VIDEO | Truth and Reconciliation Roadmap Webinar

This webinar covers Truth and Reconciliation Roadmap which is a pathfinder to provide businesses with the focus and resources to achieve engagement and assist the business community in demonstrating the role it must play in truth and reconciliation. The WTC Winnipeg and WCC webinar includes a panel discussion with local organizations who have found success with the Roadmap.

RESOURCE | Don’t Forget to Take Time Off this Year

With most of 2021 still in front of us, full of promise, now’s the chance to take back some of our personal time and find creative ways to renew and refresh. The Chambers of Commerce Group Insurance Plan has come up with 5 tips to help make time for downtime this year.

RESOURCE | Why companies can’t take a “wait-and-see” approach to remote working

While remote work may not be the forever strategy, employers must address the growing expectation among their people to sustain talent engagement. EY Canada gives us helpful guidance on sustaining employee engagement and fuelling productivity while working remotely. Read five considerations when planning out your future of work strategy.

PODCAST | Diversity in Action- Tech’s next Frontier: Walking the Talk on Diversity

Two leaders pushing for change are Michael Carter, Global Head of Technology Investment Banking at RBC Capital Markets, and Dax Dasilva, founder and CEO of Montreal-based point-of-sale software company Lightspeed. Both spoke on the latest Disruptors podcast, dedicated to Black History Month.

VIDEO | Procurement: Indigenous Business Focused

In this World Trade Centre Winnipeg webinar, Emily Given provides policy advice and guidance to the federal procurement community, as well as Indigenous business owners looking to do business with the Government of Canada.

APPLY | Canada’s Top 100 Employer Application 

Paragraph: Canada’s Top 100 Employers is a national competition that recognizes organizations who create exceptional places to work. Despite COVID19 having derailed many organizations’ strategic plans, enhancements or goals, businesses have continued to make investments in their employees and workforce. 

Applications open Feb. 23 and close May 7.

VIDEO | How your business should support diversity and inclusivity with Black Owned Business Manitoba

The discrimination and inequalities of BIPOC communities across the world led to many businesses releasing official statements of support for Black Lives Matter. But how do you ensure those statements are backed up by authentic and meaningful calls to actions?

RESOURCE | Manitoba Start Diversity and Intercultural Program

Manitoba Start’s Diversity and Intercultural Training Program provides customized diversity training for management and frontline staff to meet workplace needs and support organizations in building cultural competence.

RESOURCE | Truth and Reconciliation Roadmap

Ahead of #IndigenousPeoplesDay in June 2020, we released the Truth and Reconciliation Roadmap (TRR) to provide businesses with a focus and resources to achieve engagement and assist the business community in its role of truth and reconciliation. The document will continue to evolve and more resources added. Access the document now to learn more

RESOURCE | Actioning Truth and Reconciliation in Your Business

Paragraph: Check out this Vexxit webinar with facilitators Sheila North and Bill Medd for insights on adopting Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action in your organization, and the importance of doing so with cultural respect and understanding.

RESOURCE | Five Tips to Grow your Business 

Vantage Studios has come up with five tips to help grow your business through attracting new customers, increasing dwell time, enhancing experience, improving engagement and building loyalty. Check out the link below to learn more.

APPLY | Apply to be a Speaker for the Tech Manitoba Expert Series

Are you an expert in your field? Are you interested in sharing that knowledge with others in the tech field? Sign up to be a speaker for the Tech Manitoba Ask Me Anything Expert Series.

RESOURCE | Creating and Executing an E-Commerce Digital Strategy

A digital strategy is an action plan designed to achieve business goals through the implementation of digital initiatives. In this seminar, attendees will learn:

1. Developing audience personas and journey maps
2. Choosing the right traffic drivers, advertising channels, tactics and tools
3. Benchmarking and reporting: how to gauge effectiveness and what to do if it’s not working

VIDEO | Managing a Remote Workplace

In this webinar, you will learn how Bold Commerce has shifted to working 100% remotely during COVID-19, and how they are using technology to ensure their team of over 300 people remain engaged, productive, and accountable.

RESOURCE | Level-up Your Virtual Events

Right now, in-person events seem like a thing of the past. With no definite answer of when they’ll return, it’s time to level-up our virtual event offerings. Zoom is great for meetings but with a platform like Hopin, you can offer your guests even more opportunity to network.

RESOURCE | How to Build a “Buy Online, Pickup Curbside” Store

Now more than ever, customers are shopping online. Shipping can often be costly for both store owners and customers. Why not skip the shipping and allow customers to pick-up curbside?

RESOURCE | E-Commerce Series

The new E-Commerce Series, developed by the World Trade Centre Winnipeg and Tech Manitoba, is designed to help companies deepen their knowledge of e-commerce and digital strategy for international sales.

The series is delivered by Industry Experts who will answer all your questions and share their tips and best practices on a range of topics such as digital transformation, international sales, online sales and increasing your digital footprint.

VIDEO | Business Cyber Attacks: What You Need to Know

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it a significant increase in cyberattacks. Small to Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) are particularly at risk, as these businesses don’t have the same resources that larger organizations have and the ‘bad guys’ know it.

Partner Resources:

• Tech Manitoba
• New Media Manitoba
• North Forge

RESOURCE | The Bottom Line for Business

How many businesses have closed or opened during the pandemic, and how is Manitoba’s vaccine program progressing? Economic Development Winnipeg’s Chris Ferris looks at these questions in the latest instalment of The Bottom Line For Business.

RESOURCE | Bank of Canada: A complete recovery is a shared recovery 

As more people are vaccinated, the Canadian economy will strengthen, but a complete recovery in the labour market will take a long time, according to Tiff Macklem, Governor of The Bank of Canada.

 EVENT | Bulletproof Your Business

Great businesses understand that competition is often stiff and finding customers can be a continuous challenge. Time and money are always in short supply so getting to market fast and ensuring your product or service is bought is the ultimate goal.

Date: Tuesday, March 23 – 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM 

VIDEO | Economic Momentum ‘Strained’ in Early 2021

In the second edition of The Economic Pulse, Dawn Desjardins, RBC’s Deputy Chief Economist takes a closer look at the fragmented recovery of the Canadian labour market and provides her outlook as Canada enters the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

APPLY | The Canada United Small Business Relief fund is back!

Applications opened on Feb 16 with small business relief grants up to $5,000 available for small businesses. The Canada United Small Business Relief Fund was established to help small businesses offset the cost of expenses to reopen safely or adopt digital technologies to move more of their business online.

BLOG | Financial Support for Your Business

With the new restrictions in place in our province, many small businesses are wondering where to turn to next. That is why we have put together a blog that showcases financial support in place to help you navigate these difficult times.

INVEST | North Forge Angel Network

Are you interested in becoming an angel investor, but don’t know where to start? Are you looking to connect with other angel investors to support entrepreneurs in Manitoba?

RESOURCE | Is the future of finance new technology or new people?

In the future, technology and diversity of people will both transform the finance function. Technological innovation will create opportunities to increase efficiencies and enable more insightful analysis to drive decision-making.

VIDEO | Ready, Set, Recover: How to Move Your Business Forward

When COVID hit, BDC President and CEO Michael Denham and his team were front and centre in providing critical financial programming, resources and support for Canadian business owners and entrepreneurs. As our economy begins to reopen and recover, learn about what resources are available to you to move your business forward.

RESOURCE | Taking Control of Your Cash Flow

Discover proven ways to better manage your cash flow and gain more peace of mind knowing you can take on any challenge or opportunity. Learn how to build a healthy, durable business with smart cash flow management principles.

Partner Resources:

• CPA Manitoba
• World Trade Centre Winnipeg
• Women’s Enterprise Centre of Manitoba

PODCAST | The CMO Podcast

As the former Chief Marketing Officer at Procter & Gamble, Jim Stengal, the host of the The CMO Podcast, knows a thing or two about effective marketing. In the Podcast, Jim interviews top CMOs and shares tips about leadership, creativity, and branding.

RESOURCE | What Coronavirus and a Cowboy Can Teach Us About Great Marketing

A cost-effective and flexible type of marketing that thrives in our current all-digital environment
With the public in lockdown and traditional advertising largely unavailable, connecting with your customers requires a new approach. Now is not the time to scale back on marketing, it’s time to re-assess where you’re focusing your efforts.

VIDEO | What the heck is SEO?

You may have heard of SEO at an event, or in a book. Have you stopped to think about what it is and if you need it? In this seminar, attendees will learn:

1. How to improve your on page SEO scores
2. How to utilize third party tools to improve your search presence
3. Learn how to measure results from your actions

VIDEO | Navigating the Marketing Challenges of COVID-19

While uncertainty rules the day, businesses are struggling to adapt to changing market circumstances and pivoting the use of their already limited marketing resources. How do we navigate this new and uncertain landscape while maximizing our marketing and communication efforts? In this seminar, attendees will learn:

1. How to improve your on page SEO scores
2. How to utilize third party tools to improve your search presence
3. Learn how to measure results from your actions

VIDEO | Digital Presence: Social Media

Social media isn’t all just for looking at photos of influencer travel, cute puppies and babies and your friends from high school. In this seminar, attendees will learn:

1. How to use social media to generate leads
2. How to monitor what’s being said about your business on social media
3. How to utilize social media for customer service
   

RESOURCE | Vantage Brainstorming Tools

Paragraph: Vantage selected 18 of their most popular brainstorming activities including a Warm Up to get your team in the zone, Magic Wand and Magic Lamp for big thinking in little time, and Success Stories, Sailboat, and Business Model to inspire and align your next great idea.

VIDEO | Creating and Owning Your Business Story

Founder and Career Coach, Career Stories Consulting Businesses have adapted how they operate during COVID-19 and with the renewed attention on Black Lives Matter. The way you talk about your business needs to change too. In this talk, you’ll learn how to figure out what your company’s current story is saying about itself and how to find your core company story. We’ll end with how to best communicate the awesome work your company does using social media.

VIDEO | Monitoring Your Digital Success

In this webinar, you will learn how to analyze all of your digital efforts to ensure digital success. You will see an analytics software demo that helps you see your performance across six key categories: Website, Social Media, Listings, SEO, Advertising, Reviews. You’ will learn how to compare your efforts against competitors and gain a digital advantage.

RESOURCE | Developing a downtown recovery plan

The past year has seen thousands of workers relocate their offices from downtown towers to spare bedrooms and kitchen tables throughout the province. Without a reliable base of customers, many downtown retailers, restaurants and service providers have suffered.

RESOURCE | Canada’s labour market in a post-COVID world

A new discussion paper from the Brookfield Institute For Innovation + Entrepreneurship tries to identify some of the big trends that could impact the Canadian workforce over the next decade.

VIDEO | Building Canada’s Largest Urban Reserve

On June 21, 2019—National Indigenous Peoples Day—preliminary plans for the development of what will be Canada’s largest urban reserve were unveiled. Get a progress report on the 160 acres of Kapyong Barracks that includes results of a best-use study for commercial, educational, mixed use, residential and recreational initiatives.

RESOURCE | Reopening Toolkit

This toolkit is designed to provide guidance, or access to guidance, for business owners and senior managers responsible for re-establishing their operations while ensuring the health and safety of operators, staff, customers and the general public is at the forefront.

TAKE THE CHALLENGE | The 50 – 30 Challenge: Your Diversity Advantage

The goal of the program is to challenge Canadian organizations to increase the representation and inclusion of diverse groups within their workplace, while highlighting the benefits of giving all Canadians a seat at the table.

PODCAST | Start Podcast

Season 3 of Start Canada podcast launching January 2021 will feature interviews with start-up founders, innovators, and thought leaders from the heart of Canada who are challenging the status quo, scaling their business, and bringing new ideas to life!

RESOURCE | COVID Upends the Charitable Playbook

Overall giving fell 4% in Canada last year, according to RBC data. The decline masked some sharp divergences within the sector, with some organizations seeing increased contributions and others getting nothing—literally.