Membership
Member to Member Offerings
OCRI Members have access to a variety of special promotional offerings
and discounts on services and products offered by member companies.
New and different special offers and promotions are being added
all the time, so check back on a regular basis and take advantage
of your OCRI membership benefits.
Corporate Members are encouraged to offer discounts to fellow members. Take this opportunity to promote your company and save time and money.
Member Offers are provided by third parties. OCRI has no control
over and accepts no responsibility for any Member Offers.
Here are the current offerings:
Albert at Bay Suite Hotel - OCRI Members Preferred Rate
When placing reservations, please call - 1 800 267 6644 and ask for the "OCRI CORPORATE RATE"
| |
One Bedroom Suite |
Deluxe One Bedroom Suite |
King One Bedroom Suite |
| Jan. 1st - Dec. 31st, 2010 |
$129.00 |
$144.00 |
$154.00 |
* Suites include full kitchens, free high speed wireless internet and local calls.
INDIVIDUAL CANCELLATIONS OF RESERVATIONS MUST BE COMMUNICATED 24 HOURS PRIOR TO CHECK-IN TO AVOID ANY PENALTY FEES.
Rates are quoted in CAD, apply to single/double occupancy per night, are subject to applicable taxes and fees, and are valid until December 31, 2010. Rates do not apply to groups.
Amika Mobile - 15% discount off annual plan for mobile messaging
Amika Mobile (http://www.amikamobile.com) is offering OCRI members 15% off the regular annual price for receiving critical email alerts on your mobile phone. This is an innovative service that allows you to monitor two of your email accounts anywhere on any mobile phone and receive critical email alerts as text messages. Stay in touch with your office, colleagues, family or friends for the special price of $5.00/ month or opt in at the special OCRI annual price of $50.00. Sign up at http://www.amikamobile.net. Certain carrier text messaging plan rates may apply.
The Anderson Team at the Investment Planning Counsel - Complimentary Comprehensive Financial Plan
As a special offer to new OCRI members, the Anderson Team at the Investment Planning Counsel has kindly offered to provide complementary comprehensive financial plans to any owner or senior executive of each new member organization joining OCRI. These financial plans provide an excellent framework for making important investment and lifestyle decisions, and where applicable, the integration of corporate and personal wealth. Call (613) 569-7020 today for full details.
Anna Tulchinsky Consultancy - Book your first 30-minute information session free of charge (613) 231-6308
Professional Web Marketing and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) consulting and training services to small and medium-size businesses. We help you learn, plan, implement, and manage the search engine optimization of your website quickly, efficiently, and cost-effectively. We offer a full range of services to help you accomplish these goals. Book your first 30-minute consultation free of charge: (613) 231-6308.
Bando Promotions - 25% off on your first order and 15% off thereafter
Bando Promotions is offering OCRI members a 25% discount on your first order of all
promotional product orders such as t-shirts, golf shirts, corporate
gifts, etc and 15% discount on each subsequent order. Call Jimmy Kelland at 596-5800 or email jimmy@bandopromotions.com
to obtain a quote and take advantage of this special offer. Check
out Bando's latest products at www.bandopromotions.com.
Sprott School of Business - Carleton University
(15% discount)
All seminars of the Professional Programs Division at the Sprott
School of Business are available to OCRI members at a 15% discount
from the regular rate. For information call 520-3488, email profdev@sprott.carleton.ca
or follow this link to the Professional Programs Division website
at www.carleton.ca/ppd.
ForInsite - Web Power Box Bundle – Special Offer for OCRI Members
Building business with OCRI Members
Exclusive pricing programs are offered to OCRI members by ForInsite on any Web Power Box bundle. Bundles include:
- Web Power Box Bronze, Silver or Gold editions
- SEO Marketing
- Website GUI
- Installation
The ForInsite Web Power Box is a single login web marketing platform solution that enables any marketer, with or without programming knowledge, to self manage hundreds of simple to advanced e-marketing tasks. Gain the ability to perform web publishing, effective email marketing, deploy online shopping carts, collect quality leads, generate demand, offer online delivery tools and much more.
Contact:
Dave Brioux
Operations Manager, ForInsite
Toll Free: (888) 481-3329
Local: (613) 224-2710
http://www.forinsite.com/
The Growth Coach® – $500 Scholarship toward the 1st year of the Strategic Mindset program
The Growth Coach® is an international network of business coaches and provides coaching services to business owners and self-employed professionals who have the desire to achieve greater success, while maintaining a healthy balance between their business and personal lives. All our client solutions are driven by a unique, strategic-focusing process – a proven and structured method for business owners to think, plan, monitor and achieve greater results in their businesses and lives. In the end, our clients have greater clarity about where they want to go, possess a strategic and focused plan to get there, and receive on-going accountability to make critical adjustments and stay on track.
Strategic Mindset® is an affordable and proven year-round coaching and accountability process which produces consistent results and is backed by a 100% risk-free money back guarantee. This is the first year of a two year program and consists of 4 quarterly full-day retreats plus one-to-one coaching sessions.
The Growth Coach in association with OCRI, is providing a limited number of $500 scholarships toward the cost of the 1st year of the coaching program. In addition to the scholarship, OCRI members are also entitled to an additional $500 discount off of the cost of each year of the program.
Visit www.thegrowthcoach-ottawa.ca for contact information and to schedule a FREE 1 HOUR COACHING SESSION.
Microworks
- Introductory 15% discount on the MicroWorks Network Audit.
- 10% discount on the MicroWorks Security Assessment.
Contact:
Kendall Lougheed, President MicroWorks
Phone 1-613-232-3859 x224 Fax 1-613-563-3448
klougheed@microworks.ca
www.microworks.ca
National Capital SCAN - 10% discount
on advertising rates
OCRI members are entitled to a 10% discount on advertising in SCAN, Ottawa's newest monthly publication focused on the Ontario technology community. Contact Brian Patterson, Publisher, at 819-563-1133 or e-mail brian@scansite.ca for full details and information. Also visit our website at www.scansite.ca.
Online-Learning.com
Online-Learning.com is a web company that provides interactive
online courses for the professional development of technical writers.
We specialize in courses dealing with technical writing and XML
authoring.
All our courses are instructor-led and delivered via a combination
of CD, email assignments, chat rooms, bulletin boards and live discussion.
All members of OCRI will receive a 20% discount upon registration
in any course offered at Online-Learning.com
For further information, please visit http://www.online-learning.com
or contact info@online-learning.com.
Proex Incorporated - 10% off Professional and Executive Search, 10% off Contract/Project Resources, 10% off HR Consulting Services
Established in 1998, Proex Incorporated is a HR Consulting and Placement services firm that provides cost-effective and superior quality Human Resource solutions for Canadian organizations .With a dedicated staff that combines over 100 years of experience in the professional services and staffing industry ,we provide many Canadian Businesses and Fortune 500 clients the highest standard of service in consulting and recruitment services .Our staff has unsurpassed dedication and commitment to provide the absolute highest level of service and professionalism to our valued clients. Check out our site www.proex.ca
Protus IP Solutions is offering OCRI
members a free one month trial of MyFax
MyFax enables users to send and receive faxes directly from within
email, converging two essential business tools into one, simple-to-use
and inexpensive solution.
MyFax integrates with the user's existing email system and requires
no new software or hardware. Fax from work, home and on the road.
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SearchingWorks - 20% discount for your
next Search Engine Marketing Campaign (SEO, PPC, SEO-PR)
Search engine marketing can yield dramatic results for your website.
SearchingWorks (www.searchingworks.com)
optimizes your site so that it achieves high rankings in the search
engines for the terms that are important to your audience. We also
design and implement pay-per-click campaigns that can deliver stunning
ROI (how does 250,000% sound?) and optimize your press releases
for superior online results.
OCRI members are eligible for a discount of 20%.
Contact Chris Biber via email at chris@searchingworks.com
or call (613) 769-5598 for all the details.
TechEdge – Access critical research and survey data on compensation for local tech firms
Access the latest critical research and survey data from Ottawa’s technology companies to help plan your compensation budgets.
TechEdge offers OCRI corporate members the following benefits. For further inquiries, please contact Helen Robert at (613)798-3505 or email her at helen@tech-edge.ca.
Telnet Networks Inc. - Free Consultation on VoIP Pre-Assessment and Network audits
You can benefit from many new features that VoIP can offer, but is your network ready for VoIP and how do you manage this new technology after it is implemented. An IP telephony/VoIP audit should be performed for every proposed LAN/WAN segment before the addition of IP telephony.
Through OCRI you can access up to 2 hours of free consultation to understand what you need to do ensure you are going to have a successful VoIP implementation.
Contact Brian Handrigan at bhandrigan@telnetnetworks.ca or visit our website at www.telnetnetworks.ca and select VoIP on our menu selection.
University of Fredericton’s School of Business - Online EMBA offers 50% Tuition Deferral for Laid Off Workers from OCRI Member Firms
In recognition of today’s difficult economic environment, professionals who have been laid off from an OCRI member company within the last six months are being offered a 50% tuition deferral to undertake the online Executive MBA from the University of Fredericton’s School of Business. There are two options available for the online EMBA degree program: focus on Global Leadership or the unique Corporate New Venture Leadership. Together with a relatively low tuition fee of $24,500, plus generous scholarships of $7,500 for qualified applicants, plus a course-by-course payment plan, the affordability of an online EMBA has never been greater. The University of Fredericton is a fully online university, recognized as a degree-granting institution by the Government of New Brunswick. The University of Fredericton’s mission is to provide students with an exciting, rewarding and affordable journey to the frontier of online professional education.
For further information, please contact Ms. Tracy Pugh, Director of Student Relations, at 1-877-454-6232, ext. 1, or visit the university's website at http://www.UniversityFredericton.ca .
Vocantas – 15% discount on SpeechInnovations (Telephony Solutions)
Vocantas is pleased to announce the launch of a new division designed to address the need for affordable telephony solutions. Specializing in wide range of affordable telephony solutions, SpeechInnovations e-commerce website is designed to deliver innovative communications options for SMEs. Regardless of how small or large your business is you can now achieve greater efficiencies and offer enhanced options for your customers without increasing your staff or paying for costly training.
OCRI Members qualify for up to 15% discount at www.SpeechInnovations.com by entering "OCRI_2007" in the comments box at checkout.
There are a number of businesses that would like to offer their customers options that are usually available only in larger organizations such as a speech-enabled auto attendant, automated call routing or 24/7 access to information. Previously, they would seek out parts of these solutions via their telephone carrier or resort to costly tools designed for large firms. Now they can truly extend the reach of their services and optimize their resources with plug-and-play tools available online.
SpeechInnovations offers IP telephones and headsets, softphones, fax broadcast solutions, predictive dialers and media gateways as well as other telephony solutions. Customers can self-serve to suit their needs and avoid paying the overhead associated with technology stores.
For further information on the product offering, please contact info@speechinnovations.com.
Workshift.com
Marketing and Promotional Offers - free consultations to allow you
to make informed decisions in the following technical areas:
If you are preparing to make any IT strategy or purchasing decisions,
be sure to capitalize on this wonderful offer. The experts at Workshift.com
will offer consultation on how to maximize your IT investment in
an effective, affordable way. Let Workshift.com show you how an
effective IT strategy can be a strong competitive advantage for
any company.
Workshift.com provides end-to-end IT solutions and services for
businesses in a wide variety of industries. Our focus in on enabling
you to increase your competitiveness and reduce costs by providing
the best in IT, whether it involves upgrading current infrastructure
or outsourcing IT. Workshift.com delivers affordable, reliable solutions
using the latest technology and experienced professionals. We offer
expertise in design (consulting), procurement (sales), installation,
ongoing support (Scheduled Maintenance) and emergency service (24/7
On Call) to businesses both large and small.
WSI – We Simplify Internet Marketing -
Free webscan for OCRI Members - Test your web sites’ competitiveness ($349 value)
How healthy is your web site?
To find out, why not try a free WSI WebScanTM (market value $349). Originally commissioned by the top four UK banks and now exclusively available from WSI, 3200 comprehensive tests are carried out to measure the effectiveness and competitiveness of your website and the results presented in a simple report in a scorecard format. What you will learn:
- How does your website compare with your competitors?
- What products/services are being promoted the most
- What traffic analytics tools are being used
- How easy it is for your customers to find you (search ranking)?
- How easy is it for Google’s “spiders” to monitor your site
- When did they last visit
- How easy is it for customers to navigate your site?
- Where to focus attention to achieve the biggest improvements
- Is your site compliant with W3C regulations? Why is this important?
To schedule a WebScanTM internet audit, please call or email Roger on 613-836-5641, rharley@wsimarketing.com or for more information on WSI please feel free to visit http://www.wsimarketing.com/rharley. |
