Make it Happen Signage Academy ANZ
Know The Signs
Practical Training and Consultancy That Builds Capability in the ANZ Sign & Print Industry
We help sign and print businesses across Australia and New Zealand build the skills, confidence, and commercial clarity they need to grow. Through practical, industry‑specific training and tailored consultancy, we support teams at every stage – from onboarding new staff to strengthening production, improving workflow, and taking on higher‑value work with confidence.
We combine global signage expertise with deep local industry knowledge to close the skills gap, reduce mistakes, and lift capability across the Australian and New Zealand Sign and Print market. Whether you’re a sign shop, print provider, fabrication team, or a business expanding into signage, our workshops and consultancy give you the tools, structure, and real‑world guidance to improve performance and operate more profitably.
Global Signage Expertise, Local Training and Consultancy for the ANZ Sign & Print Industry
Make It Happen ANZ provides friendly, hands‑on training and practical consultancy for sign and print businesses across Australia and New Zealand. Led by fourth‑generation signwriter and award‑winning industry educator Michelle Henry, we help teams build confidence, strengthen technical skills, and improve commercial performance through training designed specifically for the sign and print industry.
Across New Zealand and Australia, many businesses are working hard to stay profitable while juggling rising costs, tight margins, and the challenge of onboarding new staff quickly. Our workshops and consultancy sessions are built to give your team a genuine competitive edge… the kind that comes from understanding materials properly, quoting accurately, reducing costly mistakes, and working with clarity and confidence. Every session is designed to pay for itself through better decisions, smoother workflow, and stronger margins.
And this isn’t just training for newcomers. Many of our delegates have been in the industry for 20, 30, even 40 years and they still walk away saying they learned something new. Our approach blends international best practice with real‑world ANZ experience, giving even seasoned sign professionals and print professionals fresh insights, updated techniques, and practical tools they can apply immediately.
From beginner foundations and technical bootcamps to sales training, quoting support, and tailored business improvement consultancy, we focus on real jobs, real materials, and real challenges. Your team walks away with practical tools they can use straight away – helping you improve efficiency, reduce mistakes, and deliver better results for your clients.
If you’re onboarding new staff, expanding into signage, or looking for ways to improve profitability and team capability, Make It Happen ANZ gives you the structure, support, and industry‑specific expertise to move forward with clarity and stay ahead of the competition.
The team at Grimshaw Signs recently attended our first Make It Happen workshop. We were thoroughly impressed by the quality and depth of the content presented. Sam and Michelle were incredibly knowledgeable, providing such insightful perspectives on all things signage. The session was interactive, engaging and had plenty of opportunities for questions and discussion. We walked away with valuable tools and strategies that we as a team are looking forward to implementing.
Steph Dickie
Grimshaw Signs
Here to Support Your Business Growth
As a fourth‑generation signwriter with international experience and deep industry insight, I help sign and print businesses across Australia and New Zealand build stronger, more capable teams by running Make It Happen workshops.
These inspiring and engaging bootcamps are tailored to different roles and experience levels, every delegate gains clarity, confidence, and capability and every business sees the impact in better work, fewer mistakes, and stronger commercial outcomes.
Loved the sales approach and what to ask etc- makes me feel more confident to sell and make the customer feel confident we can do.
Susie Jackson
Kwik Copy
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Building skills. Growing YOUR business.
Our Mission
To expand on current knowledge and encourage new ideas and practices to enhance the services our clients provide
Our Vision
To connect the sign and print industry at all levels and encourage continuous development