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EVENTS
Business After 5
At the Burlington Chamber of Commerce, our priority is to be the voice of business in Burlington.
The Burlington Chamber advocates on behalf of our members; we carry the collective and individual views of Chamber members to all levels of government to ensure that your voice is heard.
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The Burlington Chamber of Commerce is here to help your business grow. Through our business education seminars you can learn new skills, stay informed or get motivated. Our business seminars are organized by various Chamber committees based on the needs and interests of Chamber members. Seminars are always interesting, topical and affordable. Seminars and workshop focus on the most requested topics from our member surveys.
All of our upcoming seminars are listed on our
Events Calendar and we always keep members posted with our very
popular eNews announcements. Chamber members always
receive a discount
on seminar attendance fees. Click here to see some
of the most recent Chamber business education seminars.
UPCOMING BUSINESS EDUCATION SEMINARS
LUNCH & LEARN - March 16 Effective Leadership & Communication
Poor management skills are the leading cause of most employee and human resources problems ranging from turnover & absenteeism, to complaints & poor productivity. Learn the essentials of good people management and leadership including the core principle of effective communications—the foundation to all strong management and human resources practices
Cancellations after March 9 can not be refunded. You MUST pay in advance to reserve your spot.
LUNCH & LEARN - April 20 Creating a Business Team that Works
Building a team that works is important to you and your company. Through practical tools of understanding human psychological makeup (of yourself and those around you) you can understand what makes up an effective team. This Lunch & Learn will ensure you have the right tools to build the proficient team that contributes to the success of your company.
Cancellations after April 13 can not be refunded. You MUST pay in advance to reserve your spot.
How Innovation Ready Are You and Your Business?
The New Economy has changed the rules of what it
takes to run a competitively successful business. In the Old Economy,
businesses and individuals who demonstrated some innovative flair were
the exception to the rule and therefore, assured competitive success.
Product and service life cycles are now two to three years in length and
service life cycles are sometimes less than one year into roll-out when
the competition arrives on your doorstep to pressure your margins and
viability. Sustained innovative advantage has not only become a
desired benefit, it is quickly proving to be one of the only
strategically relevant approaches to success in an economy that is
volatile, uncertain and highly competitive. If you are
entrepreneurially-oriented, you already do this unconsciously. This
workshop is designed to help you remember how you did it, so you can do
it again on cue. Sustained innovative advantage requires an
all-inclusive approach, which encourages:
1st Unlocking Your Genius™ 2nd Unlocking Business Genius™ 3rd Embedding this new orientation into your culture
to create sustained innovative advantage This will be a working session geared towards those who wish to tap their own unique entrepreneurial genius in order to flourish in the uncertainty and chaos that marks this new era.
Cancellations after April 27 can not be refunded. You MUST pay in advance to reserve your spot.
LUNCH & LEARN - May 18 Cash Crisis Prevention for You and Your Company
Air. Water. Cash. Business life's most indispensible resources. In a cash crunch, be positioned to get the cash you need when you need it! The reality of most cash crises is that they can build quietly over time. Others smack you with gut-melting surprise. Not being prepared for a cash crunch is like driving a car without a gas gauge. If you are the one who has taken all the risks, you need to protect yourself and build a safety net – not next week, not next month… NOW. Phil Evenden will show you how to do this and how to do it a lot cheaper than you imagined using someone else's money. Greg Clarke address creditor proofing, asset protection and financial compliance that will build in safeguards to prevent business dislocation by third parties reaching in and snatching critical resources, allowing you to keep your doors open for business, no matter what your business may be. Save worry now. It really is much worse if you are forced to worry later.
Cancellations after April 13 can not be refunded. You MUST pay in advance to reserve your spot.
LUNCH & LEARN - September 21 SEO for the CEO
The Internet is now a major marketing force for
organizations providing goods or services.
But unless your website can be easily found,
it will quickly fade into the internet jungle while other, more
internet-adept organizations attract and recruit the customers you want.
This
is
a
dynamic, fast-paced presentation on “Secrets of SEO” that all can
understand and apply to their own websites and businesses. By following
the key principles of configuring websites that Scott outlines, many of
his listeners have been excited to see their websites rank within the
first few listings in leading search engines such as Google, Yahoo, and
MSN.
Scott
will also explain how companies can take advantage of the dynamic
changes being made by Google as it strives to give its users information
of better quality and diversity. As an example, he outlines how one new
feature, Google Local Business, is helping firms ramp up their customer
base in their drive-to area, cheaply and effectively.
Cancellations after September 14 can not be refunded. You MUST pay in advance to reserve your spot.
RECENTLY COMPLETED CHAMBER SEMINARS
NETWORKING 201
LUNCH & LEARN - February Keeping Your Network Safe
Today, small to midsize companies rely heavily on technology to keep
their businesses running. In
this marketplace, businesses that don’t leverage evolving technologies
get left behind. But how do
you know if you’ve made the right choices for your business?
Most network crippling disasters are avoidable, however most
businesses don’t recognize the warning signs until it’s too late.
Join the team from Lanetco Computer Networks and find out why as
they will countdown the top five mistakes businesses make when it comes
to their IT infrastructure.
EMERGENCY & PANDEMIC PLANNING WORKSHOP
After receiving phone calls asking for help planning for a potential flu pandemic the Chamber
has once again partnered
with the
Emergency Management Department at
Halton Region to hold another informative Pandemic Planning Workshop
(this is the fifth time we have run this very popular session). Led by
Wayne Gould, Halton's Emergency Management consultant and former
Oakville Fire Chief, this hands-on workshop will provide attendees with
a template to plan for a pandemic and, more importantly, will lead
attendees through the process of filling out the template so they leave
this workshop with a business continuity plan specific to
their own company.
LUNCH & LEARN - October Get Rave Reviews & Results From Your Next Trade Show
Trade shows can be a costly expense and frustrating experience unless you know how to make your investment perform! Learn the backstage secrets that deliver front row results during rehearsal (before the show), performance (during the show) and curtain call (after the show).
NETWORKING 101
LUNCH & LEARN - September HOW DO I SELL MY BUSINESS?
Difficult economic times inevitably present opportunities. Businesses with inherent value, but which are not responding well to the times, can be acquired at a discount. The purchase and sale of a business involves legal issues critical to both the buyer and seller. During the investigative stage, the seller wants non-disclosure protection. The buyer seeks assurances that the business performance is actually as good as was offered – financially and otherwise. The seller often needs protection for the payment of a deferred part of the purchase price. The buyer can benefit from a non-competition covenant. This workshop will explore the legal issues to be identified and resolved by both the buyer and seller in a business acquisition. Each party has legal interests requiring protection; learn how you can emerge with your interests safeguarded.
EMERGENCY & PANDEMIC PLANNING WORKSHOP
After receiving phone calls about planning for a potential flu pandemic the Chamber
has once again partnered
with the
Emergency Management Department at
Halton Region to hold another informative Pandemic Planning Workshop
(this is the fourth time we have run this very popular session). This workshop
will give you a simple and concise plan to deal with a
flu
pandemic or any other business interruption. Led by
Wayne Gould, Halton's Emergency Management consultant and former
Oakville Fire Chief, this hands-on workshop will provide attendees with
a template to plan for a pandemic and, more importantly, will lead
attendees through the process of filling out the template so they leave
this workshop with a business continuity plan specific to
their own company.
LUNCH & LEARN - May UNCOVER THIS LAZY SECRET TO NEWSLETTER MARKETING
"How To Keep 68% of Your Customers From Leaving With One Simple Strategy You'll Learn During Lunch!"
In this special Lunch & Learn session you'll discover the lazy way to quickly and easily publish a great newsletter (both online and offline), you'll learn the psychology behind why this powerful strategy works so well, and as hard as this may be to believe... you will discover the secret to getting your newsletter written for FREE! Included with your L&L session is a series of documents, templates and resources that effectively get you up and running in next to no time. Book your Newsletter Marketing L&L today. Space is limited.
LUNCH & LEARN - April TIME MANAGEMENT IS DEAD
Time management is a fallacy. The reality is traditional methods no longer work in today’s chaotic business environment. To really make the most of your time, a new paradigm and way of thinking is required. In this Lunch & Learn seminar you’ll learn how to shatter old beliefs around time management and replace them with relevant methods to make you more effective. This session is only suitable to those who KNOW they can be more effective.
CPR AND FIRST AID TRAINING
To give small
companies the opportunity to ensure they have staff that are properly
trained in CPR and first aid, the Chamber has made arrangements for an
active and informative half-day training session. In this course
you will learn signs and symptoms of a heart attack and stroke, CPR for
adults, children and infants and how to use the Automated External
Defibrillator. Control of serious bleeding and how to manage shock
are additional life threatening problems you will learn to deal with.
LUNCH & LEARN - March BRAND STAND: DELIVERING WHAT MATTERS MOST
You call an organization only to be put on hold for what feels like hours while the automated message tells you how important you are as a customer. If you’re that important, why aren’t you talking to a live person? Has this ever happened to you? This is an example of an organization that failed to deliver on its brand promise and, as a result, likely lost a customer. Today’s sophisticated consumer has high expectations and within minutes decides whether you “mean what you say” and “say what you mean”. What are you doing to make sure your brand promise is walking and talking to deliver what matters most to your customers? In this seminar you will (1) Clarify your Core Strengths, (2) Identify your Ideal Customer, (3) Align your Touch Points (this is how we deliver what matters most – what it looks and feels like
LUNCH & LEARN - February ARE YOUR PEOPLE PRACTICES WORKING FOR YOU OR AGAINST YOU
Do you struggle to find “good” employees and struggle even more to keep them focussed and engaged? Finding and keeping good employees starts with the employer. Learn to appreciate the generations and how the best thing that an organization can do to build a strong foundation of people practices is to get its basic HR practices right. From Gen X and Y to Boomers, there are essential HR practices that are so powerful that most companies don’t need to go beyond them. Getting the HR basics right makes you an attractive organization (especially important in a tightening labour market), reduces retention and disengagement problems and the very real cost of dysfunction to your business.
LUNCH & LEARN - January WEBSITES: FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW
This seminar takes a look at websites from two perspectives: · the perspective of the person searching for and visiting your website (Why can't I find what I'm looking for?) · the perspective of the business owner (Why is my website not doing what I expected?)
You will gain a great understanding of how websites can lose a prospective client and what you can do about it. An overview of how search engines work with websites will be discussed.
EMERGENCY & PANDEMIC PLANNING WORKSHOP
After the overwhelming success and very positive feedback from our first
two Pandemic Planning Workshops, the Chamber once again partnered
with the
Emergency Management Department at
Halton Region to hold another informative session. This workshop
will give you a simple and concise plan to deal with a
flu
pandemic or any other business interruption. Led by
Wayne Gould, Halton's Emergency Management consultant and former
Oakville Fire Chief, this hands-on workshop will provide attendees with
a template to plan for a pandemic and, more importantly, will lead
attendees through the process of filling out the template so they leave
this workshop with a completed business continuity plan specific to
their own company.
TAKING CONTORL IN TURBULENT TIMES
In today's extraordinary economic environment, it is important to recognize when it's time for intervention and to make that first phone call. Acting on that insight can make the difference in terms of surviving the economic downturn. This seminar, hosted by Deloitte (the Chamber's auditor) focused on the steps to take to win in this unique competitive landscape.
PROTECT YOUR MOST PRECIOUS ASSETS - YOUR CURRENT CLIENTS
How long does it take for your new clients to become profitable? It is a
fact of life in the professional services, management services and
outsourcing businesses that it takes anywhere from two to five years for
a new client to become profitable. It just makes sense to invest in
protecting your clients from the well organized and aggressive sales
efforts of your competitors. Client retention isn't an event it is a
daily process! Experience simple management practices that will make the
world of difference to your clients and their loyalty to you. See why
retaining your existing clients and perhaps selling them an additional
service is the most effective way to grow your business profitably.
Learn all of this and many other practical things that you can use in
your business today.
FIND 'EM. GET 'EM. KEEP 'EM.
This informative panel discussion focuses on the three major aspects of the sales cycle: finding new customers, closing the sale, and retaining your clients. These three topics are requested more than any others by Chamber members. The Find 'Em Get 'Em Keep 'Em panel will teach you, with real life experiences, what you need to know to find, get and keep clients. Our panellists bring a wealth of experience to the table.
2008 LUNCH & LEARN SEMINARS
November - REDUCE YOUR TAXES October - MAKING A GREAT FIRST IMPRESSION June- GROWING YOUR BUSINESS IN COMPETITIVE TIMES May - STRESS MANAGEMENT: THE EASY WAY April - SURVIVING THE WORKFORCE CRISIS March - ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE MANAGEMENT February - EXPERIMENT, IMPROVE AND GET MONEY FOR IT
To participate in any Chamber seminar you can register online, email Kathryn or call her at 905-639-0174 ex 7211.
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