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Volume 1, Issue 6
August/September 2007
Table of Contents
Another SPP Hire:
L'Eau Vivante hires admin assistant
Talk it up!
Wondering how to get a leg-up on the competition?
New and Improved: SPP web site redesigned
Breakfast at the Sugar Factory: A Great
Networking Event
SPP at Regional Tradeshow
Introducing
New Portal Partners
Morning Glory Coupon
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Another SPP Hire
We are extremely pleased to announce that L’Eau Vivante Inc has become
our next employer by hiring through the Portal. L’Eau Vivante has this
to say about the hiring experience:
 We
recently had the opportunity to use the Waterloo Region Social
Purchasing Portal (SPP) to hire a full-time administrative assistant for
our business.
At L’Eau Vivante, we provide comprehensive financial
planning to individuals in all stages of life. This creates a work
environment which requires commitment, hard work and dedication.
We
found the hiring process with the SPP to be a positive and enjoyable
experience. Along with their partners, the SPP provides pre- and post-
job training, showing their commitment to the program and the community.
 Wondering how to get a leg-up on the competition?
Several
studies have shown that factors other than price and quality help
determine consumer preferences: social responsibility is an important
deciding factor.
As Allen L.
White (2007) noted, “…societal expectations of business stretch the
traditional boundaries of companies from purely profit-driven entities
to organizations with an obligation to operate with an enduring
commitment to the public interest”1
The Social
Purchasing Portal (SPP) offers a unique opportunity to improve the
community at
No Added Cost.
Your purchases, from a socially conscious business, fuel business growth
that leads to job opportunities for people with challenges.
Not only do these
people help boost economic activities with their renewed purchasing
power, they contribute to the community with a restored self-worth. In
short, by promoting the SPP, you are helping to build social capital,
while contributing to business growth and developing the community.
Tell
clients and vendors that you support the SPP. And since you are
building social capital, capitalize on it!
Provide a
link to
sppwaterlooregion.org
on your website (we rank highly on Google).
Another way to "talk it up"
is to add a tag to your email signature. Try one of the following tags:
Strong communities build strong business. Support the SPP and learn
more at
sppwaterlooregion.org.
Help build social capital in our community through the SPP.
Visit
sppwaterlooregion.org for information.
Help grow our community, purchase from me! I’m an SPP Supplier.
Visit
sppwaterlooregion.org for details.
Help grow our community, hire through the SPP. Visit
sppwaterlooregion.org
for information.
1Is
it time to rewrite the social contract?
www.bsr.org.CSRResources/index.cfm.
(accessed Aug.22, 2007)
Have
you visited the new and improved SPP web site recently? Visit
sppwaterlooregion.org
to experience
how easy it is to navigate.
The site will quickly answer
your questions about the Portal.
You can also
learn about the businesses (Suppliers and Purchasers) with whom you can
transact business.
Visit
the site often an d expand your network as new businesses
continue to
join. The redesign is part of our goal to continuously streamline Portal
services and increase accessibility to Portal partners and others who
are interested in becoming partners.
Grow the community while
growing your business. Support the SPP!
Breakfast
at the
Sugar Factory
 Portal
partners gathered again in large numbers at The Sugar Factory on 286
Duke Street Kitchener, Tuesday,
July 31,
for the Portal Partners’ Breakfast. It was a great networking event.
Portal
partners had a unique opportunity to meet with one another, talk about business,
explore business opportunities
and
discussed the SPP.
Attendees put face to names, developed and further deepened
business relationships.
This is one of the
benefits of being part of the
Portal. The Sugar Factory which also houses the
Design
Lab,
is a great space for events of any kind. We
highly recommend it for your next event! Our next breakfast will be in
October at Artal’s Laser Engraving, 891 Guelph
Street, Kitchener. For details, please contact us at
info@sppwaterlooregion.org.
SPP at the
Regional Tradeshow
.JPG) SPP
staff and volunteers gave away hundreds of carnations at the Regional
Tradeshow on September 18. The flowers were largely donated by
Hearts and Flowers at Westmount, one of our newest partners. Staff
and volunteers also wore our new SPP tee-shirts. These went over
very well with many people stopping us to ask about the SPP. If
you would like an SPP tee, please contact
Wendy.
Please specify size and quantity; $12 each.
SAVE $10
On catering orders $100 and up
256 King Street East, Kitchener
www.morningglorycafe.net
l Phone 519-741-1995 l Fax 519-741-4283
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