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w w w .i n si d eH A LT O N .c o m O A K V IL LE B EA V ER Th ur sd ay , O ct ob er 6 , 2 01 1 1 6 P r e s e n t 2011 Week Power Up Your Business Invest. Innovate. Grow. The Oakville Chamber of Commerce & Business Development Bank of Canada Pre-Registration & Pre-Payment Required Register online at www.oakvillechamber.com Questions? Call Nesrene (905) 845-6613 x 205 nesrene@oakvillechamber.com Celebrate the weeks launch with breakfast and hear success story Cora Tsouflidou discuss her life as an entrepreneur, the Cora journey, lessons learned, understanding your customers, quality customer service and achieving peak performance with your team. Monday October 17th Location: Holiday Inn Oakville Centre, 590 Argus Road, Oakville: Kick-Off Breakfast with Keynote Speaker Cora Tsouflidou, Founder of Cora Thursday October 20th at Holiday Inn Oakville at Bronte, 2525 Wyecroft Road, Oakville: BUSINESS AFTER HOURS & TRADE SHOW - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19TH Time: 5:00 - 8:00 pm FREE ADMISSION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Location: Oakville Conference Centre, 2515 Wyecroft Rd., Oakville TheChambers popular monthly evening reception is combined with our Annual Trade Show. Come to network with local business leaders and over 100 exhibitors. Enjoy food catered by Oakville Conference Centre, Beer Sampling from Camerons Brewing Co. &Wine Sampling from Peller Estates ALL FREE OF CHARGE Small Business Week recognizes the tremendous contribution small businesses make to our economy, both locally and nationally. It is an opportunity to participate in many networking, information, and educational events. Register today for Small Business Week 2011 Seminar Series. $33 to attend 1 seminar $85 to attend 3 seminars $99 to attend all 8 seminars Trade Show Pricing: Member Rate: $145 Non-Member Rate: $195 HST not included (HST #R107790586) Monday October 17 - Thursday October 20 Your Community. Your Accountant. 9:30 - 11:00 am Online Marketing: Planning for Success - Gain an understanding of the fundamentals of online marketing - Learn how to develop an online marketing strategy and execution plan Ben Molfetta & Aby Alameddine, co-founders of Core Marketing Strategies. Core Marketing Strategies works with small and mid-sized businesses to develop strategic marketing plans, and provides on-going support to ensure those plans are effectively executed to drive predictable and sustainable revenue growth. - Before you do social media checklist - Is social media right for me? - A road map for using social media for business: What works and what to avoid Jonathan Burns is the President of Strategy Cube and speaks frequently on web 2.0, social media and internet marketing. A former Proctor & Gamble Brand Manager, Jonathan provides online strategy consulting services to CEOs of small & mid size GTA firms & has helped clients with their online & social media marketing. 11:30 - 1:00 pm Escaping Social Media Madness 9:00 - 10:30 am What You Need to Know from the Experts A panel of 3 experts, a lawyer, accountant and banker, with expertise in Small Business will share their experience with you. From SB Partners LLP, Greg Clarke, Partner, CA From Feltmate Delibato Heagle LLP, David Rickards, Lawyer From TD Canada Trust, Tom Savoy, Small Business Advisor 11:00 - 12:30 pm The Myths & Mysteries Work Life Balance for Entrepreneurs - The boot strapping phase. What is possible and not possible. - The successful business leader who struggles with turning work off Steve Howse is the President and founder of Millington & Associates Inc; a consulting firm providing service in the areas of facilitation, sales, marketing, communications and governance. Fulfilling the strategic needs of many organizations 9:00 - 10:30 am Sales...What You Need to Know - Identify & remove limiting anchors - Excuses a thing of the past - Fear will become your ally - Clarity will be your power - Cultivate the habit of persistence John Kanary is an author, businessman, world class coach and personal effectiveness speaker and trainer. He has published two books & trained over 200 coaches with his unique coaching program for over 30 years. - Elevate your Service Culture, elevate your revenues. - Create Magical experiences for your external and internal customers Darlene Huff, President of The Coaching Suite, offers a unique platform of Retail consulting, Leadership & Life coaching. She has combined her passion of building service cultures for retailers like The Disney Store & Williams-Sonoma with her entrepreneurial spirit to help other organizations elevate their service cultures. 11:00 - 12:30 pm Dare to Care 9:00 - 10:30 am Networking Edge Building Relationships for Success - Enhancing your networking skills - Components of a networking plan - Practical techniques to increase your connections & follow up guidelines Audie McCarthy, President of The Marrek Group, founded the company in 2002. Combining her personal values of integrity, passionate intensity and goal oriented excellence; Audie has succeeded in building strong relationships with clients and associates to attain a high level of success as an entrepreneur. Crisis management, endless interruptions, a poor sense of priorities, a messy desk. These things are not minor irritations. They are a massive problem!! So we have a choice... organize or agonize. Since 1983 Andrew Sherwood has been an Independent Associate with Priority Management conducting Time Management workshops. He has conducted over 3000 seminars for over 40,00 people. 11:00 - 12:30 pm Organize or Agonize Tuesday October 18th at Holiday Inn Oakville at Bronte, 2525 Wyecroft Road, Oakville: Monday October 17th at Holiday Inn Oakville Centre, 590 Argus Road, Oakville: Wednesday October 19th at Holiday Inn Oakville at Bronte, 2525 Wyecroft Road, Oakville: