March 5, 2014         
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#HIVEvotes

We have a Municipal Election in 2014, and Hamilton HIVE will be working until Election Day (October 27, 2014) to ensure you are informed and empowered to vote. Hamilton will be electing a new Mayor and members of City Council. Please see this section of the HIVE e-newsletter for  highlights of the latest available information regarding the election, the candidates and the process necessary to get involved.

Hamilton's YPs can make a difference in this election, if we all get out and vote.

EVENT LISTINGS
 
Wednesday March 6th - Globe & Mail Young Entrepreneurs Night

Friday March 7th - Robben Ford in Concert

Saturday March 8th - Skate @ Pier 8

Saturday March 8th - Illuminessence Annual Gala

Wednesday March 12th - A Strut for Sight

Saturday March 15th - Freelancers' Meetup #3

Tuesday March 18th - Lunch n' Learn: Turning High Potential into High Performance

Thursday March 20th - LiFT Seminar

Friday March 28th - City Kidz Charity Gala

Friday March 28th - Mac10 Young Alumni Pop Up Dining

Saturday March 29th - For Your Eyes Only Gala

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES:

YP Election Feature

Volunteer Hamilton Survey

Young Professionals wanted for Consultant positions

Chamber Events

 

Business after Business with the Hamilton Bulld
ogs

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE

Friday March 21, 2014

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Location: Gibson Lounge 

85 York Blvd, Hamilton

Guests offered discounted tickets for 

game that evening.

Free to members and guests

  

Outstanding Business

Achievement Awards

Monday March 31, 2014

Location: Carmen's 

1520 Stone Church Rd. East

Doors: 5:00pm Dinner: 6:00pm

Tickets: $90 members, $110 non-members

$850 per table

 

Ancaster Community Awards

Tuesday, April 8

Reception: 5:30pm Dinner: 6:30pm
Location: Ancaster Mill (548 Old Dundas Road)

  

Dundas Community Awards

Friday, April 25

Reception: 5:30pm Dinner: 6:30pm

Location: Dundas Valley Golf and Curling  

  

Nominations still open for the  

Ancaster Community Awards and the

Dundas Community Awards   

  

To register for any Chamber event please
contact Whitney at 905-522-1151 ext. 100 or w.simmons@hamiltonchamber.ca.
2013 Outstanding Business Achievement Award Finalists
 
The Hamilton Chamber of Commerce has announced the finalists for the 30th Annual Outstanding Business Achievement Awards (OBAA's). The award recipients will be  announced at the Awards Gala ceremony on Monday, March 31, 2014, at Carmen's Banquet Centre.

SMALL BUSINESS:
* Rapscallion Rogue Eatery
* McCallum Sather Architects
* Red Hill Coffee Trade

LARGE BUSINESS:
* Vrancor Hotels Group
* Steeped Tea
* Countrywide Recycling

IRONMAN (sustained performance over a period of minimum 15 years):
* First Canadian Title Hamilton
* Yale Properties

YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR (up to age 35):
* Daniel Hyams, Fermata Inc.
* Joe Acardi, Red Brick Rentals, Platform 302, Green Smoothie Bar
* Christoph Benfey, Low Key Studio

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY:
* FactorE Design Initiative
* Orbital

NOT FOR PROFIT:
* Good Shepherd Centre
* Hamilton Artists Inc.
* Innovation Factory

DIVERSITY:
* DirectWorx

CENTURY: (serving Hamilton continuously for 100 years or more) all listed will receive a
Century Award
* Hamilton Golf and Country Club
* TD Bank

The Hamilton Chamber would like to thank the sponsors of this year's Outstanding Business Achievement Awards including our Major Sponsors OLG, Bell, Taylor Leibow, and Bank of Montreal, our Program Sponsor Cogeco, and our VIP Reception Sponsor Dan Lawrie
Insurance.

Other event details and on-line registration for Hamilton Chamber
members, available at: www.hamiltonchamber.ca
               
Media Contact: Marie Nash, Creative Coordinator
m.nash@hamiltonchamber.ca or 905.741.7164

Business Confidence Surges in Hamilton-Niagara, Leads the Province


The Hamilton-Niagara Peninsula region leads the province in business confidence, according to a new survey from the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and Leger Marketing. The annual Ontario Busin ess Confidence Index shows that 59 percent of surveyed businesses are confident in Ontario's economy--up a significant 15 percentage points from last year.

 

The index also shows that 82 percent of businesses in the region are confident in their own organization's outlook, a 12 percentage point increase over the previous year. Over 71 percent of businesses in the region plan to expand within the next five years.

 

The survey of businesses is featured in Emerging Stronger 2014, a business-driven economic agenda released by the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce and authored by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, the Mowat Centre and Leger Marketing. The report identifies the immediate steps that government and the private sector must take to enhance Ontario's economic competitiveness and spur job creation in the province. 

 

To read the full report, CLICK HERE

Annual General Meeting


 

The Hamilton Chamber of Commerce will hold its Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, March 25 at Michelangelo Banquet and Convention Centre (1555 Upper Ottawa).  

 

The business meeting will begin at 5:00 p.m.  A reception will follow at 5:45 p.m.   

 

Cost for reception: $15.00, tax included

Business meeting is free to attend for all Chamber members. 

To RSVP, please contact Whitney at w.simmons@hamiltonchamber.ca or 905-522-1151, Ext. 100.

 

Please click here for the Election Primary for INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS ONLY, together with the report of the Nominating Committee.

Paul Harris Fellow Award

FirstOntario Hands-On Small Business Workshops 

 

FirstOntario Credit Union in partnership with Trigger Strategies and the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, is pleased to offer five interactive workshops specifically tailored to today's small business owner.

Session 1: Strategic planning for your business March 18

Setting the right strategic plan for your business is important for success, but so is executing that plan. Join us for a hands-on workshop where you'll learn how to develop a one page strategic plan for your

business as well as how to execute it and measure its success.

You will leave this workshop with a developed plan that focuses on the following: 

* How to set goals and organize your resources 

* How to differentiate your business in a crowded marketplace 

* The 5 most important elements of your business 

* How to measure your plan

 

For more info, please CLICK HERE 

 

Member to Member Discounts
Greater Hamilton Home and Garden Show

 

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!

Call Diane today at 905-522-1151 ext. 220 or email d.stephenson@hamiltonchamber.ca
Hamilton Chamber of Commerce
HR Committee Presents:
Succession Planning: Building a Future for Your Business
 
Join us while four local business leaders participate in an interactive panel discussion on succession planning and how they use it to build a future for their companies.

 

Adriana Ico

Manager, Planning and Performance, ArcelorMittal Dofasco

 

George McCarter

President & CEO, Pearson and Dunn Insurance Inc.

 

Aaron Newman

Owner, Newman's Menswear

 

Ray Paquette

Owner, Ray's Place

 

Thursday, March 20th The Spectator Auditorium

7:45 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. 44 Frid Street, Hamilton

 

To register, please contact Whitney Simmons, at the Chamber offices w.simmons@hamiltonchamber.ca


Connections Networking Group

The next Connections meeting will take place on Thursday, March 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.  

Chamber Division and Committee meetings and events
 
Business Development Committee: Wednesday, March 12th, 12:00 p.m., Chamber office (120 King Street West, Plaza Level) Guest speakers from merchants along King Street will discuss the impact of the bus lane on their businesses.

Human Resources Committee: PLEASE NOTE NEW DATE Thursday, March 20, 7:45 a.m., The Hamilton Spectator Auditorium.  Panel discussion on succession planning. 
 
For an overview of the Chamber's committees and divisions, please visit the Chamber's Committees page or the Divisions page. 

If you would like to join a committee or division, please contact Whitney at 905-522-1551, Ext 100 or w.simmons@hamiltonchamber.ca
Member Announcements 




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Community Calendar
 
Be sure to check our Community Calendar.

Contact Whitney Simmons at 905-522-1151 ext. 100 or 
w.simmons@hamiltonchamber.ca
to have your information included. 

All Chamber members are welcome to include their events in the Community Calendar. 
 
     
 

             


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