Get into the nitty gritty with brand positioning to help you nail your “differentiated promise” using the actual language your client community uses.
What makes a company truly ready for global business? Preparation, strategy, and credibility. This session explores how suppliers and members can strengthen their market readiness, build international credibility, and position their products and services for export success via trade missions, research, promotional material and leveraging your queer identity. Learn practical strategies for documentation, partnerships, market […]
Join us on June 25th at 2pm EST for our FINAL workshop with Charles McFarland! We will focus on optimizing your channels, metrics & A/B testing for more visibility. Ready to turn your strategy into consistent momentum? In this final hands-on session, we’re putting your messaging into motion. Charles will coach you live on your […]
Session 1: The Stories We Inherit, The Businesses We Build: Understanding Strategy in a World Full of Noise This session introduces participants to the foundations of strategic thinking and explores why many entrepreneurs mistake activity for strategy. Through the lens of queer entrepreneurship, participants will examine how societal expectations, business myths, and inherited ideas about […]
A strategy is only useful if it helps guide decisions. Building on the concepts from Session 1, join us with Nissrine Shuman in this interactive workshop to help participants apply […]
The Connection Café: Your monthly blend that brews networks, and big ideas Join us on Thursday, July 16th from 2–3 PM ET for a vibrant hour of intentional networking, authentic visibility, and […]
Creating spaces where 2SLGBTQI+ people feel genuinely welcomed, respected, and safe takes more than good intentions. Rainbow Registered offers a clear, credible way to turn commitment into action. This information […]
Join this educational session. You will gain foundational knowledge about the power of smart outreach to drive B2B sales. We’ll dive into practical tips to identify leads, cold call, leverage […]
Join this FAM Workshop on August 20th at 2pm ET to learn all about building your B2B Outreach, led by Ben Liegey (he/him). You will gain foundational knowledge about the […]
Certification and membership open doors to contracts most members are structurally too small to bid alone. The gap is rarely ambition or capability. It is capacity, and the fastest way to manufacture capacity is partnership. In one hour, Aaron Cruikshank walks through how supplier partnerships actually work: subcontracting, teaming agreements and joint ventures compared on […]
Join us for a dynamic morning of candid conversation, shared learning, and practical connection-building at the CQCC x TELUS Supplier Diversity Day. This event brings together corporate leaders and diverse suppliers, thoughtfully matched by sector, goals, and logistics, to foster meaningful engagement and unlock new procurement opportunities. Together, we will explore how to strengthen pathways […]
Join us for an intimate and highly curated leadership forum designed to foster meaningful engagement between TD leaders and CQCC’s most established entrepreneurs and diverse suppliers. Business Connect MTL blends thought leadership, strategic dialogue, and facilitated networking to create high-value business development opportunities, while advancing inclusive procurement and long-term partnership pathways. Through facilitated discussions and […]