Christine is a dynamic speaker, presenter and facilitator with over 20 years experience in sales and business development. She is an expert in the power of persuasion and knows exactly how to get results without resorting to cold calls. Christine has successfully developed and sold over $45 million in products and services throughout North America and has spearheaded significant business growth initiatives across a range of industries.

In this powerful session, Christine shares her unique insights for blasting open the big doors to explosive business growth and lifelong success. Packed with poignant sales stories and hard won entrepreneurial lessons from the trenches, you will learn, laugh and grow as she reveals the five vital keys to outstanding achievement including identifying the costly mistake 97% of all businesses make and how to avoid it.

This is a hands on interactive seminar that will engage you like no other. Her tales from the front line and top proven tips for getting past gate-keepers are transferable to any business venture or personal project you might have. Corporate executives, sales teams and support staff, small business owners, self employed professionals and anyone else wanting to rapidly increase their income should certainly attend.

Gone are the days of radical form and extraneous elements in signage. The economic times have changed resulting in today’s clients expecting more for less. Imposed limitations and bylaw restrictions have further challenged today’s sign companies in delivering the WOW factor. Producing a successful sign program and avoiding those disastrous, costly outcomes is critical.

This seminar will examine how Design is the central element to a successful sign program. A careful examination of the various elements of design from how design affects a client’s decision to understanding what to do when design goes wrong as a result of engineering nightmares and municipal headaches.

Join us as this panel of industry experts will walk you through all stages from conception through completion. Learn what good design means today and the steps necessary to ensure the customer ends up with exactly what they need and want while maintaining compliancy and budgets.

Seminar 4: 10:30 AM—12:00 PM

James has a Master of Journalism degree from UBC as well as comprehensive course work in communications. His 20+ years of professional experience includes extensive work in the graphic arts field, several national television broadcasts and custom interactive media / web production.

Do you have an e-commerce strategy? Does it generate significant income? Perhaps you plan to launch an e-commerce website in the near future and need to know the inside scoop.

This insightful seminar will give you the necessary criteria to properly evaluate your existing e-commerce strategy or plan for a successful venture into the e-business world. Discover what keeps customers clicking – and buying. Learn why a website is an advantage to your bricks and mortar business. Understand how it makes you more available to your potential customers and can give your enterprise a certain amount of credibility before you ever have the first conversation with your potential client.

Ron is an accomplished speaker with an abundance of industry and information technology experience. He has a Masters degree in Computer Science from the University of Manitoba. Ron has been a university lecturer, management consultant with Price Waterhouse and a network support specialist with a software development company prior to launching Zantek Information Technology.

Managing customer orders on a project basis is one of the biggest challenges in the Imagemaking industry. The continuous synchronization between sales, design, estimating, project planning, purchasing and resources is a major challenge. What can a small to midsized company do to gain better control of the business processes and improve delivery reliability, project margins, utilization levels and project overhead? In short, implement Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software or in lay terms, a Business Management Solution.

In this enlightening seminar Ron Mondor will explain what an ERP integrated computer system is, how it can manage all aspects of your business including staff, customers, vendors, materials, accounting and operations and what to look for when selecting the right system for your company. He will also dispel the myth that only large businesses should consider implementing an ERP solution. A must attend for those companies looking to reduce costs and streamline operations.

Ken has over 45 years involvement in Health & Safety and 20 years in the education system. He is an active member of the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering and a valued partner of SAC-ACE.

The most powerful legal protection your Occupational Health & Safety program can have is your ability to prove due diligence. This crucial seminar will thoroughly explain how to position your company to employ a strong due diligence defence in the event you are ever confronted with potential prosecution.

You will learn how the general duty clause relates to due diligence and your company’s legal obligations and liability under current law. You will also discover what you need to know about the current OHS developments and trends from across Canada that will help you make your own OHS program more effective and safeguard your company. This seminar will provide you a thorough understanding of what you need do today to make certain your company is protected tomorrow.

Seminar 7: 11:30 PM—1:00 PM Friday & Saturday

Ted is the Manager of the new sign bylaw unit formed by the City of Toronto. Through an initiative with the City of Toronto, the new sign bylaw unit was created to meet the needs of the industry and also Council with respect to the regulation of signage.

This hands on workshop will guide you through the new procedures that have taken place with respect to the applications for sign permits, installations and inspections within the City of Toronto. The many changes with respect to the way a sign permit application is reviewed and issued will be clarified.

This two part workshop will begin looking at the procedures for applying for a sign permit, reviewing the requirements and outlining the key fundamentals for a successful application and permit issuance.

The workshop will then do a forensic analysis of the new sign bylaw, reviewing the key changes, outlining the reasons for some of the changes and giving you the tools to interpret and implement.

Discussions will also focus on the proposed enhancements at the City including the new ON LINE permit application procedures currently under development.

No person who conducts business with, or intends to do work in the City of Toronto should miss this workshop!

Note: There is no cost to attend this workshop however, space is limited to a maximum of 40 registered attendees each day.