November 17th - Hidden Bay Leadership Camp
We are currently booking business after hours dates for 2011. If your business is interested in hosting a after hours event please contact Kathy at the Chamber office, kathy@parrysoundchamber.ca or (705) 746-4213.
Information Updates
Chamber staff are currently making calls to update our members business information. This information will be used for the upcoming printing of our business directory as well as to put customers through to your doors be it through our online business directory, telephone, e-mail or drop in requests for information.
The more we know about your business the better we can promote you, if you are now offering new services or have made changes to your business please be sure to keep us informed.
Social Media, don’t be left behind - Free Seminar, Dec. 1st
Brought to you in partnership with Georgian Bay Country Tourism and the Georgian Bay Womens Network we bring you a free seminar, Social Media, don’t be left behind. This exciting seminar will help your business to better navigate the world of Social Media and Online Marketing with a purpose.
Guest Speakers Carl Clift and Jason Fairfield of Oncor Solutions Inc. will bring you up to speed on social media and how it can benefit your business. Guest speakers at today’s Ontario PGA show conference and regular webinar hosts Carl and Jason’s presentation is not to be missed.
Where: The Charles W. Stockey CentreWhen: December 1, 2010
Registration 8:30am
Event Start: 9:00am
Event End: Noon
Cost: Free, RSVP required
To RSVP please e-mail kathy@parrysoundchamber.ca or call the Chamber at (705) 746-4213.
This event is funded in part by Parry Sound Area Community Business and Development Centre in support of economic development in West Parry Sound and by the Business Centre - Nipissing Parry Sound Inc.
Chamber Happenings:
Green Energy Hub:The Ontario Chamber of Commerce applauds the tremendous efforts of the Chamber of Commerce Brantford Brant as it successfully spearheaded the establishment of what is now
Ontario’s Green Energy Hub.
The communities of Brantford, Brant, Haldimand, Norfolk and the Six Nations of the Grand River are joining together to become Ontario’s Green Energy Hub, an initiative led by the Chamber of Commerce Brantford Brant.
Ontario’s Green Energy Hub will be a regionally shared, specifically targeted, marketing and economic development strategy that will act as the development organization attracting foreign direct investment to the region. The Minister of Energy Brad Duguid, and other colleagues from Queen’s Park, were recently on hand in Brantford to help launch the grand achievement. Acting regionally will allow the entire area to develop a focused approach to business attraction, one that leans on the strengths of the entire partnership.
On behalf of our members a letter from our president, Andrew Ryeland, has been sent congratulating the Chamber of Commerce Brantford Brant and this is certainly an initiative that we’d like to play a roll in with our area municipalities inclusive of REDAC.
Upcoming Business Workshops & Seminars:
Contact North and PARO workshops
Contact North and PARO Centre for Women’s Enterprise have teamed up to offer workshops every Wednesday in October. The sessions are available free of charge and open to all Parry Sound and area residents (both men and women) though Contact North distance education delivery system. The Contact North Center is located at 60 James Street, suite 201. Please register by e-mailing : buildingbridges@paro.ca.
It’s no Act! – Aspire to Hire III
November 3, 2010 - 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
with Bernie Quesnelle – Ontario Ministry of Labour, Employment Standards Act. What you need to know to hire employees in your business and understanding the information in the Ontario Employment Standards Act
• Overview of the Act
• How to get started
• Resources available
What’s Happening in our Community?
College of Trades public consultations
We’d like to advise all our trade members that the provincial governments new apprenticeship regulatory body, the College of Trades, is holding public consultations for setting apprenticeship ratios and designating compulsory trades. Those wishing to participate in the Thunder Bay, Sudbury, or London consultations must register by November 8, 2010.
The deadline for written submissions is November 30,2010.
Written submissions can be e-mailed to: CollegeofTradesImplementationOffice@Ontario.ca
For further information please contact Kelly Pritchard, Policy Analyst, at kellypritchard@occ.on.ca or 416-482-5222 ext. 246.
What’s Happening With Our Members?
Stockey Centre Hosts Ontario Contact
Congratulations to the Charles W. Stockey Centre this week as it hosts Ontario Contact. This exciting, engaging celebration is an opportunity for those working in the touring performing arts sector to come together to network, and to share information in a three-day conference featuring contemporary and classical music, dance, theatre, spoken word, and youth orientated programming.
They will be engaging over 500 artists, presenters, workshop leaders, and various government and arts service agencies in showcase performances, workshops, and an arts industry marketplace. This event will provide a huge benefit to our community during the down time of the year for many businesses and will also be returning in October 2011 a huge kudos to the wonderful Performing Arts Centre our community has to offer.
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