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Seminars, Workshops and Conferences

Seminars, workshops and conferences are beneficial at any stage of business development.

The BECN offers opportunities for entrepreneurs and business owners to improve their skills and learn business best-practices through a variety of educational formats.

Educational opportunities include several different formats; seminars, workshops, roundtable and networking opportunities, best practices, business panels, iPlan: Planning & Prioritizing workshop, and events delivered by experts in a variety of business topics, and for women entrepreneurs under the ‘She Owns It’ brand.

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She Owns It Women's Entrepreneurship Conference

Register for the 2025 She Owns It Women's Entrepreneurship Conference on Thursday, November 6th in Cobourg.
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Educational videos

Visit our YouTube Channel for educational resources offering best practices and helpful tips, including business panels with local entrepreneurs, six short videos on business topics like social media, photography enhancement, website and branding, finance, accounting, and enhancing your digital presence.
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Fall Business Series

Interactive workshops for entrepreneurs

Our Fall Business Series empowers local entrepreneurs and business owners with the tools, strategies, and insights needed to scale up, boost skills, and continue thriving in today’s evolving market.

Each workshop is designed to be interactive and hands-on, focusing on actionable strategies that you can immediately apply to your business. Plus, these sessions offer fantastic networking opportunities, allowing you to connect with like-minded entrepreneurs, industry experts, and community partners

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Where: YMCA Campbellford, 50 Seymour Quarry Road, Campbellford, ON K0L 1L0
When: Thursday, November 27, 2025, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Presented by: Northumberland County Grant Writer, Jennifer Hardy-Parr
In partnership with: Community Foundation of Campbellford/Seymour and Northumberland, Trent Hills Chamber of Commerce and Municipality of Trent Hills

Show me the money: Mastering the art of designing programs that partners fund

Join Jennifer Hardy-Parr, Senior Advisor of Grant Development & Special Projects with Northumberland County, for a FREE 90-minute grant writing workshop that focuses on tips, tools, and best practices to enhance the quality of your grant writing submissions and eliminate stress from the grant writing process.

This workshop is for anyone writing funding applications. The core objective of this session is to help all writers create highly fundable submissions regardless of the type of funding body being applied to.

During this workshop, we will look at how to:

  • Find funding opportunities
  • We will discuss how to design results-oriented projects.
  • AND We will review tips to overcome common challenges.
  • Bring your questions!