One-day workshops for entrepreneurs

Jeff Green | Feb 10, 2011

For many seasonal businesses wintertime is down time, a chance to step out of the cycle.

It can also be the time of year when there is an opportunity to take a long-term look at a business and think about making improvements, or think about starting up a whole new enterprise.

Tracey Snow, who is working with the Lennox and Addington County Economic Development Department as an Enterprise Facilitator, has been making use of the winter months to deliver one-day business coaching workshops throughout the County using an “enterprise facilitation” model developed by the Siroli Institute.

Tracey Snow said that in the facilitation model the workshop “is based on the 'Trinity of Management' – a concept where all businesses, large and small, can be broken down into three categories: Product/Service, Marketing, and Financial Management. It has been proven that very few entrepreneurs have the time, skill, or passion to be successful in every aspect of their business. It is all right to ask for help and let other professionals provide support with aspects of business that individual entrepreneurs aren't passionate about or comfortable doing.”

The other aspect of the workshop, aside from individual coaching, is a community focus. How to build on community strength is as important to the enterprise facilitation model as the technical issues that specific businesses are facing. The Siroli Institute's credo is based on this community model of development, with a specific focus on rural communities.

“We are an advocate for a civic economy, a model of development that supports the creation of wealth from within your community by nurturing the intelligence and resourcefulness of your people. We champion the development of community pride through the passionate mentoring of local talent,” says the institute’s website.

Workshops have already been held in Odessa, Centreville, and Napanee, and next week there will be one at the Flinton Recreation Centre at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, February 16.

For further information and to register for the free workshop, contact Tracey Snow at 613-561-6310 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.