Winkler & District Chamber of Commerce

Women in Business Breakfast Workshop will be rescheduled from February, 2012 to March 15, 2012. Watch for details very shortly..

Safe Business is Smart Business

Winkler & District & Morden & District Chambers of Commerce, in partnership with 1 Life Workplace Safety & Health presents a Critical Educational Workshop for all Manitoba Employers.

DATE: Tuesday, February 7, 2012
COST: $25.00 (Lunch included)
TIME: 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Heartland Inn, 851 Main Street, Winkler, MB
RSVP: No Later than February 6, 2012

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To Winkler & District Chamber of Commerce: @ chamber@winkleronline.com or by phone at 325-9758
To Morden & District Chamber of Commerce: @ marketing@mordenchamber.com or by phone at 822-5630

Winkler & District Chamber of Commerce
90th Annual General Meeting

Date: Thursday, February 23, 2012
Time: 11:30 for networking, 12:00 noon lunch
Location: Heartland Inn.
Cost: $25.00
Speaker: Mayor Martin Harder

In addition to the business portion, Mayor Martin Harder will be presenting the “State of the City Address” at that time. Sponsors of the AGM lunch are the accounting firms of Winkler:

To register for the luncheon please contact the
Chamber office at 325-9758 or by
email at chamber@winkleronline.com
by February 17, 2012

A Lunch and Learn Presentation

Informal Negotiation

By Resolution Skills Centre
in Partnership with Genesis House and Winkler Chamber of Commerce

A 1 ½ Hour Presentation: for Managers, HR Professionals and
Other Organizational Leaders

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Location: Heartland Inn, Winkler 
Address:  851 Main Street
Facilitator: Mike Labun, Trainer and Workplace Consultant
Resolution Skills Centre (www.resolutionskills.ca)

Since 1995, Michael has worked in mediation, training and human resources at
Mediation Services and other organizations. He has worked in both corporate and
not-for-profit environments and trained public sector and community groups. He has an
Honours degree in Psychology.

Date:  Wednesday, February 8, 2012

11:30 AM – 12 PM         Registration and Lunch (provided)
12 PM – 1:30 PM           Informal Negotiation

Pre-registration required by 3 PM on Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Registration fee:         $30.00
Seating is Limited

To register please contact:
Genesis House: Karen at 325-9957 ext 2221 or sccfv1@genesis-house.ca

Informal Negotiation
Capitalizing on Emotions in Informal Negotiations, is inspired by research in Emotional Intelligence and brain research in general. The basis for the workshop is that your negotiation partner will inevitably feel emotions during any conversation. Rather than minimize those emotions, you will learn draw out positive emotions and propel the conversation forward.

Lean Breakfast

DATE: Thursday, February 2, 2012
TIME: 7:30-9:30am - Breakfast. Learn how more and more Manitoba businesses are accelerating their journey to world-class performance.
10:00 am - 12:00 pm. Hands on Lean
TOPIC: Better, Faster, Cheaper. The challenges facing all manufacturing companies
PLACE: Heartland Inn, 851 Main Street, Winkler, MB

Learn how leading Manitoba manufacturers embraced Lean to drive up customer value.  Lean is more than waste elimination.  It’s about engaging all staff in Problem Solving to create greater value for your customer.  Come hear how Lean Principles and some of the core Lean tools can be applied quickly and easily to improve productivity and competitiveness.
Participate in a hands-on simulation which makes Lean thinking and Lean manufacturing principles easy to grasp through experiential learning.

Facilitated by Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME), Manitoba; local business leaders will share how being a member of a Lean consortium has helped develop their people and sustain their operational improvement efforts.

To register for this special information session click HERE or to obtain more information about Lean consortiums, please contact Carrie Schroeder at 949-1454 or carrie.schroeder@cme-mec.ca.

EMBRACING EXCELLENCE

CME NATIONAL LEAN CONFERENCE. JUNE 4 – 7, 2012 WINNIPEG

Plan to attend the largest LEAN conference in Canada in 2012 and learn LEAN best practices from other LEAN Practitioners. This conference will help re-energize your organization with a new enthusiasm for learning, sharing and networking around LEAN thinking and enterprise-wide excellence. Visit www.lean2012.com for complete details!