Get Involved: Toronto Small Business Forum: October 23, 2013

Small Business Forum 

Image credit: Enterprise Toronto

What: Enterprise Toronto Small Business Forum #2013sbf

When: Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Time: 8:00 am - 6:00 pm

Where: Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Location: 222 Bremner Blvd., South Building, Level 800, Exhibit Hall "E"

Enterprise Toronto's Small Business Forum 2013 on October 23 will be anything but small!

Join more than 2,000 attendees representing all sectors and business models, start-ups and established business owners taking part in Small Business Forum.

There is no other event in the city that brings together more small businesses in one day and in one place.

Become a partner:
Align your brand with an established event designed specifically for Toronto’s small business community.

To become a sponsor / exhibitor, please download the Sponsorship Kit [PDF].


Become an exhibitor: 

Generate leads, network and build awareness about your company's products or services.

If you would like to become one of the exhibitors, please download the Tradeshow-Exhibitor Agreement by visiting http://goo.gl/mRElNk
Exhibitors registering before September 1st will receive a $100 early-bird discount!

For more info, please Jason Li at jli@toronto.ca
or call 416-395-7499
or link to Enterprise Toronto: Start Your Business: Seminars, training and forums

Follow Enterprise Toronto on Twitter @EnterpriseTo

Participate in the 13th Annual Small Business Forum 2013!

Online registration is now available, http://ow.ly/oHXOC

Here is Enterprise Toronto details about this event:

13th Annual Toronto Small Business Forum
Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
222 Bremner Boulevard, Toronto ON (map)
South Building, 800 Level, Exhibit Hall E

It's small business month!

This year's keynote speaker is Suneet Singh Tuli, CEO of DataWind Ltd, the Canadian inventor of the $40 tablet.
The Aakash/UbiSlate tablet is the cheapest wireless web access device in the world, this tablet is poised to revolutionize educational access in the developing world.
Suneet will share what motivated him to undertake a challenge that others told him was impossible, speaking about the principles of frugal innovation that are applicable to any entrepreneur.

Mainstage panel discussions will focus on financing, mobile marketing, and growing your business through strategic partnerships, and will feature amazing Toronto entrepreneurs like:

• Cam Heaps of Steam Whistle Brewery,
• Laura Berg of My Smart Hands, and
• Satish Kanwar, founder of Jet Cooper (just acquired by Shopify!).

Trade Show
The trade show floor is a great place to access information and new business products and services, and to explore new technologies and approaches to business development.
Attendees can also expect to learn from, and network with, other successful entrepreneurs as well as to meet investors, funders and government program providers.


"Ask the Experts" corner is new for the 2013 Forum!
This is your opportunity for an exclusive one-on-one coaching session with a lawyer, a TD banker, accountant, food industry expert or veteran marketing exec from Yellow Pages, UPS, Constant Contact and many more.
These "Ask the Expert" sessions will help you take your business to the next level.

Learn more and register for a FREE ADMISSION at toronto.ca/sbf2013

Poster: Small Business Forum 2013
Wednesday, October 23, 9am-5pm
Metro Toronto Convention Centre 
Photo: Suneet Tuli, Keynote Speaker, 

CEO of DataWind and Inventor of the $40 Tablet.

Credit: toronto.ca: Small Business Forum 2013

Toronto Summer Networking Event: 10th Anniversary Summer Bash: August 15

Screenshot: Summer Networking Bash 2012
August 15, 2012 @ ATLANTIS, Ontario Place
955 Lake Shore Blvd. W. Toronto, ON M6K 3B9
Credit: biznetworknews.com

10th Anniversary Summer Networking Bash
Word-of-Mouth Referrals * Giveaways * Great Food
Business Trade Show * Connections * Spectacular Location

When: Wednesday, August 15, 2012
5pm - 9pm

Where: ATLANTIS, Ontario Place
955 Lake Shore Blvd West, Toronto ON M6K 3B9
Atlantis Pavilions Map

Members Tickets: $30
Advance Tickets: $35
At the Door Tickets: $45

Exhibitor Tables available.

Sponsored by: Constant Contact; BCX; BNI; LeTip; Mississauga Networking; This Great City; BizBoomBash; Entrepreneur Speed Networking; Entrepreneurs of Port Credit; First Fridays; Toronto Financial Networking; Women Who Excel; People in Connection; Gateway Networking; MetroActive; ConnectUs Canada; Business in Burlington; Motivational Mondays; Business Development Centre Canada and more!

Visit Constant Contact Social Media Hub and get free tips and advice on your social media marketing:

3:15 - 4:45 pm
Workshop: Make the Most of Your Business Networking - Online and Offline
"In this session, we will also reveal a little-known secret for getting more Facebook Likes at networking events – attend the learning session before getting your cocktails & start getting more Likes right away at the Summer Networking Bash!"
Susan Corcoran, Managing Partner at Indigo Oceans
Sales Forum by Susan Corcoran

Contact:
Jennifer Beale
416-865-3274
unleash pr
jenniferbeale@unleashpr.com

For more information and registration for this event:
http://www.prtoronto.com/

Come and connect with +650 business owners & professionals at Toronto biggest summer business networking event!

Offline Social Networks: Dr. Christakis Distinguished Lecture in Toronto

Nicholas Christakis: “It's possible that someone who has 10,000 followers on Twitter is actually rather antisocial."
TED Blog: Q&A with Nicholas Christakis: Our modern, connected lives
(Photo credit: TED / James Duncan Davidson)

“We form networks because the benefits of a connected life outweigh the costs.”
Nicholas Christakis

University of Toronto
Distinguished Lecture Series

Tuesday, January 18, 2011
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Nicholas A. Christakis
Social Networks Offline

Professor, Department of Medicine, Health Care Policy, and Sociology, Harvard University; Master of Pforzheimer House, Harvard College

Dr. Christakis received his B.S. from Yale University in 1984, M.D. from Harvard Medical School and M.P.H. from the Harvard School of Public Health in 1989, and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1995. He is an internist and social scientist who conducts research on social factors (such as small and large social networks) that affect health, health care, and longevity. He is the co-author of Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives. He is 2006 Fellow of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, and is on the 2009 Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Location: BA1180

* There is no registration for this event. Seating is limited, so arriving early is recommended.

University of Toronto: Distinguished Lecture Series
Nicholas A. Christakis - Social Networks Offline
Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 11:00 am, BA1180
Credit: UofT

Exploring Quantum Mysteries with Professor Alain Aspect: Stoicheff Lecture December 6, 2009

Poster: 2009 Boris P. Stoicheff Public Lecture, Sunday, December 6, 2009, 3:00 PM

From Einstein’s photon to Wheeler’s delayed choice experiment:
wave particle duality brought to light, by Professor Alain Aspect
Credit: Institute for Optical Sciences, University of Toronto

The Royal Canadian Institute(RCI) for the Advancement of Science in partnership with the Institute for Optical Sciences, University of Toronto presents:

Boris P. Stoicheff Lecture 2009

From Einstein’s photon to Wheeler’s delayed choice experiment:
wave-particle duality brought to light

Professor Alain Aspect
Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l’Institut d’Optique, Palaiseau, France

When: Sunday, December 6, 2009, 3:00 PM

Where: J. J. R Macleod Auditorium, Medical Sciences Building
Location: University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle
Parking: on campus, pay/display; limited disabled parking available.
TTC: Nearest Subway is Queen’s Park Station

Public Lecture - All are welcome
Free admission and refreshments

Is light a wave or a particle? After many centuries of debate, involving giants as Newton, Hughyens, Young, Fresnel, Maxwell, Einstein, the final answer of quantum mechanics is: “light is both a wave and a particle”.

Wave-particle duality is at the root of the quantum revolution initiated at the beginning of the 20th century, but explaining it is a difficult challenge. Most textbooks on quantum physics start with a description of an “experiment” to demonstrate it - an experiment that was not actually realized with photons before 1985. An even more fascinating version of that “thought experiment” – the “delayed-choice experiment” proposed by J.A. Wheeler - has recently been turned into a real experiment as well. We will present that experiment, which, in the words of Richard Feynman, stresses one of the big "quantum mysteries."

Credit: The Institute for Optical Sciences (IOS) University of Toronto, is a new initiative at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts & Science.

Photo: Digital Photography of Digital Holography: HoPhography
A holographic art object which Michael Page (OCAD) demonstrated at the CASCON [2008]
2008 @ artjunction.blogspot.com

links:
cnrs.fr: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique: Alain Aspect : Shedding new light on light and atoms
"Settling a 70-year-old dispute between Bohr and Einstein and breaking through a supposedly "insurmountable" barrier to absolute zero are some of the numerous achievements of Alain Aspect, recipient of the 2005 CNRS Gold Medal."
by Matthieu Ravaud
pagesperso-orange.fr/eric.chopin: Alain Aspect PhD thesis
Alain Aspect "Three experimental tests of Bell inequalities by the measurement of polarization correlations between photons"
Ph. D thesis defended in Orsay (France) on Feb 1st, 1983.
The Third World: David Phillips' Mission to Teach Science to the World
Holiday Season Stoicheff Lecture 2006: A Little Light Relief: Science of Photo Medicine
Canada: Hspace Inc.: Hspace Holographic Services, Products and Creative Environments
holography @ ning: A Global Coterie of Holography Enthusiasts
holography @ ning: Michael Page's Page
OCAD: Canada's "university of the imagination": Researcher Michael Page developing holographic scanner technology
The Butler Institute of American Art: Mary Harman: Object and Illusion: Holograms and Constructions
This Mary Harman exhibition features reflection holograms of every day objects. These mixed media compositions play with our perception of what is real, what is illusion. Born Mary Cleemput in rural Northwest Ohio in 1944, this artist immigrated to Canada in 1969. She has lived in Toronto, Newfoundland, Vancouver and now resides in Quebec where she maintains a studio just above the Vermont border.
Location: Beecher Center
524 Wick Avenue, Youngstown, Ohio 44502 USA
Sep 13, 2009 Through Jan 31, 2010
holography.ru: The Universe as a hologram
Does Objective Reality Exist, or is the Universe a Phantasm?
regels.org: В чет ошибся Алан Аспект? О попытке экспериментального доказательства существования фотона.
Л. Регельсон, 2009 г.
[regels.org: What Alain Aspect was mistaken in? About his attempt of an experimental proof of the photon's existence, by Lev Regelson. September 2009]
jlab.org: Jefferson Lab: Signal Travels Farther and Faster Than Light
By Malcolm W. Browne, July 22, 1997

Invitation: Successful Woman Council Open House, November 29

Poster: Open House for Women and Their Supporters!
Credit: Successful Woman Council

You are invited to a Birthday Party
"Successful Woman Council"

Date: Sunday, 29 November, 2009
Time: 12:00 - 4:00 pm

Where: Restaurant & Banquet Hall Amulet
4700 Dufferin Street, Toronto
(Dufferin & Steeles)

During this special event "Opening Doors for Women and Their Supporters!" our members and guests will be able:

• Learn about ideas and plans of our newly created organization Successful Woman Council , and become it's active participant
• Enjoy your time with old friends and meet new friends
• Take part in the auction and raffle with great prizes
• Enjoy great food, dance, music, and fun
• Just to escape from the routine of everyday life.

Come celebrate with us on our Open House!

Ticket: $60

Seats are limited!
http://swcouncil.ca/

Contact information:

647-204-4832 Nina
647-302-4858 Elmira
416-661-3740 Tatiana

Looking forward to see you there!

Ignite Your Job Search: Career Development Day at Ryerson University

Poster: Ignite Your Job Search
TorontoJobs.ca Career Development Day
August 25, 2009 at Ryerson University

Ignite Your Job Search
Full Day and Evening Career Development Sessions

WHEN: TUESDAY, AUGUST 25TH, 2009
WHERE: Cara Commons Room, Ryerson University,
Ted Rogers School of Management
Address: 55 Dundas Street West, Downtown Toronto

EVENT SCHEDULE
FULL DAY SESSION
8:30am - 9:00am: Registration
9:00am - 10:30am: Rejuvenate Your Resume, Reap the Rewards, Martin Buckland
10:45am - 11:30am: Developing your Personal Brand: Cover Letter and Interview Techniques
11:30am - 12:00pm: Questions and Answers
12:00pm - 1:30pm: Lunch Break – Networking with Exhibitors – Complimentary Resume Reviews
1:30pm - 3:00pm: How Recruiters Find You Online, Marc Belaiche, President of TorontoJobs.ca
3:15pm - 4:00pm: Using Social Networking & Traditional Networking to Land your Dream Job
4:00pm - 4:30pm: Networking Opportunity

EVENING SESSION
5:30pm - 6:00pm: Registrations
6:00pm - 7:30pm: Industry Panel with Recruiters and Experienced Professionals
7:30pm - 8:00pm: Networking Opportunity

INVEST IN YOUR FUTURE! REGISTRATION FEES (taxes included):
Pre-Registration Starting Now!
Accepted Payments: Paypal | Credit Card

FULL DAY SESSION
$30.00 in Advance
$40.00 at the Door

EVENING SESSION
$15.00 in Advance
$20.00 at the Door

Presented by: TorontoJobs.ca: The Greater Toronto Area Job Bank
Event Sponsor: CMA: Certified Management Accountants

CLICK HERE to view a special message from Marc Belaiche, President of TorontoJobs.ca, talking about Career Day

TO REGISTER OR FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Email: presentations@TorontoJobs.ca
Call: (905) 566-5627 ext. 2259

Invitation to Russian Health Fair May 10, 2009

Screenshot: Russian Health Fair, Toronto, May 10, 2009
Credit: Russian Library and Community Information Centre

What a wonderful opportunity to get information about health care providers and to learn more about other health related services.

Everyone is welcome to come and get info on Services for Russian Speaking Community, Alternative Medicine, Home Care, Retirement Residences and much more...

Russian Health Fair

Sunday, May 10, 2009
10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Bernard Betel Centre
1003 Steeles Ave West (and Bathurst St.)
Toronto, Ontario M2R 3T6

Organizers: Health In Motion Rehabilitation, Canadian Hearing Society, Russian Library and Info Centre, CHATS (Community Home Assistance to Seniors)

Target group: Russian speaking adults and seniors

What: tables and booths with displays and info from different agencies that provide services to the Russian speaking Community, as well as other Health related services (with help of volunteer interpreters)

When: May 10, 2009, Sunday.
10:00 am opening – 3:00 pm closing. (9:30-set-up/2:30 clean up).

10 am -11 am: Opening Remarks and Exhibitors Introductions
11 am- 2 pm: Information tables in the Auditorium
2 pm - 3 pm: Panel Discussions: Back Pain, Arthritis, Chronicle Pains, Migraines, Osteopath, Chiropractor and Homeopath

It is free of charge for the public and everyone is welcome to attend. The event will be presented for the 2nd time in Toronto for the Russian speaking community. Ethnic Channels and Newspapers will cover the event. Snacks and drinks will be served.

For information please call (416) 928-2548

Hope to see you there!
Drop In – Free of Charge

Credit: Russian Library and Community Information Centre
http://www.russianlibrary.ca/rlib/content/may-10-2008-russian-health-fair

link:
Invitation to Russian Health Fair 2008

Toronto Small Business Forum 2008: Building A Green Foundation For the Future

Enterprise Toronto: Small Business Forum 2008
Credit: enterprisetoronto.com

The emergence of "green marketing", and "green businesses and enterprise” was a prevalent theme for this year’s Forum. It seems that "green" is now the primary foundation colour for building any current and future successful business venture.

On October 20th, 2008, I attended the Toronto Small Business Forum 2008 at the Delta Chelsea Hotel.

As usual, it featured a diverse perspective in its presentations, seminars, round table discussions, and break out seminars by various successful entrepreneurs and industry experts.

Renowned key note speakers and their presentations, such as Laurie Simmonds' "Green Enterprise"- President of Green Living Enterprises, and "Lessons Learned from Building a Green Business" by Tom Heintzman - President of Bullfrog Power, stressed the global concern for environmental issues and eco-friendly products.

Also, impressive was the tremendous wealth of resources available for those just starting their business and for the seasoned entrepreneur as well. These were well-displayed in the small business trade show hosting 50 exhibitors, including government agencies, educational institutions, business associations, and companies providing a wide range of products targeted to entrepreneurs.

Particularly helpful was the networking session facilitated by the energetic Wendy Woods of Watershed Training Solutions. It offered a great opportunity to meet and greet so many wonderful people who can become vital connectors in growing anyone's small business.

The emergence of "green marketing", and "green businesses and enterprise" was a prevalent theme for this year's Forum. It seems that "green" is now the primary foundation colour for building any current and future successful business venture.

After enjoying this year's, I now look forward to the one in 2009 to see the new hot trends that will continue to emerge for us in the 21st century.

Copyright © D. A. Wright, October 2008. All rights reserved
Business Communication Specialist and Career/Life Coach
B.A. , Dipl. in Ad. Ed, Certified ESL Teacher
Author: "Serendipity: A Journalling Workbook"
Website: http://diwright.info/index.htm
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/diwright
Blog: http://diwrightsig.blogspot.com/
Voice Mail: 416-208-3982

Toronto Small Business Forum 2008
Going Green for the Entrepreneur of the Future
October 20th, 2008
Delta Chelsea Hotel
33 Gerrard Street West, Toronto
8 am to 5 pm

Free Admission!

The Toronto Small Business Forum 2008 will bring together entrepreneurs and experts on small business strategies to help you take your business to the next level of success. Haven't started a business yet? No problem. You'll find all the information you need to get on the road to self-employment and personal success.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Entrepreneurs who want to learn how to start a business and those wanting to expand their business should attend Toronto Small Business Forum 2008. Discover the latest trends and tools for operating a successful business from start-up to early growth. Explore potential financing sources, make valuable business contacts and access new markets all in one location!

Career Face of Social Networking: A Reality Check

Screenshot: Career Door Technology & Technology Sales Career Fair
Toronto, September 24, 2008 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Credit: Career Door Inc.

The Career Face of Social Networking - How Online Communities Can Affect Your Career
Social networking has revolutionized the way we communicate and share information with one another in today's society. Various social networking websites are being used by millions of people everyday on a regular basis and it now seems that social networking is a part of everyday personal and business lives.
Max Haroon will discuss:
Can Social Networking (such as facebook, linkedin, youtube, meetup) helps you build your career?
Social Networking Sites in the context of Web 2.0
Types of Social Networking Sites
Your reputation precede your business
Be careful of digital dirt
How Employers are using Social Networking Sites & Services
Presented by Max Haroon, Founder & President of the Society of Internet Professionals

Attending the presentation "The Career Face of Social Networking" presented by Max Haroon - Founder and President of Society of Internet Professionals, at the Technology Career Fair, September 24th, gave me a reality check re: blogs, social networking sites, and social bookmarking sites (e.g. LinkedIn, Facebook, Meetup, Twitter, Plaxo, Digg, del.icio.us, etc.) and their ability to significantly impact our career development and our professional lives.

If you fail to connect and interact with these sites, you are missing the opportunity to leverage their tremendous power to promote yourself, your key skills/ competencies, and talents to the targeted companies in your job search/career plan. By making full use of these sites, you are truly optimizing your competitive advantage, because they are the primary results-oriented, self-marketing tools of the 21st century for all "careerpreneurs", particularly for those who wish to be proactive about implementing a well-designed strategic career plan.

Copyright © D. A. Wright, September 2008. All rights reserved
Business Communication Specialist and Career/Life Coach
B.A. , Dipl. in Ad. Ed, Certified ESL Teacher
Author: "Serendipity: A Journalling Workbook"
Website: http://diwright.info/index.htm
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/diwright
Blog: http://diwrightsig.blogspot.com/
Voice Mail: 416-208-3982