September 2005
 

HPBAC Ontario Chapter Report

Education Days

In June the Ontario Chapter held three Ontario Education Days, in Orangeville, Kingston, and Kitchener, entitled – Building Your Business. These were full day workshops with instructor-led Technical Sales Training segment featuring Gord Cooke and retailer roundtable sessions on Selling Efficiency, Do’s and Don’ts of Advertising, Insurance Program and How to Sell Financing. For those who may have missed these sessions, they will be offered again at the HPBA EXPO in Salt Lake City.
Participant surveys rated The Art of Selling with an average score of 4.5 out of 5. The Retailer Roundtable sessions were rated an average score of 3 out of 5.

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HPBAC / Ontario Chapter Forum and Education Days

The Ontario Chapter Board has been working on plans for an Ontario Forum including a face-to-face planning meeting in Kingston on Sunday, June 27th. This exercise has seen members of the board conducting site visits to three prospective locations during the last week of July and first week of August. A decision was made at the last meeting to host the Forum in June 2007 and for the coming year to offer another round of education days. The committee is pleased to confirm that Richard Wright, editor of Hearth and Home Magazine will be one of our special guest speakers – the education days are tentatively planned for the week of June 5th, 2006.