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SUMMARY:B Corp 101: Measure What Matters
DESCRIPTION:Measure What Matters: Your company's health and impact on others\n\n\n\nDoes your company help make the Greater Vancouver Area a better place to live? \n\nAre you striving to improve the livelihoods of your employees\, to forge solid relationships with your community\, and to preserve the environment through business?\n\n\n\nGood news: there is a global movement of entrepreneurs just like you!  And they use a new business tool and certification designed just for them.\n\n \n\nB Corps use business as a force for good\n\nCertified B Corporations  are a global movement of companies such as Left Coast Naturals and Traction on Demand of Burnaby\, Fairware of Vancouver\, and Salt Spring Coffee of Richmond that were created and are run by people who define success as more than money.\n\n\n\nJoin this talk to learn the value of measuring your impact \n\nIf you're a business owner or employee interested in certifying or simply looking to complete an impact 'health check' then this session is for you!\n\n\n\nDuring this session\, you will learn how you can measure your impact like B Corps do: by using a robust tool known as the B Corp Impact Assessment! This free\, confidential assessment measures a company's success and impact in the following areas:\n\n\n	Governance\,\n	Employees\,\n	Community\,\n	Environment\, and\n	Clients\n\n\nLet's start your journey together.\n\n\n\nWho should attend?\n\nThis session is intended for entrepreneurs or employees of purpose-driven businesses who are interested in managing their impact and/or obtaining the B Corp Certification.\n\n\n\nEvent Details:\n\nDate:              Tuesday October 6\, 2020\n\nTime:             9:00am - 11:00am\n\nLocation:     Zoom\n\nCost:             Free for all members of the BBOT \n\nRegister:       sign up online with your rmail address\, or email us directly or call 604.412.0100.\n\n*Webinar details will be sent in advance \n\n \n\nHear their stories! Podcast interviews with B Corp entrepreneurs at The B Corp Effect.\n\n\n\nSpeaker's Bio:\n\n\n\nCarla Heim is Senior Advisor\, Social Entrepreneurship at the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)\, the only bank in Canada dedicated exclusively to entrepreneurs. Carla is focused on Impact and Purpose driven entrepreneurs. She works to help grow the national movement of Certified B Corporations. She also helps BDC's efforts to support more women entrepreneurs.\n\n \n\nCarla has thirty-plus years' experience in managing\, advising and financing businesses. She brings rich\, hands-on expertise and insights that helps these innovative and women entrepreneurs succeed.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div style="text-align: justify\;"><a href="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/1232/Image/BCorp101EventHeader.png" target="_blank"><img alt="" height="267" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/1232/Image/BCorp101EventHeader.png" style="width: 475px\; height: 267px\;" width="475" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><strong style="font-family: arial\; font-size: 14px\;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">Measure What Matters: Your company&#39\;s health and impact on others</span></strong><br />\n<br />\n<span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">Does your company help make the Greater Vancouver Area a better place to live?&nbsp\;</span><br />\n<span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">Are you striving to improve the livelihoods of your employees\, to forge solid relationships with your community\, and to preserve the environment through business?</span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">Good news: there is a global movement of entrepreneurs&nbsp\;<em>just like you</em>!&nbsp\; And they use a new business tool and certification designed just for them.</span></span></span></div>\n\n<div style="text-align: justify\;">&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div style="text-align: justify\;"><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">B Corps&nbsp\;use business as a force for good</span></strong><br />\n<span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">Certified B Corporations&reg\; are a global movement of companies&nbsp\;such as Left Coast Naturals and Traction on Demand of Burnaby\, Fairware of Vancouver\, and Salt Spring Coffee of Richmond that were created and are run by people who define success as more than money.</span><br />\n<br />\n<strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">Join this talk to learn the value of measuring your impact&nbsp\;</span></strong><br />\n<span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">If you&#39\;re a business owner or employee interested in certifying&nbsp\;or simply looking to complete an impact &#39\;health check&#39\;&nbsp\;then this session is for you!</span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">During this session\, you will learn how you can measure your impact like B Corps do: by using a robust tool known as the&nbsp\;<strong>B Corp Impact Assessment</strong>! This free\, confidential assessment measures a company&#39\;s success and impact in the following areas:</span></span></span></div>\n\n<ul>\n	<li style="background-image: initial\; background-position: initial\; background-size: initial\; background-repeat: initial\; background-attachment: initial\; background-origin: initial\; background-clip: initial\; text-align: justify\;"><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">Governance\,</span></span></span></li>\n	<li style="background-image: initial\; background-position: initial\; background-size: initial\; background-repeat: initial\; background-attachment: initial\; background-origin: initial\; background-clip: initial\; text-align: justify\;"><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">Employees\,</span></span></span></li>\n	<li style="background-image: initial\; background-position: initial\; background-size: initial\; background-repeat: initial\; background-attachment: initial\; background-origin: initial\; background-clip: initial\; text-align: justify\;"><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">Community\,</span></span></span></li>\n	<li style="background-image: initial\; background-position: initial\; background-size: initial\; background-repeat: initial\; background-attachment: initial\; background-origin: initial\; background-clip: initial\; text-align: justify\;"><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">Environment\, and</span></span></span></li>\n	<li style="background-image: initial\; background-position: initial\; background-size: initial\; background-repeat: initial\; background-attachment: initial\; background-origin: initial\; background-clip: initial\; text-align: justify\;"><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">Clients</span></span></span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<div style="text-align: justify\;"><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">Let&#39\;s start your journey together.</span><br />\n<br />\n<strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">Who should attend?</span></strong></span></span></div>\n\n<div style="background-image: initial\; background-position: initial\; background-size: initial\; background-repeat: initial\; background-attachment: initial\; background-origin: initial\; background-clip: initial\; border-top: none\; border-right: none\; border-left: none\; border-image: initial\; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext\; padding: 0in 0in 1pt\; text-align: justify\;"><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">This session is intended for entrepreneurs or employees of purpose-driven businesses who are interested in managing their impact and/or obtaining the B Corp Certification.</span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<strong><u>Event Details:</u></strong><br />\n<span style="font-family: arial\; font-size: 12px\; text-align: justify\; letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;"><strong>Date:</strong></span><span style="font-family: arial\; font-size: 12px\; text-align: justify\;">&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; Tuesday October 6</span><span style="font-family: arial\; font-size: 12px\; text-align: justify\; letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">\, 2020<br />\n<strong>Time:&nbsp\;</strong></span><span style="font-family: arial\; font-size: 12px\; text-align: justify\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</span><span style="font-family: arial\; font-size: 12px\; text-align: justify\; letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">9:00am - 11:00am</span><br style="font-family: arial\; font-size: 12px\; text-align: justify\;" />\n<span style="font-family: arial\; font-size: 12px\; text-align: justify\; letter-spacing: 0.533333px\;"><strong>Location</strong>:&nbsp\;</span><span style="font-family: arial\; font-size: 12px\; text-align: justify\;">&nbsp\; &nbsp\; Zoom</span><br style="font-family: arial\; font-size: 12px\; text-align: justify\;" />\n<span style="font-family: arial\; font-size: 12px\; text-align: justify\; letter-spacing: 0.533333px\;"><strong>Cost:</strong>&nbsp\;</span><span style="font-family: arial\; font-size: 12px\; text-align: justify\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</span><span style="font-family: arial\; font-size: 12px\; text-align: justify\; letter-spacing: 0.533333px\;">Free for all members of the BBOT&nbsp\;</span><br style="font-family: arial\; font-size: 12px\; text-align: justify\;" />\n<strong style="font-family: arial\; font-size: 12px\; text-align: justify\;">Register:&nbsp\;</strong><span style="font-family: arial\; font-size: 12px\; text-align: justify\;">&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; </span><a href="https://burnabyboardoftrade.chambermaster.com/eventregistration/register/2327" target="_blank">sign up online with your rmail address</a><span style="font-family: arial\; font-size: 12px\; text-align: justify\;">\, or&nbsp\;</span><a href="mailto:admin@bbot.ca?subject=B%20Corp%20101" style="font-family: arial\; font-size: 12px\; text-align: justify\;">email us directly</a>&nbsp\;or call 604.412.0100.<br />\n<span style="font-size:11px\;">*Webinar details will be sent in advance&nbsp\;</span><br />\n&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div style="text-align: justify\;"><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">Hear their stories! Podcast interviews with B Corp entrepreneurs at&nbsp\;</span><em><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;"><a href="https://www.bdc.ca/en/articles-tools/entrepreneur-toolkit/podcasts/pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">The B Corp Effect</a></span></em><em><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">.</span></em><br />\n<br />\n<u><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;"><strong>Speaker&#39\;s Bio:</strong></span></u><br />\n<br />\n<em><strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">Carla Heim</span></strong></em><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">&nbsp\;is Senior Advisor\, Social Entrepreneurship at the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)\, the only bank in Canada dedicated exclusively to entrepreneurs. Carla is focused on Impact and Purpose driven entrepreneurs. She works to help grow the national movement of Certified B Corporations. She also helps BDC&#39\;s efforts to support more women entrepreneurs.</span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt\;">Carla has thirty-plus years&#39\;&nbsp\;experience in managing\, advising and financing businesses. She brings rich\, hands-on expertise and insights that helps these innovative and women entrepreneurs succeed.</span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n&nbsp\;</div>\n
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