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Event Highlights Let’s take a step back – to 8 months ago. During a time where large gatherings were cancelled, it was crucial for us to find new ways to still connect our members to valuable networking opportunities. After all, creating and maintaining virtual relationships is now fundamental to maintaining mental health as well as business success. So, we quickly went on a search for an interactive and engaging way to produce virtual events. Fast forward to the Fall, and we launched a full (and fully virtual) schedule of events for the first time ever! We’ve had a few busy months of networking events, webinars, and fullscale conferences to provide our members with the resources that they need to survive and thrive during this time. Some of our highlights, include: • T he 2020 Manufacturing Summit in June, where we had 10 industry experts join us on the topic of “Remaining Competitive in Times of Global Uncertainty” (the theme was chosen back in October of 2019, making it more timely then we could have imagined!) • H aving Bill Fox (FoxNet Solutions) and Eldon Sprickerhoff (eSentire) inform SMB’s how they can secure their remote workforces during the Cyber Security Summit • H osting nearly 400 guests from along the TorontoWaterloo Region Corridor (and beyond) for the 3rd Annual Canada’s Innovation Corridor Summit
It’s hard to believe, but we’re already busy planning for the new calendar year, including the 2021 Business Excellence Awards Gala! It may look different this year, but now more than ever, it’s important to recognize and celebrate the amazing accomplishments of businesses in our Region. From stepping up to fulfill PPE shortages, using this time to be innovative in their business operations, and ensuring their remote teams are taking care of their mental health - this year’s nominees have so much to be proud of during an exceptionally difficult year. We can’t wait to celebrate this night with the community at a time when we need it most. As we go into the next few months, we are also thinking of our incredible event industry partners and members who were some of the first impacted by the pandemic, including: event production, décor, venue rentals, catering, event photography, live entertainment - and the list goes on! We’re all looking forward to a safe return to live events and creating memorable experiences again soon. We miss the handshakes and high fives, but appreciate your continued support, willingness to embrace the change, and seeing so many familiar faces (and new ones too) at our virtual events. We appreciate all the feedback and can’t wait to host you on Hopin again soon!
Carolyn Marsh & Hannah Kelly Chamber Events Team events@greaterkwchamber.com
• E njoying some KW Oktoberfest festivities (including a virtual keg tapping and a schnitzel dinner from Concordia Club) during the Jay Fencing Business Around 5: Chamberfest Edition.
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