A Date with the Future: St Clair Technology Summit Today

Screenshot: A Date with the Future: St Clair Technology Summit
Wed Dec 1, 2010 / 6:30pm - Hungarian House
Credit: MyStClair - Our Neighbourhood, Online

A Date with the Future
St Clair Technology Summit

When: Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at 6:30pm
Where: Hungarian Canadian Cultural Centre (HCCC)
Location: 840 St Clair Ave West, Toronto, ON M6C 1C1

The Business Improvement Areas (BIAs) on St Clair are firmly positioned to be technology leaders. The foundation is in place. The next step is to take full advantage of the technology already available and to learn about what is just around the corner.

To that end, NaberNet, the parent company of MyStClair.com and the developer of the innovative Bridgelin software platform is holding a technology summit which will:

• demonstrate what is possible now
• outline what the future holds

An open discussion will be a key aspect of this important event.

The following are asked to attend:

• BIA Chairs
• BIA Coordinators
• BIA Board Members with an interest in Internet technology
• Anyone the BIA feels should be involved in this event

In addition, interested member businesses and community members are more than welcome.

Please Note: This is NOT a technical seminar. Lack of familiarity with computers and the Internet should NOT be reason to stay away - in fact that is the best reason to attend.

This is for business people who want to see how they can use the most important technological advance in modern times to increase business for their BIAs and their member businesses.

The event is scheduled for Wed Dec 1 6:30 pm at the Hungarian House on St Clair W just east of Winona.

If you are unable to attend please ensure there is at least one person from your BIA attending.

This is one date you don't want to miss.

Associated To: NaberNet Inc.

Small Business Forum: SMB Week Canada Wrap-Up: What’s a Small Business to Do? - Google Small Business

Chris O’Neill, Managing Director for Google Canada, recently spoke at the 10th annual Small Business Forum organized by Enterprise Toronto. In his address, he highlighted a few essential steps all small businesses and entrepreneurs should be pursuing to grow their business and reach new customers.

Read the full writeup in the link below.

SMB Week Canada Wrap-Up: What’s a Small Business to Do? - Google Small Business

Gotta Make the Sale! Enterprise Toronto Small Business Forum

Digital Art Collage: Making Sales in the New Digital Economy!
Enterprise Toronto - Small Business Forum 2010, Oct 19, 2010
Credit: enterprisetoronto.com + all of the respectful owners of the images
2010 @ bizjunction.blogspot.com

Enterprise Toronto - Small Business Forum 2010

When: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM

Where: Metro Toronto Convention Centre
255 Front Street West, North Building, Level 100
Toronto, ON

This year’s theme Dream Up! Let Your Customers Lead the Way!

Find and develop relationships with the right customers, and they will lead you to new markets, new revenue and opportunities to innovate. Customers are the key to success in business.

On October 19th, more than 2,000 entrepreneurs, prospective entrepreneurs and small business owners will attend Enterprise Toronto's 10th annual Small Business Forum.

The Enterprise Toronto Team is rolling up their sleeves to help you find and keep new customers!

@EnterpriseTO

+ Networking Event: 5-6pm
Hosted by TD Canada Trust

Meet Toronto's hottest CEO's, business advisors and venture investors!

Ignite Toronto - featuring "5 Toronto Entrepreneurs to Watch"
Ignite Evening Event Facilitator: Michele Perras

Closing keynote: Gotta Make the Sale!
Presented by Austin Hill, Akoha

When: 19 October 2010, from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Where: Metro Toronto Convention Centre, John Bassett Theatre

See you there!

backlinks:
bizjunction: Gotta Make the Sale! Enterprise Toronto Small Business Forum
http://tinyurl.com/EnterpriseTO

Toronto Innovation Camp 2010: Immersion in Practical Innovations: Tomorrow

Brochure: Innovation Camp 2010: Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Organized by Enterprise Toronto
Credit: enterprisetoronto.com

INNOVATION CAMP 2010

Day: Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Location: North York Civic Centre, Council Chamber
Address: 5100 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON, M2N 5V7

Innovation Camp 2010 offers entrepreneurs and small business owners an opportunity to immerse themselves in practical innovations.

Recognized innovators and business owners will share their stories through panel discussions, breakout seminars, facilitated networking, and at an informative trade show.

Keynote: Strategic Innovation and Entrepreneurial Leadership for Radical Times
Idris Mootee, CEO, Idea Couture Inc.

Panel: Meet the Entrepreneurs
Panelists:
Catherine Caplice, Director, Advertising Solutions, Yellow Pages Group
Susan Ho, Founder and President, Tea Aura Inc.
Les Mandelbaum, Co-founder, President, Umbra Ltd.
Jacqueline Sava, Founder and President, Soak Wash Inc.
Bruce Poon Tip, founder and El Capo (Captain), Gap Adventures

Workshops:
Turn your Idea into Action
Randy Uens, Senior Manager and Co-Lead, Waste Management

Unleashing Innovation in Your Business: A Case Study
Stuart Lombard, Founder and CEO, ecobee Inc.

Intellectual Property - Discover the Value of Your Other Assets
Catherine Douglas, Manager of Intellectual Property Assets, Rogers Communications


+ Trade Show ongoing all day (9 a.m. - 4 p.m.)

Don’t miss your opportunity to attend this free event.

Screenshot: Are You An Integrated Thinker? Take the test And find out!
Credit: ideacouture.com

Our result: The Amiable Agent
You are creative, soulful, and everyone can count on you. You are encouraging, you support your colleagues, and you are happy to help out when necessary. You are very team focused, loyal, and you pay attention to detail. You however need to let loose, challenge yourself, speak up, and set yourself apart. Let the creative juices flow!

But we would like to be: The Business Baron
You are logical, rationale, and a strategy based planner. You look to the past for proof, you stick with the facts, and you rely on previous experiences before making a big decision. You use measurement and quantitative analysis to make operations as efficient as possible and you are sharp, quick, and look good in a suit. Are you in a committed relationship with Excel? Do you find yourself daydreaming about P&L’s? Stop basing your entire self worth on the number of hours you put in at work, take a vacation, grab a drink with your colleagues, relax!

And who you are: a d.school thinker or a b.school thinker? Take the quiz now!

links:
Innovation Forum 2009: Opportunity, Creativity and Entrepreneurship
Innovation Forum 2008: Harnessing the Intellectual Power of Immigrants
PR Web (press release) - 21 May 2010: Idea Couture CEO, Idris Mootee Takes Center Stage As Keynote Speaker At Innovation Camp 2010

Free Income Tax Clinic at the Russian House Community Centre

Flyer: Community Volunteer Income Tax Program (CVITP)
Credit: Russian House Community Centre

Community Volunteer Income Tax Program (CVITP)
Visit our Web page at http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/volunteer/ or call 1-800-959-8281 (English) or 1-800-959-7383 (French)

Восьмой год "Русский Дом" организует
Income Tax Clinic совместно с Revenue Canada.
Двадцать восемь волонтиров помогут вам
заполнить налоговую декларацию
и получить максимальный возврат.
Эта услуга предоставляется бесплатно
для людей с низким доходом.
Звоните скорее, назначайте встречу
- места могут быть ограничены.

For the last eighth years “Russian House"
together with Revenue Canada
have organized an Income Tax Clinic.
Twenty-eight volunteers will help you
to complete your tax return
and to get the maximum tax refund.
This service is provided free of charge
for people with low incomes.
Call (416) 222-5330 for appointment
- Please note that appointments are limited.

"Russian House" Community Centre
Address: 254 The Queensway, Toronto ON, M8Y 1J4
Main Intersection: the Queensway & Stephen Dr. or Park Lawn Rd.
How to get us : Bus # 66A, D from Old Mill Subway Station
Bus # 80 from Keele Subway Station
Streetcar #501, Hamberloop Stop
Phone: (416) 222-5330
Fax: (416) 604-3543
E-mail: Russian.House.Toronto@Gmail.com
Web: www.RussianHouse.ca

Community Volunteer Income Tax Program

The Community Volunteer Income Tax Program provides eligible individuals with free help in completing their tax returns.

Delivered by: Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)

Eligibility Information

Participants must meet the following criteria:

• be unable to complete their income tax and benefit return by themselves
• be unable to pay for assistance
• other criteria may apply

Contact Information
Contact the Canada Revenue Agency.
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/contact/menu-e.html

Related Information

• Volunteers do not complete income tax and benefit returns for deceased persons, bankrupt individuals, or individuals who have capital gains or losses, employment expenses, or business or rental income and expenses.
• The Clinics are offered between February and April of each year in various locations across Canada.

Description & Services

Description: Prepares basic income tax returns for individuals with low income

Service Details: Volunteers prepare basic income tax returns enabling individuals to file for benefits they otherwise would not receive
* Volunteers should have experience in preparing basic tax returns
* A one day training session is provided each year to volunteers

Dates: Most activity is during the tax filing season from March to the end of April.

Eligibility: Individuals with low incomes and the inability to complete their own return
* Inability to pay for assistance
* Net Income of less than $30,000 for a couple
* Have a simple tax return

Fees: Free; Organizations that offer this free service may have a donation box to assist in covering costs of supplies or to make a charitable donation.

The Canada Revenue Agency offers, through its Community Volunteer Income Tax Program, free volunteer tax training sessions to community organizations and individuals and provides volunteers with a kit of handy reference material. For further information, call the Canada Revenue Agency at 1-800-959-8281.

Newcomers Community Forum + Cultural Program: Taking Action through the Arts!

Community forum: Refusing to Settle for Less:
Newcomer Policy Recommendations to Overcome Poverty; March 27, 2010
© Poster by Harold Ivan Padilla
Credit: mnlct.org

FORUM
REFUSING TO SETTLE FOR LESS:
Newcomer policy recommendations
to overcome poverty.

Working together to reduce
poverty and enhance
newcomer voices!

Date: Saturday March 27, 2010
9:30 am to 4:30 pm
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Followed by Cultural Program:
Taking Action through the Arts!

Location: The Mennonite New Life Centre
1774 Queen Street East, Toronto ON M4L 1G7
(Queen Street East and Kingston Road)
Getting here by TTC:
From Coxwell subway station; take bus # 22 south to Queen Street East.
On the Queen Street Streetcar #501, get off at the Lark Street stop.

Forum Goals:

• To reduce poverty and strengthen newcomer voices.
• To bring together newcomers, allies, service providers, employers and government to build shared solutions to newcomer employment challenges
• To share newcomer policy recommendations for improving access to fair and meaningful employment
• To discuss strategies for achieving full civic participation by newcomers to Ontario.

Followed by an evening program of music and artistic expression on themes of newcomer employment and civic participation.

Organized by:
Mennonite New Life Centre and Newcomer Advocacy Committees
For information and registration, contact Adriana Salazar at:
asalazar@mnlct.org / 416-699-4527 X 229 / www.mnlct.org
Advance registration required

Download the forum brochure, poster and registration form in pdf format or register on-line.

Toronto, December 2009
Dear Friends:
On behalf of the Mennonite New Life Centre and our Newcomer Advocacy Committee, we would like to invite you to participate in our community forum "Refusing to Settle for Less: Newcomer Policy Recommendations to Overcome Poverty". This forum will be held on Saturday March 27th, 2010 from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm in our meeting space at 1774 Queen Street East.

As you know, the Mennonite New Life Centre is a vibrant, multicultural settlement agency for newcomers, with a vision for a city and province where people from diverse cultural and religious backgrounds participate fully in the social, economic and political life of Toronto and Ontario.

During the forum, we hope to engage a wide variety of stakeholders in dialogue regarding newcomer employment challenges and policy proposals, and to identify new ways of working together so that newcomers might contribute their skills and their ideas to this country. To facilitate this dialogue and action planning, we are planning four roundtable discussions around the themes of access to employment and political voice for newcomers:

1. Employment Equity Legislation: a proposal to ensure equitable representation of diverse groups in the workplace.
2. Paid Internships: an employer incentive strategy.
3. Upcoming Municipal and Provincial Elections: opportunities and challenges for newcomer civic participation.
4. Community organizing experiences: learning from grassroots newcomer initiatives

Your participation is key to the success of this forum. We look forward to hearing your experiences, ideas and proposals for improving access to fair and meaningful employment for newcomers and building strong and inclusive communities where immigrants and refugees participate fully in civic life. We look forward to your participation in our March 27th 2010 Forum. Please mark this date in your calendar!

Regards,
MNLCT and Newcomer Advocacy Committee

Gurus of the Art of Marketing Will Share Knowledge & Wisdom in Toronto on March 2

Poster: The Art of Marketing Conference
Canada's Marketing & Innovation Forum
Credit: theartofmarketing.ca

The Art of Marketing Conference

When: Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
9:00am - 5:00pm

Where: Metro Toronto Convention Center
North Building – John Bassett Theatre
255 Front Street West
Toronto, Ontario M5V 2W6
t. 416-585-8000
w. mtccc.com

Speakers:

• Seth Godin on Leadership & Creativity @ThisIsSethsBlog
  
• Dan Heath on Strategy & Communications @HeathBrothers
  
• Mitch Joel on Digital Marketing & Social Media @MitchJoel
  
• Max Lenderman on Branding & Experiential Marketing @MaxLenderman
  
• Sally Hogshead on Persuasion & Influence @SallyHogshead
  
• James Othmer on Advertising & Branding @JamesPOthmer
  

About The Art of Marketing Conference
This one day conference features six internationally renowned bestselling authors and leaders who will share an exciting blend of cutting edge thinking and real world experience on today’s most critical marketing issues. Don’t miss out on your chance to be a part of history and network with over 1,200 of Canada’s most influential marketers.

BTW, we found this info in the Seth Godin's blog. But even we missed Kate Trgovac Giving Away a Pair of Tickets to "The Art of Marketing" in Toronto on March 2 we will say hi if we can.

Step-by-Step Soap Making Project: Do-It-Yourself

Soap Making Project

We've spent one day in our lives to making our own soaps. Exploring the art of handmade soap making, we went through several steps to get the soap ready:

Step 1: Soap Making Project: Our equipment, ingredients and understanding of the golden rules of soap making at home
(digital kitchen balance scale, plastic and metal containers, oils, sodium hydroxide, wooden stick, hand mixer, small saucepan, forms, fragrances, rubber gloves)

Step 2-1: Soap Making Project: Oil mix weighting
(coconut oil, olive oil, grape seed oil, sesame oil and whatever you want to add)

Step2-2: Soap Making Project: Oil mix weighting
(use 10% more oil mix solution than it needs for the reaction)

Step 3: Soap Making Project: Preparing sodium hydroxide solution
(adding sodium hydroxide to water, placing a plastic container in snow to cool it down)

Step4: Soap Making Project: Melting oil mix in a water bath ( small saucepan)

Step 5-1: Soap Making Project: Combining oil mix with sodium hydroxide solution

Step 5-2: Soap Making Project: Mixing soap with a wooden stick

Step 5-3: Soap Making Project: Step 5-3 Mixing soap with a hand mixer
( may add fragrance and additional ingredients)

Step 6: Soap Making Project: Preparation of soap making forms

Step 7: Soap Making Project: Soap forming time to pouring the mixture into the forms

Step 8: Soap Making Project: Soap should stay in forms from 7 to 10 days

Step 9: Soap Making Project: Our final product - handmade soap