Calgary

The seminar will be presented by Kara Claypool of Jugo Juice. Each person attending will receive a gift bag and will be eligible to win door prizes. In addition, there will be wine and hors d’oeuvres. The seminar will discuss branding tips for business owners.

Branding is one of the most important things to consider when you own a business and want people to discover you products and/or services. If you want customers to keep coming back to you, you need to create some sort of brand loyalty. Branding is based on the quality of your products or services, not just a logo as some seem to think. Your brand describes who you are and what people can expect to receive by doing business with you. As Young Women of Influence say, “brands are created in the mind.”

The seminar will also be a great opportunity to network with your fellow Calgary business men and women. Arranging in advance for business card printing will ensure that you have enough to give out to everyone you meet. A professional looking business card that is crisp and not overloaded with information, is one of the first steps to take when you are deciding on what your brand will be. It is important that you take advantage of every opportunity such as this seminar to grow your referral network and get your name out to the public.

Newmarket

Price tags of rejected re-workings are between $7.6 to $9.2 million, without the costs of restorations added to the amount. So far, four re-workings have been voted down. With no approval in site after nearly three hours of questions and discussions, the committee will postpone until next week’s committee meeting.

Newmarket printers can play a role in the design and approval process, and on advertising future restorations to the public through the publication of intricate banner printings that depict the future rendering of Od Town Hall.

The project is extremely important to preserving Newmarket’s heritage. Great care is being taken to ensure that the reworked building also becomes more energy efficient, with little change in utility costs. Supporting the project will also take a toll on the town’s discretionary costs, leading councillors to be cautious about the future restoration.

Newmarket residents will furthermore not be funding the project alone. The Canadian Building Fund will cover over $5.5 million of the capital costs, with the balance coming from capital reserves.

However Newmarket city councillors decide to rework Town Hall, local printers can become involved in depicting the construction to the public both before and after completion.

Mississauga

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The J Press 720 made by Fujifilm is able to print an impressive 2,700 sheets per hour on standard coat and uncoated printers and is a 29 inch sheetfed press.

According to the printer’s spokesperson and other printers in the Mississauga area who use the J Press, it offers the same speed as digital but with the quality of offset. The J Press closes the gap between the digital press and the 4 Up offset press, eliminating wasted paper, plates and chemicals.

The stationery printer is a great investment to print runs of boxes, variable postcards in 16-Up configurations and variable poster printing at a respectable price for clients. The stationery printer is an important asset in maintaining high quality services at efficient costs.

The installation of the J Press 720 in Mississauga is actually Canada’s first J Press 720 printer and is expected to be fully operational in March. The first stationery printer is the first in Canada but the first in North America was installed at Gilson Graphics in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

The city of Mississauga, Ontario has been no stranger to pioneering cutting edge printing technology a very competitive and mature printing industry. Many printers supply businesses with crucial printing services to Toronto and the surrounding Greater Toronto Area.

Leduc

Alberta

Open to the members of the public, the discovery of the oil site 65 years ago transformed the frozen wheat field and tiny village of Leduc into one of Alberta’s most thriving cities. Speakers of Leduc #1s crew and poster printings of the history of rig were displayed at the extensive celebration for attendees to witness the evolution of the industry and its impact on the community. Leduc #1’s president was well as former politicians were on site to comment on the discovery.

Though the rig has not been operational for nearly 40 years, it remains alive in the educational resources on the history and development of the oil industry through printed publications and exhibits. The original site has been a National Historic Site since 1990 and was transformed into a museum by the Leduc/Devon Oilfield Historical Society. Some of the exhibits include a virtual geological tour of the area 350 million years ago as well as models of Leduc #1 style rigs.

The Energy Discovery Centre staff are also planning a bigger and more extensive celebration the week of August 18-19.

Kitchener

A high level of service at an efficient cost in the community is conducive to the local economy and business culture in Kitchener. The results of the local survey should promote both new business and residents to make their home in the city, which is excellent news for local companies providing printing services to new and booming communities.

The well run city of Kitchener provides the highest level of service in a tie for the lowest cost, making tax dollars stretch far. Both Cambridge and Waterloo fared lower in both the level of service and the cost categories. The results of the survey in fact reaffirmed the 2009 benchmark levels and the ranking of the cities remained unchanged.

The new survey is more extensive than the 2009 survey and considers 138 measurements, including things firefighting, roads, libraries, parks and recreation and sewers in its assessment. Municipal services provided by the government are excluded. While the province of Ontario requires city halls to report the benchmarks, there is no minimum or legislated service level.

The analysis of the survey illustrates that in the city of Kitchener both efficiency and effectiveness are important, and the city hall strikes a healthy balance between both cost and quality.

Oakville

The town requires public input on what should be done with the current plot situated at 327 Reynolds Street and is a follow up to an earlier workshop. A design workshop will be held on March 1st at 7pm to draft options for the redevelopment of the plot of land. The meeting will take place in the council chambers of Town Hall of Oakville and will begin with a presentation, followed by the follow up workshop itself.

Interested residents are asked to register their attendance by February 27th at Town Hall to participate in this important public decision.

The redevelopment of the area offers yet another way for local printers to provide valuable services to their communities. Once drafts are completed and proposals have been approved and accepted, print companies create banner printing over the site area to advise the public about proposals for the future developments in place on the Hospital grounds.

Print companies in the Oakville area can also print flyer printings and leaflet printing inserts in Halton region newspapers highlighting the nature of the development and changes for land use in the future.

London

The reports of the study will be released before the 2012 festival season. Print companies in the London area are actively involved in local festivities, by creating poster printing for local outdoor events. A potential change in regulations by reducing some of the restrictions may mean more concerts in future and more work for printers.

City council is looking at extending the 11pm limit, however, it warns that changes will likely not come into effect until 2013. Staff will consult with concert organizers, downtown residents affected by the noise and other stakeholders before committing to change.

With many proponents and opponents to change, the council will study the variety of perspectives on the issue and make recommendations in the spring. A public participation meeting will also be held.

The city of London is making other pilot changes that will take effect this year and will transform festivities. City council has approved a one -year pilot project to allow two beer gardens within Victoria Park during festivals.

Whatever the city decides, print companies will have a busy time advertising upcoming outdoor events as the warmer weather nears and temperatures rise.

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Kelowna

The event will host a number of prominent panel speakers, led by CBC’s Alya Ramadan, and include performances, food and wine and activities for children. Former mayor Sharon Shepherd will be among one of the many women mentioned and praised in this year’s
The festivities give local printing companies a valuable opportunity to provide printing services for the community. In addition to banner printing for the event, printers can become involved in publishing materials for the Okanagan College Women’s Resource Centre and its 2012 themes of ‘Women In/And Politics.”

The 2012 Women’s Day celebrations in Kelowna attempt to highlight the ambivalence many women feel towards politics and political involvement in general. The Gert Beadle Award will be presented to an individual who has shown an extraordinary commitment towards social equality and social justice issues. The award will be presented by the Okanagan College Women’s Resource and Education Foundation, a sister organization to the Kelowna Women’s Resource Centre. The centre also produces a number of printed publications about gender issues every year and is also active on Facebook.

The IWD (International Women’s Day) celebrations have been observed since the early 1900’s and are now even official holidays in many countries.

“100 achievers in 27 countries for their efforts in empowering women.”

The International Alliance for Women has offices in McLean, Virginia and Markham, Ontario. The organization was founded in 1980 and one of its goals is:

“to become the global voice of women who want to connect to make a difference.”

Lydia Fernandez was partly chosen for her work with the Hot Momma’s Project out of George Washington University’s School of Business which provides mentoring services to girls and women. Professional women are matched with those who are learning what they need to do to be successful business leaders or entrepreneurs. The Hot Momma’s Project also provides ‘free access to role models online.’

Ms Fernandez has helped women business leaders in Brampton define their personal and professional brands in order to attract customers and to help their business grow. . According to Smallbusinessbranding.com:

“branding is managing the thoughts and feelings of your customers to ensure that you are what they desire.”

Once you have brand loyalty this will ensure that people will keep coming back to you and will talk about you to others. A small but important part of the branding process is the company logo; local printing companies can help you decide on a logo that will be the perfect fit for your company

Edmonton

The fashion show will feature models with Downs Syndrome and local celebrities. It will be the perfect opportunity for those who have not had much exposure to those with Downs Syndrome to see that they are capable of doing anything so-called “normal” people can do; it will show them that those who have the syndrome are just like them and share the same love of fashion that they do. It also gives those who are living with Downs Syndrome pride in their abilities knowing they can be a part of this event. Fashion is for everyone; we all wear clothes and we all want to know about the latest fashions.

In addition to the fashion show, there will be a champagne and “interactive food” reception. Edmonton printing companies have most likely been very busy helping the organizers of the gala prepare the various decorations such as banners, posters and other advertising materials necessary to promote the event.

The Edmonton Downs Syndrome Society has a mission:

“to establish a centre of excellence dedicated to supporting individuals with Downs Syndrome in all areas of their lives from birth to death.”

Money raised at this event will go a long way in making this dream come true.