BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20191023T120000Z DTEND:20191023T190000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Small Business Summit - October 22-23 DESCRIPTION:Small Business Summit: Fueling Growth in the Nation's Capital\n\n \n\nIf small business is the engine of economic growth\, then it needs fuel.\n\n \n\nThat is what the Small Business Summit is all about.\n\n \n\nThis first-ever conference from the Ottawa Board of Trade and Ottawa Business Journal is specifically targeted at small businesses with 5-25 employees. The event aims to inform and inspire small business owners and managers\, providing fuel to their engines!\n\n \n\nWHO SHOULD ATTEND?\n\n\n\nSmall business owners and managers with 5-25 employees should attend this event AND bring their teams. \n\n \n\nThis rate includes a cocktail reception\, continental breakfast and a full lunch at the Westin Ottawa.\n\n \n\nCome celebrate Small Business Week. Get informed\, get inspired and grow your small business.\n\n\n\nAgenda Day 1: Tuesday\, October 22\, 2019\n\nThe Westin Ottawa - Governor General's Ballroom\n\n\n\n5:00 pm: Registration\, Networking and Cocktails \n\n \n\n6:00 pm: Opening Remarks \n\n\n\n6:15 pm: Awards Presentation: Small Business Awards\n\n\n\n6:45 pm: Opening Keynote: Debrief to Win: How America's Top Guns Practice Accountable Leadership.. and How You Can\, Too!\n\nSpeaker: Robert "Cujo" Teschner\, Lt. Col./Former F-22 Fighter Pilot \n\n\n\nBuilding on his experience as U.S. Air Force Top Gun instructor\, Robert Teschner has adapted the military's high-performing team approach to achieve continuous improvement in business. He introduces a framework and process that allows business teams to thrive. He argues that the key to a business's long-term success is its practice of accountability and the degree to which its leaders hold themselves and their teams accountable for the decisions they make.\n\n\n\nRead more about Robert here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7:45 pm: Closing Remarks\n\n\n\nAgenda Day 2: Wednesday\, October 23\, 2019\n\nThe Westin Ottawa - Governor General's Ballroom\n\n\n\n8:00 am: Continental breakfast\, networking and Exhibitor Booths are Open\n\n \n\n8:30 am: Opening remarks provided by the Ottawa Business Journal and Ottawa Board of Trade \n\n\n\n8:40 am: WORKSHOP: Get a Grip on Your Business\n\nSpeaker: Pascal St-Jean\, Coach / Advisor / Investor & TEC Canada Chair\n\n \n\nAward-winning local entrepreneur and business coach Pascal St-Jean will lead a workshop that asks this question: Do you have a grip on your business or does your business have a grip on you? Don't let common problems and frustrations run you and your business. Get a grip and gain control by focusing on six key components. This workshop includes an organization checkup that includes a 20-question survey. How does your company score?\n\n \n\n9:40 am: EXPERT ROUNDTABLE: Marketing Hacks to Boost Your Brand\n\nSpeakers: \n\nJamil Bhuya\, Burgers n' Fries Forever\n\nErin Blaskie\, L-Spark\n\nKyle Turk\, Keynote Group\n\n \n\nMarketing has undergone a revolution that leaves many business owners and managers scratching their heads? To help sort things out\, three of Ottawa's top marketing experts step to the podium to unveil marketing hacks to boost your brand. Each with five slides and 15 minutes\, they will share marketing tips for three sectors: professional service firms\, hospitality and technology. And then they come together in an expert roundtable to answer your questions.\n\n \n\n10:40 am: Health break\, networking and visit exhibitors\n\n \n\n11:00 am: PERSPECTIVE: Winning the War for Talent\n\nSpeaker: Ingrid Argyle\, Local Employment Planning Council\n\n \n\n11:10 am: PANEL: Second Career Entrepreneurs: The Midlife Pivot\n\nModerator: Catherine Leteinturier-Guiss \, BDC\n\nSpeakers: \n\nShann Bosnell\, Founder and Owner\, Brown Bag Coffee\n\nHeather Desjardins\, Founder and Owner of The Open Door Educational Services (Forty Under 40 2019)\n\nLorraine Mastersmith\, KIN Vineyards\n\n \n\nThere is a misconception that entrepreneurship always starts in your 20s. That's not the case. There is a growing amount of research that people who enter entrepreneurship later in life can draw on invaluable life lessons to make them more successful. Join our BDC moderator as she digs into second career entrepreneurs who have fascinating midlife pivots.\n\n \n\n12:15 pm: Lunch\, Networking & Exhibitor Booths Open \n\n \n\n1:00 pm: KEYNOTE: A Nation of Entrepreneurs: The Changing Face of Canadian Entrepreneurship\n\nSpeaker: Pierre Cleroux\, Vice-President Research and Chief Economist\, BDC\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat does it take to succeed as an entrepreneur today? This year Small Business Week\, the BDC surveyed 1\,000 entrepreneurs about their skills to discover how it affects business performance. How entrepreneurship is evolving in Canada? What's motivating entrepreneurs and the challenges they are facing? How to develop your skills to continue growing your business? Discover what skills you need to get your business to the next level.\n\n \n\n1:45 pm: PERSPECTIVE: Building a Culture of Inclusion\n\nSpeaker: Julie Caldwell\, Assistant Director\, David C. Onley Initiative\n\n \n\nAs the war for talent heats up\, business owners need to re-think their HR strategies. Gain insight into how your organization can better support employees with diverse needs\, promote workplace well being and create a thriving work environment\, by making inclusive hiring decisions.\n\n\n\n2:00 pm: PERSPECTIVE: The Future of Main Street\n\nSpeaker: Mark Kaluski\, Chair\, OCOBIA\n\n\n\nIn an increasingly online world\, where goods are being purchased and meals delivered without ever having to leave the house\, what will the future of our mainstreets look like and how will retail shops and services adapt to survive? How BIA's and other groups are working with cities\, communities and businesses to ensure the viability of the commercial districts that enhance our neighbourhoods. \n\n \n\n2:15 pm: FIRESIDE CHAT: When Mainstreet Ottawa and Shopify Come Together\n\nSpeakers: Sheba Schmidt\, West End Kids and Rahul Kulkarni\, Shopify\n\n \n\nSheba Schmidt has owned West End Kids\, a children's-only clothing store in Westboro\, for 24 years. This traditional brick-and-mortar store started an amazing transformation when they entered into a two-way relationship with Shopify. West End Kids tapped powerful ecommerce technology and Shopify got some insight into the internal workings of a main street store. Schmidt will be interviewed by a Shopify expert to unveil a story filled with business lessons.\n\n \n\n3:00 pm: Closing remarks\n\n \n\n\n\n\nVisit our Upcoming Events page for more information on upcoming events. \n\n \n\n\n\n\nEvent Sponsors:\n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nBooth Sponsors: X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Small Business Summit: Fueling Growth in the Nation'\;s Capital
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\nIf small business is the engine of economic growth\, then it needs fuel.
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\nThat is what the Small Business Summit is all about.
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\nThis first-ever conference from the Ottawa Board of Trade and Ottawa Business Journal is specifically targeted at small businesses with 5-25 employees. The event aims to inform and inspire small business owners and managers\, providing fuel to their engines!
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\nWHO SHOULD ATTEND?
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\nSmall business owners and managers with 5-25 employees should attend this event AND bring their teams. \;
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\nThis rate includes a cocktail reception\, continental breakfast and a full lunch at the Westin Ottawa.
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\nCome celebrate Small Business Week. Get informed\, get inspired and grow your small business.
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\nAgenda Day 1: Tuesday\, October 22\, 2019
\nThe Westin Ottawa - Governor General'\;s Ballroom
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\n5:00 pm: Registration\, Networking and Cocktails \;
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\n6:00 pm: Opening Remarks \;
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\n6:15 pm: \;Awards Presentation: \;Small Business Awards
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\n6:45 pm: \;Opening Keynote: Debrief to Win: How America'\;s Top Guns Practice Accountable Leadership.. and How You Can\, Too!
\nSpeaker: \;Robert "\;Cujo"\; Teschner\, Lt. Col./Former F-22 Fighter Pilot \;
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\nBuilding on his experience as U.S. Air Force Top Gun instructor\, Robert Teschner has adapted the military'\;s high-performing team approach to achieve continuous improvement in business. He introduces a framework and process that allows business teams to thrive. He argues that the key to a business'\;s long-term success is its practice of accountability and the degree to which its leaders hold themselves and their teams accountable for the decisions they make.
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\nRead more about Robert here. \;
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\n7:45 pm: Closing Remarks
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\nAgenda Day 2: Wednesday\, October 23\, 2019
\nThe Westin Ottawa - Governor General'\;s Ballroom
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\n8:00 am: Continental breakfast\, \;networking and Exhibitor Booths are Open
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\n8:30 am: Opening remarks provided by the Ottawa Business Journal and Ottawa Board of Trade \;
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\n8:40 am: WORKSHOP: Get a Grip on Your Business
\nSpeaker: Pascal St-Jean\, Coach / Advisor / Investor &\; TEC Canada Chair
\n \;
\nAward-winning local entrepreneur and business coach Pascal St-Jean will lead a workshop that asks this question: Do you have a grip on your business or does your business have a grip on you? Don'\;t let common problems and frustrations run you and your business. Get a grip and gain control by focusing on six key components. This workshop includes an organization checkup that includes a 20-question survey. How does your company score?
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\n9:40 am: EXPERT ROUNDTABLE: Marketing Hacks to Boost Your Brand
\nSpeakers:
\nJamil Bhuya\, Burgers n'\; Fries Forever
\nErin Blaskie\, L-Spark
\nKyle Turk\, Keynote Group
\n \;
\nMarketing has undergone a revolution that leaves many business owners and managers scratching their heads? To help sort things out\, three of Ottawa'\;s top marketing experts step to the podium to unveil marketing hacks to boost your brand. Each with five slides and 15 minutes\, they will share marketing tips for three sectors: professional service firms\, hospitality and technology. And then they come together in an expert roundtable to answer your questions.
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\n10:40 am: Health break\, networking and visit exhibitors
\n \;
\n11:00 am: PERSPECTIVE: Winning the War for Talent
\nSpeaker: Ingrid Argyle\, Local Employment Planning Council
\n \;
\n11:10 am: PANEL: Second Career Entrepreneurs: The Midlife Pivot
\nModerator: Catherine Leteinturier-Guissé\;\, BDC
\nSpeakers:
\nShann Bosnell\, Founder and Owner\, \;Brown Bag Coffee
\nHeather Desjardins\, Founder and Owner of The Open Door Educational Services (Forty Under 40 2019)
\nLorraine Mastersmith\, KIN Vineyards
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\nThere is a misconception that entrepreneurship always starts in your 20s. That'\;s not the case. There is a growing amount of research that people who enter entrepreneurship later in life can draw on invaluable life lessons to make them more successful. Join our BDC moderator as she digs into second career entrepreneurs who have fascinating midlife pivots.
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\n12:15 pm: Lunch\, Networking &\; Exhibitor Booths Open \;
\n \;
\n1:00 pm: KEYNOTE: A Nation of Entrepreneurs: The Changing Face of Canadian Entrepreneurship
\nSpeaker: Pierre Cleroux\, Vice-President Research and Chief Economist\, BDC
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\nWhat does it take to succeed as an entrepreneur today? This year Small Business Week\, the BDC surveyed 1\,000 entrepreneurs about their skills to discover how it affects business performance. How entrepreneurship is evolving in Canada? What'\;s motivating entrepreneurs and the challenges they are facing? How to develop your skills to continue growing your business? Discover what skills you need to get your business to the next level.
\n \;
\n1:45 pm: PERSPECTIVE: Building a Culture of Inclusion
\nSpeaker: Julie Caldwell\, Assistant Director\, David C. Onley Initiative
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\nAs the war for talent heats up\, business owners need to re-think their HR strategies. Gain insight into how your organization can better support employees with diverse needs\, promote workplace well being and create a thriving work environment\, by making inclusive hiring decisions.
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\n2:00 pm: \;PERSPECTIVE: The Future of Main Street
\nSpeaker: \;Mark Kaluski\, Chair\, OCOBIA
\n
\nIn an increasingly online world\, where goods are being purchased and meals delivered without ever having to leave the house\, what will the future of our mainstreets look like and how will retail shops and services adapt to survive? How BIA'\;s and other groups are working with cities\, communities and businesses to ensure the viability of the commercial districts that enhance our neighbourhoods. \;
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\n2:15 pm: FIRESIDE CHAT: When Mainstreet Ottawa and Shopify Come Together
\nSpeakers: Sheba Schmidt\, West End Kids and Rahul Kulkarni\, Shopify
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\nSheba Schmidt has owned West End Kids\, a children'\;s-only clothing store in Westboro\, for 24 years. This traditional brick-and-mortar store started an amazing transformation when they entered into a two-way relationship with Shopify. West End Kids tapped powerful ecommerce technology and Shopify got some insight into the internal workings of a main street store. Schmidt will be interviewed by a Shopify expert to unveil a story filled with business lessons.
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\n3:00 pm: Closing remarks
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\n \; LOCATION:The Westin Ottawa 11 Colonel By Drive Ottawa\, Ontario K1N 9H4 UID:e.3330.1093 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260518T082800Z URL:https://business.ottawabot.ca/events/details/small-business-summit-october-22-23-1093 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR