Ian McLean President + CEO Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce As the province approaches the next election on June 12th the Chamber is once again hosting a series Candidate Forums. These forums are an opportunity to ask questions important to the business community of the candidates in the three local ridings of Kitchener Centre, […]
Read moreTeri Hetherington Events Coordinator Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce The 2014 100 Mile Feast is taking on a new, fabulous theme this year. Using locally sourced ingredients as we have the Chamber, is association with Waterloo Inn Conference Hotel’s Executive Chef Lori Maidlow, will be preparing a 100 Mile Feast: The Parisian Experience on […]
Read moreDavid Tubbs Marketing & Communications Lead Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce With an Ontario election coming in less than 6 weeks and the planning for next year at the Chamber already underway, we wanted to take a minute to lay out the Chamber’s priorities. Here are a few questions I posed to our President […]
Read moreDavid Tubbs Marketing & Communications Lead Greater KW Chamber of Commerce Google has a reputation for consistently being a pioneer, at the forefront of new and innovative ways to move search engine technology. More recently, however, Google has also become a powerful tool in business development. Google has 3 main free services that can prove […]
Read moreIan McLean President + CEO Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce Yesterday the Ontario Labour Relations Board released a preliminary ruling that the Region of Waterloo will be a construction employer and therefore must only employ workers from one union, the Carpenters District Council of Ontario United Brotherhood of Carpenter and Joiners. This ruling means […]
Read moreDavid Tubbs Marketing & Communications Lead Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce One of the biggest advantages to being a Chamber member is the ability to network often and at over 80 different events a year. We have thousands of attendees come out to our events year in and year out and the numbers continue […]
Read moreDavid Tubbs Marketing & Communications Lead Greater KW Chamber of Commerce From LinkedIn to Facebook, blogs to Twitter, the landscape of business networking has been universally affected by developments in modern technology. Navigating your way around the multitude of ever-changing modes of networking can be overwhelming at times. In the business world there are now […]
Read moreIan McLean President + CEO Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce This week is National Volunteer Week and on behalf of the Chamber Board of Directors and staff, I’d like to say thank you to all of our 400 dedicated Chamber volunteers that help us week in and week out. Our volunteers and volunteer committees […]
Read moreDavid Tubbs Marketing & Communications Lead Greater KW Chamber of Commerce “UnMarketing” By: Scott Stratten All I can say about this book is that if you haven’t read it you need to immediately. Like last week immediately. Author Scott Stratten stresses the idea that real engagement and creative planning is more effective than any amount […]
Read moreIan McLean President + CEO Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce Next month Golden Triangle AngelNet is hosting their first ever GTAN|START contest aimed at giving early stage startup businesses the chance to pitch their business or business idea to an audience of over 100 business savvy, high-net-worth individuals. Eight finalists will be selected to present at […]
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