| Upper Canada Chapter This Week To see upcoming Upper Canada Chapter news and events, click here | ||
| Prosperity Partnership Introduction — Jan. 14 The introductory Prosperity Partnership seminar will get you started on to the road of success on Jan. 14 at Strathcona Paper Centre, 16 McPherson Dr.,in Napanee. This program is intended to help green industry members clarify what they excel at and what components of their business need attention and improvement. Click here for more details or to register. | ||
| Best Practices Seminar — Jan. 15 The Prosperity Partnership Best Practices Seminar will take place at Strathcona Paper Centre, 16 McPherson Dr., Napanee. For those who have completed the Introductory Prosperity Partners seminar, this is the next step on your journey. Best Practices will be looked at in five areas: financial health, professional operations, sales success, leadership and developing customers for life. Click here for more details or to register. | ||
| Chapter meeting &mdash Jan. 21 Join the Chapter for the annual Landscape Ontario roundup, with LO executive director Tony DiGiovanni and LO president Bob Adams. It will be held at the New Strathcona Paper Centre, 16 McPherson Drive, Napanee, Ont., on Jan. 21, 2009, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Learn about the direction of LO for 2009. The second part of the meeting focuses on Managing Financial Statements. Learn the A, B, and C’s of managing financial statements and how to make them work for you. This presentation will help give you the starting tools for staying in business and knowing your costs. Lunch is provided. RSVP to Stephanie, 1-800-265-5656, ext. 354 or ssmith@landscapeontario.com. | ||
| Winter is the time to brush up on business skills Ottawa is presenting an exciting series of green industry business management courses, based on the six required modules to achieve CLP certification. These are stand-alone business courses; if they wish, participants may write the corresponding CLP exam at the end of the day. Ottawa will host all six modules of the program:
For more details, or to register, click here. | ||
| Trent to host job fair — Jan. 28 Trent University is hosting a Summer Job Fair on Wed., Jan. 28. LO members may staff a table to inform students about summer work in their industry and collect names and resumes of students interested in working in crews. Information about Career Centre services for employers can be found online at www.trentu.ca/careers/employers/overview.php. In addition, LO members may: Post opportunities on workopolisCampus.com, or the university will at no charge; host an information session; hold on-campus interviews; supply recruitment information and company literature for the university resource library and use on-campus media to advertise. | ||
| GreenTrade open to exhibitors – Feb. 18 Are you supplying products or services to the green industry? Consider exhibiting at GreenTrade Expo in Ottawa. GreenTrade Expo is Eastern Ontario’s Premiere Green Industry Buying Show. It’s on Wed., Feb. 18, 2009, from 9 a.m. – 4 p. m. Over 1,000 attendees will attend at Lansdowne Park, Ottawa Civic Centre. For exhibit space or sponsorship inquiries, contact Lynn Lane, 613-796-5156 or llane@landscapeontario.com. | ||
| LO This Week | ||
| Congress 2009 featured on television Congress 2009 was brought to the public through CityTv’s Breakfast Television show. In photo Mike Laporte, member of Congress 2009 committee, is interviewed by Breakfast Television’s Jennifer Valentine. The Green Forum also drew a huge amount of positive response, with attendees saying the theme gave them a whole new insight. Click here to watch the Breakfast Television video. Complete Congress 2009 coverage in the February issue of Horticulture Review. | ||
| SCIP needs registrations — Jan. 15 The Safe Communities Incentive Program (SCIP) has announced that due to lack of registrations, all SCIP programs for Landscape Ontario will be cancelled, other than those booked in Ottawa and at LO’s office in Milton. These two venues will also be cancelled if not enough registrations are received by January 15. For information contact Carol Divitkos at 1-800-663-6639, ext. 3431. | ||
| Growers Short Course 2009 — Feb. 11 Dr. Hannah Mathers of the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre is the featured speaker at this year’s Growers Short Course on Wed., Feb. 11 at Royal Botanical Gardens, 680 Plains Rd., Burlington. The day begins at 7:30 with breakfast and concludes around 3:50 with the Growers’ Good Idea session, featuring six growers sharing their experience. Pre-registration is $65 for LO members and $75 for potential members. At the door, registration is $90, payable by cash or cheque only. The first sessions start promptly at 8:30. Click here to register online or download a brochure that includes the full agenda, a map and printable registration form. | ||
| Learn why what worked doesn’t work — Feb. 12 and 20 A half-day workshop, entitled ‘Why What Worked Doesn’t Work Anymore and How to Make it Work,’ for business owners and managers is scheduled for Feb. 12 at the Best Western in Milton and Feb. 20 at the RA Centre in Ottawa. The workshops begin at 9 and run until 12-noon, with lunch provided. A minimum of 25 registrations are required for each event to run. Milton details here. Ottawa details here.Registration closes Feb. 2. | ||
| Great opportunity at Canada Blooms — March 18-22 Don’t be left behind — ensure your company stands out amongst the crowd by showcasing your skills and services at Canada Blooms 2009. There are a limited number of small, walled gardens available to LO members to showcase their skills to over 80,000 people from March 18 to 22nd. Participants have access to mulch, sand, equipment, volunteer material handling, tickets to Canada Blooms and $9.00 per square foot of garden. For information contact Charlie Dobbin at charliedobbin@canadablooms.com or via phone at 905-508-3806, fax 905-508-7489, or cell 647-283-1841. | ||
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