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Protecting Your Intellectual Property
November 22, 2011
1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Mission Hill Family Estates
This comprehensive seminar delivered by experts from Clark Wilson LLP will provide you with an understanding of copyright, registration of a copyright, trade-marks, industrial design, patents and trade secrets, and their importance to your business strategy. Confidentiality agreements and key intellectual property considerations regarding export markets will also be discussed.
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Small Business Roundtable
Annual Report to Government
The 2011 Small Business Roundtable Report addresses issues raised by small business owners during consultations held throughout the province. The Report includes forward-looking recommendations to government and the small business community on strategies to further enhance the growth and success of small business in British Columbia. |
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"Mask-up for a Good Cause -
El Masquerado"
Thursday, November 10
Hotel Eldorado - 7 pm to Midnight
You are invited to join GenNext Kelowna, an official Okanagan Young Professionals Community Partner, as it throws down its first ever fundraising gala on November 10th.
Tickets are $25 each and include two drinks provided by Mark Anthony Brands and light appetizers, complements of the Hotel Eldorado. The event will include dancing, live mannequines, fashion models, mask paintings, door prizes and more! All funds raised will be donated to the United Way of the Central and South Okanagan.
Register Now!
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HELP Give Peachland Children and Youth a Place to Call their Own
You can help secure funding to renovate and restore the 1908 heritage primary school in the heart of downtown Peachland, which when completed, will be home to the new Peachland Visitor Centre, Chamber of Commerce, Boys and Girls Club and the largest yuma bat colony in BC.
The Peachland Chamber has applied for funding from the Aviva Comunity Fund, but your vote is needed to move its idea into the semi-finals to receive a possible $100,000. The top 30 'ideas' with the most votes will get to move on for judging. VOTE BY CLICKING HERE!
You can also help spread the word by visiting Facebook ink www.facebook.com/okboysandgirls or follow us and RT on Twitter @OKboysandgirls. |
Hats off to Success
Peachland Business Excellence Awards and Fundraiser 2011 Saturday, November 19th 6:30 PM 50+ Activity Centre silent auctions live auctions door prizes live entertainment excellent foodWin a Diamond Ring valued at $750 Tickets: $50 per personAvailable at the Peachland Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Centre
For more information, please call 250-767-2455, or email peachlandchamber@shawcable.com |
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The Fall issue of YLW Magazine is now available, click on the image to access. |
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Check out the
Central Okanagan Business Services Guide |
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Making a Difference:
Two Forums, Two Huge Successes!
We are pleased to share the successes of Venture Okanagan, a strategic partnership of the Central Okanagan Economic Development Commission (COEDC) and the metabridge program, as metabridge's third Investor Forum approaches on November 9th, 2011.
At the Fall, 2010 Venture Okanagan Foru m, Awesense Wireless, a participant in VO's first investor forum and mentoring process, won the $40,000 BC Hydro Sustainability prize in the annual BCIC-New Ventures Competition. Congratulations Mischa!
At the Spring, 2011 VO Forum, ColorWRX Tec hnologies Inc. received a $100,000 equity investment from an Okanagan angel investor. Congratulations Khalil!
Register for the upcoming Venture Okanagan Investor Forum:
Wednesday, November 9th at 6 pm
Okanagan College, Kelowna Campus, Room B112
The Forum will be followed by a wine and cheese social in the E-Building Atrium. The cost to attend is $35.
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Anodyne Electronics Celebrates Two-Year Anniversary and Exceptional Growth
Even in these trying economic times, Anodyne Electronics Manufacturing has been able to retain the 47 employees who have been with the company since its inception and expand the company to 75 employees.
Anodyne started in the fall of 2009 when Northern Airborne Technology (NAT), now part of Cobham Avionics, elected to close manufacturing operations in Canada, creating an opportunity for a new, 100 percent employee-owned company to emerge.
Representatives of all three levels of the Federal Government as well as local politicians and the business community were present at AEM's two-year anniversary event on October 13, and commended AEM and its staff for the hard work they have put into building up the company.
More information . . .
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Register Today for the 2011 Tourism Summit
November 2 to 4 - Sun Peaks Resort
What motivates visitors to come to the Thompson Okanagan? How can a better understanding of our customers increase our sales and profits? How do we market more effectively to truly 'connect' with our market audiences? How do we build strong teams at work and energize ourselves to win?
All of these questions will be addressed at this year's Thompson Okanagan Tourism Summit at Sun Peaks November 2-4.
Speakers will include Environics Research President Dr. Michael Adams; Canada Wide Media CEO Peter Legge; industry coach Dr. Nancy Arsenault; Canadian Tourism Commission Senior Vice-President Greg Klassen and Experiences Specialist Will Harding; digital marketing expert Tod Maffin, management consultant Fred Sarkari, human resources specialist Cindy Tripp, and leadership authority Hugh Culver. In addition, there is an opportunity to provide input into go2's HR Action Plan for the province. A consultation session is open to all tourism/hospitality business owners, managers, supervisors and front-line employees.
This largest annual gathering of Thompson Okanagan tourism stakeholders will address the theme, 'The Values Matrix' and will offer a fresh approach to people, product, price and promotion. The new Regional Tourism Strategy will also be unveiled at the Summit.
Whether your field is economic development, resort management, community development marketing, eco-tourism, wineries, the golf or ski industries, or any other business in the Thompson Okanagan,it's an event not to be missed.
Register today! Call Meaghan at 250-860-5999 ext. 203 or email: sales@totabc.com or go online to: 2011 Tourism Industry Summit.
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Enhanced Immigration Program Promotes Investment and Jobs
The provincial government is taking steps to fur ther encourage business immigrants to invest in communities in regional BC through the BC Provincial Nominee Program (PNP). This is one of a series of steps as part of a commitment in 'Canada Starts Here - The BC Jobs Plan' to attract more entrepreneurs from other countries to help create jobs regionally.
The PNP provides accelerated permanent resident status to entrepreneurs and qualified workers based on labour market and economic development priorities. Over the next decade, British Columbia's Skills for Growth Strategy projects 1.1 million job openings due to economic growth and retirements. New immigrants will be needed to fill an estimated one third of all job openings. In 2010, one in every six economic immigrants to the province arrived through the BC PNP.
Among the changes, a new online investment matching service will link potential business immigrants to business opportunities in the regions, with a focus on small business succession. This service is scheduled to launch in November.
For details on this and additional steps being taken to promote investment and meet labour market demand, visit www.welcomebc.ca/pnp
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