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This Week's Member
E-Promotions
In today's competitive marketplace it is no longer enough to have a great website, it must be as easy to read and navigate on mobile phones and tablets as it is on a desktop. Your website needs to be Responsive.
Join the Future Access team and your colleagues at Hamilton Goes Mobile, a FREE half-day educational seminar you won't want to miss.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
9:00 am - noon (doors open
8:00 am) Coffee, tea, light refreshments
Peoples Church Hamilton
510 Mohawk Road W., Hamilton, Map and directions
Plenty of free parking
Seating is limited so register today!
Hamilton Goes Mobile online or
call 1-877-891-7844
or events@futureaccess.ca
Brought to you by the amazing team from:
Future Access Inc. - Professional Website Development
The Seedworks
126 Catharine St. N., Hamilton, ON L8R 1J4
289-426-5727
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Reach Your Target Market with Chamber Mailings
Hamilton Chamber of Commerce mailings are a great way to get your promotional material into the hands of over 2000 Chamber Members.
The dates have been set for Chamber mailings. We invite you to include your flyer in our mail-outs, set for March (only 1 spot left), May, September and December. Call Diane for more information. Member price is $599.00 plus hst per mailing or $399.00 plus hst for not-for-profits.
HAVE YOUR BUSINESS PROMOTED HERE.
Contact Diane 905-522-1151 x 220
TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ON COST AND AVAILABLE DATES.
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Hamilton TV  | | Innsville Receives Business Appreciation Award |
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The restaurant has been serving the greater Hamilton area for nearly 80 years.
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What's Happening
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Chamber Events
Business After Business 
Thursday February 27, 2014
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Host: Ora
Free for members and their guests
Business After Business
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE
Friday March 21, 2014 
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Location: Copps Coliseum
101 York Blvd, Hamilton
Guests offered discounted tickets for
game that evening.
Free to members and guests
To register for any Chamber event please contact Whitney at 905-522-1151 ext. 100 or w.simmons@hamiltonchamber.ca.
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McMaster Students Champion Change
 Progressive city building was a hot topic at last night's Change Camp hosted by the Student Community Support Network, an outreach op eration of the McMaster Students Union. The event - held at Hamilton City Hall - drew a broad cross section of people keen to help advance university-community relations in the context of people, planet and profits. Chamber team members participated in a discussion group focused on downtown renewal. "I was impressed by students' deep understanding of the topic and commitment to the future of our downtown," recalled Richard Allen, director of the Chamber's Renew Hamilton Project. "Their ideas ranged from expanding McMaster's downtown presence to a greater role in signature events like Supercrawl." Change Camp spokesperson Nashwa Khan (pictured) said that a summary report with next steps will be available shortly. Great news for Chamber members interested in engaging and retaining highly educated next generation talent.
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Member Profile: Moira Wallace, Wallace Law
 Moira Wallace is the founder of Wallace Law, the source for small and medium sized businesses to receive mobile, virtual and in-house legal services, not previously available to smaller businesses. Moira helps companies understand and manage legal issues that affect businesses of any size. With over 15 years experience as a corporate in-house lawyer, she has a proven track record of providing practical legal advice that adds value and profitability to her clients' bottom line. She is not a typical lawyer who bills for every minute or piece of advice rather, gives her clients a sense of security in having a lawyer who understands their business needs and goals. Moira loves to find the loopholes in documents that will help her clients. That's why she is the Chief Loophole Advisor. Moira is also a Notary Public and Commissioner of Oaths. |
Hire Learning Survey
Workforce Planning Hamilton invites employers across Hamilton to complete the Hire Learning Survey. Whether you are a big or small company, a for-profit or not-for-profit, they want to hear from you about your hiring experience and needs. The Hire Learning Survey is the result of an extensive joint effort to provide employers, job seekers, and community organizations valuable insights into the demand-side of Hamilton's labour market. It is designed to collect information annually from the city's employers on a range of labour issues, such as labour turnover, hard-to-fill positions, recruitment difficulties and any current or future skill shortages.
To take the survey, CLICK HERE.
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For Your Eyes Only Gala - March 29, 2014
 On Saturday, March 29, 2014, Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation hosts its annual fundraising Gala at the Hamilton Convention Centre. This year's James Bond inspired event,For Your Eyes Only, promises to deliver an evening filled with glamour, mystery, and international intrigue, including star-studded entertainment headlined by two-time Grammy Award-winning singer, Sheena Easton. Proceeds from the Gala will support five key projects that represent a cross section of the world-class medical research taking place at Hamilton Health Sciences.
In addition to Easton, who will perform 'For Your Eyes Only', the title track from the 1981 film of the same name, among her other hits, the evening will feature a fully plated, multi-course meal, a 007 themed live auction and raffle. New this year, the event will offer an after-party ticket option geared towards the city's network of young professionals.
Click Here to buy tickets, or to learn more about the event and research projects being funded.
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Success in the City - March 5, 2014
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Change Labs for Better Lives and a Stronger Hamilton
 Jerry Koh from the MaRS Solution Lab and Geraldine Cahill from Social Innovation Generation ("SIG") will present the concept of Change Labs and their potential in supporting Hamilton's own process of renewal. Jerry and Geraldine will discuss what change labs are doing around the world and provide ideas for what change labs can do in Hamilton. This a follow-up to last October's Seeing Hamilton: When best is possible. This event is hosted by the Innovation and Technology Committee of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce.
Registration available HERE.
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HR Committee Presents: A.O.D.A. Overstated, Misunderstood and Essential!
Date: February 6th
Time: 7:45 a.m. 
Williams Fresh Cafe
47 Discovery Drive
Hamilton ON
Featuring Brian Kon, Accessibility Expert
Brian is one of North America's leading experts on accessibility. Brian is part of the disability community with a minority heritage and comes from a family affected by various disabilities.
Brian uses his personal experiences in training to engage his audience. He has researched consumer products and services from the user's perspective. He has developed training tools specifically on the AODA Customer Service Standard as well as being one of its original authors. Plus, he has developed evaluation methods for assessing the accessibility of the built environment while being cognizant that this is a changing area that has yet to be settled in the Province.
Brian sat on the AODA Customer Service Standard Committee and helped author the Standard that became the first of five Standards under the Act. Subsequent to working on the Customer Service Standard on behalf of the Province, he was recruited to assist the Retail Council of Canada create an online training tool that would be used across Canada to support retailers in meeting the needs of consumers with disabilities.
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Receive What You Deserve From Your Business
Presented by Hamilton Chamber member Doug Robbins:
 a dynamic speaker, who has presented over 90 workshops across North America, Europe and Australia.
Where: Hamilton Chamber (120 King Street West - Plazalevel)
When: Tuesday, February 18th
Time: 8:30 am - 11 am
Cost: $20 includes coffee, tea and pastries
This fast paced workshop will touch on critical issues an entrepreneur needs to consider when transitioning a business.
This informative Workshop will cover: * 6 Ways a Buyer Will Value Your Business.
* Do the Kids have what it takes?
* Urgency of Long Term Planning
* 14 Alternatives to Selling Contact Rachale at r.cavanagh@hamiltonchamber.ca to register |
Member to Member Discounts
Bay Area Leadership - Ideas into Action program
$100 discount for Hamilton Chamber members
This Bay Area Leadership program is about the principles and the philosophies of collective leadership. The Bay Area Leadership Program - Ideas Into action was created by Volunteer Hamilton in support of observable trends in the Hamilton community related to engagement and social innovation. Collective leadership is an emergent (ten years) leadership theory and practice with a transferrable competencies required in every volunteer, academic and professional environment. The collective leadership style challenges the status quo, is based on possibility thinking, and seeks to reveal the opportunity in every situation.
Have an idea for social change or innovation? The Bay Area Leadership - Ideas Into Action program can help you find ways to build your social capital and mobilize your resources. Members of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce receive a $100 discount when signing up for this program.
Visit volunteerhamilton.on.ca to apply to this program.
Email barbara@volunteerhamilton.on.ca or call 905-523-4444 for more information.
$300 Regular fee, $200 With Chamber discount
Four 2.5 hour sessions:February 13, February 20, February 27, March 6
Presentation Night & Networking:March 13 from 6:30pm to 9pm
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Advertise on the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce Website - 50% off!
Place your banner ad on the Chamber Website Homepage and all internal pages for 3 months for only $500.00 plus hst.
The HCC website receives 1,000 distinct visitors per week!  |
The Hamilton Chamber of Commerce is happy to announce our participation in this year's Around The Bay Race in support of St. Joseph's Healthcare! Let's show the community our team pride and collect pledges in support of St. Joe's. We encourage employees to join Team Hamilton Chamber of Commerce and take part in an amazing day with fellow employees and 13,000 others from the community. Friends and family are also encouraged to join the team as well.
For more information on the race and registration, please CLICK HERE |
Connections Networking Group
The next Connections meeting will take place on Thursday, January February 13 at 7:15am at the Uptown Business Club/Financial Wellness Centre (236 Pritchard Road) 
Connections is a category-exclusive networking group.
The success of the program is based on a commitment by each Connections member to attend regularly scheduled networking meetings to:
- develop on-going relationships among members
- create awareness of each member's product and service
- utilize the products and services of members
- generate and exchange leads
Please contact Whitney Simmons at 905-522-1151, Ext. 100 or w.simmons@hamiltonchamber.ca if you would like to sit in on a meeting and learn what this group is all about.
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Chamber Division and Committee meetings and events
Human Resources Committee: Thursday, February 6 7:45AM, Williams Fresh Cafe (Discovery Drive) Guest Speaker: Brian Kon, Topic: A.O.D.A. - Overstated, Misunderstood and Essential! Please click here for details.
Business Development Committee: Wednesday, February 12, 11:45AM, Chamber office (120 King Street West, Plaza Level) Guest Speaker: Clement Feierabend, Topic: Charity Bingo Revenue Sharing with the City
Innovation & Technology Committee: Thursday, February 13, 8:00AM, McMaster Innovation Park (175 Longwood Road South) Special Guest Speaker: Jerry Koh of MaRS Discovery District. Please click here for details and to register.
Ancaster Division: Friday, February 14, 12 noon, Ancaster Mill (548 Old Dundas Road)
For an overview of the Chamber's committees and divisions, please visit the Chamber's Committees page or the Divisions page.
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Community Calendar
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All Chamber members are welcome to include their events in the Community Calendar.
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