Where
Kitchener City Hall - Rotunda Event Space200 King Street W
Kitchener, ON N2G 4G7
Driving Directions
Waterloo Region Small Business Centre is bringing local tech companies and traditional small business together for Geek Week!
TECH talks SMALL BIZ is aimed at traditional businesses looking to embrace digital thinking in order to boost sales. The event includes local technology businesses who will discuss:
- e-commerce trends,
- social media,
- cyber security,
- digital marketing tools and tips,
- SEO advice,
- website development,
- video marketing and more!
This casual, networking-style event will include networking, panel discussion, Q&A period and a meet the expert session to give you customized insight and advice!
Agenda:
5:30pm - 6:15pm
Registration, networking, appetizers
6:15pm - 7:30pm
Panel discussion and audience Q&A
7:30pm - 8:45pm
Meet the experts (one on one) / networking
The Experts:
Our panel members include:
- Erik O'Neill - Astrodog Media (video marketing + authenticity)
- Jessica Chalk - Traffic Soda (search engine optimization + getting noticed)
- Melanie Witzell - Mad Hatter Technology (future of digital thinking + trends)
- Sanj Rajput - The Marketing Multi-tool (web design + grass roots marketing)
- Bob Starr - Shopify (ecommerce and the changing consumer)
Our panel moderator will be Karl Allen-Muncey, former Director of Marketing & Integrated Digital Products at Cober and Founder, CEO of CuteGecko Inc.
In addition to our panel members, we have some additional experts for one-on-one meetings:
- Mike van Roon - My IT Guy (cyber security)
- Mallory Manchur - #wrtalk (social media for small business)
- Erin Leroux - Merrily Designs(selling on Etsy)