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| Waterloo Chapter Business Meeting – Feb. 18 The Waterloo Chapter business meeting will feature Michael Lewis on Feb. 18, 2009 at the Knights of Columbus Hall at 145 Dearborn Place, Waterloo, Ont. from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Session One is ‘Building a winning team: A guide to hiring, training and keeping great employees.’ Session two will include: ‘Marketing for small business success made easy and profitable.’ Fees include lunch: $50 for members and $75 for non-members. Purchase your tickets online at www.locc.ca. | ||
| Prosperity Partnership Introductory Workshop – Jan. 20 The introductory Prosperity Partnership seminar will get you started on to the road of success. This program is intended to help green industry members clarify their strengths, and understand the components of their business needing attention and improvement. A seminar workbook will be provided. It will take place at Hugh Foster Hall, 43 Brown St., Milton. Click here for more details or to register. | ||
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| Safety Groups Program – Jan. 30 The first Safety Group meeting is Jan. 30th, so sign-up right away! The program promotes health and safety in the workplace, accomplished through mentoring, pooling resources and sharing best practices between member firms, their sponsor and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB). Member firms can also receive financial benefits, in the form of rebates from the WSIB. To register for the 2009 program go to www.horttrades.com/prodev/. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
| Great opportunity at Canada Blooms 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. | ||
| Allan Dennis Editor, Landscape Ontario 905-875-1805, ext 320 adennis@landscapeontario.com www.horttrades.com To unsubscribe to this email, please click here. | ||
