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Even though our Small Business Week sessions will be hosted virtually, we're still going to have lunch together!

The first 20 people who register for each session will receive a free lunch - delivered between 11:30am and 12:30pm.

Monday, October 18th: POUTINE DAY
With Coyote's Bistro and Lounge
Pick any poutine from Coyote's menu here.

Tuesday, October 19th: PIZZA DAY
With Copperhouse Eatery + Lounge
Pick any pizza from Copperhouse's menu here.

Thursday, October 21st: BURGER DAY (served with fries)
With Coyote's Bistro and Lounge
Pick any burger from Coyote's Menu here.

Friday, October 22nd: PIZZA DAY
With Copperhouse Eatery + Lounge
Pick any pizza from Copperhouse's menu here.

To register for all sessions, please contact: Admin@YKChamber.com

Let us know which sessions you want to register for, what you want for lunch, and where it should be delivered!

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Monday, October 18, 2021

One-Degree Shifts: Building Tomorrow's Greatest Places To Work with Eric Termuende

12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtually on Zoom, poutine lunch!
Free for all attendees
Registration required: Admin@YKChamber.com

The future of work may look wildly different depending on industry, size, and location but the one thing all great leaders do is build a deep sense of trust, respect, and safety across their team. The question is: how do they do it?

In this completely tailored, engaging, and takeaway-loaded presentation, workplace expert Eric Termuende shares what years of research, stories, and insights uncover about the one-degree shifts leaders use to remove friction, improve communication, and innovate. From Domino’s Pizza to the British Cycling Team, discover how the consistent application of small, incremental changes builds tomorrow’s greatest places to work.

In this presentation, leaders will learn the secret of a one-degree shift to:

  • Reduce friction and build trust.
  • Work more effectively with a smaller team.
  • Build a culture of innovation.
  • Understand your role in creating a ‘greatest place to work’.
  • Discover what cilantro teaches us about strong workplace culture.

About Eric Termuende:
A globally recognized thought leader, bestselling author, and speaker, Eric Termuende brings a fresh perspective to workplace culture and the future of work. His actionable and entertaining keynotes combine research, storytelling, and case studies to help leaders attract and retain top talent and build teams that thrive. Audiences will leave energized, empowered, and equipped with the tools needed to build trust, remove friction, and create a culture of experimentation within their organizations.

Termuende has a deep understanding of the next generation of work and how to attract and retain the right talent. As co-founder of NoW of Work, Termuende advises industry-leading organizations, institutions, and associations on future-proofing their teams, talent management, and rehumanizing the workplace. His bestselling book, Rethink Work, has become a must-read for today’s leaders.

A former World Economic Forum Global Shaper, Termuende was recognized as one of the Top 100 Emerging Innovators under 35 by American Express, and his ideas have been featured in Forbes, Thrive Global, The Huffington Post, The Globe and Mail, and more. From the stage of TEDx to BUILDEX to Coca Cola and the Milken Global Conference, Termuende inspires, challenges, and opens minds to opportunity and doors to growth.

Zoom Details:
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87258170254?pwd=ejMyay9oT2FORy9yWGI4VnIyVXJrdz09

Meeting ID: 872 5817 0254
Passcode: 870146

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The Great Canadian Labour Crunch: How To Adapt To The Labour Shortage Situation With Pierre Cléroux

2:00pm to 3:00pm
Virtually on Zoom
Free for all attendees
Registration required: Admin@YKChamber.com

Labour shortage is not a new phenomenon in Canada. But as the economy recovers and the job market bounces back, the pressure on employers is intensifying. With 55% of Canadian entrepreneurs struggling to hire the workers they need, many business owners have no choice but to work more hours, delay or refuse orders. But what are the causes of this labour shortage? And for how long will it last? For BDC Small Business WeekTM, join Pierre Cléroux, Vice President, Research and Chief Economist of BDC, as he present the results of the Bank’s latest study on labour shortage in Canada.  Discover the most effective solutions for Canadian entrepreneurs to reduce its impact and find out how the pandemic is changing the labour market.

Please contact Adeel.MOGHAL@bdc.ca if you’d like to receive information about business advise, solutions and events from BDC.

About Pierre Cléroux:

Pierre Cléroux was appointed Vice President, Research and Chief Economist at BDC in 2012.

Pierre leads a team of experts who analyze economic data to identify business and sector trends impacting Canadian entrepreneurs. A seasoned speaker, he regularly travels across the country to help business owners understand the risks and opportunities presented by the economic environment.

Mr. Cléroux is also responsible for providing economic analysis and advice to the Bank’s senior management team, and supervises all marketing and industry research activities.

Over his 25-year career as an economist, he has held several influential positions that had a direct impact on entrepreneurs in Canada and abroad.

Before joining BDC, Pierre worked for the Government of Saudi Arabia as Vice President, Business Analysis in the National Industry Clusters Development Program. His role was to create program strategies, define sector policies and conduct financial and economic analyses of industrial projects.

Previously, Mr. Cléroux was the Quebec Assistant Deputy Minister for Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade, responsible for the implementation of economic policies and programs to support small and medium-sized businesses and encourage entrepreneurship. He was also a strategic advisor for Montreal International, where he was responsible for attracting foreign investment from India and the Middle East, and developing international relationships and partnerships. He worked for 12 years at the Canadian Federation of Independent Business in various roles, including economist and Quebec Vice President.

Pierre is President of the Financial Services, Capital and Economy Committee of the Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec (FCCQ).

He holds a Bachelor of Arts and a master’s degree in Economics from Laval University, as well as an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Zoom Details:
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83110992311?pwd=Nk1FK2NpM2JIQklzSUZpV1hWVzBnUT09

Meeting ID: 831 1099 2311
Passcode: 559943

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Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Principles Of Military Leadership For Small Business Managers with Tim Syer

12:00pm to 1:30pm
Virtually on Zoom, pizza lunch!
Free for all attendees
Registration required: Admin@YKChamber.com

Tim Syer spent seven years as a Warfare Officer in the Royal Canadian Navy, serving on frigates and destroyers, leading small teams of men and women in very challenging work environments. The military teaches its leaders how to lead teams to accomplish missions and objectives through adversity and uncertainty, and Tim has taken those lessons and applied them to his work as a lawyer leading the corporate team at Lawson Lundell’s Yellowknife office. During this session you’ll learn about these principles of leadership and how small business managers can lead more effective teams during challenging times.

About Tim Syer:

In 2003, after completing his studies in maritime security at Dalhousie University, Tim joined the Royal Canadian Navy as a Naval Warfare Officer. During his seven years in the Navy, Tim served at sea in the Navy’s frigates and destroyers. In 2006, Tim went on exchange with the Royal Australian Navy and served for a year there as a bridge watch-keeper on an Australian frigate. While serving in HMCS Algonquin, Tim met his wife, also a Naval Warfare Officer.

Tim left the Navy and in 2010 attended law school at the University of British Columbia. Tim and Melissa now call Yellowknife home and are embracing Canadian northern living. Tim now practices corporate and commercial law in the Yellowknife office of Lawson Lundell. Tim advises clients on commercial transactions, joint ventures and commercial real estate. Tim also provides advice to corporate and not-for-profit clients on governance matters.

Zoom Details:
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89334533006?pwd=aG94ekdFVzRoMDN3MGdCRnFkK1Qydz09

Meeting ID: 893 3453 3006
Passcode: 836135

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Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Funding and Business Resources For Black Entrepreneurs
A partnership between the Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce and Black Advocacy Coalition Up North

10:00am to 11:30am
Virtually on Zoom
Free for all attendees

Please register in advance: Admin@YKChamber.com

Join the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor), Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) and NWT Business Development and Investment Corporation (BDIC) for an informative and practical session to learn about funding and business resources available to black entrepreneurs.

10:00am to 10:30am: Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
10:30am to 11:00am: Business Development and Investment Corporation (BDIC)
11:00am to 11:30am: Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor)

Learn more about the Black Advocacy Coalition Up North here.

Zoom Details:

Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83647890112?pwd=YzVXa1lKa3phUWZ0MjE3NHU2QnFJZz09

Meeting ID: 836 4789 0112
Passcode: 116675

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Future Of Work: Getting 2030 Ready with Andrew Au

2:00pm to 3:00pm
Virtually on Zoom
Free for all attendees
Please register in advance: Admin@YKChamber.com

By 2030, half of the work we get paid to do today will by automated by technology, 10% of jobs will be in job categories that don’t exist today, and demand for technological skills will surge by 55%. Are you ready?

Being “2030 ready” means more than just applying automation, robotics, and AI. It involves a shift in leadership and culture — a modern approach to skilling, a cognitive division of labour, and a complete business model evolution. Andrew Au, an authority on digital transformation, provides audiences with a glimpse into this future and the pathways needed to prepare for this new world of work.

About Andrew Au:

When companies like Microsoft, FedEx, and 3M want to accelerate innovation, they call Andrew Au. Today, the dynamics of industries are changing. No enterprise is too big to fail, no start up is too small to disrupt. Agility has become the new currency of business, and organizations need to respond. That’s where Au comes in. He helps organizations respond to the now and prepare for what’s next — helping them rethink how they engage their customers, motivate their employees, operate their business units, and inject innovation into their solutions.

Referred to by Forbes as a “digital transformation expert”, Au helps organizations respond to the new culture and nature of work. Through his innovative work, he was the youngest person to be inducted into the Entrepreneurs Organization at the age of 22. He is among the few to be named to Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list and has received over 50 domestic and international awards for business innovation and thought leadership. What makes Au’s perspectives unique is that he doesn’t just study digital transformation and culture change — he makes it real for the largest organizations in the world, every day.

Au has delivered live, virtual, and pre-recorded keynotes for leading organizations such as Microsoft, Rogers, Canada Life, Mitel, Harley Davidson, and a wide variety of industry associations. He shares his dynamic perspectives on leadership and emerging technologies with media including Forbes, Business Insider, Tech Insider, Bloomberg, BNN and the National Post.

Au is the co-founder of Intercept, a strategic consultancy that has led large scale system implementations and culture change programs.

Zoom Details:

Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84404379410?pwd=YWFyaHdFYWYwTDE3MlkxS3JVbzFPdz09

Meeting ID: 844 0437 9410
Passcode: 468499

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Thursday, October 21, 2021

Permission Granted To Get Rid Of Your BS (Bias Synapse) with Risha Grant

12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtually on Zoom, burger lunch!
Free for all attendees
Please register in advance: Admin@YKChamber.com

Whether implicit or conscious, bias is the number one threat to humanity and any company’s success. If your company’s goal is to create cohesiveness within your organization, increase revenue, be innovative and/or elevate your reputation-the bias in your workforce and community is a roadblock. You know the problem. “Permission Granted” is your answer.

Throughout this session, Risha allows attendees to express their biases, while giving them easily applicable tools to get over them, however screwed up they may be. Although diversity can often be an uncomfortable topic, Risha’s approach helps attendees to understand the concept, without feeling bored or judged.

Attendees will leave this conversation with:

  • An understanding of Diversity & Inclusion
  • A thorough awareness of his/her biases
  • A realization of how his/her biases originated
  • A recognition of the symptoms and results of bias
  • Tools to address bias internally and externally
  • Tips to navigate bias in the workplace

About Risha Grant:

Motivated by her passion to correct societal “isms” like racism, sexism, classism and plain old stupidism, it’s Risha Grant’s personal mission to expose the value of diversity and inclusion, while shining a light on the economic impact it creates. From her race, gender, and lifestyle choices, to growing a small business and tackling economic issues, every area of her life intersects diversity. It’s this range of experiences that has earned her an internationally renowned reputation as a diversity, inclusion, and bias expert.

Founder and CEO of Risha Grant LLC, an award-winning diversity consulting and communications firm, she is also an edgy, educational, and motivational speaker and author. She covers the important topics of diversity, inclusion, and bias as NBC KJRH’s community correspondent and host of the Risha Talks series. Through her Tulsa World column, Risha Talks, and as a contributor to Black Enterprise Magazine, she has motivated and educated numerous corporations, associations, and universities. Through her interactive keynotes and deep-dive training sessions, Grant teaches and empowers attendees with diversity and inclusion tools to increase their bottom line and get rid of their BS.

In her book, That's BS! How Bias Synapse Disrupts Inclusive Cultures and the Power to Attract Diverse Markets and her corresponding “BS” video series, Grant has led audiences to new places of respect and understanding. These audiences have included Discover Card Financial Services, Samsung Electronics America, Wells Fargo, Boy Scouts of America, the US Airforce, NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder, and University of Oklahoma.

Grant has been featured in Forbes, The Financial Times, Bloomberg Media,

Engage Magazine, among many other print, television, and radio media outlets. She’s also been awarded numerous honors such as being named a 2019 Top 100 HR Influencer by Engagedly, a 2018 Inclusive Leadership Award Winner, and Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017.

Zoom Details:

Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81232692478?pwd=RUIzUkJYeU1JQW9RNDVXc05OK0lHQT09

Meeting ID: 812 3269 2478
Passcode: 524354

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How Cloud Accounting Technology Improves Business Performance With KWB Chartered Professional Accountants

2:00pm to 3:00pm
Virtually on Zoom
Free for all attendees
Please register in advance: Admin@YKChamber.com

Our QuickBooks ProAdvisors will share how to effectively use QuickBooks Online (QBO) by discussing simple tips and tricks. We will also discuss apps that can be seamlessly integrated with QBO, such as Dext, Jobber, and Triplog that will help you achieve even more efficiency.

During this session you will learn about time savings from using QBO, cost savings compared to other options, how to upload, download, and store receipts electronically, how to simplify payments and receipts, multi-use capabilities, and other apps that save you time and improve your bottom line.

Zoom Details:

Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84847757102?pwd=T2dOcFk5SmFIdlhIOUp4eSs5NTBvQT09

Meeting ID: 848 4775 7102
Passcode: 558122

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About The Presenters:

Shelley Ricketts, Cloud Accounting Manager: Shelley completed her NAIT Accelerated Accounting Certification in 2001 and is also a Certified Quickbooks ProAdvisor (QBO Advanced Certification and QB Desktop Certification).

Along with many years of public accounting experience, Shelley was a self-employed contractor providing bookkeeping services and software training for 20 years and gained invaluable experience and exposure to a wide range of industries. She knows what it means to be a business owner and to be passionate about what you do.

Shelley has been with KWB for a long time! Starting out as a contractor in January 2011, she took a leap of faith and joined the team full time in October 2018 as their newly appointed Cloud Accounting Manager.  She wears a lot of hats in this role but her favourite space is finding and supporting cloud based solutions for business owners that make their lives easier!

Shelley has two wonderful, witty sons who take pleasure in the fact they get to call her ‘shorty’.  She also has the cutest little Frenchie named “Mango” who excels at being a couch potato as well as providing endless entertainment in the midst of Zoom meetings.

Outside of work, Shelley loves to spend time camping, hiking and just getting out into nature.  She also is passionate about horses (she owns 3!) and enjoys trail riding and getting out into the mountains when she can.

David Wickenberg, Partner: David grew up in Edmonton and after going to McNally High School enrolled at the University of Alberta. David initially enrolled in general sciences in order to have some flexibility in deciding what career path to follow. Teaching, computer science, and business were all considerations, but it was the flexibility and potential of a business career that led David to the faculty of business. An accounting major appealed to David in his final year since it provided the opportunity to interact with many different people and fulfill his desire to teach others what he knows.

David received his B.Comm from the University of Alberta and was awarded his CA designation in 1990. After articling with KPMG, he worked for two years in industry. First as a lending officer at a trust company and then at a large retailer as CFO.

David began his own practice in 1992, and after 4 years on his own, he merged his practice with Gary Koehli’s to form Koehli Wickenberg, now KWB LLP. David received his Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation in 1997 and uses that knowledge to provide full service plans that merge company and personal strategies.

David is married and has two children.

David has previously served on the board of Deal Generator, an initiative of EDE. He also served on the Board of the CKUA Radio Foundation and was the vice-chair for 2005 and 2006 and chair of the planning committee during that same time. It was during his term as chair of the planning committee that he helped develop the first full strategic plan for CKUA.

David was a member of TEC, the Canadian arm of Vistage, the world's largest executive coaching organization, for almost 15 years. It is through TEC that he learned the value of Culture, Vision, Mission as well as many other tools that KWB uses. The knowledge learned from TEC helps KWB assist small businesses in achieving better results.

When he’s not preparing tax plans and managing the business, David loves to play basketball or squash and also spends lots of time with his family.

Richard Ouellette, Partner: Richard joined KWB in November 2007. He graduated from the University of Lethbridge in 2003 with a Bachelor of Management. Before joining KWB, Richard articled and worked at a national firm. He successfully wrote the 2005 UFE, and obtained his CA designation in 2006.

On his personal time, Richard enjoys going home to his wife and playing with his two young children. He also enjoys traveling, golfing, biking, working out, and spending time with friends and family.

Friday, October 22, 2021

The Science Of Daily Resilience: Practical Skills For Mental Strength & Agility In The Workplace With Dr. Lisa Bélanger

12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtually on Zoom
Free for all attendees, pizza lunch!
Please register in advance: Admin@YKChamber.com

One thing we can count on is that life is full of uncertainty, change, challenges, and many distractions. When times are hard, you may prioritize the well-being of others. This session is for YOU.

Take control by learning about science-backed strategies and practical skills that you can use to stay focused and productive — even in chaos. Get more done in less time and improve your energy and stamina to power through. Learn how to incorporate habits into the busiest schedule and get the support you need to practice daily self-care.

About Dr. Lisa Bélanger:

An organization’s greatest asset is its people. Award-winning CEO Dr. Lisa Bélanger shows leaders and teams how insights from behavioural science research can be applied in the workplace to optimize the performance, productivity, and innovation of leaders and teams. She helps close the gap between intention and action resulting in long-term change and a competitive advantage.

With a PhD in Behavioural Medicine, Dr. Bélanger is the CEO and founder of ConsciousWorks, a consulting firm that helps everyone from executives to entrepreneurs apply the findings from leading-edge scientific analyses to maximize their mental and physical well-being at work and at home.

On-stage, Dr. Bélanger has presented to clients throughout North America, such as Collins Barrow, the University of Alberta, and CEBS Canada.

Dr. Bélanger is also a Certified Exercise Physiologist; a past Honorary Research Associate at Swansea University, Wales; researcher at the University of Calgary; instructor at the University of Alberta Executive Education, and the author of Inspire Me Well: Finding Motivation to Take Control of Your Health. Additionally, she is the founder of Knight’s Cabin, a national non-profit offering no-cost wellness programming to cancer survivors.

Zoom Details:
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88374891783?pwd=M3FLTEw1L0o3MGdDTFhPZTFGamlsdz09

Meeting ID: 883 7489 1783
Passcode: 582341

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