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Chamber Insider | January 14th, 2014
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Insider Highlights
- Today is the last day for early-bird tickets for the Jets Luncheon
- Did you know that the Bakken Conference features our regular monthly Luncheon
- The Provincial government is offering grant money to assist with training
- Scroll to the bottom to learn about free business development webinars
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Did you know that all pictures and logos are linked?
Try it out!
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 Last Day for Early Bird Tickets! LUNCHEON SERIES: MB Success Story -
Winnipeg Jets
Sponsored By Corral Communications
Thursday, January 22nd
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Royal Oak Inn & Suites
Hear from Executive VP and Chief Operating Officer, John Olfert of True North Entertainment as he shares the success story in running and bring back the Winnipeg Jets to Manitoba, as well as their vision for the future. Click here to register.
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How to Build Online Community to Strengthen Your Brand
 WORKSHOP
Wednesday, January 28th
Riverbank Discovery Centre
9:00 am - 11:30 am
Presented by Monique Pantel & Rachelle Taylor, creators of Prairie Yogi Inc., an online community built using the power of social media. Learn how to strategically build community, use free tools to create custom content, understand social 'searchability' and much more. Click here to register.
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Luncheon, Business Development Conference & Expo
Thursday, February 19th
Keystone Centre
7:30 am - 4:00 pm
11:30 - 1:00 Monthly Chamber Luncheon
Building on the 2014 conference, Bakken 2.0 will take a deeper dive to help organizations & our community better understand how to capture opportunities related to the rapid oil sector development in our region. The event will comprise of a continental breakfast, State of the Industry, Networking, Doing Business in the Bakken, the monthly Chamber Luncheon, Supply Chain, Procurement, Market Entry, and Exhibitor Expo. Visit our Events page to register for the Conference, or Luncheon only.
Conference Sponsor: Luncheon Sponsor:
 
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Get in front of hundreds of conference participants from around the province as an Exhibitor Sponsor or have your chance to address participants as a Seminar Sponsor.
Sponsorship Packages can be viewed here.
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Advocacy - Working For You
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Chamber Connects with City Councillors: Your Chamber Board of Directors have paired up with city councilors to discuss their priorities, strategic initiatives and concerns such as the City Budget, Infrastructure, and Planning. We invite you to share your business concerns, so we can represent you during these councilor meetings; contact us via email.
Together, we are building a stronger future: For the Canadian Chamber, 2014 was another successful year. They work hard on our behalf advocating for measures to restore Canada's competitiveness to ensure businesses, like yours, can prosper, compete and succeed. The 2014 achievements are highlighted in their Annual Report.
The Power of the Chamber Network -
Through your Brandon Chamber of Commerce membership, you are part of the Chamber network - which is supported by the Canadian and Manitoba Chambers of Commerce.
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Interview with Frederick Fenton, CEO of Brandon Flight Centre
 What exactly does your company do?
We are the organization that provides aircraft refueling for all aircrafts at the Brandon Airport. We also will be training International students to become commercial pilots and Aircraft Maintenance as well as manage the Flying Club.
Frederick answers the following questions: What is a service your company provides that people might not know about? What are the most important issues facing your company today?
"Networking-learning about other businesses that we can work with." Was said when asked about the best chamber benefit for your Company
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Wine & Cheese: The Brandon Downtown Biz Association is holding a wine & cheese event on Thursday, January 22, from 5:00-7:00 pm in the foyer of the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba to launch their new website. Contact Arnie Guist for more information at 204-729-4808.
$10,000 for Training Costs: The Canada-Manitoba Job Grant is an employer-driven approach to help Manitobans gain the skills they need to fill available jobs and to help employers develop the skills of their existing workers to meet the requirements of their present job, or to move into a better job. Visit their website to learn more.
60th Anniversary Open House: Brandon School Division's George Fitton School celebrates its grand opening of their gymnasium (2:00-3:00) in tandem with their 60th Anniversary Celebration (6:30-8:00) Thursday, January 15th. Contact 729-3220
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