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:20221027T110000Z DTEND:20221027T190000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:SMALL BUSINESS BIG GROWTH - OCTOBER 2022 DESCRIPTION:BE INSPIRED | LEARN FROM EXPERTS | MAKE A PLAN | BUILD A NETWORK \n\n\n\nWe are pleased to announce we are bringing back our Small Business Big Growth Summit on Thursday October 27th.\n\nBringing connection\, information\, and inspiration to the Halifax business community. Participants will learn from the best of the best\, with industry experts in brand development\, risk reduction\, talent acquisition\, diversity and inclusion\, leveraging global markets\, and securing capital.\n\n\n\nThis conference is structured so that small business owners can build a tangible plan to strengthen their business and achieve their goals with the help of our industry experts.\n\n\n\nWhat to Expect from the Summit? \n\n \n\nIF YOU ARE...\n\n\n A small business owner/entrepreneur\,\n Looking to grow your business\,\n In need of a strategy expert to help enhance your goals\,\n Ready to take your business to the next level...\n\n\nTHEN THIS EVENT IS FOR YOU\n\n Last year\, 97% of surveyed attendees said that the Summit helped them to identify a challenge or opportunity for their business and 98% said they would definitely attend again. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n "This event helped me to see where I am right on track and identify areas where I can improve. It also helped me to make connections for future opportunities." - Survey Respondent \n "The summit was an excellent use of time. It was run very professionally despite everyone being out of practice for live events. It was good to see people in person again. Thank you for running a safe and timely event with great messaging." - Survey Respondent \n "I had a fantastic time. Took a lot of notes and feedback to my teams. Handed out lots of business cards and was able to meet a lot of individuals I have been working with and put a face to the name. 5/5." - Survey Respondent \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEleanor Beaton \n\nEleanor Beaton is an award-winning journalist\, speaker\, and executive coach\, working with women in leadership positions achieve unprecedented results with clarity\, confidence\, focus and grace. She is the podcast host of Power + Presence + Position with over 500 episodes.\n\n\n\nEleanor has served as Chair of the Visiting Women's Executive Exchange Program at the Yale School of Management. In 2017\, she won the prestigious Profiles in Diversity "Women Worth Watching" Award for her work promoting diversity and inclusion. She joins previous recipients of this award including General Motors' CEO Mary Barra\, Xerox CEO Ursula Burns\, advocate/actress Geena Davis and many other women from diverse industries and backgrounds driving meaningful change in parity and gender equality.\n\nThrough her world-renowned leadership training\, elite-level mentorship\, international keynotes\, and live events\, Eleanor helps ambitious professional women and business owners develop the confidence\, presence\, political savvy and influence they need to smash the glass ceiling and take their seats at the tables where the big deals and big decisions are made.\n\n\n\nEleanor has been privileged to serve some of the country's most recognized women leaders\, including Arlene Dickinson\, star of CBC's hit show Dragon's Den and former Canadian First Lady Margaret Trudeau. In 2017 she was a finalist for one of Canada's most prestigious literary awards\, the National Business Book Award\, for her collaboration with former Home Depot Canada CEO Annette Verschuren on Bet On Me: A Guide to Succeeding in Business and in Life. Eleanor was also a 2017 finalist for a National Magazine Award for her column on women's leadership\, The XX Factor.\n\n\n\nMatt Symes\n\nCEO\, Founding Partner\, Symplicity Designs \n\nBack again this year by popular demand\, Matt Symes is joining us to talk about how you can actually execute your strategies. \n\n\n\nAs a founding partner of the organization\, along with his father\, Merv Symes\, and brother\, Mark\, Matt has been a leader at Symplicity for 10 years. Matt has helped over 400 organizations recover from some of their darkest moments. He brings a reality check to leadership teams and forces them to look at their brutal truths. He specializes in developing sound strategies to navigate through uncertain times.\n\n\n\nMatt has a unique ability to bring clarity to chaos\, which has earned him the honour of being named Business Leader of the Year (2020) from the Halifax Chamber of Commerce and one of Atlantic Canada's Top 50 CEOs (2022) with Atlantic Business Magazine. He sits on the board at Groupe Savoie and is a strategic advisor for a $80M IT firm. A recovering academic\, Matt graduated from the University of New Brunswick (BA\, B.Ed)\, and Wilfrid Laurier University (M.A and PhD - ABD on Leave).\n\n\nRussell Hopson\n\nBusiness Centre Manager with BDC's Halifax Entrepreneurship Centre\n\nRuss Hopson has been with the BDC since 2005. He currently manages the Nova Scotia Entrepreneurship Center for BDC working with a team of business development professionals\, interested in only one thing the success of our Nova Scotia entrepreneurs! Growing up in his family's small business\, he has seen first hand the challenges and opportunities presented to small business owners.\n\n\n\nRuss holds a Bachelor's degree in Commerce from Western University and a Master's degree in Business Administration from McGill University. \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\n Getting Your Business \n\n Funded for Growth\n\n with Scotiabank \n\n \n Building Your Brand \n\n with Symplicity Designs\n \n \n \n\n Facing Today's Labour Market \n\n Challenges \n\n with Grant Thornton\n\n \n \n\n Diversity in Action\n\n with Halifax Chamber of Commerce\n\n \n \n \n \n\n How to Protect Your Business\n\n From Cyber Crime\n\n with KPMG\n\n \n \n Hiring and Firing: The Ins and Outs\n\n of Employment Law \n\n with BOYNECLARKE\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresenting Sponsor\n\n\n\nLuncheon Partner:\n\n\n\n\n\nSmall Business Week Sponsor: \n\n\n\nBreakout Sponsors:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSmall Business Supporter: X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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 \;BE INSPIRED | LEARN FROM EXPERTS | MAKE A PLAN | BUILD A NETWORK \;

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\nWe are pleased to announce we are \;bringing \;back our \;Small Business \;Big Growth Summit \;on Thursday \;October 27th.

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Bringing connection\, information\, and inspiration to the Halifax business community. Participants will learn from the best of the best\, with industry experts in brand development\, risk reduction\, talent acquisition\, diversity and inclusion\, \;leveraging global markets\, and securing capital.
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 \;Last year\, 97% of surveyed attendees said that the \;Summit helped them to identify a challenge or opportunity for their business and 98% said they would \;definitely \;attend again. \;

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Eleanor Beaton is an award-winning journalist\, speaker\, and executive coach\, working with women in leadership positions achieve unprecedented results with clarity\, confidence\, focus and grace. She is the podcast host of Power + Presence + Position with over 500 episodes.
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\nEleanor has served as Chair of the Visiting Women&rsquo\;s Executive Exchange Program at the Yale School of Management. In 2017\, she won the prestigious Profiles in Diversity &ldquo\;Women Worth Watching&rdquo\; Award for her work promoting diversity and inclusion. She joins previous recipients of this award including General Motors&rsquo\; CEO Mary Barra\, Xerox CEO Ursula Burns\, advocate/actress Geena Davis and many other women from diverse industries and backgrounds driving meaningful change in parity and gender equality.
\nThrough her world-renowned leadership training\, elite-level mentorship\, international keynotes\, and live events\, Eleanor helps ambitious professional women and business owners develop the confidence\, presence\, political savvy and influence they need to smash the glass ceiling and take their seats at the tables where the big deals and big decisions are made.
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Matt Symes
\nCEO\, Founding Partner\, \;Symplicity Designs \;

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Back again this year by popular demand\, Matt Symes is joining us to talk about how you can actually execute your strategies.  \;
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\nAs a founding partner of the organization\, along with his father\, Merv Symes\, and brother\, Mark\, Matt has been a leader at Symplicity for 10 years. Matt has helped over 400 organizations recover from some of their darkest moments. He brings a reality check to leadership teams and forces them to look at their brutal truths. He specializes in developing sound strategies to navigate through uncertain times.
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Russell Hopson
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Russ Hopson has been with the BDC since 2005. He currently manages the Nova Scotia Entrepreneurship Center for BDC working with a team of business development professionals\, interested in only one thing &ndash\; the success of our Nova Scotia entrepreneurs! Growing up in his family&rsquo\;s small business\, he has seen first hand the challenges and opportunities presented to small business owners.
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\n  \;		Building Your Brand \;
\n with Symplicity Designs

\n Facing Today'\;s Labour \;Market \;
\n Challenges \;
\n with Grant Thornton
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\n Diversity in Action
\n with Halifax Chamber of Commerce
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\n How to Protect Your Business
\n From Cyber Crime
\n with KPMG
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Hiring and Firing: The Ins and Outs
\n of \;Employment Law \;
\n with BOYNECLARKE

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\n LOCATION:Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Kenneth C Rowe Hall UID:e.2481.3842 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260517T075931Z URL:https://business.halifaxchamber.com/events/details/small-business-big-growth-october-2022-3842 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR