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The Update Page 1 Contents Our New Look Conference 2016 o It’s a Wrap! o 2017 Conference Location o Your Opinion is Needed o Workshop Presentations Our New Board Award Winners Welcome to new GM Operational Cost Survey Reminder Congratulations! Meet in the Tourism Investor Dragons Join EDCO’s Advanced Manufacturing Network Contact North Training CommonGoals Updates NCP Professional Job Fair A Creative and Entrepreneurial Canada Ontario Social Impact Voucher program Please Connect with Us We are pleased to announce that the Ontario Association of Community Futures Development Corporations has officially changed its operating name to Community Futures Ontario with the French name being Développement des collectivités Ontario. The change was introduced at the 2016 Conference. The name change highlights the strength of this national program which is being delivered by 268 Community Futures Development Corporation (CFDC) offices for more than 30 years. Nationally we are seeing a shift spearheaded by provincial Community Futures Associations working with their offices to adopt a standardized brand. This includes a new look and logo as well as standardized naming convention. Similar changes have already occurred in Ontario including Community Futures Peterborough and Community Futures Ontario East. The initiative was led by the our Public Relations Committee which recognized that 97% of all Ontario offices were displaying the common identifier “triangle” logo but that only 44% of offices used the words “Community Futures” in their names. Research conducted at the end of 2015 demonstrated that members recognized that having a standardized name format and look would allow for improved brand recognition marketing of the program and their services. Several other CFDC offices have already changed over to the new format and more are currently in the process. The website address is now www.cfontario.com . Over the next few months we will be making changes to our website, social media platforms and email address formats. For more information, please feel free to contact us at [email protected] The Update SEPTEMBER 2016 Our New Look COMMUNITY FUTURES ONTARIO
Transcript of The Update · 2016. 12. 20. · The Update Page 3 Awards night: We have Winners! Entrepreneur of...
The Update Page 1
Contents
Our New Look
Conference 2016
o It’s a Wrap!
o 2017
Conference
Location
o Your Opinion is
Needed
o Workshop
Presentations
Our New Board
Award Winners
Welcome to new GM
Operational Cost Survey
Reminder
Congratulations!
Meet in the Tourism
Investor Dragons
Join EDCO’s Advanced
Manufacturing Network
Contact North Training
CommonGoals Updates
NCP Professional Job
Fair
A Creative and
Entrepreneurial Canada
Ontario Social Impact
Voucher program
Please Connect with Us
We are pleased to announce that the Ontario Association of Community
Futures Development Corporations has officially changed its operating name
to Community Futures Ontario with the French name being
Développement des collectivités Ontario.
The change was introduced at the 2016 Conference. The name change
highlights the strength of this national program which is being delivered by
268 Community Futures Development Corporation (CFDC) offices for more
than 30 years.
Nationally we are seeing a shift spearheaded by provincial Community Futures
Associations working with their offices to adopt a standardized brand. This
includes a new look and logo as well as standardized naming convention.
Similar changes have already occurred in Ontario including Community
Futures Peterborough and Community Futures Ontario East.
The initiative was led by the our Public Relations Committee which recognized that
97% of all Ontario offices were displaying the common identifier “triangle” logo but
that only 44% of offices used the words “Community Futures” in their names.
Research conducted at the end of 2015 demonstrated that members recognized that
having a standardized name format and look would allow for improved brand
recognition marketing of the program and their services. Several other CFDC offices
have already changed over to the new format and more are currently in the process.
The website address is now www.cfontario.com . Over the next few months we will
be making changes to our website, social media platforms and email address formats.
For more information, please feel free to contact us at [email protected]
The Update SEPTEMBER 2016
Our New Look
COMMUNITY FUTURES ONTARIO
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Conference 2016 IT’S A WRAP!
The City of Kenora set an amazing stage for our 23rd Annual Conference with more than 150 people in attendance.
The host night was held on the Kenora Waterfront under the Whitecap Pavilion and included welcomes from the Whitefish Bay First Nation, the President of the Board of the host LOWBIC office, MP Bob Nault as well as two local entrepreneurs Ashley Schuster and Montana Lomnicki of Hoollio and Goober who credited the LOWBIC with helping them with their business success. Delegates enjoyed a catered dinner featuring Northern specialties including elk sausage, wild rice salad and walleye. Throughout the evening, all were invited to take 20 minute complimentary harbour boat tours. Note the stylish “Kenora Dinner Jacket” being proudly worn by Fred Wright, Chair of LOWBIC in the middle photo! We thank all of the LOWBIC team for their hospitality and tremendous assistance with the entire conference.
The 2017 Conference will be held in……. Elgin County / London!
The Elgin Business Resource Centre will be our hosts for the 24th conference. Staff and volunteers will be rolling out the red carpet to welcome us to their beautiful part of Ontario.
Here’s a video showing us some of what we can expect bit.ly/2cJDsAH
Your Opinion is Needed – and You’ll have a Chance to Win!
We feel that the 2016 Conference was a great success, and we need your feedback to ensure that 2017 is just as great- tell us what you really think!
Even if you did not attend this year’s conference, please fill out the survey: we want your input for next year’s conference. We are looking for ideas for workshops, speakers etc…
To encourage you to respond to the survey, your name will be entered into a draw to win a FREE Registration, including Meals, at the next Conference, in September 2017.
Be sure to fill out the survey before October 15th https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Kenoraconference
Workshop Presentations
Workshop presentations are available on our website- you must be logged in to access them- at http://www.oacfdc.com/23rd-anuual-conference-2016/2016-workshop-presentations
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Awards night: We have Winners!
Entrepreneur of the Year Winner
Kevin Bossy and Mike Roberts of Bishop Water Technologies, of Renfrew, nominated by the Renfrew County CFDC, were the winners of the 2016 Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
Bishop Water Technologies is a leader in clean-tech waste management specializing in sludge and slurry management for municipalities and industries including food production, pulp and paper, mining and agriculture and aquaculture.
Change is constant and with today's technology change is happening more rapidly than ever; however this has not been the case with the wastewater industry. Controlling the power of water is a daunting task, but that’s exactly what Bishop Water Technologies is doing using Geotube® technology.
The ability of Bishop Water Technologies to modify the waste treatment flow within an existing footprint rather than the need for a new facility allows municipality or the business to achieve higher levels of treatment at a lower cost.
Photo (by Kimberley Pirie-Milko): Bishop Water Technologies received the “Entrepreneur of the Year” Award at the recent Community Futures Ontario Conference. On hand for the awards ceremonies were Mike Thompson, Diane McKinnon of the Renfrew County CFDC; Kevin Bossy and Mike Roberts of Bishop Water Technologies; Paul Curtic and Darrel Ryan of the Renfrew County CFDC.
Watch Bishop Water Technologies' winning video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQiMFLLFtWM
Community Economic Development Award of Excellence Winner
The Win This Space competition is an initiative providing an opportunity for new businesses to win free storefront space, in either Seaforth or Brussels, Ontario for one year courtesy of Huron East Economic Development the County of Huron, County of Seaforth/Brussels Community Development Trusts and Seaforth BIA. This program was the first of its kind in Huron County and only the second in the entire province. Launched on March 5th, 28 applicants attended compulsory business skills development training prior to submitting an application to the contest. The training and development of the application/business plan was overseen and aided by a group of volunteer business mentors. Five finalists were selected and presented their business plans in a ‘Dragon’s Den’ like forum where judges selected the final winner.
All finalists were offered varying lengths of business management counselling provided by the Huron Business Development Corporation at no cost (whether they chose to continue with their business start-up or not) with the winning business receiving an entire year of business mentorship provided by the CFDC.
In total 9 new businesses opened as a result of this contest. Accepting the award was Jan Hawley (Win This Space) and Maureen Agar (Huron BDC)
Watch the Win This Space’s winning video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUx8Y9pF98g
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Congratulations to all of our Winners!
Innovation Award of Excellence Winner
Receiving the Innovation Award of Excellence was the Head Start In Business Program nominated by the North Claybelt CFDC. The Head Start In Business program was the brainchild of the North Claybelt CFDC.
What began as a pilot project in 2001 to help youth at risk evolved into a series of nine programs designed to encourage young people between the ages of 5 and 34 to explore and develop entrepreneurial skills. The programming covers a continuum of age-appropriate material that helps participants envision entrepreneurship as a viable career option in Northern Ontario. So far HSIB has exposed over 20,000 Anglophone, Francophone and First Nations youth to entrepreneurship in their respective communities or schools. This project has collaborated with all 24 Community Futures Development Corporations (CFDC) in Northern Ontario.
Photo (by Kimberley Pirie-Milko): Head Start in Business received the “Award of Excellence for Innovation” at the recent Community Futures Ontario Conference. On hand for the awards ceremonies were Bonnie Martineau, Cierra Parkhill, Adele Delorme of Head Start in Business; Linda Semczyszyn of the North Claybelt CFDC; Cindy Reasbeck, Erinn Nesbitt and Ashlee Gerard of Head Start in Business.
Check out their winning video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe12SAsJZtQ
Members' Choice Award Winner
This was the third year for the Members’ Choice Award. All nominations were posted on the OACFDC website with members voting online. The winner was the Volunteer Dental Outreach (VDO) for Haliburton County project nominated by the Haliburton County Development Corporation.
The mission of the VDO is to provide free urgent dental care for low income residents of Haliburton County. Complete dental care services include root canals, fillings, dentures, cleaning. These free services are provided by volunteer dental professionals. Local businesses and dental supply companies donate supplies and funds, and the organization holds fundraising events to cover operational costs.
Founded in November 2010, as of May 2016, they have helped 625 patients, 4600 appointments with a value of $1.6 million in free dental care.
VDO received part of their preliminary funding from the Haliburton CDC.
Photo (by Kimberley Pirie-Milko): Volunteer Dental Outreach received the “Members’ Choice Award” at the recent Community Futures Ontario Conference. Accepting the award of their behalf was Patti Tallman (Haliburton CDC).
Check out their winning video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A4uwJTJLIk
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Photo Name Region & CFDC Email & Phone
President Garry McKinnon
#1 Northwest Manager, Atikokan Economic Development Corp.,
[email protected] 807-597-2757
Vice-President Colleen Gouldson
#4 West: South Central Manager, Nottawasaga Futures, Alliston
[email protected] 705-435-1540
Treasurer Rob Price
#3 East: First Rep Director, North & Central Hasting & South Algonquin CFDC, Bancroft
[email protected] 613-473-2131
Secretary Shawn Heard
#2 Northeast: First Rep Manager, East Algoma CFDC, Blind River
[email protected] 705-356-1152
Past President Dianne Adshead
Director, Valley Heartland CFDC, Smiths Falls
[email protected] 613-273-9136
Darrel Ryan
#3 East Second Rep Past President, Renfrew County Community Futures Development Corporation
[email protected] 613-273-7494
Dennis Shepitka
#2 Northeast: Second Rep Director, Vice-Chair, LAMBAC Community Futures Development Corporation
[email protected] 705-507-4907
Mike Streib
#6 West: West sub-region Director, Elgin Business Resource Centre, St. Thomas
[email protected] 519-773-8177
John Lessif
#5 West: Southwest Director, Oxford Small Business Centre, Ingersoll
[email protected] 519-842-6047
OUR NEW BOARD We pleased to introduce our new Executive, including Garry McKinnon, who has taken on the role as
President. Colleen Gouldson is Vice-President, Robert Price is Treasurer and Shawn Heard is Secretary.
New to the Board this year, are Darrel Ryan and Dennis Shepitka. Please see the chart below to meet our new Board of Directors and their contact information. For more information on each person’s background, go
to www.cfontario.ca and click on OACFDC → Board of Directors
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Welcome
On behalf of the Board of Directors, Community Futures Peterborough, Chair Kim Appleton is pleased to announce the appointment of Jeff Day as the organization's Executive Director, effective October 3, 2016.
Jeff has extensive business development experience in both the automotive and aerospace sectors, and started from the ground up as a tool and die-maker. His most recent position was as a global business turn-around specialist.
Jeff’s appointment is the result of an extensive search and hiring process the Board’s recruitment committee conducted in the spring and summer. The Board felt Jeff’s broad experience; mindset and business acumen would be assets to the Executive Director role.
"The Board and I are really looking forward to the new vision and energy Jeff will bring to our organization,” says Appleton. “His outgoing personality and easy nature will provide our staff with a great atmosphere in which to thrive, and it won't be long before Jeff has assimilated himself into the local economic development community."
Jeff also has deep roots in, and a strong commitment to, the local community. He has been a resident of Peterborough County since his family moved here when he was a young boy. He has volunteered as a youth soccer and hockey coach and ski instructor. Jeff is married to Susan, a health professional, and has three children. Jeff's proven experience as a team builder and leader complement his nature to challenge the status quo.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Claire Beland of the Economic Partners Sudbury East/West Nipissing Inc. CFDC has successfully completed the Omega Financial Accounting for
Lenders course.
This is Claire’s 2nd completed Omega course- the first being the Business Lending Fundamentals in June 2015.
Operational Cost Survey- REMINDER
Please take the time to fill in this important survey. In conjunction with the Community Futures Network of Canada (CFNC), we are once again conducting an Operational Cost Survey of all of our members. The survey link was emailed to all managers on August 11, 2016. This is being done across Canada in an effort to demonstrate the real cost of delivering all contractually-mandated core services of the CF program. The CFNC recognizes the importance of these advocacy efforts to try to obtain sufficient funding to deliver our federally-contracted services. Most of you recently participated in our annual salary survey and to protect the anonymity of that information, we have asked our webmaster to collate the results to produce averages for the 4 regions rather than asking you to provide it again. We will be integrating this information into the final operating costs report. If you have not received your survey link, please contact us at [email protected] and we would be happy to resend you the information.
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Join EDCO’s Advanced Manufacturing Network!
This is your opportunity to join EDCO’s Advanced Manufacturing Network. Launched earlier this summer by several Ontario communities, this exciting initiative will allow Network members to collaborate and share vital information about the diverse manufacturing sector that contributes significantly to the overall Provincial economy. This Network focuses on research and the development of key tools and activities that will support economic developers in their business retention and expansion as well as investment attraction strategies that target the manufacturing sector.
The Network is already well underway on its first research project – Asset Mapping for the Manufacturing Sector. The mapping, or inventorying of all the assets; tracking the supply-chains within the sub-sectors; determining the “gaps”; identifying strengths as well as synergies within the participating communities and regions – All of this research is a crucial first step and will become the platform to support the economic development activities of the participating communities/regions as well as the overall Network.
To date, nine communities/regions have come together to form this Network and welcome further participation from across the Province. There is a cost to participate; however, it will depend on your level of engagement in the Asset Mapping Research Project. There is also a yearly commitment to ensure the sustainability of this research as well as future activities determined by EDCO’s Advanced Manufacturing Network. For more information, please contact the EDCO office at [email protected]
EDCO working with the Ontario East Economic Development Commission and the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, will be conducting two Tourism Investment “Meet in the Investor Dragons” events in Ottawa on December 7, 2016, and Toronto on December 16, 2016. Only a limited number of communities will be able to participate per event, and meet with key real estate and tourism investor "Dragons" to pitch their prime tourism land investment opportunities. The “Dragons” are interested in commercial land sites consisting of waterfront parcels, parking lots, agricultural plots, parklands, vacant buildings, or local historical assets in need of new investment. These sites could be repurposed for Accommodations, Attractions, Entertainment, Food and Culinary, Land Space to Host Major Events, Retail and Travel-Related Operations. To help you learn what is takes to be “Dragon” ready, it is recommended that you attend one of the following “Perfecting the Pitch Workshops”. Preference will be given to participants of the workshops to attend the December 7th and 16th Tourism Investment “Meet in the Investor Dragons” events. The Workshops sessions are:
Kingston, November 2 North Bay, November 10 Burlington, November 15 London, November 16
In these sessions, Eric McSweeney of McSweeney & Associates will lead an interactive workshop to help you define your tourism related business opportunity, to build a compelling investment prospectus, and to prepare your pitch to interested investors and developers. Stay tuned for program, registration and venue information! http://bit.ly/2cWLSoF
Is your Community
Prepared to Meet the
Tourism Investment
Dragons?
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CommonGoals is hard at work making some significant changes to TEA 10 that will allow organizations to create a much simpler interface. This new “Interface Chooser” option will enable organizations to turn off every field and feature they do not require leaving you will exactly what you need to efficiently track and report on your client activity. The new version will be released in the last quarter of 2016 and will include several other fixes and enhancements.
Remember, CommonGoals will be providing quarterly webinars on the FedDev Performance Report and users can also watch the webinar on demand on the CGS Knowledgebase http://kb.commongoals.com/ .
The Lunch and Learn series will begin again in January 2017 and will include several new sessions including one on data analytics using Excel…watch your email for
registration details!
Newcomer Centre of Peel Professional Job Fair The NCP Professional Job Fair is taking place on November 15th, 2016 at the Mississauga Living Arts Centre.
1000+ attendees including youth (16+) and experienced professionals.
Face-to-face interactions with next great hire(s).
Recruiting for GTA and province-wide job openings.
Meeting hundreds of clients that have completed our professional employment preparation program. Client backgrounds include: engineering, accounting, finance, banking, management, administration, supply chain & logistics, IT, and more.
Many prominent employers attending. A few are WSI, Best Buy, Deloitte, Maple Leaf Foods, Gate Gourmet, Promation, Air Canada…
With our focus on innovation and maintaining progressive services, NCP strives for equal access to opportunities, enabling our clients to connect to the enduring values and principles of what defines Canada. Our vision is to continue to evolve together as a province!
If you are interested in joining us in fulfilling opportunities and realizing potential or further information please contact Mimi John, Project Coordinator, Rural Employment Initiative at [email protected]
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Community Futures Ontario
300 South Edgeware Road
St. Thomas, Ontario N5P 4L1
Phone 519-633-2326 Toll Free 888-633-2326
Fax 519-633-3563
Staff
Diana Jedig Executive Director
[email protected] Phone extension 123
Denise Kozachuk
Finance and Member Programs Officer
[email protected] Phone extension 121
Brenda LaGrandeur
Communications and Professional Development
Officer [email protected]
Phone extension 125
We’re on the Web!
See us at:
www.cfontario.ca
Please connect with us via our social media pages where we
strive to create and post content that is valuable to you
and your clients. Send us your updated staff and
volunteer names and email addresses so that we can add them to our communications
distribution lists.
How do you define and design a creative and
Entrepreneurial Canada?
For your information – Please see a news release below from StartUp Canada. They are coordinating a series of regional forums to support the federal government's current consultations in building the Innovation Agenda. The findings will be announced in November 2016. Please note that a forum will be held in Toronto (October 31) in addition to a digital town hall (November 3). We hope that you will be able to participate in one of the forums offered, Lori Seeley, FedNor
Startup Canada is calling on Canada’s most creative and entrepreneurial citizens for ideas on how to build a nation known for its ingenuity and innovation; wherein entrepreneurialism and creativity are core to what it means to be Canadian; and wherein Canadian inventions, stories, and content are shared proudly around the world.
What does a creative and entrepreneurial Canada look like to you? What steps need to be taken to make this vision a reality? Join the conversation below to define and design a creative and entrepreneurial Canada.
In partnership with Google Canada and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), we’ll share the findings during Global Entrepreneurship Week in November 2016 as part of a national strategy to elevate the role of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship in Canada’s cultural, economic and social prosperity. The schedule for the Ontario forums is as follows:
Toronto, ON, October 31, 2016;
Digital Town Hall, November 3; and,
Waterloo, ON, November 9, 2016.
To get more information about this initiative and to find out on how to participate, please visit http://www.startupcan.ca/creativecanada/
Centres of Excellence Expands
Program for Social Entrepreneurs
Ontario's social entrepreneurs and enterprises are being actively encouraged to create jobs and attract investment while promoting positive social and environmental impacts through the new Ontario Social Impact Voucher (OSIV) program.
Launched by Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) in collaboration with Ontario's Ministry of Economic Development and Growth (MEDG), the OSIV program will provide services and resources through the distribution of up to 200 Social Impact Vouchers with a value of up to $3,000 per voucher to social entrepreneurs and enterprises. The vouchers will be distributed through delivery organizations selected by OCE after an open call and assessment process.
The deadline for social enterprises applying for vouchers is July 31, 2017. OSIV is managed by OCE on behalf of MEDG.
For more information, go to http://www.oce-ontario.org/programs/entrepreneurship-programs/osiv-program/how-it-works
