MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14

8:30am: Registration Desk Opens

Meet and Greet Coffee and Cookies reception

9am: Welcome to the Conference ~ Let's Build our A Team

9:15am: Build Your Accounts - Chamber Travel as Non-Dues Revenue - CitsLinc

9:30am: Build Your Advantage ~ Understand the Rules of the Game

There are so many policies, rules and foundational documents Chambers 
need to be successful. Let's Chat about the MUST HAVE ones for each 
Chamber and discover who has good ones to "borrow".

 •Brenda Whitehead - Port Hope and District Chamber of Commerce
 •Sally Litchfield - Centre Wellington Chamber of Commerce

10:30am: Break - Please visit our Exhibitors

10:50am: Build Your Alignment - The Board is your Ally (Hybrid Session)

We all aspire to have fully aware, awake and able Board members - 
and we need to know the best way to keep them that way. We will 
explore building amicable Board relationships that will make us all 
more attune to working with them not for or against them.

•Tracy MacGregor - Ontario Chamber of Commerce

12pm: Lunch Break – "Pick Your Brain" Table Game

Subject matter experts will be stationed at tables for attendees to circulate 
and ask whatever questions they have to gather the tools and information 
needed to advance our orgs and achieve excellence.

1:15pm: Build Your Affinity Program - Chamber Plan Update by Brett Tanner

1:30pm: Build your Advantage - Who do we want on our Team?
Every community has associates, allies and authentic partnerships that will 
help the Chamber advance their goals. Listen in and have a chat 
with communities that have accomplished agreeable affiliations.

•Nancy Allanson - Trent Hills Chamber of Commerce
•Allan Lafontaine - Orillia Chamber of Commerce
•Mishka Balsom - Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce
•Jill Raycroft - Belleville Chamber of Commerce

2:45pm: Wrap up and summary of the day

3:30pm-10pm: Build Your Allegiances - Activate the Chamber Network

Bus departs the hotel entrance for tour and dinner destination - Be prepared to play 
some games en-route thanks to HR Covered that will amaze, amuse and affirm how 
awesome the Chamber Network is. Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers will 
provide a tour of the greenhouse facilities and we will learn about the agriculture industry 
and celebrate how important food is.

Cocktails/Reception and dinner to follow, fully celebrating farm to table with our hosts 
from the Chatham-Kent and Leamington Chambers of Commerce.

DAY TWO: Tuesday, November 15, 2022

9am: Welcome to Day Two

9:15am: Build Your Authenticity - Be Creative

A short address from a Chatham-Kent entrepreneur sharing their story of creative and 
meaningful efforts to showcase their business while supporting local causes. It’s a win for 
everyone - the business, its employees and the community.

9:45: Build Your Awareness - OLG in the Community

10am: Build Your Ability - Rapid-Fire Leadership from Game Masters (Hybrid Session)
A quick 40-minute session filled with perceptive advice, insightful chamber acumen and 
astute observations, that are reflective of years of experience across a variety 
of industries and roles.

•David Prang - Chamber of Commerce Brantford-Brant
•Gail Hundt - Chatham-Kent Chamber of Commerce
•Scott McCammon - Milton Chamber of Commerce
•Keitha Robson - Timmins Chamber of Commerce

11am: Build Your Accounts - Take 2 - Presented by Indus Travel

11:05am: Break

11:30am: Build Your Advocacy - How loud a player are you? (Hybrid Session)

Chambers have a responsibility to be a voice for businesses. It can be a difficult road to
follow - especially if resources, capacity and focus are lacking. Listen in as chamber leaders
talk about what they do and how they handle being leaders in the world of advocacy.

•Suzanne Renken - Tillsonburg Chamber of Commerce
•Suzanne Andrews - Quinte West Chamber of Commerce
•Cameron Grant - Timmins Chamber
•Rory Ring - Sault Ste Marie Chamber

12:30pm: Lunch Break - Table Topics Sharing

Enjoy your lunch while sharing info and ideas on specific table topics. Topics may 
include, but are not limited to: Non-Dues Revenue, Membership Metrics, CRM Systems,
Events, Program Development, Strategic Planning, and Productivity.

2pm: Build your Association - Membership Retention vs Recruitment (Hybrid Session)

Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade are not for profit, 
membership-driven associations.In these times of change and new norms we 
have to stay focused on the members while addressing the business community
and seeking to grow. How do we do that?

Where do we start? We don't want to just acclimate what we do - we want to be 
better than average, authoritative and articulate - so we can grow.

Robert Seguin from Thrive Partnership Group is ready to challenge us all 
to bring our "A" game to the membership table so we can all thrive!

3:15pm: Wrap up and finish