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Events and Announcements
Aboriginal Business Service Network Business Planning
Competition
Have you started a business recently?
Are you planning to start a business? Submit your business
plan to our annual Aboriginal Business Plan Competition and
you could win $5,000 for your business! The competition is
open Aboriginal residents of Manitoba, aged 18 year or
older, who have started a business after January 31, 2009 or
who plan to start a business before April 30, 2010. There
will be two winners, one Urban (city of Winnipeg) and one
Rural. Deadline for submissions is Friday, January, 29,
2010.
Download the ABSN Business Plan Application
Videoconferencing Network Available
for Group Rentals
The Manitoba Videoconference network, which consists of
17 points of service in Winnipeg and rural locations is now
available for rent by the private sector and non-profit
groups.
For more information, please download
our
brochure.
Videoconferencing provides link for rural entrepreneurs
Rural and northern Manitobans will have
greater access than ever to business training thanks to an
innovative videoconferencing network being introduced by
Community Futures Manitoba (CFM).
As the association for Manitoba’s 16
Community Futures organizations, CFM is well aware of the
barriers facing entrepreneurs who seek access to workshops
and seminars, which are most commonly held in Winnipeg.
To counter the challenges of geography,
convenience, and financial costs related to travel, CFM
spearheaded the project, which has brought 14
videoconferencing sites to rural and northern Manitoba.
The new videoconferencing units allow
host sites to broadcast seminars from Winnipeg and allow for
real time interaction between rural participants and seminar
leaders who are experts in a wide range of business fields.
The central hub of the network is
housed in the Canada/Manitoba Business Service Centre and
sites have been set up in the Women’s Enterprise Centre and
the francophone economic development agency, CDEM in
Winnipeg. All three organizations are partners with
Community Futures under Western Economic Diversification
Canada’s Business Service Network.
The videoconferencing project builds on
a demonstrated commitment to bring quality education and
training to residents outside of Winnipeg and reflects an
ongoing partnership between Community Futures and the
Canada/Manitoba Business Service Centre.
Funding for the project has been
provided by Western Economic Diversification Canada. More
information on the videoconferencing site locations and
seminar schedules can be obtained by contacting your local
Community Futures organization or online at
www.cbsc.org/manitoba.
Video Conferencing Sites
1. Winnipeg (central hub) – Canada/Manitoba Business Service Centre
2. Winnipeg – Women’s Enterprise Centre Manitoba
3. Winnipeg – CDEM head office
4. Winkler – Winkler Chamber of Commerce
5. Morris – Community Futures Triple R
6. Lac du Bonnet – Community Futures Winnipeg River
7. Selkirk – Community Futures North Red
8. Ashern – Community Futures West Interlake
9. Riverton – Community Futures East Interlake
10. Thompson - Community Futures North Central Development
11. Brandon - Community Futures Westman
12. Portage la Prairie - Community Futures White Horse Plains
13. The Pas - Office of Manitoba Agriculture, Food & Rural Initiatives
14. Flin Flon - Community Futures Greenstone
15. Dauphin - City Hall
16. Steinback - Steinbach Immigrant Settlement Program Office
17. Swan River - Office of Manitoba Agriculture, Food & Rural Initiative
Resources
SME Direct
SME Direct is an Industry Canada website that houses numerous resources for small and medium-sized business owners.
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