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SUMMARY:BDC Free Virtual Business Advisor Coaching Sessions
DESCRIPTION:The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) is pleased to offer a FREE 30-minute coaching session for Whistler Chamber Members!\n\n\n\nMembers will have the opportunity to meet with a Business Advisor from BDC's Advisory Services team to explore strategies to help them improve their business or work through specific challenges.\n\n\n\nBDC's Advisory Services team offers relationship-focused consulting services that help increase sales\, improve operations\, optimize technology and build management capabilities.\n\n\n\nTopics to be coached on:\n\n	Sales & Marketing\n	Operations\n	Financial Management\n	Strategy\n	Leadership & Management\n	Technology Adoption\n	Human Resources\n	Market Expansion\n	Financing/Lending Options\n	Government Grants\n	Other (optimizing margins\, supply chains\, etc.)\n\nSimply click register below and fill out the required questions. You will be sent a secure link within 24 hours (starting March 1) to schedule your 30-minute call with one of the BDC advisors.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout BDC Advisory Services:\n\n\n\nThe BDC team of subject-matter experts has been offering management consulting services to guide Canadian businesses for over 40 years. Their experienced consultants offer objective\, practical\, results-driven advice\, tailored to your needs and stage of growth. Their solutions are designed to equip you with the knowledge\, know-how and tools to manage every function of your business with confidence.\n\n\n\nBDC Advisory Services Testimonials:\n\n\n	Salt Spring Coffee (specialty food stores)   Salt Spring Island\, BC\n	Syber Concrete Forming (construction)   Surrey\, BC\n	Tri-Cut Sharpening (manufacturing)   Abbotsford\, BC\n\n\nRegistration Process:\n\n\n\nInterested Members will register and fill out the required questions. Starting March 1 you will be contacted within 24 hours to select a meeting time. Based on the company size you will be sent a link to schedule a meeting with either Jessica Moore or Nick Brown.\n\n\n\nSession Availability:\n\n\n\nTime slots are available between April 1-15 (excluding weekends) - these will be confirmed after you register based on your availability.\n Suitable Businesses:\n\n\n\nThese sessions are great for: Construction and contractors\, manufacturing\, production\, wholesale\, food production (except full-service restaurants\; breweries/distilleries are okay)\, professional services\, technology\, hospitality\, transportation\, Industrial supplies and services.\n\n\n\nIf your company falls into the following categories: full-service restaurants\, healthcare practitioners\, real estate agents and agencies\, non-profits\, government organizations - stay tuned\, the Whistler Chamber is working to support your sector!
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><em><strong>The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) is pleased to offer a FREE 30-minute coaching session for Whistler Chamber Members!</strong></em><br />\n<br />\nMembers will have the opportunity to meet with a Business Advisor from BDC&rsquo\;s Advisory Services team to explore strategies to help them improve their business or work through specific challenges.<br />\n<br />\nBDC&#39\;s Advisory Services team offers relationship-focused consulting services that help increase sales\, improve operations\, optimize technology and build management capabilities.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Topics to be coached on:</strong></span></span></span>\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">Sales &amp\; Marketing</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">Operations</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">Financial Management</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">Strategy</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">Leadership &amp\; Management</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">Technology Adoption</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">Human Resources</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">Market Expansion</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">Financing/Lending Options</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">Government Grants</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">Other (optimizing margins\, supply chains\, etc.)</span></span></span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">Simply click register below and fill out the required questions. You will be sent a secure link within 24 hours (starting March 1) to schedule your 30-minute call with one of the BDC advisors.</span><br />\n<br />\n<a href="https://whistlerchamber.chambermaster.com/eventregistration/register/2178" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000\;"><img alt="" height="55" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/2416/Image/Website_button_REGISTER.jpg" style="width: 200px\; height: 55px\;" width="200" /></span></a><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:#000000\;"><strong>About BDC Advisory Services:</strong></span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">The BDC team of subject-matter experts has been offering management consulting services to guide Canadian businesses for over 40 years. Their experienced consultants offer objective\, practical\, results-driven advice\, tailored to your needs and stage of growth. Their solutions are designed to equip you with the knowledge\, know-how and tools to manage every function of your business with confidence.</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><strong>BDC Advisory Services Testimonials:</strong></span></span></span>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><strong><a href="https://www.bdc.ca/en/testimonials/make-real-operational-efficiency-gains" target="_blank">Salt Spring Coffee</a> </strong></span><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">(specialty food stores) &ndash\; Salt Spring Island\, BC</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><strong><a href="https://www.bdc.ca/en/testimonials/syber-concrete-forming" target="_blank">Syber Concrete Forming</a></strong></span> <span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">(construction) &ndash\; Surrey\, BC</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><strong><a href="https://www.bdc.ca/en/testimonials/tru-cut-sharpening" target="_blank">Tri-Cut Sharpening</a></strong></span> <span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">(manufacturing) &ndash\; Abbotsford\, BC</span></span></span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><strong>Registration Process:</strong></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-family: arial\; font-size: 14px\;">Interested Members will register and fill out the required questions.</span><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;">&nbsp\;Starting March 1 you will be contacted within 24 hours to select a meeting time.&nbsp\;Based on the company size you will be sent a link to schedule a meeting with either Jessica Moore or Nick Brown.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Session Availability:</strong><br />\n<br />\nTime slots are available between April 1-15 (excluding weekends) - these will be confirmed after you register based on your availability.</span></span></span></p>\n<span style="color:#000000\;"> <span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><strong>Suitable Businesses:</strong><br />\n<br />\n<em>These sessions are great for</em><strong>:</strong> Construction and contractors\, manufacturing\, production\, wholesale\, food production (except full-service restaurants\; breweries/distilleries are okay)\, professional services\, technology\, hospitality\, transportation\, Industrial supplies and services.<br />\n<br />\n<em>If your company falls into the following categories</em>: full-service restaurants\, healthcare practitioners\, real estate agents and agencies\, non-profits\, government organizations - stay tuned\, the Whistler Chamber is working to support your sector!</span></span></span>
LOCATION:All coaching sessions will be held virtually.
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