, lunch & refreshments):</strong> £20 for businessmen, £10 for church leaders, £5 for students</p>
<p><strong>BOOK YOUR PLACE:</strong> Email: <a href="mailto:info@swantogether.com">info@swantogether.com</a> OR phone Jon: 07855006317</p>
<p>Agencies involved: AIM, Frontiers, Interserve, i-Teams, Latin Link, OM, OMF, OSCAR, TEN, WEC International, and others…</p></div>Malaga Conference for BAM practicioners and those who coach themhttps://oscaractive.ning.com/group/businessasmission/forum/malaga-conference-for-bam-practicioners-and-those-who-coach-them2015-08-25T16:54:11.000Z2015-08-25T16:54:11.000ZJack McCullarshttps://oscaractive.ning.com/members/JackMcCullars<div><table class="Tb" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="ZhAppColContent" valign="top" width="55%"><table cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td class="ZhAppContent2" valign="top"><table class="Msg" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td id="iframeBody" class="MsgBody" colspan="2" valign="top">Subject: Doing Business in Hard Places - an invitation<br /><br />The inaugural OPEN Huddle in the North Africa region will be held in Malaga, Spain 12-15 November, 2015. The acronym OPEN stands for O-verseas P-rofessional E-mployees N-etwork. OPEN is an informal network of individuals and enterprises doing for-profit business across cultures in difficult places, with a specific aim of seeing people's lives transformed by the gospel. We are all doing (or want to be doing) BAM or B4T. The 'M' and the 'T' are the reason we exist and we seek to integrate these with the 'B' part of our lives. The OPEN network is loose, informal, but secure, and our main aim is to help and learn from one another to do business better and see greater transformation in our particular situations. Membership and attendance is by invitation/application, and is open to all nationalities. <br /><br />Some of the activities of OPEN include coaching and assistance with:<br /><br />choosing what business to do<br />business planning and startups<br />finances and book-keeping<br />how to handle bribery and corruption<br />sales and marketing<br />general business coaching<br />dealing with local employees and gov't bureaucracy<br />raising startup capital (OPEN can help you find investors for your business!)<br />mentoring you in your business leadership<br /><br />OPEN has been organizing regional Huddles and other conferences in Central Asia, Thailand, Dubai, and Turkey for the past 10 years, and its members live and work in virtually every hard place you can think of. If doing business with a transformational effect is at all of interest to you, then you certainly want to come. Priority will be given to those working in North Africa, but attendance is <strong>open to others.</strong> All attendees must be BAM practicioners or those who coach/mentor them. Our primary speakers will be Patrick Lai, author of 'Tentmaking: The Life and Work of Business as Missions' and Bill Job, a successful business owner who has seen amazing transformation through his company in China. Bill will be sharing on his experience of 30 years as a tentmaker. Patrick will be speaking on the inner and outer work of doing BAM/B4T, plus sharing on BAM/B4T best practices. Patrick and his wife May, mentor an even dozen BAM/B4T businesses around the world.<br /><br />Dates: 12 to 15 November<br />Place: Malaga, Spain<br />Cost: £130 (all inclusive price, including 3 nights shared accommodation, full board, conference registration fees, PayPal credit card payment fee. Airport transfers not included. This is the discounted price if you register BEFORE SEPTEMBER 15TH.)<br /><br />To register for the first ever OPEN Huddle in N Africa, please write to Jack at jmccullars@swiftmail.org<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td class="TbBottom"><table class="Tb" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr valign="middle"><td class="TbBt"><table class="Tb" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="https://mail.swiftmail.org/zimbra/h/search?sfi=5&st=message"><img src="https://mail.swiftmail.org/img/zimbra/ImgRefresh.png" title="Refresh" alt="Refresh" /><span> Refresh</span></a></td><td></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="https://mail.swiftmail.org/zimbra/h/search?si=31&so=0&sc=17115&sfi=5&st=message&paction=rowView&action=compose"><img src="https://mail.swiftmail.org/img/zimbra/ImgNewMessage.png" title="Compose" alt="Compose" /><span> Compose</span></a></td><td></td><td style="padding:0 1px 0 1px;" height="100%" nowrap="nowrap" valign="middle"></td><td style="padding:0 1px 0 1px;" height="100%" nowrap="nowrap" valign="middle"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0 1px 0 1px;" height="100%" nowrap="nowrap" valign="middle"></td><td></td><td height="100%" nowrap="nowrap" valign="middle"></td><td class="IEbutton" height="100%" valign="middle"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="middle"></td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="middle"></td><td class="vSpace"></td><td class="IEbutton" height="100%" valign="middle"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="middle"></td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="middle"></td><td class="vSpace"></td><td class="IEbutton" height="100%" valign="middle"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td height="100%" nowrap="nowrap" valign="middle"></td><td class="IEbutton" height="100%" valign="middle"></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="width:100%;" valign="top"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" valign="top"></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p></div>Short Business Courseshttps://oscaractive.ning.com/group/businessasmission/forum/short-business-courses2012-10-18T10:21:05.000Z2012-10-18T10:21:05.000ZMike Frithhttps://oscaractive.ning.com/members/MikeFrith605<div><p><span style="color:#333333;font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:18px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;display:inline;float:none;">Does anyone know of a basic one day course for business start-ups that could be used in developing countries?</span></p></div>