Webinar #1: It's Time to Recover, Restart and Rebound! (Thursday, October 22nd 9-11am)

Refresh your business plan by filling out The Business Model Canvas. This will deliver more insights about your customer, how you will make money, what you are offering, and community collaborations. This webinar will help you revisit and define the important aspects of your business and align your goals to activities.

Webinar #2: The New COVID-19 Normal (Tuesday, November 3rd   9-11am)

The results of COVID-19 are here to stay and it is essential that you pivot to this new normal but what does that look like? Learn more about consumer trends, the changing economic landscape, and where are the "now" opportunities?

Webinar #3: Understanding Your Cash Flow (Tuesday, November 10th   9-11am )

Take a closer look at your business finances and complete a 2-year cashflow plan. Learn to calculate the effects of capacity restrictions, new revenue streams, grants and deferral programs, and what the extent of lost sales will mean to your recovery.

Webinar #4: Relevant Advertising and Promotion (Tuesday, November 17th   9-11am)

How your customer is consuming media has changed as some traditional methods have disappeared. In this workshop, you will complete a 12 month plan that details what goals you want to achieve over the next year, what advertising methods you will use, and what are the associated costs with a monthly budget.

One-on-one sessions

10 one-on-one sessions will be available after each webinar. Please note these will be only be available to businesses physically located in the Town of Gananoque or Township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands. When you are registering, identify which one-on-one sessions you would be most interested in.

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If you would like to register for all 4 webinars:

1.) Click "Select A Date"

2.) On Thursday, October 22nd, click "Tickets"

3.) Proceed to select "All 4 Week Participant”

If you would like to register for 1 or 2 webinars:

1.) Click "Select A Date"

2.) Find the date you would like attend and click "Tickets"

3.) Proceed to select "1 Week Participant". You will need to do this for each separate webinar you would like to attend.

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More information:

All four webinars and one-on-one sessions will be held online through an application called Zoom. Zoom is accessible to the viewer on many different devices including, your phone, laptop, computer, iPad, etc. If you require assistance joining the webinars visit https://youtu.be/hIkCmbvAHQQ for a quick tutorial.

Please note that you must attend the webinar to be eligible for one of the follow-up sessions. One-on-one sessions will be selected after the webinar depending on level of interest. If you are unable to attend the webinar but would like to meet with Karen you can contact her privately through her website www.opportunitygroup.ca She is offering special pricing for webinar attendees.

Questions? Laura Godard: redprojectcoordinator@gananoque.ca or 613-382-2149 ext 1131

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Say hello to our Recover, Restart & Rebound Speaker!

Business Plan writing, Business Training, Business Consulting to small businesses are some of Karen's expertise. Combining her expertise in business with over twenty years’ experience working in both the not-for-profit and public sectors as a business owner, manager, consultant, staff person, board member, and volunteer.

Karen has consulted with and mentored 100's of small businesses in her work with the Ontario Self-Employment Benefit Program, Skills Link Build Your own Business, Canadian Youth Business Foundation, Summer Company, Business Success Coaching Program and Starter Company. She has worked with Enterprise Centers throughout Ontario.

Karen is a skilled and effective facilitator and a sought after coach and designer of small business programs, services and training workshops. She has been a go to resource providing input on sustainable recovery for small businesses affected by Covid 19 to various groups.

She is the creator of “Business Plan BootCamp” an easy to understand, customizable step by step planning system to develop a business plan, and “Planning your Cashflow” both which have been used extensively in Small Business Enterprise Centres throughout Ontario and is available as online learning. Opportunity Group also provides one on one coaching to business owners helping them with specific issues or opportunities they may be experiencing in their business.

She brings her extensive experience and shares business insights and solutions with business owners who have a specific problem to which they are seeking a solution, in an energetic and straightforward way.