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I hired Stella a year ago and it was the best move I made. She’s a very good bookkeeper, has initiative and works hard. The bottom line in my business looks better than ever and I was able to go on a vacation! But Stella had to move across the country. She’s in Vancouver now. […]
The theme this year is Global Warming. While I’m only a couple of credits shy of a BSc in Environmental Science (life and babies intervened), I’m not going to weigh in here. I’m going to point you to 2 talks that were given at TEDGlobal. James Balog has sobering time-lapse photography spectacularly depicting vanishing glaciers. […]
Seth Godin’s book The Dip talks about how every project has at least one ‘dip – a point where you seem to have taken too many steps backwards and you are not sure if you will ever get moving forward again. The Dip is that point where you are askling yourself if it is worth […]
I watched the New York conference for Social Good on Live stream on August 28 from the comfort of my desk – no charge. The TED conferences are simulcast for a fee that is considerably lower than the in-person fee. Streaming your live conference allows people to attend who wouldn’t normally attend because of travel […]
Once you are clear on the why to organize a conference you can start work on the how to organize a conference. Who Will AttendBe very clear about your market from the beginning. Who will attend? What do they want? How will you reach them? What is important to them? The best way to find […]
Are Social Networking Tools time and energy suckers or do they give you measurable results? People who use them well swear by them. There are several types: Social Groups such as FaceBook and LinkIn Bogging on WordPress, Blogger etc Micro Blogging like Twitter All of these are tools which means you should have a strategy […]
Chris Guillebeau just posted a great article about Community. I just forwarded it to my mastermind group because we are building an online community for off-line business. I think that small business is the backbone of most economies and I think that many of the world’s problems would be solved through strong small businesses all […]
In Tribes Seth Godin tells us to step up and lead. In these days, when people don’t talk to their neighbours, they are looking for ways to connect and it remains to us to help them do that. People are looking for relevance. They aren’t interested in small talk, they want to talk about what […]
The Blue Sweater by Jacqueline Novogratz Here’s a woman not afraid to start. Sometimes you just have to step forward and do. Once you start, you can check in and make adjustments as needed. Jacquline got a dream job out of university as an international banker traveling the world. Something about the culture of the […]
What do you call HARD SKILLS? Accounting (my fave), copywriting, inventory control, employee relations, sales, collections, purchasing, etc. These are acknowledged to be essential for business success. Then there are the SOFT SKILLS: listening, empathizing, being optimistic, problem solving, showing compassion. They are much more difficult to measure. They are not the focus of the […]
