MEMBERSHIP IN
THE VANCOUVER BOARD OF TRADE

For 121 years, The Vancouver Board of Trade has helped businesses of all sizes to grow and prosper. No other organization in Western Canada offers as many business-building activities, services and events. The Board also offers members discounts and other benefits and privileges of real value and opens the doors to a network of over 5,800 members in a wide range of industries.

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MEMBERSHIP DUES

We offer several membership programs specially tailored to meet your individual or corporate needs. Whether big or small, we can advise you which events and functions will help you make the most of your membership. You may join us as an individual or corporate member, based on your number of full-time employees in Metro Vancouver (numbers may be verified).

Please contact us for assistance in finding the right category of membership for you.

Discover the perfect reasons for joining The Vancouver Board of Trade:

RAISE YOUR PROFILE

• Be listed in our annual members Members' Business Directory
• Submit news articles to our bi-monthly newspaper.
• Members save at least 20% on advertising on www.boardoftrade.com (averaging 120,000 page views monthly) or 20% off ads in our monthly newspaper, Sounding Board (readership 30,000)
• Send a member-to-member promotional e-blast to our membership database
• Offer a discount or benefit to another member and be listed in our annual Benefits & Privileges Guide
• Sponsor a Speaker’s Event

BUILD LONG-TERM BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS

• Give yourself permission to network! The Board can share its secret of easy Positive Networking™. Meet new contacts at our 600 events per year (Events Calendar)
• Attend fun, member-only events including Networking Roundtables, Business Bootcamps, Members Receptions, and Members Special Events ( Member-only events )
• Join other successful members – (Testimonials)

KEEP YOUR FINGER ON THE PULSE

• Meet guest speakers and take part in Q&A sessions. Past speakers include Prince Phillip, Jacque Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee, Vicente Fox, President of Mexico, U.S. president William Jefferson Clinton and numerous Prime Ministers, Ministers, and corporate Presidents and CEOs (Event Summaries)
• Learn and grow. Hear and meet top speakers from a wide range of industries and participate in workshop events such as Managers’ Toolboxes and Board Business Bootcamps.
• Receive a complimentary membership in the World Trade Centers Association, valued at $600 (WTCA)
  
  IMPACT YOUR COMMUNITY
• Volunteer as a member of one of The Board's 18 Committees and Task Forces which address important issues such as crime, the Canada Line, transportation, 2010 issues and the reduction of business property taxes (Committees & Taskforces)
• Join The Board’s upcoming online Members’ Forum and help shape policy. Your opinion on community issues is important.

MEMBERSHIP PAYS

• Purchase two job ads at www.working.com and get the third free ($361 Value)
• Make your net cost $0 for the first year! Save over $3,000 in complimentary events & services 
• Over 140 Benefits & Privileges and discounts on consulting, financial, retail, hotel and entertainment services
• Network at over 20 free Members Receptions per year
• Save on special member rates for prominent Speaker Events, Managers Toolboxes, Policy Forums and more (30% member discount on most events )

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