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National Food Market

WAYFINDER MEMBER: Tewelde Habtezghi (Jimmy) > In the News …

Our distinguished co-founding member Tewelde Habtezghi (Jimmy) has just opened a food store on the 107 Avenue corridor. The store is called NATIONAL FOOD MARKET (previously known as Lam’s Food) and it is located at 10549 – 107 Avenue.

I am posting a picture of the location, but, a new signage will come up very soon. Jimmy tells me that he is still in the set-up phase, also that a meat department|deli is coming shortly, and that he is planning to have a big opening celebration in the spring!

So if you are looking for African and other tasty products drop by National Food Market | Telephone: 587.521.7573 | e: nationalfoodmarket@gmail.com | when you have a moment.

Congratulations Jimmy! And may you be blessed with much joy and success. We are proud to have you part of our WBC community too. – LCA

New owner , new name – National Food Market
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BUILDING & MANAGING a CULTURALLY DIVERSE WORKFORCE | March 01, 2019

BUILDING & MANAGING a CULTURALLY DIVERSE WORKFORCE || A Conversation with Marie Gervais ||

Friday March 01, 2019

Location: Orange Room, The Business Link, Suite #500, 10150 – 100 St. || Time: 10:00am to 12:00 noon

Admission: a $10.00 donation

RSVP by February 28 to: leocamposa@gmail.com (or) call 780.474.6058.

About: Marie Gervais, CEO of Shift Management, believes that a happy workplace is a profitable one. She has been helping industry hone leadership skill and improve productivity for over 10 years with online supervisory leadership courses|coaching. Her mission is to help technical people moving up from operations to management learn the people & decision-making skills they need to lead and reach their business goals. She is also a member of Wayfinders Business Cooperative © and we are honoured to have Marie illuminate these key challenges in a transforming city.

– Sponsored by: Wayfinders Business Cooperative ©

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Wayfinding the Moving Target Future

Decision, decisions… decision fatigue!
  • Tuesday, February 19, 2019
  • 6 PM to 8 PM
  • Ricky’s All Day Grill (back room) , 109 Street and Jasper Avenue
  • Plenty of free parking

The future is moving target. A lot of people are feeling stressed about the uncertain future. As self-employed and entrepreneurs, how can you prepare to do your best work and get the rewards you deserve?
Where are the trends leading us? What forces are driving these trends? Why should we care? What happens if we do nothing? As self-employed and entrepreneurs, how do we need to prepare?
Randal Adcock will share some of the ideas he’s working on for a new book about the future. Then we’ll open for discussion.

Points on Trends and Responses:
• Transformative Innovation – Reframe, re-engineer, redefine yourself and your personal potential
• AI and Automation – Small business digital transformation to magnify, amplify and multiple your valued talents
• Outsourcing – Gig work opportunities and how to surf the learning curve
• Competing with larger corporations – Smart collaboration teams with diverse talents
• Accelerating Change – Agile prototype everything, test and scale up
• Exponential Growth of Civil Complexity – Focus, simplify, and specialize but also be an informed generalist
• Extreme everything – Remember sufficient action, balance, moderation, chi

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BetaCity YEG

I am happy to report that Darryl and I gave a good presentation to the people at the BetaCity YEG meetup last night at Startup Edmonton. We told our Wayfinders story to an audience of mainly information technology people who are interested in civil applications.
We gave a tour of our websites up on the big screen and made a bit of a pitch for members. We were not there to recruit members, however, so much as to attract IT people who can help us further develop our websites. 
And we were able to get three people interested in talking with us afterward. We will meet with them again and see what we can work out.

In case you’re interested, BetaCity YEG is a Meetup that runs the last Wednesday evening of each regular-season month (not summers or December). You can follow them on Meetup. It is a group of citizens who are interested in developing technology applications that serve a public purpose, usually at the municipal level. Of course Wayfinders fits into this as we’re promoting local economic development.

With persistence,
Randal

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Risk Management for Freelancers, the Self-employed, Small Business & Entrepreneurs

EVELINNE TEICHGRABER – TALK | Friday April 12, 2019

“Insurance Needs for Freelancers, the Self-employed, Small Business & Entrepreneurs” with Evelinne Teichgraber

Location: Orange Room at The Business Link, Suite #500, 10150 – 100 St.

Time: 10:00am to 12:00 noon

Admission: a $10.00 donation is welcomed.

RSVP by February 7th to: leocamposa@gmail.com or call 780.474.6058.

||| About: Evelinne is the president of Caliber Insurance Brokers Ltd., a local firm that offers a range of insurance products in both English & Spanish. A woman of strong ethics and entrepreneurial spirit, Evelinne has succeeded in launching her own enterprise after graduating from the Anderson Career Training Institute. This provincially funded program provides aspiring entrepreneurs with the essential tools required to start their own business. We’re delighted to have her expertise available to us.

Join the conversation! 

Sponsored by Wayfinders Business Cooperative © W: http://www.wayfindersbusinesscooperative.ca

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Monday Meetup January 21, 2019

We’ll quickly tell you about Wayfinders Business Co-operative and its benefits for the self-employed, entrepreneurs and freelancers — and we’ll ask you how we can serve you.
We are an early stage small business community that will operate like an ecosystem. Owned and operated by its members, Wayfinders is building a web platform of software services using excellent open-source software, as well as a live local club. We are aiming to be a one-stop-shop turn-key-system for small businesses to help you plug into the emerging gig economy.
Gig economy? Statistics show that more people are going to be working independently from contract to contract, or gigs. They will work without the benefits of a home bureaucracy. Wayfinders is going to fill that role. But, instead of you working for a bureaucracy, our bureaucracy will work for you. We’ll help you with digital transformation too.
As individuals we can spend a lot of time doing administrative chores and chasing after customers. Together, however, we can help each other get things done more economically and have more buying power. As a community we can take advantage of larger economies of scale.

Ricky’s All Day Grill

6 PM to 8 PM Monday, January 21

10140 109 St NW, Edmonton, AB

If you want to spend more time focusing on generating value and billable hours, we may have a solution for you. Let’s talk!

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Discovering culture in others – and why it matters

Wasn’t “You in culture at work”  a USEFUL seminar? I bet you want to know more about the upcoming sessions, don’t you?
That’s what I thought.
Here are the titles, dates and times.
Discovering Culture in Others and Why It Matters in the Workplace January 17,  at 10:00 am

Setting and Building your Desired Company Culture January 24,  at 10:00 am

Scripts and Questions Framework for Solving Intercultural Team Problems January 31,  at 10:00 am
Register here for the series, AND in a blink, share the link 🙂 Marie
P.S. Here’s the link to the recording for our first session, “You in culture at work”. And to the handout in case you missed it earlier. And thanks for sharing the registration link with a colleague.
Enjoy! SAVE YOUR SPOT
© 2018 All Rights Reserved.
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LITZY BAEZA Ethno-Cultural Diversity & Inclusion: What is it?

LITZY BAEZA Ethno-Cultural Diversity & Inclusion: What is it?

Friday January 18, 2019

Location: Orange Room at The Business Link, Suite #500, 10150 – 100 St.

Time: 10:00am to 12:00 noon

Admission: a $10.00 donation is welcomed. | RSVP by January 17, to: leocamposa@gmail.com or 780.474.6058. |

About: Litzy Baeza has over 15 years of experience in international education and development. She has worked at various post-secondary institutions in Canada and has lived/ and worked overseas for a number of years in different capacities. She has extensive experience in the field of intercultural diversity/inclusion and has done consulting for various organizations and institutions helping them increase their practices in intercultural competency. We are delighted to have her illuminate our own journey of diversity and inclusion.

Sponsored by Wayfinders Business Cooperative ©

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Co-op Agriculture News

Farm bill expands cooperative development and research for rural cooperatives

http://ncba.coop/latest-initiatives/2390-farm-bill-expands-cooperative-development-and-research-for-rural-cooperatives


Jamila Medley, executive director of Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance, is this week’s guest on Everything Co-op

https://ncba.coop/ncba-events/2389-jamila-medley-executive-director-of-philadelphia-area-cooperative-alliance-is-this-week-s-guest-on-everything-co-op
http://ncba.coop/ncba-events/2389-jamila-medley-executive-director-of-philadelphia-area-cooperative-alliance-is-this-week-s-guest-on-everything-co-op

Urban Institute framework seeks to measure what’s “at the heart” of cooperative impact

https://ncba.coop/ncba-events/2387-urban-institute-framework-seeks-to-measure-what-s-at-the-heart-of-cooperative-impact
http://ncba.coop/ncba-events/2387-urban-institute-framework-seeks-to-measure-what-s-at-the-heart-of-cooperative-impact



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The Speed of Ideas: from Conception to Execution

TALK with MICHAEL KRYTON > The Speed of Ideas | Sept. 14, 2018

TALK with > MICHAEL KRYTON
Friday Sept.14, 2018
Time: 10:00 am. – 12:00 noon
“The Speed of Ideas: from Conception to Execution” – entrepreneurs face many challenges, least the matter of raising capital & support for their ideas. Join us for an engaging exploration of pathways to creative – collaborative capacity building.

Location: The Business Link, Suite #500,10150-100 St., Edmonton, AB | Admission is free, a donation is welcomed.
RSVP by September 13 to:leocamposa@gmail.com or 780.474.6058.  

About: Michael Kryton is a creative communications Writer-Producer-Director and Ideation Expert applying his skill set for clients in media, government, corporate, industry, business associations, education/retail.

His corporate video credits include: Government of Alberta, Suncor, Alberta Health, Schlumberger, Mammoet, Rural Alberta Development Fund, City of Edmonton, REACH Edmonton, Sobeys, Rupertsland Institute, Edmonton Chamber of Commerce and many more. He is the author of “A Brilliant Idea Every 60 Seconds“, an account and how-to of his ideation methodology, published by Gildan Media New York. His education includes Concordia University (Montreal), University of Victoria and the University of Alberta, with studies in English, Theatre Arts, and Economics.


SPONSORED by:
WayfindersBusiness Cooperative © See: www.wayfindersbusinesscooperative.ca