D6 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday November 17, 1999 YOU WOULDN'T TRUST JUST ANYONE TO DRIVE YOUR CAR, SO WHY TRUST JUST ANY COMPANY TO INSURE IT? FOURTH LINE AUTO W ayne McGill 2345 W yrxroft R d #21. Oakville 847-5671 Business To reach this section call 845-3824 Fax:337-5567 For A ll Your Car's Needs Drive Clean Emission Testing Government Safety Inspection Tune-Ups · Brakes · E xhaust · C ooling System s Apprmed Shop 559 Speers Road 842-3001 Since 1979 Presentations require special attention Be prepared, be calm, be professional D uring Small Business Week, I attended several of the seminars and presentations. Some of the presenters and masters of ceremony seemed to forget that they were sup posed to look like they knew what they were doing as well as representing their business. Q: I will be presenting several free sessions soon and don't want to appear like an uncomfortable, unprepared boob. Do you have any tips to help me ` perform ' better? SHANNON SM ITH Lasting Impressions Photo by Peter J. Thompson BOOK BUDDIES: It's always great to have a friend and children's author and illustrator Andrea Beck has a special buddy. That big fuzzy fellow is Elliot Moose, the main charac ter in Beck's book series,. The two appeared on the weekend at Pick Of The Crop on Lakeshore Road. Saturday sem in ar for budding entrepreneurs Doug West, author of `It's Your Frog...Warts and AH', will be the guest speaker at the Starting A Small Business seminar to be held Nov. 20th at the Halton Regional Centre in Oakville. The seminar is co-sponsored by H ew lett-Packard, Bell Canada, Royal Bank, the M inistry of Economic Development and Trade and Human Resources Development Canada. The session runs from 8:30 a.m.12 p.m. Registration fee is $30. "We are moving into the age of the entrepreneur," says West. "This is a time when increasing numbers of people will prosper from their ability to develop the attitude, knowledge and skills needed to build their own successful business es." The seminar will also focus on practical tips in getting a business started including setting up a home office and marketing the business. To register, call the Halton Business Development Centre at 825-6300, fax: 825-8839 or on the net at www.haltonbusiness.com C o n sen su s r e a c h e d on d e v e lo p m e n t c h a rg es The follow ing inform ation was sup plied by the Town o f Oakville Economic Development Department. The Economic Development staff participated on the Town of Oakville Development Charges Committee. According to C.N. Watson, Oakville's New industrial/office development charge (Town + Hydro + Region + School Boards) is lower than that for Brampton and Mississauga. Each municipality in Ontario was required to review and come up with a new development charges by-law which, sets requirements for fees paid to the municipality for specific municipal services. In the case of Oakville, the pri mary cost associated with the non-residential development charges is roads. The Committee was provided with information on the importance of keep ing Oakville's development charges competitive with respect to other munic ipalities in the GTA. This need had been identified earlier in the Oakville's Economic Development Strategy. Additional information was provided on the high ranking placed on-site develop ment costs by site locators looking for new locations. Oakville Council has instituted a new discounted non-residential development charge of $2 per square feet for new industrial and office development. An exemption for expansions to existing industrial buildings (up to 50%) was also implemented. Oakville's new nonresidential rate is different from the past rate, because it blends the charge for industrial and office buildings. Economic development staff supported this blended concept, as office develop ment is of an equal priority under Oakville's Economic Development Strategy. Transition policies from the old to the new rates were also instituted, which are particularly important for developments in Winston Business Park. A separate and slightly higher rate was established for retail development in Oakville. ___________________________Advertorial______ Presentation Manner: Look as if you're enjoying yourself; be prepared; don's stay seated-sand by the side of the stage before you are J .L . * A: Congratulations, it's a great way introduced; stick to your time scheduleto gain exposure for your business. if need be, ask for a timer-it's bad form Giving free information sessions, offer and rude to go over the specific time ing to volunteer as a presenter/speaker you were given in the program; have six or master of ceremonies for a commu times the material you will present; nity business event certainly helps oth know how to ask for the question and be prepared for the questions and know ers as well as yourself. Two national U.S. studies on the how to end the question period. Professional Dress: subject on `public fears'-both conduct Dress the part of a professional; your ed by R.H. 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