Career Advice
| The 15 Minute Habit That'll Impress Your Boss (and Boost Your Confidence)
3
min read
Practicing this habit allowed one worker to ask for, and receive,
two
promotions and
three
raises in the span of 18 months.
Find out out.
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Membership
| 2017 Membership Renewal
Invoices for 2017 chamber membership have now been mailed out. 2017 membership is due by December 31, 2016.
We look forward to continuing to provide you with an fantastic array of benefits and services in the New Year!
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Your Chamber
| Staff Update
 We are happy to announce that Acacia Schmietenknop is joining our team on a permanent basis!
After completing a one-year contract with us, Acacia will remain in her position of Events Coordinator. Please join us in welcoming her!
You can send her a personal welcome
here.
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Awards
| Canada's Volunteer Awards
4 min read
The 150th anniversary of Canada's Confederation is fast approaching. During this celebration year, it is especially important to acknowledge that our country would not be the same without the work of volunteers.
To help recognize the outstanding volunteers within Canada, you are invited to nominate a volunteer you know, for Canada's Volunteer Awards. Nominations are open from now until February 3, 2017, to not-for-profit organizations, individuals, groups or businesses making a difference in our community.
Award recipients will be recognized at a ceremony and will be able to choose a not-for-profit organization to receive a grant of $5,000 (regional awards) or $10,000 (national award).
Help highlight Canada's volunteer culture, and
nominate a volunteer from our Kamloops community today
!
For more information about the Awards, visit
Canada.ca/volunteer-awards.
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Networking
| The Ultimate Networking Guide: 4 Ways to Expand Your Network
5 min read
Follow these four networking strategies used by America's most successful entrepreneurs and watch your circle grow.
One of the make it or break its for a business is having a world-class network. If you have a strong network, your business can withstand just about anything and opportunities will always come your way. Often more opportunities than you know what to do with, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Conversely, if you don't have a world-class network, it's going to be harder in just about any industry.
Read more.
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Customers
| 10 Ways to Build Trust and Credibility With Your Customers
8 min read
Since the Internet became accessible to the world in 2000, it has blown open the doors of opportunity for entrepreneurs to take their business to the global stage. Powered by evolving digital technology and influenced by online channels such as social media, an Internet-based business made it possible to bridge markets once separated by oceans.
But it also unwittingly created opportunities for scammers.
With more than
1 Billion websites
operating on the Internet servicing the needs of more than
3.4 Billion users online
every day, the values of trust and credibility have become sought after qualities for online business. Believe it or not, it is easy to build trust and credibility in a generally skeptical online world.
Read more.
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