Program for 2011-2012

Why you? No really...why you?  Why should your perfect customers do business with you?  Why you and not the guy down the street or the gal across town or, for that matter, the business just like yours several continents away?   Five-time award winning business owner Toni Newman is passionate about how customer experience innovation can help you drive growth in your business.  This fast-paced, high-energy presentation has been shared with 1000's of participants who, to this day, still use Why Not! as the rallying cry for change and innovation within their own organizations.

Tired of always having to be ON all the time? Is it taking its toll on you? Wish you could lighten up sometimes? Imagine having meaningful connections with yourself and others daily. Meet Cate Collins, our presenter, who has a formula for you to send the committee in your head packing so you WILL be FREE!

Network members ‘share their stories’ AND member formal networking evening. Join us as we are inspired, entertained and educated as WBN members share their ‘lessons learned” and success stories. This is a great opportunity for you to show the rest of the network what you and your business are all about! Be sure to bring your business cards and brochures!

Note: This evening is open to men.
Join us at Parkway Banquet Hall (below Mark's Work Wearhouse) for another lively, festive, fun-filled event!
Our annual Christmas Gala and Auction will be taking place on December 7th at Parkway Place, and will feature a night of food, fun and shopping. This year's Christmas Gala is also our "men's night" for this year so male and female guests are welcome. We ask that those members who wish to bring a guest make their reservations early to avoid disappointment. For those of you who wish to donate items to our auction, please note that we are asking for a minimum retail value of $25 for all items, and that gift certificates are not eligible for tax receipts. Click here to print an Auction Item Donation Form.

For more information about the evening, please click here.

Note:  This is the second Wednesday of the month.
Cancelled - See May 2, 2012

Network members ‘share their stories’ AND member formal networking evening. Join us as we are inspired, entertained and educated as WBN members share their ‘lessons learned” and success stories. This is a great opportunity for you to show the rest of the network what you and your business are all about!  Be sure to bring your business cards and brochures!

Each day small business owners get zapped with fines, citations, investigation notices, and law suits surrounding basic human resource practices.  The penalties can be steep, putting your business at risk, not to mention stressful for you.  How do you measure up?  Ready to take the challenge?  Join human resource specialist Dr. Vern Belos LLM, CHRP as he leads us through The "HR Audit Challenge" a fun interactive game that looks at the key practices you need to have in place, in order to protect you and your business.

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Are you exasperated with sending dozens of emails every day and receiving only a trickle of replies, most of them confusing? You are not alone! Email communication has exploded in recent years, while our ability to manage them has not. Join Elaine Stirling, a corporate communication consultant and author of The Corporate Storyteller: A Writing Manual & Style Guide for the Brave New Business Leader, on Nov. 2, 2011, for some quick, immediately usable tips to relieve our biggest workplace headache. Copies of her book will be available for purchase at $20.00, softcover and $25.00, hardcover.

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Ovarian Cancer:  Knowledge is Power is a successful awareness program that has been presented at hundreds of venues to thousands of people across Canada.  The program is designed to help effectively spread the word about ovarian cancer and its purpose is to raise awareness about the signs, symptoms, risks and preventative factors of ovarian cancer.  Ovarian Cancer Canada strives to raise awareness and educate the general public and health care professionals about ovarian cancer.  Currently there is no screening test for ovarian cancer and the symptons are so vague that they are often overlooked or attributed to another cause.  Sadly, 70% of women with ovarian cancer will not survive 5 years.  However, when caught early the survival rate at 5 years can be up to 90%.  Until a reliable early detection test is discovered awareness about the signs and symptoms is our best tool for improving survival rates.

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We are hard at work creating a memorable event to celebrate the end of another successful networking season. Details to follow.....!

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Click here to view last year's program.