Collingwood Foundry
64 Hurontario Street L9Y 2L6 Collingwood, ON, Canada

The latest issue of The Foundry newsletter is out! This time we have a great article about Amanda Wilson of The Monarch & Co., we introduce our new CCO Dean, and we talk about some upcoming events including a $3,000 Women in Business grant we're giving away. https://mailchi.mp/2/found-in-collingwood-december-13357500

We're SUPER PUMPED about this event... please help us share ~: An Online Event Celebrating International Women’s Day. Your story is important. Join us March 12th, and let your story come to life.... The Collingwood Foundry and Girl Time Inc. featuring Sabrina Greer of YGTMama Media Co. and musical guest Laura Conning of Route 26 are running this free (by donation - all donations going to Mamas for Mamas) online event dedicated to empowering businesswomen to deeply connect with their story and inspire them to share it by giving them the tools and tips to write and share it through books, podcasts, blogs, and more. Each attendee will be given the chance to work on their story and share it with the group. The evening will start with live entertainment from Laura Conning followed by Sabrina’s presentation, time to work in your individual stories with breakout rooms, a larger group discussion, and then a Q&A with Sabrina. Additionally, one attendee will win a $3,000 Women in Business Grant!!!! GRANT ELIGIBILITY: To apply for the grant you must select the ticket "Admission + Grant Application" and answer the questions. Applicants must also attend the event to be present for the award. In partnership with the Collingwood Foundry, Girl Time Inc., Small Business Enterprise Centre, Xcelerateher and the Henry Bernick Entrepreneurship Centre, and Startup Canada Startup Women Fund (Presented by Sovereign Insurance, UPS, Inniskillin, EDC, Scotiabank) REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.ca/.../making-herstory-tickets... #startupwomen #internationalwomensdayevent #womensupportingwomen #womenentrepreneurs #southgeorgianbay #collingwoodontario #mamasformamas #hbec #xcelerateher #sbec #choosetochallenge

At the end of 2019 we dove into looking at our strengths, using the Gallop CliftonStrengths test. It armed us with the knowledge of what our top 5 strengths are and how we can leverage them in our life and business. Gallup gives amazing insight into your core abilities. So with a year gone by we thought it was time for Strengths! The Sequel, our next Wednesday morning Common Ground meeting. Dust off those old CliftonStrengths results and lets review, talk about how we can con...tinue to use them in our lives, and chat about anything that came up since the last time. Haven't taken the quiz yet? Head on over to Gallups site. You can get your Top 5 report, or for a little more get your full CliftonStrengths 34 report. And join us even if you aren't doing the assessment to find out a bit more about it https://www.gallup.com//popular-cliftonstrengths-assessmen Join Jenn Walker and Brandon Houston tomorrow morning on Zoom at 8am sharp! Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/698247981 Free to attend, all are welcome. See you there! #entrepreneur #smallbusiness #cliftonstrengths #superpowers

The saying "a picture says a thousand words" certainly holds a lot of meaning when we think about what we post online. Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and on, and on... There's so much to consider when deciding what kind of visuals and images to use in a post. How do you decide what kind of visuals to use in your posts? Join Jenn Walker and Brandon Houston for the next Common Ground where we'll chat about being Picture Perfect, and sharing tips and resources with each other. L...et's hear how you decide what to use and what tips you have. Join us at 8am on Wednesday on Zoom. Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/698247981 Starts at 8am sharp! Free for all to attend. See you there! #entrepreneur #smallbusiness #collingwoodontario #southgeorgianbay #pictureperfect #socialmedia #graphics

What's holding you back? When you think about where you want to take your business, are you limiting yourself in how far you think you can go? Are you putting false limitations on your level of success? We all face limiting beliefs from time to time, but just because they're there, doesn't mean that have to stick around. Join Jenn Walker and Brandon Houston this Wednesday morning at 8am for the next Common Ground, where we'll chat about What's Possible. We'll talk about how t...o smash through those limiting beliefs and move yourself further than you ever thought possible. Join us on Zoom at 8am sharp! Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/698247981 Free for all to attend, all are welcome! #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #limitingbelief #collingwoodontario #southgeorgianbay #smallbusiness

The latest Foundry Newsletter just dropped with a new feature on a great local entrepreneur, Chris Atchison. Chris' path to entrepreneurship is a really interesting story. Jenn and I also put together a little virtual tour to take people through The Foundry to look at all the changes that have been made. Plus, some upcoming events, resources, and more! https://mailchi.mp/94f/found-in-collingwood-december-659498

What if we came with a map or a manual that told us who we were? A guide to our own unique design? Imagine the potential we would have to leverage that knowledge in life and in business. That's the basis behind Human Design. Join Jenn Walker, Brandon Houston, and Heather Erin Wednesday morning at 8am for the next Common Ground where we'll talk about what Human Design is and how we can use the knowledge of our own Human Design to go further and live to our true purpose. Join u...s on Zoom at 8am. Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/698247981 Starts at 8am sharp! All are welcome, free to attend. PLEASE PREP FOR THIS WEEK'S HEART TOPIC (The Assessment takes only minutes) https://www.myhumandesign.com/get-your-chart/ Please print your chart, and bring it to Common Ground, so we can physically work with it, and you can make notes on it. #entrepreneur #smallbusiness #humandesign #WhoAmI #collingwoodontario #southgeorgianbay

Want to show your love for a local business? Hop on over to our latest Instagram post and tag a business you love! Collingwood Foundry is launching a giveaway in February called 28 DAYS OF GIVEAWAYS. https://www.instagram.com/p/CKR-iWIMjKF/ We’re buying $100 gift cards from 28 local businesses and giving away one per day in February, so we want to hear from you what businesses you love!... Tag your favourite local business to get them added to the list and leave a comment about why you love them! Are you a business owner? Tag your own business and tell us what you do! Tag as many as you want to support before midnight on Sunday January 24th. We’ll draw 28 randomly from the list and get those gift cards ready! Check back February 1st and every day in that month for our daily giveaway. #28daysofgiveaways #collingwoodontario #southerngeorgianbay #southgeorgianbay #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #supportlocal

This week's Common Ground is all about Supporting Local Business through the pandemic. Join us to chat about what you've been doing to support local, how others have supported you, and what the community could do to support you even more! Join Jenn Walker and Brandon Houston tomorrow morning at 8am on Zoom for Supporting Local Business. We want this conversation to really get into your current specific needs as a business. We want to hear your challenges. We want to brainstor...m ways to help. As usual the conversations that happen here are confidential and we strive to provide safe space to share and be heard. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/698247981 Free for all to attend and all are welcome. Starts are 8am sharp! See you there! #entrepreneur #smallbusiness #collingwoodontario #southgeorgianbay #shoplocal #supportlocal

Feedback... From customers, from leads, from friends... It comes in the form of compliments, recommendations, criticism, and it's all valuable. How we receive it and respond to it is incredibly important to the success of a business. How do you face getting feedback? Join Jenn Walker and Brandon Houston tomorrow morning at 8am for the next Common Ground where we'll talk about Facing Feedback. Join us at 8am sharp on Zoom.... Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/698247981 Free for all to attend. See you there! #entrepreneur #smallbusiness #feedback #collingwoodontario #southgeorgianbay

Saturday goals at The Foundry. Collingwood is an active community and we wanted to support that active lifestyle, so we installed some slick new wall mounted by racks by Artifox for our members who like to bike into work. Shout out to Kiel from KIAM Studio for the help and the loaner bike! . #bikefriendly cycletown #collingwoodontario #coworking #entrepreneur #activelifestyle #southgeorgianbay

Setting boundaries around how you operate your business improves the health of your business and of yourself. By establishing defined boundaries you give your business the freedom to grow in ways that best suit you and your ideal client. People will treat you the way you allow yourself to be treated. Join Jenn Walker and Brandon Houston tomorrow morning at 8am sharp for our next Common Ground where we'll talk about setting boundaries in your business.... Join us at 8am on Zoom Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/698247981 Free for all to attend! See you there! #entrepreneur #smallbusiness #entrepreneurship #collingwoodontario #southgeorgianbay #boundaries

Say what? Your pitch or elevator speech is that concise statement that tells someone who you are, what you do, and how it can benefit them. So let's hear yours! Join Jenn Walker and Brandon Houston tomorrow morning at 8am on Zoom for the next Common Ground where we'll talk about the Perfect Pitch. Come prepared to share yours in the breakout rooms and talk about what makes a good pitch. Join us on Zoom at 8am sharp!... Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/698247981 Free for all to attend! See you there! #entrepreneur #smallbusiness #collingwoodontario #southgeorgianbay #pitch #elevatorspeech

Communication is the key. When you're building relationships in life or in business, effective and efficient communication and understanding different communication styles will have the biggest impact. Join Jenn Walker and Brandon Houston tomorrow morning at 8am for the next Common Ground where we're dig into Effective Communication Styles. Join us on Zoom at 8am sharp!... Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/698247981 All are welcome! Free to attend. See you there! #communication #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #smallbusiness #collingwoodontario #southgeorgianbay

If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Or better yet...If a brand exists online and no one is able to find it, does it have a voice? We all know the importance of having a website but how do we make sure the right people are finding it when they need to? Join Jenn Walker and Brandon Houston online tomorrow morning at 8am for the next Common Ground where we'll talk about Websites That Work. Come together to share what works and what ...doesn't when it comes to building a website thats effective. Join us on Zoom Wednesday at 8am: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/698247981 Free for all to attend! See you there! #collingwoodontario #websites #seo #contentmarketing #entrepreneur #smallbusiness