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Living Wage: Dialogue on Employer Involvement

The webinar scheduled for Thursday, 10 October 2013 has been postponed

Community Social Planning Council is inviting leading employers in Greater Victoria to participate in dialogue about the living wage, a key strategy for combatting child poverty. Living Wage expert Michael McCarthy Flynn will show how a wage levels influence child poverty and local economic conditions, and CEO Toby Barazzuol of Eclipse Awards will discuss the business case behind his company’s decision to become a Certified Living Wage Employer.

Watch our website for the new date!

Government Funding for Business Startups: Get the Strategic Information You Need

It is easy to get lost in the crowd of governmental financing programs.

What are the various accesses to these financing programs? How do they work? Are they intended for you?

Match the strengths of your business to available opportunities. To do this effectively, you need to collect, screen and analyze information about the business environment.

The most important consideration in developing an effective approach to forecasting and planning is not solely depending on the internet to find information, but finding the right information quickly with the most relevant business information resources available.

This webinar will cover:

  • how to efficiently gather market information on-line to assist you in developing your business plan and marketing strategy;
  • how and where to seek financing;
  • how to find information on your competitors to determine the viability of your venture in a designated market;
  • how to determine what new information you'll need overtime as your situation and environment changes.

Format:
12:00 - 12:45 pm Eastern time | Welcome/Presentation
12:45 - 01:00 pm Eastern time | Questions & Answers

The CEDEC Small Business Support Network is an initiative of the Community Economic Development and Employability Corporation (CEDEC).

CEDEC is funded by the Enabling Fund for Official Language Minority Communities and by the Government of Canada.Webinar participation is FREE, but registration is required. 

Once registered, you will receive the access

instructions for webinar participation.

Guest Speakers:

 

Ameyo Komlan

Market Information Agent

Ressources Entreprises

 

http://www.ressourcesentreprises.org

 

Ameyo graduated in Information Sciences at Pantheon Sorbonne University in France. Specialized in scientific and technological intelligence and competitive intelligence, she carried out several missions in companies such as L’Oréal, Total, Johnson&Johnson in France before settling in Quebec. Ressources Entreprises is a non-profit organization offering business information to the entrepreneurs in Eastern Quebec. View Ameyo's LinkedIn profile.

 
Hari Randrianarisoa

Coordinator

Info-Conseil PME

Ressources Entreprises

 

Hari holds a PhD in Engineering Science and has a strong knowledge in technology transfer. He is a Business Development professional with more than 12 years of related experience in academia and industry, focused on supporting innovative SME's and R&D intensive companies in their technology development through research partnerships. Through program delivery and referrals to other funding opportunities and Research and Innovation stakeholders, he has contributed to the long-term sustainability and of many start-ups and SME's in various sectors. View Hari's LinkedIn profile.

 

CoopZone On-line Training Program

CoopZone is pleased to again be offering its co-op development training courses in 2013-14, starting in September.  CoopZone offers various levels of training:

Advanced Program (Years 1 and 2): for those who wish to become active developers (Sept - May);

Foundation Program for those who may become developers or work in the early stages of development (Sept. - May); and 

Shorter Introductory Course will be appropriate for people interested in understanding the types and roles of co-ops, and the basic co-op development process (Oct. - March).  This is for people who are not co-op developers and may work in CED organizations, larger co-ops or credit unions, relevant government departments, etc.

All of these on-line courses take a few hours per week, and are designed to fit around a full-time job.  The Course Director is Peter Hough, and experienced co-op developers provide mentoring to students.

Information session: For those who are thinking about taking one of the courses and would like to know more, there will be a webinar held on August 27th, at 12 noon Eastern Time for approximately 60 minutes.  Please RSVP to Peter Hough (training@coopzone.coop) by the end of the day prior; you will receive the dial-in information by the start of the day of the call.  (If you do not receive it by then, please write again at that time.)

For more information about the courses being offered and registration information, check out the CoopZone On-line Training Program website.

Strengths, Challenges and Opportunities of Farm and Food co-ops in Eastern Canada

September 11th, 2013
12:00 - 1:00PM Eastern time

Lunch 'N Learn Webinar: "Strengths, Challenges and Opportunities of Farm and Food co-ops in Eastern Canada"
Presenter: Andrew Alford

This short report will provide a quick glimpse to small-scale farm and food co-ops across Eastern Canada (i.e., Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). There will also be an in-depth focus on farm and food co-ops located in Ontario. It is composed of co-op visits that took place during the summer of 2013.

About the Speaker

Over the past two years, he has dedicated his time to learning and practicing ecological agriculture on small-scale farms in the Guelph area. Recently, he has shown a keen interest to co-operative business structures - especially when it incorporates healthy, local food! He has committed the summer of 2013 to studying and supporting smallscale farm and food co-ops across Eastern Canada. In the near future, Andrew is interested in farming co-operatively and involving himself in local food policy.

Co-op Conversions: Profiling the Aron Theatre and Moonbeam Co-operative

August 14th, 2013
11:30AM TO 1:00PM Eastern time

Lunch N' Learn Webinar: "Co-op Conversions: Profiling the Aron Theatre and Moonbeam Co-operative"
Presenters: Russ Christianson, Independent Co-op Developer & Christian Howald, Co-op Developer, CCO

As part of our "Profiling New and Emerging Co-ops" mini series, Russ and Christian will review the origins, successes, challenges, learnings and future steps of two businesses that were transformed into co-operatives to ensure their local communities continued to thrive.

About the Speakers

Russ Christianson is the President and founder of Rhythm Communications. He has a broad range of experience in strategic positioning, market research, feasibility studies, business planning, management systems, facilitation, and multi-stakeholder consultations. Russ is the developer of Whole Systems Feedback, a unique motivational research methodology.

Since 2010, Christian Howald is the Northern Ontario co-operative development agent for a francophone co-operative association that was founded in 1964: the CCO (le Conseil de la coopération de l’Ontario).Christian acquired a master’s degree in applied social research for which he specialized in community social and economic development in Northern Ontario: teaching people to work together. His passion for developing Northern Ontario comes from his children, who unless the system changes, will be forced to leave the region like so many others.

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