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Get Your INGON In Alberta!
Get Your SHARE INGON at our High Prairie Workshop
When: June 25 - Noon to 4:00
Where: High Prairie & District Museum & Visitor Info Centre
Speakers:
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Walter Preugschas, Northwest of 16 Regional Tourism Association
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TBA
Facilitator: Sheila Willis
Join us for an afternoon of collaborate-ING and learn-ING. Each workshop is designed to gain inspiration and ideas from the speakers. Ample time is given after each to ask questions, offer suggestions, and form connections and collaborations. To register click here.
Tentative Agenda
12:00 to 12:30 - Lunch & Snacks
12:30 to 12:45 - Who's in the Room and Workshop Introduction (Sheila Willis)
12:45 to 1:30 - Introduction to the Travel-ING On Co-op and Mobile App (Sheila Willis)
1:30 to 2:15 - Jacquie Fenske, Entrepreneurial Strategist
2:15 t0 3:00 - Walter Preugschas, Northwest of 16 Regional Tourism Association
3:00 to 3:45 - TBA
Meet Your Facilicator: Sheila Willis
Sheila Willis an author, historian, and community builder who describers herself as a housewife from the bush; and others decribe as inspirational. Always authentic and drive to create a postive impact, she has received numerous awards and mentions for her work in the heritage and tourism industry.
Sheila is also the Founder of the Travel-ING ON Tourism Cooperative and the creator of its mobile app, that is being rebranded for future release. After introducing the participant she will give an overview of the co-op, its member-centred business plan and the Travel INGON mobile app. This opening presentation will set the stage for
other speakers to discuss their ideas on collaboration and share the organizations they are a part of. Each session will be followed by ample time for participants to connect with each other.
Meet the Speakers!
Jacquie Fenske, trained as a teacher, was shaped by politics, and forged through entrepreneurship. Jacquie has built a life by saying “yes” to opportunity. She’s a business owner, community builder, and lifelong volunteer, recognized with several awards. Today, she’s deeply rooted in family business through Fifendekel Pie Shop Cafes, and the companies Experience Alberta and ThreeSixty Alberta two rural focused businesses that evolved from her passion for rural, particularly rural tourism, where she believes the real magic happens:building community, connection, and possibility—often from gravel roads and big ideas.
Walter Preugschas is with the Northwest of 16 Regional Tourism Association. Formed as an operator driven organization, Northwest of 16 encourages networking, and cross-promotions to grow and support tourism in the north-west region of the province.
Final speaker will be added upon confirmation.
Attendee List
Attendees will be added as they registerb andwe receive their permission to share.
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Jodi-Kay Rose, Employer Liaison; Future Works, High Prairie
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Ron Ulrich, Curator; High Prairie & District Museum