WIN your own prestigious Advisory Board!
Receive the immediate benefit of diverse expertise, proven experience and independent perspective
What is an Advisory Board?
An Advisory Board is a group of advisors (typically consisting of business leaders, entrepreneurs and professional advisors) who together or individually provide advice to a business owner or CEO. The purpose of an Advisory Board is to provide guidance, outside perspective, expert advice and support.
Eligibility
Owners, CEOs and Managing Directors of small to medium sized enterprises with 1-200 staff are eligible to enter.How to enter
- Tell us your challenging business growth issue in 50 words or less
- Nominate an Advisory Board to address your issue
- Ensure you are available at the date and time of your nominated Advisory Board Session.
Auction: Increase your chances of winning a 1st prize by placing a bid to purchase one of two SME positions on an Advisory Board. The top 5 highest bids made for an Advisory Board will be considered as a group and one of these entrants will win a 1st Prize for that Advisory Board. Bids are made in the entry form. The entrant who placed the winning bid must pay SME Boardroom the bidded price upon being notified that they are a winner.
Limited to first 250 entries
Entries close by: 1 December 2010. Entry takes no more than 10 minutes.
How to win
SME Boardroom will determine the winners based on the most challenging and interesting business growth issues. Suitability of the Advisory Boards to offer advice on the issue and the appropriateness of the issue to be discussed in a public forum will also be considered.
SME Boardroom will select an entrant to win 1st Prize on each Advisory Board. A second 1st Prize winner for each Advisory Board will then be selected from the top 5 highest bids made to purchase a SME position on that Advisory Board. 5 entrants will then be selected to win 2nd prizes. 50 winners will then be selected to win runner up prizes.
Winners will be determined by SME Boardroom on 2 December 2010. They will be notified by 3 December 2010. 1st prize winners must sign a Disclaimer Form, register as a Member of SME Boardroom and if necessary, pay the bidded price.
Entry takes no more than 10 minutes | Full Terms & Conditions here
HOW DO OUR ONLINE ADVISORY BOARD SESSIONS WORK?
Specific Advice: 2 SMEs will each be given approximately 20-25 minutes to discuss their specific issue with their nominated Advisory Board.
Open Questions: There will be 10-15 minutes at the end of the session for open questions to the Advisory Board from the 2 SMEs. During this time, the special guest for that nominated Advisory Board will also join the discussion to provide their strategic advice.
Method: The SMEs and the advisors on the Advisory Board will telephone in for a conference call scheduled to take approximately 1 hour. Keep 1 hour and 30 minutes free just in case.
Format: The Advisory Board session will be recorded as a webcast. All participants will have an opportunity to request reasonable edits to the recording. SME Boardroom has final sign off on the recording.
Distribution: The recording will be distributed publicly as a webcast and e-book. Winners names and businesses will be kept anonymous and will not be disclosed to the Advisory Boards or the public (unless otherwise agreed).