Join us May 5th, 2021 for an all day event filled with business resources and seminars to better you in business and in life.

Enterprise Brant in partnership with Ladies Who Lead + Brantford Business Resource Centre brings you a day filled with a local speaker series featuring business owners within our community. Join us throughout the day, and be sure to stay tuned at 7pm for our keynote speaker - Barb Stegemann - Top Game Changer on Dragon's Den.

Take a look below to see all the virtual opportunities scheduled for the day.

9:00am - 9:45 am EST | Replenish Your Mind + Body for Business

Bill DeHoog Bill DeHoog Full Body Fitness | Brantford Ontario

Join Bill, our local health expert as he reviews the purpose and importance of nutrition and exercise with examples of healthy meals, snacks, and how to avoid "sitting syndrome" through exercise while working from home in our virtual world.

10:00am - 10:45am EST | Meditation for the Mindful Entrepreneur

Markus Schneider Director/Teacher Modo Yoga Brantford

Join Markus for this online meditation session that will consist of a 20 minute guided explanation and finish with a guided practice. You can expect to walk away feeling more aware of how to manage your stress in light of challenging circumstances.

11:00am - 11:45am EST | Revive Your Business Through eCommerce

Samantha Gernhart Clarity Marketing + Design | Brantford, Ontario

Considered moving or adapting your business to selling online? Then you do not want to miss this enlightening session with Clarity Marketing + Design. Samantha will be taking us through a look at each of the popular e-commerce platforms, discuss the pros and cons, and which platform would be best suited for your business.

12:00pm - 12:45pm EST | Surge Capacity: Recharge Your Mindset.

Alison Maslin-Maratos Maratos Counselling and Consulting Services Brantford, Ontario

Surge capacity is a collection of adaptive systems — mental and physical — that humans draw on for short-term survival in acutely stressful situations, such as natural disasters and of course the odd pandemic! Alison will show us how to conquer those fears, to be courageous, and how our vulnerability can be transformed into strengths.

1:00pm - 1:45pm EST | How To Host An Amazing Virtual Event

Mike D'Eri Pynx Productions | Brantford, Ontario

With the digital world moving at a pace that's hard to keep up with, you want to be apart of this speaker session with Mike from Pynx Productions. Mike will guide us through good practices and tips while running or hosting a virtual event. From lighting, to audio and being sure your keeping your participants engaged through your event. Mike will share his expertise with our community to better ourselves in a virtual business world.

2:00pm - 2:45pm EST | Podcast Through The Pivot

Avery Moore Kloss Folktale Studio | shopbrantford.com | Laurier Podcaster-in-residence

As the founder and lead creator of Folktale Studio, Avery will demonstrate the passion of capturing stories through audio. Listen in while Avery teaches us how to use these business resources to enhance and promote your business in our new digital world. You will come away from this session with new insight and knowledge on how to best capture your story's essence as an entrepreneur.

3:00pm - 4:00pm EST | Resilience Business Panel

Ryan Devlin, Amanda Kenney, Mike Mears, Denise Luciani

Devlin's Country Bistro, Your Home Your Story, West Brant Window World, Marlin Travel

Don't miss this panel discussion on resiliency with local business owners as they answer questions on how they have recharged, replenished, and revived their businesses to keep up with this digital pivot. They will inspire and empower you to keep your business vibrant and successful during a time of constant change. Moderated by Joe Persia, broadcast journalist with Brant.one News.

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7:00pm - 8:00pm EST | Barb Stegemann | Keynote Speaker

Our keynote speaker will be Barb Stegemann , who became known to millions of Canadians when she became the first woman from Atlantic Canada to land a venture-capital deal on the CBC TV show Dragons’ Den for The 7 Virtues Beauty. She went on to become the “Top Game Changer” in the history of the show for creating her social enterprise.

Barb will be discussing with us her mission into pivoting her business during the continued pandemic, and how she overcame business challenges and adapted to the digital world that is the new normal. You do not to miss this inspiring conversation about determination, endurance, and the successes as an entrepreneur.