Wood Buffalo Economic Development

REGISTER AT: https://howtostartabusinessinwb.eventbrite.ca

How to Start a Business in Wood Buffalo is all about the nitty, gritty details of registering a business and learning how to make sure you comply with provincial and federal regulations. This workshop will cover topics including:

• How to register your business (Municipal, Provincial, and Federal requirements
• How to make sure you are compliant with the Canada Revenue Agency
• How to make sure you are compliant with the Workers’ Compensation Board of Alberta
• How to insure your business

This workshop is designed to help entrepreneurs understand what they need to do to register their business. It takes a hands-on approach in which participants can apply the information during the workshop.

This session is hosted by the Wood Buffalo Economic Development Corporation (WBEDC) and facilitated by Keyano College, this is the first in a series of ten workshops exploring the topic of starting a small business in Wood Buffalo.

We recommend bringing a laptop.

Join us for the next edition of The Women’s Business Connect! February 13th from 12pm-5pm.

REGISTER AT: https://womensbusinessconnectfeb13.eventbrite.ca

Tentative schedule:

• 12pm-1pm: Networking Lunch
• 1pm-3pm: Workshop, Brains At Their Best: Thoughts & Behaviours for Peak Performance
• 3:30-5pm: Panel Discussion

We are excited to be hosting Dr. Lisa Belanger a Behavioural Change Expert and Researcher. Join us for a workshop: Brains At Their Best: Thoughts & Behaviours for Peak Performance.

Most corporations’ greatest asset is the productivity, creativity, and innovation of their employees. What can we do to promote brain health and performance? Our brain functions best when it alternates between intense productivity and rest. Dr. Bélanger empowers the audience to take control of the behaviours and daily practices to be in the best condition to think clearly, make better decisions, to be more productive, resilient and to have more energy.

Drawing from psychology, behavioural science, and neuroscience, Dr. Bélanger explains the most effective ways to manage short term and long term stress. In this workshop, we examine practical exercises with a low investment of time and huge gains in mental strength.

This workshop establishes a science-based, proactive plan to take these seemingly small habits and establish them into daily routines. The audience walks away with a personalized habit development plan that can work for even the busiest schedules.

Key Takeaways:

• What behaviours we have control over that impact our brain health
• How daily habits influence brain health, productivity, and performance
• How our thoughts change our brains and which simple changes can have a meaningful impact
• Key concepts that establish long-term behaviour change
• A personalized habit development plan

About Dr. Lisa Bélanger

Dr. Belanger has a PhD in Behavioural Medicine and is the CEO and founder of Conscious Works, a consulting firm that helps everyone from executives to entrepreneurs apply the findings from leading-edge scientific analyses to maximize their mental and physical well-being at work and at home.

On-stage, Dr. Bélanger has presented to clients throughout North America, such as Collins Barrow, the University of Alberta, and CEBS Canada.

Dr. Bélanger is also a Certified Exercise Physiologist; a past Honorary Research Associate at Swansea University, Wales; researcher at the University of Calgary; instructor at the University of Alberta Executive Education, and the author of Inspire Me Well: Finding Motivation to Take Control of Your Health. Additionally, she is the founder of Knight’s Cabin, a national non-profit offering no-cost wellness programming to cancer survivors.

REGISTER AT: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/building-a-professional-team-for-your-business-tickets-55089325656

When you first start a business, you may ask yourself whether it is best to hire people to help you or to do everything yourself. Even if you plan on starting off mostly on your own, it is important to create relationships with financial professionals (a banker and an accountant) and a legal professional in order to ensure the financial security and legality of your business operations. Depending on your own skill set, you may also want to hire employees to look after aspects of the business that you are not qualified for or do not have time to oversee. In this module Building a Professional Team for Your Business, you will learn:

1. a) What to consider when building a professional team
2. b) How to build a basic professional team including a lawyer, accountant, and banker
3. c) How and when to hire employees

This session is hosted by the Wood Buffalo Economic Development Corporation (WBEDC) and facilitated by Keyano College, this is the third in a series of ten workshops exploring the topic of starting a small business in Wood Buffalo.

We recommend bringing a laptop.

REGISTER AT: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/fundamentals-of-a-business-financial-plan-tickets-55089837186 

Fundamentals of a Financial Plan will teach one of the most important sections of the business plan: the financial information and forecasts section. This section typically includes cash flow statements for the first 12-18 months, profit and loss forecasts, sales forecasts, a description of the capital you are seeking and what it will be used for, a statement about the security that you can offer to financial institutions lending you money, and a plan for repaying any debt that you have or that you are currently seeking.

In this module we will focus on the basics of financial planning, including:

• The purpose of financial planning
• Key components of a financial plan
• Ongoing financial reviews

This session is hosted by the Wood Buffalo Economic Development Corporation (WBEDC) and facilitated by Keyano College, this is the fourth in a series of ten workshops exploring the topic of starting a small business in Wood Buffalo.

We recommend bringing a laptop.