20 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday October 11, 2006 www.oakvillebeaver.com SMALL BUSINESS WEEK SMALL BUSINESS WEEK KICK OFF BREAKFAST Proudly Sponsored by the BDC 2006 October 16 Holiday Inn Oakville Centre, 590 Argus Rd. Guest Speaker: Pierre Morrissette, Founder and President of The Weather Network 7:30am - 9:30am FREE to attend, Pre-registration is required SMALL BUSINESS WEEK SEMINAR SERIES October 16, Holiday Inn Oakville Centre, 590 Argus Road Topic: Personal Branding 9:30 - 11am This interactive personal branding workshop will help you understand your current position, craft your own unique personal brand statement and provide strategies to implement and raise your brand profile. Speaker: Paul Copcutt, Square Peg Solutions Topic: Maximize Your Particpation in a Consumer Show Learn how to effectively showcase and demonstrate products and services. 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Speaker: Sharon Jenkins, Jenkins Agency Inc. SMALL BUSINESS WEEK SEMINAR SERIES October 17, Holiday Inn Oakville Centre, 590 Argus Road, 8:30 - 10am Topic: Marketing & Advertising This seminar is for Small Business Owners who want to learn how to make Marketing a core competency. It will change the way you think about marketing and advertising. Speakers: Aby Alameddine, Ben Molfetta of Core Marketing Strategies & Bill Dodge, The Oakville Beaver Topic: Sales 10:30 am - 12:00 noon Learn how to master and become comfortable with sales skills to achieve results. Speaker: Bill Weis , The HRD Group SMALL BUSINESS WEEK SEMINAR SERIES October 18, Holiday Inn Oakville Centre, 590 Argus Road, 10:00 - 11:30 am Topic: The Art of Networking Networking is survival for the small business owner. This seminar will enhance your comfort level with this important business skill. Learn how to network, where to network and who to network with. Speaker: Audie McCarthy, Marrek Solutions Inc. OCTOBER 15 - 21, 2006 Welcome to Small Business Week Every year for the past 27 years, Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) has organized Small Business Week® to pay tribute to Canadian entrepreneurs, creating opportunities for them to share success stories and talk to experts interested in small and medium-sized business and dedicated to its growth and development. Small business week events Topic: IT Seminar 12:30 - 2:00 pm Speaker: Gerard Chiasson, Mysys Limited How to take advantage of new and existing technologies to get work done, organize information and work as a team. SMALL BUSINESS WEEK TRADE SHOW October 18 Oakville Municipal Offices - Atrium, 1225 Trafalgar Road 5:00 - 8:00 pm There are no other marketing or sales strategies as effective as meeting face-toface with your potential clients and telling your business story. FREE to attend! SMALL BUSINESS WEEK ROUNDTABLE October 19, Holiday Inn Oakville Centre, 590 Argus Road, 5:00 - 10:00 pm Three interactive venues moderated by some of Oakville's leading business minds in the areas of Advertising, Branding / Marketing and Sales. Come and have all your business questions answered by the moderators. These three business topics will be addressed in three recurring onehour sessions with a twist...you bring the topic. FREE Admission, RSVP Required For more information email : jad@oakvillechamber.com A WORLD WITHOUT BOUNDARIES, OPEN TO NEW MARKETS The world's developing economies are growing at a rapid pace and giving rise to huge emerging middle class markets. Businesses across the globe are already setting their sights on the enormous potential of these expanding new economies. To survive and thrive, Canadian entrepreneurs need to be part of this movement by taking advantage of the tremendous opportunities that are arising in a world without boundaries. 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