
Artisan Fermenters and Distillers Business Conference and Tradeshow
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Resources
2020 Conference Resources
- Opening Panel: Industry Trends and Their Impacts
- Boost Sales and Brand Awareness with Google Ads
- Government Alcohol Regulations and Assistance Programs
- Lightning Talks
- Get Onboarding Right and Watch Performance Soar!
- Fortify Your Business – Strategies for Short and Long-Term Survival
- Compensation: From Requirements to Rewards and Recognition
- Fortify Keynote: The Hardest Person You’ll Ever Lead is You
2019 Conference Resources
- Attract and Retain in an Employee’s Market – Love HR
- Employee Benefits – TD Benefits
- Digital Marketing Strategies to Drive Sales – Wine Direct
- How to Use Good Communication to Avoid Employment Standards Complaints – BC Employment Standards Branch and Navy & Sage Benefits
- Enhance Your Performance Through Effective Delegation – Love HR
- Taxes: Navigationg the Maze – MNP
- Effective Communication- Conflict Management – Navy & Sage
Lighting Talks:
- Getting Good to Grow – Accelerate Okanagan
- Barriers to Bonding with Media – All She Wrote
- How to Save Time, Money and Stress – BC Food and Beverage
- BC Beverage Technology Access Centre
- What I wish I’d Known Before Exporting – Export Navigator
- Homesharing: Affordable Housing for Service Employees – Happipad
- Do the Right Thing: Health and safety for Small Businesses – Elysian Projects Inc.
- Real Revolution Keeping Up with Change! – Pete Luckett
- Big Data: Frightening and Enlightening – TOTA
2019 BCWGC and Grapegrowers Association Combined AGMs
2018 Conference Resources
Click on the titles and/or names below to look at the presentations.
“Things I Would Do Differently If I Started Over …”
Tyler Dyck CEO, Okanagan Spirits Craft Distilleries
Kristen Needham Founder and Cidermaster, Sea Cider Farm and Ciderhouse
Cynthia Enns Founder, Laughing Stock Vineyards
Patt Dyck Co-Founder, Cannery Brewing
Sales & Marketing Session 1: Building Loyalty In Your Retail and Licensee Channels
Finance and Operations Session 1: What A Lender Wants
Human Resources Session 1: Human Resources Basics: Hiring, Terminating and More
Plenary Session – BC Alcohol Regulations
Sales & Marketing Session 2: Defining and Telling Your Story – Presentation
Sales & Marketing Session 2: Defining and Telling Your Story – Brand Profile
Finance and Operations Session 2: What A Buyer Wants
Aleem Bandali – Managing Director, MNP
Al Hudec – Partner, Farris LLP
Human Resources Session 2: Winning Employee Retention Strategies for Today
Sales & Marketing Session 3: Dealing With The Media: Handling Queries and Reaching Out to Get Your Story Told
Leeann Froese – Co-Owner, Town Hall Brands
Joanne Sasvari – Editor Vitis The Alchemist & Author Vancouver Eats
Shelby Thom – South Okanagan Video Journalist, Global Okanagan
Finance and Operations Session 3: How To Pass Every Liquor Inspection
Fortify Liquor Conference – LCRB Successful Compliance program November 2018
Human Resources Session 3: Health and Safety for Business Owners