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JEDI Master Club (Episode III): Accessing Resources to Grow Your GAMING Business

April 18, 2013 By

This session will discuss the many available resources available through The Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN) (http://www.cdmn.ca/) as well as CDMN’s involvement with the gaming world.

About our Guest Speaker: Bob Embleton, Director, Network Partnerships at the Canadian Digital Media Network 

From international channel development, product management and operations leadership to successful entrepreneur, Robert Embleton builds upon 20 years of cross-sector experience to help organizations start, grow and succeed in regional, national and international markets in his current role as Director, Network Partnerships for the Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN). His deep technical expertise includes R&D, design, manufacturing and the distribution of products and services. Robert has applied that breadth of knowledge in a diverse range of industries, from medical devices to motorsports; industrial quality assurance systems to research support systems including hardware, software and client support. Most recently, he engineered the CDMN’s Soft-Landings Program and Collaboration Community, doubling the size of the CDMN national network of accelerator centres while connecting Canadian companies with sales and finance opportunities from Costa Rica to New York; from Germany to Brazil.

Seating is very limited so please REGISTER TODAY at www.jedimasterclub.eventbrite.com

 

 

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Connect with Money on March 27th, 2013

March 13, 2013 By

The workshop will discuss project building for successful funding applications including speakers & breakout sessions for both Start-ups and SMEs looking for new & existing program funding for expansion and new markets.

Hear from experts at the following departments and agencies to get up-to-date information on new & existing program funding for expansion and new market development.

Date/Time: Wednesday, March 27th
Location: Caboto Club 2175 Parent Ave
Time: 8am-12pm
Cost: FREE (Includes continental breakfast)
RSVP: www.connectingtomoney.eventbrite.com

Representatives from the following agencies will be present:

  • Southern Ontario Fund for Investment in Innovation (SOFII): SME Stream
  • Southwestern Ontario Development Fund (SWODF): SME Stream
  • Innovation Demonstration Fund (IDF): SME Stream
  • Export Market Access (EMA): SME Stream
  • Investment Acceleration Fund (IAF): SME Stream
  • Innovation Demonstration Fund (IDF): SME Stream
  • Business Development Bank of Canada : SME Stream
  • Global Start Program : Start-up Stream
  • Centre for Enterprise and Law (CEL): Start-up Stream
  • National Angel Organization and Southwestern Ontario Angel Group (SWOAG): Start-up Stream
  • Canada Small Business Financing : Start-up Stream
  • WEtech Alliance:  Start-up Stream
  • Essex Community Futures Development Community (CFDC): Start-up Stream
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Jedi Master Club EPISODE II

February 20, 2013 By

In this follow-up to our first wildly successful meeting, Jacob Duhaime, President of iDream Interactive will be speaking about his company and some of the projects they are working on.  He will also be talking about developing applications for multiple platforms and devices and the challenges that presents. Seating is very limited so please REGISTER TODAY at www.jedimasterclub.eventbrite.com.

Date: February 26th, 2013-02-15
Time: 12-1PM
Location: The Accelerator – 720 Ouellette Avenue

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WEtech Opens New Satellite Office in Essex & Co-locates with The Essex Community Futures Development Corporation

February 4, 2013 By

Windsor and Essex County, February 4, 2013- Located in the Town of Essex at 39 Maidstone Avenue East is the new county satellite office of WEtech Alliance. The new place is co-located within the offices of Essex Community Futures Development Corporation ( CFDC/SADC).

Karen Behune Plunkett, CEO & President of WEtech Alliance, “is thrilled to announce that this part-time placement in Essex will afford a much better opportunity for WEtech to service clients and deliver programs for our county entrepreneurs. WEtech Alliance currently works very closely with Essex CFDC as well as the newly co-located Windsor-Essex Small Business Centre (WESBC). This will definitely provide added value to start-ups and businesses requiring acceleration support with all three organizations sharing and maximizing our services and programs throughout business development and growth. WEtech is very grateful to Essex CFDC for accommodating this initiative.”

Linda Scott, General Manager, Essex CFDC/SADC added, “This joint delivery model between WESBC, Essex CFDC and WEtech Alliance will strengthen the support available to the small business owner in one central location in the heart of Essex County. The enhanced suite of programs will range from business mentoring, training, youth entrepreneurship programs and financial services and grant opportunities through all stages of development from start-up to growth. ”

Media Contact:
Karen Behune Plunkett
President/CEO
519.997.2865
kbp@wetech-alliance.com

About WEtech Alliance (@WEtechAlliance):
WEtech Alliance is Windsor-Essex’s Technology Accelerator; an industry-led non-profit organization focused on driving the growth and success of Windsor-Essex’s technology centric companies and entrepreneurs through leadership, connections and promotion. As one of the fourteen Regional Innovation Centres in the province of Ontario, funded by the Ontario Network of Excellence in great part, WEtech provides an extensive roaster of programs, services and training through MaRS Discovery http://www.marsdd.com/ the majority at no cost to clients and members in the technology and innovation sector. For more information on WEtech Alliance, please visit http://wetech-alliance.com.

About the Ontario Network of Excellence (ONTinnovation):
The Ontario Network of Excellence (ONE) is a collaborative network of organizations across Ontario, designed to help you commercialize your ideas. Whether you are an innovator, a technology-based business, entrepreneur, or researcher, ONE will connect you with services and programs to help you innovate and gain a competitive advantage. For more information on ONE, please visit http://www.oneinnovation.ca.

About Essex Community Futures Development Corporation:
Essex Community Futures Development Corporation is a non-profit organization whose goal is to encourage economic development and create job opportunities within Essex County. Essex CFDC is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors who have a wide range of experience in such areas as business, education, agriculture, tourism, labour, and banking. Our volunteers live or work in the municipalities of Amherstburg, Kingsville, Essex, Leamington, Lakeshore, La Salle, Tecumseh or Pelee Island. For more information on Essex CFDC, please visit http://www.essexcfdc.on.ca/en/.

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Another Windsor First! New Interactive Social Media Workshop Comes to Windsor

January 22, 2013 By

Windsor, ON, January 22nd, 2013 - WEtech Alliance, Windsor-Essex’s Technology Alliance, along with Caesars Windsor and Blab Media, is pleased to announce the offering of a very unique four part social media workshop at Caesars Windsor’s VU Bar. The workshops will begin on February 13th, 2013 from 3:00-5:00PM and participants can join athttp://www.practicallysocial.eventbrite.com.

Designed for small businesses, business professionals and non-profits organizations, attendees will learn hands-on learning techniques. Participants will discover how to strategize, execute and evaluate social media efforts in the real world. Group discussions and interactive activities provide the backdrop for a fun, casual, learning environment that’s designed to educate and inspire.

“We’ve created a hands-on workshop series that really allows participants to interact with the material,” says Katie Stokes, co-founder of Blab Media. “We ditched the boring power points for a new approach to learning and we’re excited to really dive into the topic and help these business owners and not-for-profit organizations better understand why utilizing social media is important.”

Stokes says she hopes these workshops will let people know that social media doesn’t have to be stressful. “We want participants to walk away from this experience with not only a greater knowledge on the subject, but also a new outlook on learning.”

Those interested in this upcoming workshop should register immediately to take advantage of this unique opportunity. Participants can register for and learn more about this interactive workshop athttp://www.practicallysocial.eventbrite.com.

Contest: In 140 characters (letters) or less, tell us why you should win ONE complimentary admission to Practically Social: A Four Part Social Media Workshop. Contest judges are looking for unique and creative answers. Must be 19 years of age to be eligible to win. All entries must be submitted via Survey Monkey link (https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PracticallySocial) or emailed toinfo@wetech-alliance.com by January 30th at 5PM. Please include your full name and contact information. Contest winner will be announced on January 31st.

February 13th, February 27th, March 13th, and March 27th (Four workshops)
Caesars VU Bar: 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Investment: $150

For more information on Practically Social: A Four Part Social Media Workshop, visithttp://www.practicallysocial.eventbrite.com.

About Practically Social:
Want to learn about social media and how it can help your business succeed? Get practical with it! This four part workshop series focuses more on hands-on learning techniques and less on boring PowerPoint presentations so you can learn how to strategize, execute and evaluate your social media efforts in the real world. Group discussions and interactive activities provide the backdrop for a fun, casual, learning environment that’s designed to educate and inspire.

Media Contact:
Katie Stokes – Blab Media
Phone: 226-773-2171
Email: katie@getyourblabon.com

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Technology to Help Do-Gooders Do Good Better: Digital Technology for Non-Profits

January 13, 2013 By

About the Series: Used smartly, technology offers innovative solutions that can help organizations do more with less. But in a fast-changing environment, how do you keep pace with what’s out there? And just as importantly, how do you determine where to put your limited dollars and human resources?

In this two part series you will learn how to integrate technology into your day-to-day operations and be introduced to some of the best tools available—that are free or almost free. Discover how to tell your story better by taking advantage of digital tools that can help streamline internal and external collaboration and communication. Learn how to supercharge your social media efforts and to create impactful presentations and effective marketing and public relations campaigns.

Who should you attend? The sessions are targeted towards staff and volunteers of non-profit organizations, associations, clubs, and special interest groups.

Cost: $60/per series (includes 6 workshops) with WEtech subsidizing $50. The entire 2-part series (includes 12 workshops) is only $99.

Time and Location: 8:30am – 9:30am
Downtown Windsor Business Accelerator
720 Ouellette Avenue

Register at www.digitaldogooders.eventbrite.com

Workshop Schedule:

January 29th, 2013: White Space is Beautiful: From   PowerPoint to Prezi create presentations people will stay awake through. February 5th 2013: Share. Because Your Mom Told You To. Get   your head into the Clouds and share effortlessly with a few nifty digital   tools.
February 12th, 2013: Content Rules: What, you don’t have a   content strategy? Fight mediocre and boring so you stand out and get the   attention you need to survive. February 26th, 2013: Banish clipart and say no to cheesy   stock photos! Think about it. Compelling images Spark Advocacy!
March 12th, 2013: Create a Website that Welcomes and Wows.   Think easy, conversational and attractive, kind of like a good date. March 26th, 2013: Facebook and Twitter. No, your Intern   should not be managing your social media.
April 9th, 2013: To Blog or Not to Blog, That is the   Question. April 23rd, 2013: Email Netiquette. Minding Your Ps and Qs   online.
May 7th, 2013: PR 101: Stop being a wallflower, get   noticed and get engaged. May 21st, 2013: Monitor Your Efforts because ROI   Matters. It’s not as hard as you think. Promise.
June 4th, 2013: Write Good Grants: You will rise to the   top like fresh cream on a cup of fair trade, sustainably grown organic   coffee. June 18th, 2013: Social Innovation and Collaboration:   Looking for engagement in all the wrong places.

Facilitated by: Lori Newton, Integrated Marketing & Communications Consultant, Writer and Editor

Lori Newton is a professional writer, editor and digital communications consultant who helps organizations put in place smart communications strategies that support their goals and objectives. Typically, this means connecting the dots and telling their stories through websites, social media, traditional marketing and public relations. An early adopter of social media, Lori brings a wealth of experience and knowledge about new technology tools and channels that help organizations communicate more effectively.

An active and passionate community volunteer, Lori was appointed to the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s Grant Review Team for Windsor-Essex, Chatham-Kent and Sarnia-Lambton in 2010. She has been an active Rotarian for more than a decade, is a Board Member for Windsor Endowment for the Arts, and she sits on the Community Task Force for Literacy and the Marketing Advisory Committee for Hospice Windsor-Essex.

Lori balances her work, volunteering and community building projects with the demands of an unruly urban garden, three “almost” grown sons and two adorable rescued greyhounds, Forrest and Lucy Lou Who. You can find her on Twitter @lorinewton, on Facebook, Foursquare, LinkedIn, Goodreads, Pinterest, Instagram, Urbanspoon, Yelp, Grooveshark and more, and read her blog at www.lorinewton.com.

 

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What to Expect with Practically Social Workshop

January 9, 2013 By

Practically Social Are you thinking about taking part in WEtech and Caesars Windsor’s Practically Social Workshop later this month? If so, we’ve asked workshop facilitators Blab Media for more information on what attendees can expect. Seats are limited. Register at www.practicallysocial.eventbrite.com. WEtech members get $25 off workshop fee. To receive discount please enter discount code “Practically2013″ during registration.

The first workshop will have participants defining, identifying and understanding the concepts behind social media. This workshop will explain the importance of first impressions online, cover the varying definitions and usage of social media, outline popular platforms, and help participants understand necessary key terms.

 The second workshop will have participants applying, strategizing and blending social media concepts. This workshop will explain the similarities between online and offline marketing, define and outline the benefits of utilizing a social media strategy, help participants choose the right social platforms for their business and provide insight into social media etiquette practices.

The third workshop will have participants developing, amplifying and learning about social media content. This workshop will help participants understand the importance of unique content, outline how to choose a voice and a position online, how to amplify content across multiple channels and illustrate how local businesses create content in the real world.

 The fourth workshop will have participants measuring, calculating and listening online. This workshop will define brand reputation, educate on how to deal with negative feedback, and explain why calculating the ROI of social media and measuring success beyond analytics is important.

All workshops focus more on hands-on learning techniques so participants can learn how to strategize, execute and evaluate social media efforts in the real world. Group discussions and interactive activities provide the backdrop for a fun, casual, learning environment that’s designed to educate and inspire.

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