Back in the first week of March, we sat down with Donna Pollock, Executive Director of Community Futures Chatham-Kent. A lot has happened since that time, including the COVID-19 outbreak. The information in this podcast is still as relevant now as it was at the time of the recording.

Learn about CFCK, how they are a great partner for not just loans, but with business training and development. They have a mandate to serve the local community, backed by a local board.

Visit them at https://cfdcck.on.ca/ for more information

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Technology: some love it, some hate it, and some people like Nichole Howson have found ways to make it work for them – not against them. Nichole shares some great tips and tools that she uses to teach the tech in her life to meet her needs and make her life easier.

Nichole is an entrepreneur, an award-winning marketer, and a mental health warrior and advocate. She recently spoke at the Chatham-Kent Women’s Leadership Network on the topic of 'Simplify Your Life Through Technology'.

aimsmmarketing.com/

@AIMSMMarketing

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Plugged In Podcast: $3000 for students to start a summer business with Summer Company, programs for adults to start or grow their business with Starter Company, and talking about events - lots happening for entrepreneurs with help from the Small Business Centre and Economic Development

@CKbizCentre

@CKEcDev

#ckont

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If radio is the theatre of the mind, then local radio sets a stage in which you personally know the actors. In the second of a two-part look at the importance of local media, we sit down with two experts Walter Ploegman from the Blackburn Radio and Greg Hetherington from CKXS to look at where local radio is come from and where it is moving forward into the future.

Blackburn Radio:

- CKSY: https://943cksy.com/

- CFCO: https://country929.com/

- CoOL: https://chatham.coolradio.ca/

CKXS

- 99.1: https://ckxsfm.com/

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Canada's first newspaper, established on March 23, 1752, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Since that time there have been major shifts in the tools people use to communicate, including changes to the local print media environment. In the first of a two-part look at the importance of local media we sit down with two experts Bruce Corcoran from the Chatham Voice and Aaron Rodrigues from Post Media.

Chatham Voice: https://chathamvoice.com/

Chatham Daily News: https://www.chathamdailynews.ca/

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Plugged in Chatham-Kent Podcast features a "TOP 6 THINGS I'VE LEARNED IN 27 YEARS OF BUSINESS" with Dave Dawson from the Instant Print and Promo

Hear about successes, challenges, and also giving back!

#ckont @instantprintpromo

CK Business Owner's Group.

- An email-based networking group for Chatham-Kent businesses. www.ckbog.ca

100 Men Who Care Chatham-Kent

- https://100menck.com/

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Podcast almost live from the CK Farm Show, featuring Pride Seeds!

Pride Seeds is celebrating 70 years in business and we get the inside info on what has changed and where things are heading

https://youtu.be/fhdJKBY_eD8

#ckont @WEtechAlliance @prideseeds

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Estate planning is important for everyone and it becomes vital when you have a business. Dan and Jocelyn from Whittal and Company talk about the essentials of estate planning, the launch of their new Panoramic Plan service, and the value of starting now

https://www.facebook.com/whittalandcompany/

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#ckont

The SPARK winners were announced and $9000 in prize money has been awarded - so we sit down with Anne Marie Fortner from Tourism to chat about SPARK, upcoming business conferences, and more!

#ckont @livingck @visitck

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We kick off the Plugged In Chatham-Kent Podcast for 2020 with Mayor Darrin Canniff. He joins us to discuss the success of 2019, plans for the upcoming year, and of course his vision for growth across #ckont!

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