Tuesday, January 19, 2016
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
National on 8th
225 8th Avenue SW

Adapt or die: it’s a law of nature and of business. Three amazingly successful female entrepreneurs, from three different industries will take the stage to share their powerful leadership stories, secrets of success and how their innovative approach has helped drive their companies to be leaders in their industries.

As we face down the challenges that a new year will bring, it is a perfect time for all company leaders to consider how they lead.

Join us for an after-work cocktail, a burger, and maybe even a deep fried pickle, as we kick off 2016 with a fantastic evening of networking, fresh ideas and inspiring stories.

At the Calgary Chamber, we exist to help each of our members grow and succeed. Through advocacy, peer networking programs, events, workshops and business connections, we strive to provide the opportunities you need each year to take your business to the next level. But that's only half of it.

We strive to be the Chamber that knows its members best, and so over the course of 2015 we embarked on an unprecedented number of activities to reach out, connect, and find out what issues keep them up at night.

From a member bus tour to a month of special deliveries and Operation Thank You, read about how we connected with our members this year.

Thursday, January 14, 2016
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Calgary Chamber
600, 237 8th Avenue SW

As the CEO of a growth-oriented company, you navigate the unique set of challenges that come with being a leader on a daily basis. But sometimes that mantle is hard to carry on your own.

Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a group of peers in a similar set of circumstances to help talk through the tough stuff? The Calgary Chamber's CEO peer mentoring programs can help you with that.

In this introductory session, learn how an ongoing CEO roundtable could help your business grow quickly and be more successful as you find your tribe and develop a meaningful business network.

Invest in yourself, invest in your company and join a CEO peer mentoring roundtable today.

Knowledge of the challenges facing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is crucial to raising the levels of productivity and performance of Alberta's economy, enabling it to compete successfully on a global scale.

In practice, however, very little is known about what successful SMEs are doing to achieve success. That's where you come in.

On behalf of our partners, the University of Calgary and the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, we would like to invite you to take part in a unique study on Promoting Sustainable Performance (PSP), which aims to reveal crucial insights into the sustainable economic growth and performance of SMEs.

Take the 15 minute online survey now.

Wednesday, December 16, 2015
11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Hyatt Regency Calgary
700 Centre Street S

Eager to hear from and engage with the Calgary business community before the year draws to a close, Mayor Naheed Nenshi will participate in an extended town hall Q&A at a sold-out Calgary event, as well as one of his infamous lightning-rounds with Chamber CEO Adam Legge.

Due to overwhelming demand from our members, this event has been moved to a larger venue: the Hyatt Regency Calgary.

If you are attending, please note the venue change. We look forward to hosting you for Mayor Nenshi’s 2015 town hall meeting with the business community.

• The 2015 speech from the throne: Annotated by Macleans
• Networker vs relationship-builder in a networked age
• 5 ways to dramatically improve your writing
• Last person standing: What it's like when the axe falls in your office
• 11 psychological tricks to get people to do what you want

Wednesday, December 9, 2015
1:15 pm – 3:15 pm
Keeler School
4807 Forego Avenue SE

We are looking for small businesses to register teams of 3 or 4 people to spend 2 hours reading to kids tomorrow.

As part of our ongoing work with Give to Grow to create a more literate workforce, the Calgary Chamber in partnership with Calgary Reads, Calgary Economic Development, Place2Give and the Calgary Public Library Foundation would like to invite you to help support early childhood literacy by taking part in the Give to Grow Reading Rally this holiday season.

Held in the gym of Keeler School, the reading rally brings up to 100 Grade 1 and 2 students together with special guests, volunteers, local businesses and educators to celebrate the joy and power of reading. Each volunteer reads stories aloud to two or three children, and every child who attends receives a bag filled with books to take home.

Register your team today!

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Thursday, January 7, 2016
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Michelangelo Gallery
112, 908 17th Avenue SW

Please note that Business After Hours are members-only events. If your company isn't a Calgary Chamber member yet, it should be. Contact us at membership@calgarychamber.com.

It's been said over and over again that creativity and innovation are what's going to get us through these challenging times. But where do you find the inspiration needed to light the spark? Our next Business After Hours at Michelangelo Gallery is sure to do just that.

At this first Business After Hours of 2016, build connections with some of the city's finest business professionals on a foundation of mutual inspiration as you wander through the modern paintings and sculptures of one of Calgary's most unique art spaces.

Join us for an inspired edition of Business After Hours.

When it comes to deciding what social media platform to advertise on, it's safe to say that Instragram isn't top of mind. But there's one good reason it should be: targeting, with the help of data from its parent company, Facebook.

Facebook’s targeting options took years to develop, and are some of the most robust and powerful in the social media world. By tapping into those same targeting capabilities on Instagram, your business can start to leverage a user base that isn't only large, it's highly engaged. 

Learn more about why you should start including Instagram in your next social media campaign. 

From humble beginnings around neighbourhood kitchen tables to the 27-branch network across southern Alberta they are today, First Calgary Financial, a division of Connect First Credit Union, has been committed to strengthening communities across Alberta for over 75 years. 

In that time, the company has grown to become one of the leading financial services providers in the greater Calgary area. First Calgary Financial is recognized as one of the Most Admired Corporate Cultures in Canada and is one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies.

Learn more at FirstCalgary.com.

Every day the Purolator network successfully delivers to more points across Canada than any other parcel and freight solutions provider.

As a Chamber member, you can take advantage of volume discounts up to 30% on Purolator Express® and Purolator Ground® services.

Take advantage of these exclusive Purolator savings today.

These Champion members have shown a substantial and unwavering commitment to supporting the work of the Calgary Chamber. We thank our Champion members: ATCO Group, Cenovus Energy, Encana, ENMAX, Imperial and Shell Canada for helping to make Calgary a better place to live and work for all.