Chamber Blog Posts
Where to find your next key employee
Feb 2, 2020If your business were a car, your key employees would be the engine. These are your superstars, the heavy hitters who apply their talents and skill sets in their positions and generate massive results every time. As most managers already know, how...
Read MoreSatisfaction vs Loyalty: How to turn customers into promoters
Jan 19, 2020Maybe you've heard the value of word-of-mouth advertising; according to Nielsen ratings, 92% of consumers trust their friends' and family's recommendation over traditional advertising. That doesn't mean you can simply sit back and ass...
Read More5 minutes for Business - Economic Rewind: A Decade in Review from Canadian Chamber
Jan 14, 2020Are you ready to rewind to the start of 2010? A time where your radio boasted the Black Eyed Peas and boot cut jeans were fashionable? Read more...
Read MoreIS CANADA SAYING NO TO WEALTH CREATION IN THE RESOURCE SECTOR? Crisis or Opportunity?
Jan 14, 2020Kelowna business mining-related activity includes: 100 companies/$23.5 million Read more...
Read MoreMarketing: You'll lose customers the same way you gain them
Jan 5, 2020Marketing and advertising are only part of the equation when attracting new clients. Service is perhaps the single most important aspect of any business. If your business provides good service, but you are still losing clients, it is important to ide...
Read MoreLeadership in the workplace: David Aaker says we can be better people in business in 2020
Dec 22, 2019David Aaker is well-known for his expertise in marketing and his ability to help businesses thrive and exceed their goals. His branding concepts, including identifying customer's interests and creating a community or story around those interests ...
Read More5 Minutes for Business - Sluggish Growth: The New Normal for Canada
Dec 20, 2019“The resiliency of Canada’s economy will be increasingly tested as trade conflicts and uncertainty persists. We are not an island. We are in a good position to cope with whatever comes our way.” –Stephen Poloz, Governor of the...
Read MoreYour Quarterback Employee Needs an Offensive Line
Nov 25, 2019Watching the Grey Cup this weekend got us thinking. Running a business or organization is sort of like a football team. Now hear us out… In football, it’s the quarterback (QB) who drives each play. However, the QB also has to watch ou...
Read MoreEconomic Outlook Presentation with Helmut Pastrick
Nov 19, 2019Presenter: Helmut Pastrick, Chief Economist, Central 1 Date: November 13, 2019 Location: Four Points Sheraton Kelowna Airport Download the PDF. ...
Read More5 Minutes for Business - The Shortest Decade: Addressing the Coming Climate Crunch
Nov 12, 2019The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has been unequivocal: without significant action to limit global warming to a 1.5 degrees, humans will increasingly suffer from the effects of extreme weather events, disease and the...
Read MoreHindsight: What Business Owners Wish They Would Have Done Differently
Nov 12, 2019 They say hindsight is 20-20. If you only would have known. As a business owner, you may already have a few things you wish you knew. Would you have hired that one person? Perhaps you would have started your company sooner. While it is importan...
Read More4 Essential Steps for Environmentally Friendly Businesses
Oct 28, 2019Green initiatives in the workplace are not only great for the world we live in, but they can also be great for your profits by helping you identify ways to conserve resources and save money in the long-term. We asked Angela Nagy, a Kelowna Chamber...
Read MoreYour Official Kelowna Chamber All-Candidates Forum (and 2019 Federal Election) Primer!
Oct 8, 2019Photo courtesy: Globe and Mail *UPDATED Oct 15, 2019** Well here we are. As quickly as the summer passed in the Okanagan this year, so too has the 2019 Federal Election crept up on us. Sure, there's been plenty in the media about t...
Read More5 Minutes for Business - It’s still the economy, stupid.
Oct 7, 2019For all of the talk about affordability this election season, it’s remarkable how little discussion there is amongst party leaders, candidates and the media about the most basic and effective way to create new jobs and wage growth as well as im...
Read More2019 Canadian Chamber AGM Wrap Up
Sep 30, 2019Three days, 324 delegates, 76 policies, 35% of total policies from BC On September 21-23, the Kelowna Chamber journeyed across the country to Saint John, New Brunswick, to represent policy resolutions developed with our members over the past...
Read More5 Minutes for Business - The Nuts and Bolts of International Trade: Incoterms® 2020
Sep 13, 2019courtesy: The Canadian Chamber of Commerce It is easy to think international trade is all about convoluted acronyms that describe trade agreements which take a long time to negotiate. A sampling of the ones you have probably heard about recently i...
Read MoreHow to make your point with our elected officials
Aug 30, 2019BC Premier John Horgan chats with patrons of Pulp Fiction Coffee House in Kelowna. Photo Courtesy: The Daily Courier If you want to get things done on a political level, sometimes voting isn't enough. You have to make your case directly to the...
Read MoreWhat is Dark Fibre? Shining some light on one of Kelowna's major infrastructure projects
Aug 29, 2019While the roads of Kelowna were being restored, another long term investment was being made. 36kms of fibre optic cable, laid beneath the city’s roadways, has become the foundation for Kelowna’s vast Dark Fibre network. This network, w...
Read MoreWhich business stage are you in?
Aug 13, 2019Every business goes through similar stages, no matter which industry it operates in. Knowing what stage your company is in can help guide you in focusing your efforts on the right activities for your current situation. Here's an overview of the p...
Read More5 minutes for Business - Canada's Cannabis Opportunity
Aug 8, 2019courtesy: The Canadian Chamber of Commerce It has been nearly ten months since Canada became the second country and first large developed economy in the world to legalize recreational cannabis for adult use. This bold economic experiment is genera...
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