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Hamilton TV  | | Globe and Mail Hosts Young Entrepreneur Night in Hamilton |
In partnership with Hamilton Hive, the event brings together students and entrepreneurs from 18 to 40 for networking.
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Chamber Events
Business after Business with the Hamilton Bulldogs
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 at $10 ($25 reg. price)
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, plus HST
 Ancaster Community Awards Tuesday, April 8 Reception: 5:30pm Dinner: 6:30pm
Location: Ancaster Mill (548 Old Dundas Road) Tickets: $70, tax included Business after Business with the Hamilton Philharmonic & Global Spectrum 
Thursday, April 24 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Location: The Studio (1 Summers Lane) Free to members and guests Dundas Community Awards Friday, April 25 Reception: 5:30pm Dinner: 6:30pm Location: Dundas Valley Golf and Curling Tickets: $70, tax included 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.
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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, Dinner Sponsor Future Access 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
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Member Profile
Melissa Heffernan - Sutton Group
For the past three years, Melissa has been a sales representative at the Sutton Group - Innovative Realty Inc., an independently owned and operated real estate brokerage in Hamilton. Serving the Hamilton, Burlington, Waterdown, Dundas, Stoney Creek, and Brantford areas, Melissa has helped many people deal with the sale of residential, commercial and small business properties.
With her warm, personable manner and dedication to her work, Melissa has garnered a long list of satisfied clients ever since she entered the real estate field. In fact, she likes to consider many of them her friends.
"Selling real estate is all about making peoples' lives better," she explains. "With real estate, you're often helping clients deal with very delicate situations like unloading homes and estate sales. I get a big feeling of accomplishment knowing I've helped smooth that transition for people and helped them start a new life."
A career in real estate wasn't originally in the cards for Melissa. Born and raised in the Hamilton area, she had plans to get into the hospitality industry and graduated from Niagara College with a diploma in hotel and restaurant management. Afterwards, she honed her skills by attaining a bachelor's degree in business administration at the Southern New Hampshire University.
Melissa would go on to land a position as sales manager at the Hyatt Grand Champions Resort, Villas and Spa in Indian Wells, California, where she was responsible for handling conferences with thousands of people and overseeing special events from start to finish.
After taking on various management positions in the Hyatt chain in California and Toronto, however, Melissa felt it was time to get back to her roots and returned to the Hamilton area. She was working as a sales representative for a local photography firm when a friend introduced Melissa to the Sutton Group.
After meeting with the managers at Sutton and looking over their business plan, Melissa felt very comfortable with their operation and eventually joined the firm in October 2010.
Melissa says it was an opportunity she just couldn't pass up.
"I've always wanted to run my own business," she explains, "and with the Sutton Group I have the opportunity to market and brand myself exactly how I want. I took a lot of customer training while I was at Hyatt, and I wanted to use those lessons to help my clients improve their life and situation."
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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.
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Human Resources Professional Association
Ask HR: 6 Psychological Health and Safety Factors
How do I protect psychological health and safety in my small business when I have no budget and very little time?
Psychological health and safety does not have to include a separate budget nor does it need to take up a lot of your time. However, it does need to be part of everyday workplace interactions. The National Standard of Canada on Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace (the Standard), available from the CSA Group at www.csa.ca/z1003/ provides a free framework that can help to guide you. The Standard was developed to help business owners cut through the hype of 'feel good' approaches and understand what actually impacts psychological health and safety in the workplace. |
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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
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BIA Association hosting Scott Stratten of UnMarketing
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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!
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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
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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.
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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.
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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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