Printing Industries Association of Australia (Printing Industries) is launching a program of webinars covering major areas of business operations.
The program will launch on Friday 19 April 2013 at 1pm with a webinar on how printing companies can access clean technology grants.
Printing Industries National Director, Communications and Marketing, Joe Kowalewski (pictures), said the 30-minute webinar would be the first of a regular webinar program for Printing Industriesmembers covering a wide range of business topics. 
“This marks the beginning of a new approach to bringing our member’s relevant and up-to-date information and, via our webinar series, an interactive way allowing participation without having to leave their premises,” he said. “It will also provide an outreach program for members in country areas unable to travel to our offices or city venues where many of our information sessions are held.
“Good communication and access to usable information on a regular program basis is important to all businesses and our new webinar series is part of the communications mix being developed to meet this need,” he said.
The clean technology webinar will be presented by Chris Hay, managing director of Mojarra, a company providing cost saving, energy efficiency and carbon reduction services to an extensive range of SME and major corporates including News Ltd; Coles; Woolworths; Commonwealth Bank and Caterpillar.
It will focus on grants available through the Federal Government Funded Clean Technology Investment Programme (CTIP), an $800 million competitive, merit based program supporting Australian manufacturers to maintain competitiveness in a carbon constrained economy.
Companies of all sizes may be eligible for a grant – this webinar will help you understand how it could help your business and guide you on what you need to do next.
Topics covered include:
1. Are you eligible for a CTIP grant? What upgrades and projects are covered in the scheme?
2. How it works and the process
3. Criteria for eligibility – the advantage of having ‘base line data’, being seen as ‘Green’ etc
4. A change of Federal Government – what would it mean to the program?
5. How to get started.
To register your interest in the clean technology grants webinar click on this link.
Registrants will receive login details for the webinar next week. (Participants will need access to a computer with internet access, speakers or a telephone).
Kowalewski said the next webinar in the series would focus on Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) for Friday 3 May at 1pm.
“We are currently developing a schedule that will cover key and topical subjects covering workplace relations, marketing, social media, industry policy and business improvement issues,” he said.
“Members can also suggest topics they would like covered by contacting their local Printing Industries staff or emailing events@printnet.com.au