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Invitation to all Grow Vantage Office Hours – Wednesdays and Fridays (till December 6th, then again in January)

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Have a question to discuss? Need advice? (For all former and current GVers)

Join us for Office Hours: Join Zoom Meeting using this link!
https://zoom.us/j/121826251

Time: Dec 4, 2019 08:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Every week on Wed, Fri, until Dec 6, 2019, 2 occurrence(s)

Dec 6, 2019 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.
Weekly: https://zoom.us/meeting/vJYsf-uurD4r6ZfHOUzBScNFBbwVDL0UTg/ics?icsToken=98tyKuiqrzMoHNaQsV_9a7UvW5n4bN-1kCd0rItyqQXHMCN9RCH0IdRmHuJKJN-B

Meeting ID: 121 826 251

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+16475580588,,121826251# Canada

Another source for Black Friday tech deals…thanks to Camp Tech

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Hi folks – you are probably up to your eyeballs in black Friday everything…but I thought this resource may prove useful. A couple of years ago I got my Blue Yeti microphone for half price on Black Friday!

check out the link if you are shopping:  https://deals.mobilesyrup.com/collections/black-friday-2019?utm_source=Camp+Tech+Email+Newsletters&utm_campaign=4ea6ca7393-Nov+29+email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7397b52d3f-4ea6ca7393-107400989&mc_cid=4ea6ca7393&mc_eid=d1745db1c1

Patricia

Grow Vantage Office Hours… for all GVers!

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We have just had our first Grow Vantage office hours over Zoom where our community can come together to raise ideas and get suggestions from other colleagues for challenges they may be facing in their businesses.

Please join us if you have anything you want to discuss, or if you are interested in helping your GV colleagues with their challenges too!

I will host the Zoom calls twice each week (except when I am away or on holidays).

Schedule:(for 2019: Now until December 6, 2019, resuming January 8, 2020)

Wednesdays: 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Fridays: 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Zoom Link 

 https://zoom.us/j/121826251

Not familiar with Zoom?

Here is a link to the instructions document: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17NBPzDhaLy-xYLfJkXnPR1-9boipMdZU/view?usp=sharing

See you on Zoom!

Patricia

 

Have you thought about hiring a VA (Virtual Assistant?)

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One of my colleagues from my Launch Club mastermind is training VAs in Africa to provide an alternate income in a poverty-ridden country. Some of these women have professional careers and yet they cannot earn more than $100 per month.

I love buying local and will continue to do so – but I also believe we need to look out for those who don’t enjoy the security and abundance that we have in Canada.

Please let me know if you are interested in learning more!

Patricia

patricia@growvantage.com

Growth Accountability Mastermind: Do you want to move your business forward in 2020?

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Growing your business is the most important and demanding job you have as an entrepreneur – apart from starting your business in the first place.

What if you were part of a small and powerful mastermind group? One that had your back and helped you to be accountable to a growth plan you develop for 2020?

This could be the year you break through the growth ceiling to claim a new level of performance.

Email patricia@growvantage.com for a 20 minute consultation to see how this will work for you

Details:

  • The first Mastermind meeting will be in January.
  • Create your focused growth plan for 2020, in an initial half day working session, and set milestones for your mastermind to hold you accountable and to help and encourage you through hurdles
  • Each month you will participate in a 3 hour group session (in person or via Zoom) and an individual session (in person or via Zoom)
  • This is a focused group who will function as a brain trust or advisory group for a limited number of members.
  • Why are Masterminds effective? They hold you accountable for your plans while you gain support, strengthen your business abilities and analyze your state of the nation on a hot seat. Through mastermind groups, you can build and maintain momentum in your business while you overcome challenges.

We all want to do more, so get the help and support you need to move ahead.

If you have questions, please email patricia@growvantage.com

P

YouTube Changes starting Nov, 13th (in case you didn’t see it)

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YouTube
Hi Patricia Dent,
Important changes that may impact your monetization and content discoverability are coming.
Starting November 13th, all creators are required to tell us if their content is made for kids in order to comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and/or other applicable laws. To help you comply, we are introducing a new audience setting in YouTube Studio.
Depending on the amount of made for kids content on your channel, you can set your audience at either the channel level or the video level. For those who are setting at the channel level, it is just one click.
Potential Audience Settings
These changes are required as part of a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and NY Attorney General, and will help you comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and/or other applicable laws.
We know that these changes won’t be easy for some creators, and that this required change is going to take some time getting used to. But these are important steps to take to ensure compliance with the law.
Please read more below to understand your legal obligations and the impact these choices may have on your channel.
What is changing?
Starting today, all creators are required to mark their content as made for kids or not made for kids in YouTube Studio.
Starting in January: we will limit the data we collect on made for kids content to comply with the law. This means we will disable personalized ads on this content (which affects revenue for creators making content for kids), as well as certain features like comments, notifications and others. Note: You may see some small changes as we experiment and refine our systems over the next few months.
For a list of affected features, go here.
Why is this happening?
These changes are required as part of a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and NY Attorney General, and will help you comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and/or other applicable laws.
Regardless of your location, we are required to ask you to set your videos as made for kids if they fall into that category, please make these settings as soon as possible.
We’ll also use machine learning systems to help us find content that is clearly made for kids. But do not rely on our systems to set content for you — like all automated systems, ours are not perfect.
If you don’t set your content or if we detect error or abuse, we may set your audience for you. If you fail to set your content accurately you may face compliance issues with the FTC or other authorities, and we may take action on your YouTube account.
What is “made for kids” content?
We cannot provide specific legal advice, but according to the FTC’s guidance on COPPA, a video is child directed (which we call “made for kids”) if:
• It is directed to children as the primary audience (e.g. videos for preschoolers).
• It is directed to children but children are a secondary audience (e.g. cartoon video that primarily targets teenagers but is also intended for younger kids).
Learn more about the factors that determine if your content is considered as made for kids here.
We know this won’t be easy for some creators, and that this required change is going to take some getting used to. While we cannot provide legal advice, we are committed to helping you through this transition.
You can learn more about your own obligations under The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the tools we are building to support you here.
The YouTube Team

Is anyone interested in a BDC event around exiting your business?

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This event was announced in an eco-system meeting this morning – but apparently it is almost sold out. 40% of business owners are expected to exit their business in the next 5 years and they will share best practice for we will share best practices when selling/buying a business.

If you are interested please email me as soon as possible – they will be able to squeeze in a few more people.

Here are the details:

Wednesday, November 20, 2019
8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Registration & Networking
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. BDC Study Presentation
9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Growth and Transition – From a Bank’s View
9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Q&A & Discussion
OfficeInc! 54 Cedar Pointe Drive, Unit 1207, Barrie ON L4N 5R7

Thanks

patricia@growvantage.com

Thank you to all who braved the storm to help us celebrate (and those who wanted to…)

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Thank you everyone for helping us celebrate 16 years of Grow Vantage training. We’ve seen a number of changes over the years since Donna launched Group 1 in 2003, including Donna passing the torch to me on April 1st, 2013 (an auspicious day!).

In 2020 we’re expanding Grow Vantage to add online classes and a membership site to enable people to stay current with changes (especially in marketing, social and this year… HR standards to use just a few examples). We will be starting another Accountability Mastermind as well (start in the New Year). Stay tuned for more updates as you continue to grow your business.

It meant so much that you helped share our milestone (and not to mention the delicious birthday cake from Around My Gluten Free Table! (Thank you Laurie Rosinelli). Kudos also to Sinda Simpson who helped organize – then taught an Infomercials class… and Susie Parker who unveiled previously unknown bartending talents! And those who pitched in (thank you Daniela Chase and Janet Morozuk …food prep aficiandos; Bruce MacGillivray and Laurie Rosinelli…superior cake transporters) and of course Donna Douglas who distributed cake like a master!

To everyone who stayed for a refresher on Infomercials and Networking – we hope you enjoyed the class (and learned something new!)

Patricia

Learn about WSIB Changes (via Webinar) and/or Health and Safety Regulations (through the Chamber)

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Are you supposed to be registered for WSIB?  Do you know that rules and rates are changing in 2020?

(Please don’t call WSIB, call the Ontario Employer Advisors, who represent companies and do not report to WSIB)

  1. WSIB Webinar:

    • The last planned webinar for 2019 is December 4th, 2019 (10-11 am) for regular businesses and for temporary agencies: November 15th (10-11 am)

    • Here is the link to register for the newsletter or webinar: https://www.wsib.ca/en/rate-framework-webinars

    • For links to more information see below

  2. A Health & Safety Information Session at the Barrie Chamber: 

Monday, November 25th (Registration link below):
Health & Safety Information Session with WSIB – Free Workshop
Please register for our seminar provided by Workplace Safety and Insurance Board Health and Safety Excellence Consultant Lesia Conneely,  who will explain how to keep you workplace healthy and safe and how to comply with health and safety laws.
10:00AM to 11:00AM
@ Barrie Chamber Office

Please check the WSIB webinar/information links below

Here are the links to information that appears on their website:

https://www.wsib.ca/en/businesses/premiums-and-payment/rate-framework

Under this page, there are sections for how the new framework and rates will work:

  • https://www.wsib.ca/en/rate-framework-our-new-model
  • https://www.wsib.ca/en/rate-framework-how-does-our-new-model-work
  • https://www.wsib.ca/en/rate-framework-experiencing-rating-programs
  • https://www.wsib.ca/en/rate-framework-our-new-policies

Come help us celebrate GV50 and 16 years!

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Please join Donna and I on November 12th (from 5:00 – 6:30 pm  for this free event to celebrate this milestone and find out what’s ahead!
Please register to let us know you are attending!
 

We’re inviting groups from 1 – 50 and would love to include you.
Want a refresher on Infomercials and Presentations?
Please stay and participate!

Here are the details:

Day: Tuesday November 12th
Time: 5:00 – 6:30 pm
In the Donna Douglas Room
Patricia
Questions? Email me at patricia@growvantage.com
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