Disconnecting for health

By On January 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Does it seem like a rad­i­cal idea to dis­con­nect from tech­nol­ogy for a few hours a week? I’ve decided to dis­con­nect for one evening per week. No catch­ing up on PVR’d tv shows, no black­berry, and no surf­ing the net as I eat din­ner. Two rea­sons for this. First, I want more time to read edu­ca­tional or inspiring books and […]

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The Human-ness of Life.….and Business

By On November 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment

I recently returned from a month-long trip to SE Asia. I spent two weeks in Siem Reap, Cam­bo­dia vol­un­teer­ing at Hon­our Vil­lage - an orphan­age and school that is doing amaz­ing work to help chil­dren. I then trav­elled to Bali to take part in a friend’s wed­ding and enjoy some down­time. (If you’re inter­ested you can read about […]

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Inspiration from an Ironman Champ

By On August 31, 2011 · Leave a Comment

“To the stars, through dif­fi­culty”. This was the theme of Jor­dan Rapp’s vic­tory speech on Mon­day night, fol­low­ing his Iron­man Canada win on Sun­day in a time of 8:28:09. Incredibly amaz­ing con­sid­er­ing he was left for dead after a hit-and-run crash early in 2010.

Sport analo­gies have always res­onated with me, and now that I’m a fledg­ing business […]

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Dollars Through the Non-Profit Door

By On August 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment

I saw an inter­est­ing ques­tion online today - “How do you keep non­profit dona­tions intact dur­ing this reces­sion using social media?” There’s no doubt that non­prof­its have been hit hard by the reces­sion, and with eco­nomic insta­bil­ity show­ing no signs of slow­ing down, the chal­lenges con­tinue to grow. Com­pe­ti­tion for donor dol­lars is fierce, yet the need […]

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A Necessary Catalyst for Small Businesses

By On August 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment

43% of small busi­nesses feel social media is not nec­es­sary to their busi­ness, accord­ing to a study released yes­ter­day in e-Marketer.  Interestingly, 50% of the respon­dents indi­cated that their num­ber one mar­ket­ing tool is word-of-mouth.

Inter­est­ing because social media is a cat­a­lyst for word-of-mouth  com­mu­ni­ca­tion!  Social media helps orga­ni­za­tions build rela­tion­ships with cus­tomers by enabling two-way […]

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The Magic of Connecting

By On August 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment

My friend Michelle and I were grav­i­ta­tion­ally pulled to the Stella & Dot booth at today’s 27th annual Marda Gras street fes­ti­val in Cal­gary. Being super-efficient shop­pers, within 30 sec­onds we not only tried on five pieces of jew­ellery, but also talked about the Boston Marathon, and decided to host a […]

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Boarding the Change Train

By On August 6, 2011 · 1 Comment

Life is pretty bril­liant at point­ing us in the right direc­tion, espe­cially when change is seen as a ticket to some­thing bet­ter. In May, the com­pany I was work­ing for restruc­tured and I found myself unemployed. It was per­fect timing–warmer weather had finally arrived in my home­town of Cal­gary, and I had been con­tem­plat­ing a career change for a while; looking for a […]

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