THE following is a sched-
ule of agendas for North
Shore municipalitics,
school districts and the
North Shore Health
Board.

North Shore City
Council: Monday, Nov.

North Shore District
Council: Monday, Nov.
25.

West Vancouver
District Council:
Monday, Nov. 18, 7:45
p.m.

North Vancouver
Schoo! District #44:
Monday, Dec. 2, inaugur-
al meeting.

West Vancouver
School District #45:
Monday, Nov. 25.

North Shore Board
of Heaitb: Thursday,
Nov. 28, 7 p.m.

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THE North and West
Vancouver chambers of
commerce are offering
two workshops to help
small business owners
add to their marketing
skills by learning
through the experience
of other small business
people.

Shoestring Selling Skills
focuses on new ways to build
business by developing refer-
rals, cross-marketing tech-
niques and using your cus-
tomer base to sell.

Are You Aiming At The
Right Target? deals with
developing a marker niche in
order to differentiate your
business from the competition
and target your marketing
efforts more effectively.

Both evening sessions fea-

ture interactive panels, each

with six small business people
who have grown their busi-
ness largely through their own
marketing talents. “Learning
through the stories of others
and being able to ask ques-
tions are Righly effective ways
to fearn,”. said Barbara
Densmore, director of
Working Smarter, the orga-
nizer of the series.

“Time is the biggest short-
age in everyone’s life today.

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People just want to absorb
new ways of doing business as
easily as possible.”

Co-sponsored by the
North Shore News, ICBC
and the North Shore Credit
Union, Shoestring Selling Skills
will be held on Tharsday,
Nov. 21, 6:30 p.m. to 9:15
am.

The panel will include

Sess!

Steve Besley, owner of Besley-
Williams Insurance Brokers;
Judy Okazaki, vice-president
of the West Vancouver
Chamber of Conimerce and
business development officer
for Canada Trust; Moe
Somani, SOHO Business
Group; Janet Dadson, presi-
dent of Puddleduck Lane
Consignment Stores; Bryson

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Milley of London Life; Ken
Grant, principal of Trend Trek
Strategic Marketing Consult-
ants.

Are You Aiming At The
Right Target? is set for
Thursday, Nov. 28, 6: 30 p.in.
to 9:15 p.m.

Panelists include Ken
Grant, Steve Besley, Trixi
Agrios, marketing manager

for the North Shore News,
Lois Brassart, marketing man-
ager at Fletcher's Limited;
Scott Ashton Swan, producer
of Tony & Tina’s Wedding,
and Barbara Densmore.

Tickets are $45 and may be
ordered through the chamber
in North Vancouver at 98/-
4488 or in West Vancouver at
926-6614.

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