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                          April 17, 2012 
 
 

April 19 - Small Business Expo and Business After Hours

Buy your booth today!

 

April 25 - Green Business Awards  

 

May 1 - Power Hour Series

Topic: Networking with the Airplane game

 

May 10 - Valley Wide Business After Hours

 

May 15 - Speaker Series

Topic: Branding and Communication

 

May 16 - Chamber Luncheon with Jock Finlayson

Topic: What does 2012 hold for the BC economy? 

 

 

 

 Visit our Community Calendar 

for Member Events 

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Live Smart Program

 

Are you a business spending less than $50,000 a year on electricity?   

Are you in the Thompson Okanagan region and wanting to upgrade your business to an energy efficient system? 

  

The LiveSmart BC Program was developed by the BC Government to help businesses use less energy and save money. Not only will this program help you to identify ways to save money while reducing your energy consumption, at the same time, the actions that you choose to pursue can deliver meaningful environmental and social benefits that can be promoted to customers, the community, investors and current and prospective employees, providing an even greater benefit to your business. 

  

For more information click here. 

 
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Stop Wasting Time in Meetings

   

 

Meetings: where you take minutes and waste hours. This month's people-focused article from BC HRMA looks at how to make meetings more productive. 

 

 

To read further  click here.

 

 

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Forest Industry on the Rise

  

Last week the Chamber hosted a luncheon with John Allan, CEO of Council of Forest Industries, who discussed the outlook for the BC Forest Industry. 

 

John has shared his presentation on the COFI website which you can view by clicking here

 

Photos from the event are up and you can view these by clicking here. 

  

 

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New to Networking? 

 

Your first networking event can be slightly daunting, so we're wanting to give you a few tips to make it easier. 

  

  1. Keep in mind that networking is about being genuine.
  2. Ask yourself what your goals are in participating in networking meetings.
  3. Ask open-ended questions in networking conversations.
  4. Have a clear understanding of what you do and why, for whom, and what makes your doing it special.
  5. Be able to articulate what you are looking for and how others may help you.
  6. Follow through quickly and efficiently on referrals you are given.  

 

This week on April 19th we're hosting a Business After Hours / Small Business Expo at the Laurel Packinghouse Building, so put those tips to the test. 

  

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Canadian Chamber Tackling Barriers to Business  

 

The Canadian Chamber has launched an initiative to boost 
Canadian competitiveness in response to findings of the top 10 barriers facing businesses from across Canada.  The skills shortage has been identified as the largest barrier, a barrier which has been echoed in Kelowna during our talks to local businesses. 

 

The Canadian Chamber is encouraging engagement, and looking for your input through a series of surveys, this current survey is on older workers and people with disabilities.  Over the next year, the Chamber will be developing tools to find a solution to the barriers facing Canadian Business.

 

To read more click here.

 

Kelowna Chamber of Commerce   544 Harvey Ave  Kelowna BC  250-861-3627 
 

www.kelownachamber.org
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