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PARTNERS IN

BUILDING NETWORKS

TO ACHIEVE AMAZING

RESULTS

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2017

ENCANA EVENT CENTRE

REGISTRATION $195.00

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Community Futures Peace Liard and the South Peace Economic Development Commission are pleased to

present the 2nd Annual South Peace B2B (Business to Business) Expo.

The Business Expo has been developed to reconnect our South Peace business operators with one another, (Dawson

Creek, Chetwynd, Tumbler Ridge, Pouce Coupe and Electoral Area D&E); to examine the potential of new opportuni-

ties that may be available by networking locally and to provide the opportunity for business operators to share their

current business offering's with others.

There are always changes affecting our communities due to the weather that influences the success of our agricul-

ture economy, oil and gas prices and coal prices. The region is experiencing a resurgence in the oil and gas industry

as well as mining, wind mill farms and Site C. Many businesses are coming out of the economic slump the South

Peace has experienced and moving forward. Some businesses will feel the effects of that slump for another year.

Today gives everyone a chance to talk to other businesses and create new alliances. We are pleased to have Drag-

on’s Den Manjit Minhas give a presentation on how important networking is to growing your business as well as

speaking about Minhas Brewery. Building Blocks to Achieve Amazing Results will provide opportunity to get to know

more people and grow your existing network.

I want to thank our generous sponsors, our staff at Community Futures and the staff at the Encana Event Centre for

their hard work in bringing this event to you.

Hopefully you will find this conference beneficial and the SPB2B 2017 will be a great networking experience for you.

WELCOME

Sue Kenny,

General Manager

Community Futures

Peace Liard

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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

PARTNERS

SILVER

BRONZE

Photography by Tryna Gower

FRIENDS OF SPB2B

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER/

Manjit Minhas

DRAGON’S DEN

Manjit and Ravinder Minhas (siblings) are Petroleum Engineers by profession, were born and raised in Calgary and

still call Calgary home. Manjit (age 19 at the time) and Ravinder, at the age of 18 decided to start a company

called Mountain Crest Liquors Inc. (MCLI). The mandate of Mountain Crest Liquors was to bring design, create

recipes, and market high quality premium liquor and sell them at a discounted price in Alberta.

The consumers loved the beer so much that they suggested the slogan ‘Damn Good Beer’ and Manjit and

Ravinder happily obliged. The “Damn Good Beer” slogan can now be found on many of their Canadian beers –

including Mountain Crest Classic Lager, Mountain Crest Blonde and Clear Creek Ice. Of course, they also have an-

other 20 craft and session types of brews in almost all genres of beers produced in the world.

The consumers loved the beer so much that they

suggested the slogan

“Damn Good Beer”

Russ Beerling, is former business owner of Moose FM, Energetic

City.ca, Big Ideas Marketing Company, and a small billboard com-

pany. His is now partner in a new marketing business under the

name ESR Business Solutions Inc.

Russ has been involved with Community Futures for several years

now, sitting as a board member, a director, business advisory

board and Past Chair. He also sat on the B.C. Community Futures

Provincial Board of Directors, representing the Northeast Region.

Being a business owner has helped Russ to understand the chal-

lenges faced with business today.

MASTER OF CEREMONIES

Russ Beerling, Partner, ESR Business Solutions Incorporated

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SPEDC CHAIR & MAYORS PANEL

Director

Electoral

Area D/

Leonard

ACTING

MAYOR/

Rochelle

Galbraith

Mayor/

Don

McPherson

Leonard Hiebert, elected as the

Electoral Area ‘D’ Director in a by-

election in 2014, lives in Tomslake,

BC. He was re-elected as Director for

Electoral Area ‘D’ in the 2014 Local

Government Election and Chairs the

SPEDC.

Since then he worked in the medical

field in Grande Prairie and LaCrete,

Alberta. He is now the Operations

Manager for Koala-T First Aid Ser-

vice. Leonard has lived in Saskatche-

wan, Manitoba, Alberta as well as in

Rochelle was first elected to the

District of Chetwynd Council in

2011 and reelected in 2014 .

Rochelle attended Northern

Lights College, the Justice Insti-

tute of BC and Royal Roads Uni-

versity, and received a Level 2

Leadership Certificate from the

Local Government Leadership

Academy. She is currently work-

ing for Northern Lights College

as the Community Adult Literacy

Coordinator.

Don McPherson has served the

District of Tumbler Ridge for 13

years as Councillor and then

elected Mayor during the 2014

Local Government election.

Don McPherson is a long term

resident of Tumbler Ridge,

going into business for himself

as the owner / operator of the

local Shell Gas Station, a compa-

ny that he successfully ran for

18 years. .

Mayor/

Dale

Bumstead

Director

Electoral

Area E/

Mayor Dale Bumstead was born and

raised in Dawson Creek and has

raised his family here. He is married

to LuVern and they have three adult

children and six grandchildren. Dale

enjoys spending time at the family

cabin at One Island Lake with his

family. Dale worked his 32 year ca-

reer with ICBC, the last 12 years as

Regional Vice President of Operations

and Vice President of Broker Rela-

tions and Sales.

Dan Rose, elected as Director

for Electoral Area ‘E’ in No-

vember 2014, lives in

Groundbirch, BC. He served

as the Electoral Area ‘E’ Alter-

nate Director for Tim Caton

from 2005 to 2011.

Dan has lived in Groundbirch

since 1990 where he and his

wife Wendy operate a ranch-

ing business. They have a

daughter and two sons who

PRRD DIRECTOR CITY OF DAWSON CREEK

PRRD DIRECTOR/CHAIR OF SPEDC District of CHETWYND DISTRICT OF TUMBLER RIDGE

Acting

Mayor

Andre

Lavoie

VILLAGE OF POUCE COUPE

Councillor Lavoie has served as a

Councillor since being elected in a

by-election on March 22, 2014, He

was re-elected in the November

2014 Election for a four year term

with the Village. He was Acting

Mayor from Jan to April 2016 and

appointed as Director of the Peace

River Regional District . Presently

sitting as Alternate Director for the

PRRD. wide mobile homes to trav-

el into the Peace Country.

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BUILDING NETWORKS TO ACHIEVE AMAZING RESULTS

(Left) Paul Wiest, President of Cornerstone

Group of Management Consultants Ltd.

works to achieve extraordinary results with

his clients in the areas of strategy develop-

ment, project design and implementation,

organizational leadership, and business and

corporate training. Our approach is to uti-

lize creative and innovative solutions that

meet the client’s needs.

(Right) Robert Gaudet, Associate of Corner-

stone Group of Management has worked as

an owner/consultant of Focus Management

Development assisting international clients

in the design, development, implementa-

tion and support of work processes and

change management utilizing proprietary

tools unique to FOCUS.

FACILITATOR/

Paul Wiest, President

FACILITATOR/

Robert J Gaudet, P. Eng.

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Tryna Gower/PHOTOGRAPHER

Karleigh Nickel/PHOTOGRAPHER

Award winning entrepreneur, photographer and author, Tryna Gower,

has been around the block for over 20 years creating image work for

many companies all over the world. Using her photographic and intuitive

skill set she continues to see new ways of transformation and success for

people and business. Passionately she strives to set a new standard of

energetic wellness and awareness in the professional world so people

can create with more capacity by releasing what is no longer serving

them.

A photo can speak a thousand words about you and your business,

so please join me for your new free business photograph.

What is life without Love? Love that soothes the soul? There are many

different types of love, and with you I share my love of photography. My

Heart and Soul is put into my work. I often hear a song and tell myself if

there could be a soundtrack to my life that song would be on the list.

Photography is the same as that soundtrack but in the form of

a slideshow. The way I shoot is the way I want everyone to see me and

remember me by. I am an event, wedding and portrait photographer. I

love to capture those organic moments, ones you can't recreate.

Trust in me and give me a moment and I will give you a memory

that will last a lifetime.

PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS ON SITE FOR YOU

Get your free professional headshot for business

cards, website, Linked In, Facebook that are

included in the registration.

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Morning

7:30 Open REGISTRATION

7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast

8:30 - 8:45 Welcome Remarks & Introduction

Facilitated by Russ Beerling/

Master of Ceremonies

8:45 - 9:00 Business Introductions - Speed Dating

9:00 - 10:45 BUILDING NETWORKS TO ACHIEVE AMAZING RESULTS

Paul Wiest Cornerstone Consulting

10:45 - 10:55 NETWORK BREAK

Afternoon

11:00—12:00 Building Networks continued

NOON LUNCH BREAK Sponsored by Shell

12:00 - 1:00 Networking Luncheon

1:00 - 2:00 PRRD Area Directors & Mayors Panel

2:00– 2:15 NETWORK BREAK

2:15 - 3:15 KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dragon's Den Manjit Minhas

3:15 - 4 :00 Tasting Minhas Brewery Beers with Manjit

4:00 - 5:00 NETWORKING MIXER

AGENDA / Wednesday September 20, 2017