Managing for Growth: The U.S. Canadian and Global Economic Outlook to 2020

Featuring: Peter Andersen, Ph. D. Expert Economic Forecaster

Hogg, Shain & Scheck is pleased to present special guest Peter Andersen, Expert Economic Forecaster and advisor to a wide range of companies and industries. He emphasized communication and the need to put economic analysis into terms that are useful for business decision-making.

Topics that will be covered during the update include: the U.S. Economy fundamentals, employment, business investment and the economy post-November 8th elections. Areas of the Canadian economy that will be discussed at the seminar are: oil and other commodities, interest rates, new mortgage rules and possible housing correction.

Discussion points will include the impact of disruptive technology, the intensification of competition and the digital millennial generation.

Date: Thursday, December 8, 2016

Time: 7:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Venue: Hilton Toronto/Markham Suites Conference Centre, 8500 Warden Ave & Hwy 7

Fees: $25 includes continental breakfast (net proceeds go to the Ted Rogers School of Management)

Tickets: www.hss-ca.com/events

Who Should Attend:

• Small to medium business owners, entrepreneurs
• CEOs, CFOs

 

Key Learnings:       

• Current economic forecast
• Industry trends for Canadian, U.S. and global economy
• Business cycle forecasts
• Easy-to-understand, strategic action items
• How the digital millennial generation functions and benefits from the current economy
• The intensification of competition in an ever-changing world

 

Peter Andersen Bio:

Peter founded Andersen Economic Research over 30 years ago. He gives strategic economic advice to senior management through boardroom meetings, video conferencing, email commentary, conference calls and the monthly Andersen Economic Report.

The objective is to put economic analysis into terms that are useful for business decision-making. Today we are overwhelmed by economic data and opinions. Peter tries to act as a filter, separating the signals from the noise, in order to provide clients with the useful information that they really need.

His clients include a broad range of corporations and financial institutions throughout the United States and Canada – investment managers, manufacturers, home builders, construction firms, building materials suppliers, insurance companies, industry contractors’ groups and transportation companies.

He has also published a number of articles on business-related topics such as: the digital millennial generation, business leadership, improving productivity performance, the intensification of competition, corporate governance, balanced employment strategies, workforce diversity, a greener economy and the economic impact of disruptive technology.

Peter received his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University. Before starting Andersen Economic Research he was at Canada’s central bank, the Bank of Canada in Ottawa. He was also a partner in Woods Gordon Management Consultants (now Ernst & Young) as well as the Bay Street investment firms Heritage Securities and Burns Fry. He continued his relationship with Bay Street acting as an economic advisor to McCarthy Securities and Sprott Securities.

Where Did Donald Trump Come From?

Hogg, Shain & Scheck – Special Edition Dinner Event

Featuring David Shribman

American politics are at a pivotal point in history. This year’s presidential race features candidates who all have unique platforms and values. No other candidate however, is as eccentric, bold and unfiltered as Donald John Trump.

On June 1, Hogg, Shain & Scheck hosted a speaker presentation to celebrate the recent merger with local accounting firm, Marinucci & Company. The invitational event was targeted to HSS clients, business owners and not-for-profit community leaders. David Shribman, the executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, gave a detailed look at the upcoming presidential election and the likely Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump.

“He is one part populist, one part brilliant exploiter of public fears, one part mesmerizing but inflammatory preacher, one part showboat and one part crusading anti-elitist,” said Shribman. “Trump matches his rhetoric with a personality well tuned to the moment – a man too rich to be bought by big interests, too self-assured to be swayed by the concerns of the party establishment, too blunt to be misunderstood.”

The presentation examined the recent success of Donald Trump in the primaries and also discussed presidential opponent, Hillary Clinton. When talking about American presidential history, Shribman pointed out that some of the least favoured candidates leading into an election are remembered as some of the most impactful, well-liked Presidents of the United States.

Shribman’s coverage on politics is distinguished and highlighted by a Pulitzer Prize that he was awarded in 1995 for his reporting on Washington and the American political scene.

For more information on HSS and their speakers, visit: http://www.hss-ca.com/events/

 

Celebration, Laughter and Learning – HSS Open House

On Tuesday, October 4, 2016, Hogg Shain & Scheck proudly presented and hosted a harvest-themed Open House to welcome all staff and clients to their new offices. It was a huge success that was filled with laughter, learning and celebration.

Attendees from prominent financial institutions and partner groups such as RBC, BDC and TD were present. Along with current clients, Ryerson Alumni and staff of the firm.

To break in their new space, the open house was catered by Citizen Toronto, that featured delicious food like their braised beef gnocchi station, smoked meat station and hors d’oeuvres like a smoked trout canape and fresh salad rolls. Mixed in with the food was a candy station that was a crowd favourite.

Entertainment did not lack at the Open House either, with our very own digital caricaturist to amuse the crowds and even a virtual reality station where one could enter an alternate reality for a short period of time. There was even a raffle draw where the three winners won a special prize harvest-themed!  The lucky winners of the raffle prize included Debbie Maggiotto and Susan Demutu, congratulations to our winners!

Check out our website for future events and updates at www.hss-ca.com.

About

Hogg, Shain & Scheck provides audit, accounting, tax and transaction advisory services in the Greater Toronto Area. The firm’s focus is on providing practical advice on a timely and personal basis to entrepreneur enterprise and its stakeholders, not-for-profit organizations and Canadian subsidiaries.

AMA Toronto: The Future of Marketing, Emerging Technologies

AMA Toronto November 15th 2016 panel discussion entitled The Future Today: How Marketers Can Leverage Emerging Technologies was held at Jackman Reinvents which is stylish ad agency occupying a really cool space on Adelaide Street.  It’s what’s behind the pink door at 345 Adelaide St West!

Organized by renown B2B marketing strategy expert Tania Stadnik who is also the current AMA Toronto President, there were three influential ‘thought leaders’ on the bill; Adam Green from Google, Zahra Rajani the VP Digital Experience at Jackman Reinvents, and Kevin Keane from Brainsights. When Kevin introduced himself and his company he used his two hands to gesticulate the fusion of ‘brain’ and ‘insights’ into Brainsights which he also added ‘is really cool’.

The panel was moderated by Mark Vecchiarelli whom you can see below, seated on the left in the gold pants. He did a great job – it was a fact filled and very insightful forty two minute panel discussion on a number of subjects relating to new communication mediums and marketing technologies and also how and why they adopted (or should be adopted).

After twenty years of hosting networking events in Toronto, myself and my staff at CityEvents have seen countless social trends be born and then and the many and the rise of fall of many technology fads.  We’ve seen a shift away from press releases to more unconventional messaging platforms like email blasts, promoted social media posts etc and now strangely this is becoming conventional again. What’s next? What platforms are going to be important additions to marketers’ tool kits tomorrow?

Rob Campbell wrote about the event in an article entitled how Marketing Technologists Predict Future of Advertising which outlines the event – described in his piece how moderator Mark Vecchiarelli of Vekya Inc focused the discussion on three perspectives to futurism.

First he explored the idea of how marketers get on the bandwagon so to speak to ‘chase shiny new things’. Shanny asked about Bumble and everyone laughed.

When the panel digested HOW; the group reasoned that most businesses have trouble changing and adopting new technology as their work force are occupied with separate tasks (in silos) and their performances are still measured in old-fashioned ways.  Adding what they called horizontal connective tissue to organizations and thereby removing barriers to change is at the heart of BEING the evolution that makes businesses more efficient.

Shanny in the City wrote about the evening on her blog, Marketing Matchmaking in the Future, with Raymi the Minx and Karen Nussbaum from Storia PR who wrote about her perspective on the future of marketing.

I went to this event with Shannon who’s thinking about making a mobile app for her business. She maybe got the idea after she saw the success of Wedding Girls’ innovation with PrettyBirdapp for mobile beauty workers. Mary Bratko from Wedding Girl was at the event seen below meeting Liza from AMA Toronto, whom I think has the prettiest red hair in town, presently.

Mary Bratko whom you can see on the right used the question and answer period at the event to ask about the health of mobile apps in general and whether simply having a responsive website wasn’t a better all around solution for entrepreneurs.

Most of the panel agreed that was the case and one by one they related anecdotes about the misuse of apps as marketing tools. Shanny was listening

One of the highlights for me was hearing Adam Green  describe some of the failures that Google has had trying new things. If this monster technology company cant get it right with all of their resources and collateral, then what hope do small fries have? Lots. Great ideas win the market and having disruptive technology is the most exciting development position. One of the big takeaways for me was the idea that big companies must innovate and include experimental advertising platforms in their marketing budgets. CityEvents could appeal more to that side of the event planning industry in Toronto.  One of the ways to get more attention is to offer added value and I believe offering detailed reports showing the ‘learnings’ related to the penetration of the invitation media and the summary media, done before and after the events themselves.

Part of the Connect, Learn, Grow series of networking events offers insights into many different facets of Digital Marketing and I hope to attend more of these gatherings in the future. See you there.

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Singles Golf Lesson at Lionhead Golf Course

Thursday August 25 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm$40 – exceptional value includes sponsor goodies and a free drink at Iggy’sSingles Golf Lessons & Mixer and One Hole Game at Lionhead Golf Course on Thursday Aug 25th 2016 will be a very special event. Don’t miss out on this! This is one of those quirky attractions where so much is free, and such occasions can forge deep and lasting friendships between strangers. Look around – because of the unique setting and the rather strange scenario any single people who meet getting golf lessons will bond together extraordinarily quickly because golf is a game with a really strong group dynamic. Its no coincidence so much business is done while playing golf. Come join a dozen other sophisticated singles outside on Aug 25th 2016, a warm summer evening on the practice greens and at the driving range at Lionhead Golf Course on Mississauga rd, working on your swing. Spend the night relaxing & networking while learning to play golf At Bradlee Ryall Golf Academy, Toronto golf lessons are highly instructive, and effective bad habit breakers and good habit training. The sessions are affordable and fun and their ‘skills workshops’ are legendary and in very high demand with Juniors High Achievers training for golf scholarship play off dates. On this evening, everything is included: and of course that includes equipment rentals, green fees, golf lessons and one free drink at Iggy’s afterwards. Get it all in one stroke! Event designed by Laura Bilotta, Toronto matchmaker the accomplished business woman behind Single in the City. Men and women can learn a lot about each other by taking group golf lessons and doing skills training workshops together at the golf course. The One Hole Game at the end of the evening is expected to be equal parts thrilling and hilarious. Event price of $40 includes one free drink at Iggy’s cafe patio at Lionhead. Date: Thursday, August 25, 2016 Time: 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Location: Lionhead Golf Course, 8525 Mississauga Rd. Brampton, Ontario, ON L6Y 0C1 Price: $40.00 Below is a direct link to Laura’s website blog for even more information, http://singleinthecity.ca/evening-golf-lessons-mixer-at-lionhead/

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