Workshops and Seminars

Jan. 21, 2021

Think Local.  Act Digital.

2:00 pm

How Two Local Main Street Businesses are Using Social Media to Find New Customers" is an interactive why-to webinar featuring two local Main Street Businesses that have utilized Social Media in unique ways to help define and brand their businesses.

Topics to be discussed include:

• Starting a Social Media Campaign from different digital backgrounds.
• Creating Fresh Content.
• Boosting vs. Organic Reach.
• Using Video to generate page views and new customers.
• Converting Views into Customers.
• Lessons Learned so far and Advice for those starting their own Digital Transformation.

This Free Online Workshop is targeted at South Grenville Businesses, however everyone is welcome to attend.

Learn more or register.

Jan. 28, 2021

Can Mental Health Affect My Business?
Yes it can!

10:00 am - 11:30 am zoom webinar.

Hosted by Small Business Advisory Centre.

Do you know someone who is experiencing a mental health challenge, like anxiety or depression? Most of us do. In fact, even pre COVID-19 over 500,000 Canadians were unable to work in any given week due to mental health issues.

How do entrepreneurs maintain their own mental health and at the same time know what signs to look for that indicate a member of their team may be struggling? What resources are available to you or your team?

Please join Julie Holden, as she discusses how sole practitioners and employers can tap into resiliency and understand when and how to seek help. In this interactive session, Julie will provide information on how mental health impacts businesses, how to identify challenges as well as resources to access. She’ll also discuss what a mentally healthy workplace looks like and talk about ways to achieve it.

Learn more about topics that will be covered, or register.

Jan. 29, 2021

Google Ad Webinar

11:00 - 12:30 webinar via Zoom.

Cost: Free

Learn how to create google ads for your business.  Digital Service Squad Members from Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Gananoque and North Grenville will show you how to create a Google Ad Campaign featuring some ad examples.  Q&A available at the end of the session.

Learn more or register for Google Ad Webinar.

Feb. 3, 2021

Making Sales on Social Media

10:00 - 11:00 am - webinar

Cost: Free

Learn how to set up a Facebook or Instagram shop, create shoppable posts, promote your ecommerce store and so much more!

Register online.

For more information, contact redprojectcoordinator@gananoque.ca 

Feb. 10, 2021

Keeping Ontario Safe: What Your Need to Know About ES & OHS Related to COVID

2:00 - 4:00 pm - webinar, by CSE Consulting in partnership with the Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development.

Understand your employment standards and occupational health and safety rights and obligations as they relate to Covid-19.

This session will answer frequently asked questions the ministry receives about COVID-19, such as:

• What flexibility is there around changing hours of work?
• Can an employee be fired if they refuse to go back to work due to a family obligation related to COVID-19?
• Who is responsible for protecting workers against COVID-19 in the workplace?
• Can a worker refuse to work if they feel unsafe due to COVID-19?

There will also be a Q&A period where you can ask and get answers to your own questions.

Learn more or register.

Feb. 11, 2021

Succession Planning

'Three on Thursday' Employer Webinar Series offered by the Eastern Workforce Innovation Board

10:00 - 11:00 am

Cost: Free

Tackle the challenges of Succession Planning in today’s highly competitive and tight talent marketplace. Specifically, we will: Differentiate between Succession Planning and Business
Continuity, Ensure bench strength readiness for vital positions, and Explore the steps of Succession Planning.

Learn more or register.

Feb. 17, 2021

12 Week Food Venture Bootcamp

9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Are you interested in a 12-Week Food Venture Bootcamp?

Do you have a great recipe or food business product that you would like to have retail ready? Have you been selling food at the local markets and now want to take your business to the next level? Are you a business owner who wants to add a new revenue stream by packaging and selling your products or sauces?

The Small Business Advisory Centre has 6 spaces through the Food Venture Program. This course will help you to grow your food business, scale up your products, packaging and nutrition labelling and financial feasibility.
The 12 Week Food Venture Bootcamp will teach you many of the requirements for the food industry.

You will receive live instruction (not prerecorded) and 1-1 professional food industry mentoring.

Email Cindy James @ cjames@smallbizcentre.ca.

Learn more or register.

Feb. 23, 2021

Confronting Racism in the Tourism & Hospitality Industry

11:00 - 12:00 pm

This session will challenge you to think critically about your role in building an equitable hospitality & tourism sector.

Topics of discussion include:

• ⁠⁠The realities of racism BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour) hospitality & tourism business owners face in the region⁠.
• Structural shortcomings that prevent the advancement of BIPOC-owned businesses⁠.
• Steps non-BIPOC business owners and organizations can take to be anti-racist in practice, both as employers and as service providers.⁠

Learn more or register.

Mar. 4, 2021

StrikeUP 2021 Digital Conference for Women Entrepreneurs

Working with our Women Entrepreneur Strategy (WES) Ecosystem Partners, Northumberland CFDC is proud to invite you to StrikeUP 2021, a virtual conference dedicated to supporting women entrepreneurs and providing a forum for growth, mentorship and financing.

StrikeUP will provide you with an opportunity to learn from globally-renowned Canadian women leaders who share a passion for uniting and strengthening women entrepreneurs and women-led networks. From successful business founders to leading experts across the areas of mental health and marketing, to mentor meet-ups and networking, StrikeUP allows for an invaluable learning experience and forum to build the skills of women entrepreneurs to help them lead Canada’s economic recovery and put women entrepreneurs at the forefront.

Learn more or register.

Ongoing

Digital Main Street

Why your business needs an online store: ShopHERE powered by Google.

The goal of ShopHERE Powered By Google is to build and optimize online stores for small independent businesses and artists in just a matter of days. With ShopHERE, businesses get to expand their selling opportunities into the online market.

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Workshop & Seminar Event Calendars

For topics on finding employment, job skills and training, or personal development, visit the following websites:

CSE Consulting

www.cseconsulting.com/events

Employment & Education Centre

www.eecentre.com/workshops.php

Grenville CFDC

(Community Futures Development Corporation)

https://www.grenvillecfdc.com

KEYS Job Centre

keys.ca/content/events/workshops.php

Small Business Advisory Centre (Smiths Falls/Lanark County)

smallbizcentre.ca/events-and-seminars/

Leeds Grenville Small Business Enterprise Centre
www.lgsmallbusiness.com

Valley Heartland CFDC

(Community Futures Development Corporation)

www.valleycfdc.com/events