Previous Workshops
Human Resources Strategies for Employers
Make a Good Match: Employee Selection Strategies
| Date: | Wednesday, September 23, 2009 | ||||
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| Place: | Council Chambers, City of Airdrie |
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Linda Wilson, Adult Education & Training Specialist |
Sponsored by: Alberta Employment & Immigration, Calgary Regional Partnership, Airdrie Chamber of Commerce, Airdrie Employment Services, City of Airdrie & Community Futures Centre West
Human Resources Strategies for Employers
Finders Keepers: Employee Recruitment Strategies
Learn about recruitment strategies used by Alberta employers. Review the recruitment planning process; explore how to customize your approach to engage frequently overlooked talent sources; increase your profile as an "employer of choice".
| Date: | Wednesday, March 25, 2009 | ||||
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| Place: | Council Chambers, City of Airdrie |
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Facilitator: |
Linda Wilson, Adult Education & Training Specialist |
Sponsored by: Alberta Employment & Immigration, Calgary Regional Partnership, Airdrie Chamber of Commerce, Airdrie Employment Services, City of Airdrie & Community Futures Centre West
Human Resources Strategies for Employers
Better Balance, Better Business: Employee Work-Life Balance Strategies
Enhance your understanding of employee work-life balance and how making it a priority will benefit your business and your employees. Consider new options, learn about relevant resources; begin to create a plan to enhance your reputation as an employer who cares about your employees' work-life balance.| Date: | Wednesday, April 8, 2009 | ||||
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| Place: | Council Chambers, City of Airdrie |
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Facilitator: |
Linda Wilson, Adult Education & Training Specialist |
Sponsored by: Alberta Employment & Immigration, Calgary Regional Partnership, Airdrie Chamber of Commerce, Airdrie Employment Services, City of Airdrie & Community Futures Centre West
PROJECT PROTECT Seminar
Learn How to Protect Your Business from Debit/Credit Card Fraud
In 2007, more than $400 million was lost to debit and credit card fraud in Canada. To help businesses minimize these losses the Interac Association and the RCMP launched PROJECT PROTECT. Attend this seminar to find out how you can protect your business and customers by identifying potential skimming attempts and minimizing the occurrence of these frauds. An RCMP spokesperson will demonstrate the various manners in which skimming may be attempted and provide you with the information needed to examine your debit card devices and sales register areas to avoid being victimized.
| Date: | Thursday, January 29, 2009 | ||||
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| Place: | Council Chambers, City of Airdrie |
Sponsored by: Airdrie Chamber of Commerce, City of Airdrie & RCMP
Human Resources Strategies for Employers
Beyond Pay & Benefits: Employee Retention Strategies
Learn about the high cost of turnover and the need to retain staff. Explore generational differences in the workforce and how to better understand and work effectively with employees of all ages. Increase awareness of how to show appreciation; use a wide-range of retention strategies to create an organization where people want to work.
| Date: | Tuesday, February 3, 2009 | ||||
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| Place: | Council Chambers, City of Airdrie |
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Facilitator: |
Linda Wilson, Adult Education & Training Specialist |
Sponsored by: Alberta Employment & Immigration, Calgary Regional Partnership, Airdrie Chamber of Commerce, Airdrie Employment Services, City of Airdrie & Community Futures Centre West
Human Resources Strategies for Employers
Skills by Design: Employee Development Strategies
- the benefits of establishing comprehensive training and development programs to build employee skills
- the broad range of learning opportunities for your employees
- how to analyze your needs in order to develop objectives and strategies for creating a more skilled workforce
In addition, you will take away a copy of the Skills by Design publication.
| Date: | Monday, November 24, 2008 | ||||
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| Place: | Council Chambers, City of Airdrie |
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| Facilitator: | Linda Wilson, Adult Education & Training Specialist |
Sponsored by: Alberta Employment & Immigration, Calgary Regional Partnership, Airdrie Chamber of Commerce, Airdrie Employment Services, City of Airdrie & Community Futures Centre West
Am I An Entrepreneur? Evening
Interested in starting your own business but don't know where to start?
Click here to view the workshop flyer.
| Date: | Tuesday, October 21, 2008 | ||||||
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| Place: | Council Chambers, City of Airdrie |
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| Speaker: | Nancy Tolonen, Community Futures Centre West | ||||||
| Registration: | Tickets $10 in advance/$15 at the door |
Business Assistance Organizations in Attendance
| Alberta Women Entrepreneurs | Airdrie Women in Small Business Association |
| AFSC | Alberta Agriculture & Rural Development |
| Airdrie Chamber of Commerce | BDC Entrepreneurship Centre |
Airdrie Economic Development |
Canadian Youth Business Foundation |
| Airdrie Public Library | Community Futures Centre West |
Marketing: Kicking it Up a Notch
Take your marketing to the next level. Learn ad agency secrets ranging from evaluating media to creating highly effective messages that your target market will identify with.
| Date: | Wednesday, October 22, 2008 | ||||||
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| Place: | Council Chambers, City of Airdrie |
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| Speaker: | Sherry Shaw-Froggatt Publisher AirdrieLIFE Magazine |
Sponsored by: Airdrie Economic Development
More on Our Speaker
Presenter Sherry Shaw-Froggatt, Publisher of AirdrieLIFE Magazine, is a certified ad agency practitioner with over 20 years of experience in the advertising industry. Click here for more information
Buying Green
Using Your Buying Power to Influence Change & Enhance Your Bottom-line
Find out how you can use your business and personal buying power to influence change in the marketplace and enhance your bottom-line. this seminar will provide you with:
- cost/benefit analysis for buying green in the areas of electronics, cleaning and paper products
- helpful tools to indentify legitimate green product claims
- real examples of green products
- effective strategies to develop and market a green procurement policy
| Date: | Wednesday, June 11, 2008 |
| Time: | 8:15am - Registration & Coffee 8:15-9:30 - Seminar & Q&A |
| Place: | Council Chambers, City of Airdrie |
| Speakers: | Lindsay Luhnau, Clean Calgary Association |
Sponsored by: City of Airdrie
Protecting Your Business
Fraud Prevention Seminar
Attend this event to find out how you can better protect your business and customers from fraud. Whether your organization is large or small, our presenters will provide you with practical tips on:
- how to spot counterfeit currency
- recognizing and avoiding the newest debit/credit card scams
| Date: | Monday, June 2, 2008 |
| Time: | 8:00am - Registration & Coffee 8:15-9:45 - Seminar 9:45-10:30 - Q&A and hands-on demonstration |
| Place: | Council Chambers, City of Airdrie |
| Speakers: | Sgt. Jim Laing, RCMP, Commercial Crime Division Michelle Witkowski, Bank of Canada Cst. Peter Wood, Airdrie RCMP Detachment |
Sponsored by: Airdrie Chamber of Commerce, Bank of Canada, City of Airdrie & RCMP
For more in formation on Protecting Your Business click here.
Lean Enterprise Seminar
Doing More with Less
In this highly competitive environment, improving the productivity of your organization is a key part of a successful business strategy. LEAN thinking is a culture that does more with less – less human effort, less equipment and less space – while providing customers with exactly what they want – in less time. LEAN works at identifying and minimizing any activity that absorbs resources and creates no value.
Whether you own a small business or you employ hundreds of people, whether you offer a service or produce a product, this FREE workshop will help you to:
- Learn about successful strategies from a range of industries and applications where LEAN is used to improve efficiency and profitability.
- Understand the "5 steps" to "LEAN Thinking."
- Create a road-map to implement LEAN in your operation.
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Thursday, March 20, 2008 |
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7:30 – 8 a.m. Continental breakfast & registration |
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Rotary room, East Lake Recreation & Wellness Centre |
Speaker: |
Clif Skrypnyk, Alberta Employment, Immigration & Industry |
Sponsored by: Alberta Employment, Immigration & Industry, Calgary Regional Partnership & City of Airdrie
More on the Speaker
Clif Skypnyk has been in manufacturing and process improvement for the past 35 years. Over his career he has held a variety of positions including, salesman, controller, plant engineer, plant manager, VP Operations and industrial management consultant.