Wednesday 2005-08-10 to the Australian Shareholders' Association in Ballarat: "Is a Shareholders' Association really necessary?"

Wednesday 2005-10-05 at the InvestorIQ bookshop in Perth: "Family Trusts"

Wednesday 2005-10-05 to the Australian Shareholders' Association in Perth: "Is a Shareholders' Association really necessary?"

Sunday 2005-10-16 to the Style Council in Melbourne: "Style Manuals - Masters or Servants?"

Tuesday 2006-03-14 to the Australian Shareholders' Association in Manningham: "Estate Planning using Family Trusts"

Workshops on Meetings Procedure were conducted for:

• NSW Farmers' Association, Sydney
• Councillors of the City of Melbourne

Saturday 2006-07-08 to the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia Conference in Brisbane: "Enjoy your English!"

Saturday 2006-07-15 and Sunday 2006-07-16 to the Municipal Association of Victoria Councillor Development Weekend at Lorne

Nick Renton leading his workshop at the 2006 Lorne conference

Thursday 2006-07-20 to the Probus Club of Balwyn Central: "Estate Planning and Family Trusts"

Saturday 2007-07-21 and Sunday 2007-07-22 to the Municipal Association of Victoria Councillor Development Weekend at Lorne

Saturday 2007-08-25 to the Municipal Association of Victoria's Effective Meetings Workshop at Melbourne

Tuesday 2008-04-15 at the RACV Library in Melbourne: "Estate Planning"

Wednesday 2008-05-07 to the West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority's Meetings Training Workshop at Traralgon

Saturday 2008-07-19 to an ASA regional group in Mandurah, Western Australia, on the early days of the Australian Shareholders' Association

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