O’Reilly goes live at Prestige
With a few hundred national and international awards for writing and directing, when Terry O’Reilly hosts creative radio seminars, they typically sell out.
The engaging O’Reilly will be presenting The Power Of Storytelling during a breakfast session hosted by the Greater Vernon Chamber of Commerce, Friday, Oct. 14 at the Prestige Hotel.
After a career as an award-winning copywriter, O’Reilly co-founded Pirate Radio & Television in 1990. A creative audio production company, Pirate has a staff of 50, with eight recording studios in Toronto and New York City. He is also host of the CBC Radio One/Sirius Satellite radio show The Age of Persuasion.
The chamber event begins with registration at 7:15 a.m., followed by breakfast at 7:30 and the O’Reilly at 8. Tickets are $28 (includes tax) for chamber members and $39.20 for non-members.
Community Futures hosting event
Community Futures North Okanagan is hosting a free event to help celebrate Small Business Week, Oct. 19 at the Village Green Hotel.
Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about local business services and listen to guest speakers discuss The New World at Work as well as a regional economic forecast for 2012.
Food and refreshments will also be provided.
Those interested are asked to register by Oct. 14 by phoning Stephanie Sundquist of Community Futures at 250-545-2215 ext. 200, or e-mailing her at stephanies@futuresbc.com.
Successful You contest returns
Small businesses have the opportunity to nominate themselves to become one of B.C.’s best through the Successful You Awards Contest.
The ninth annual Small Business B.C. Successful You Awards Contest celebrates the top small businesses across the province. Entrepreneurs can compete in six categories, including Best Company, Best Concept, Best Employer, Best Green Business and, new to this year, Best Community Impact and Best Online Marketer.
For the first time, the contest will only accept self-nominations. Once nominated, the business owners will be tasked with gaining as many votes as possible through social media, word of mouth, e-mail or any other means possible.
The nomination and voting period ends Nov. 30 with the top-10 highest voted nominees in each category announced as finalists on Dec. 13. Finalists must then submit an application which judges will use to decide the top-five in each category, announced on Jan. 30.
The top-five finalists will present a 10-minute pitch to judges. The winners will be announced at a Feb. 28 ceremony at the Pan Pacific Vancouver.
More information can be found at www.successfulyou.ca.
