This week I’ve finally had the time to read the newspaper for the first time in several months. Gosh, I almost wish I hadn’t. I live in a world without television and radio, because I’m raising my child without TV and we talk instead of listening to the radio in the car. So my news [...]
As you build a business, whether you seek to simply employ yourself and support your family or you plan to grow a community of leaders and co-workers in pursuit of a common goal, you need to be very purposeful about your vision, values and mission. In the day-to-day busyness and the unavoidable stresses of entrepreneurship, [...]
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This gigantic white foamcore board stuck to my office wall is a dominating feature of my workspace. From where I sit at my computer it is a constant looming presence, in a good way. It reminds me when I am working on day to day tasks that I can work in a visual mode whenever [...]
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For those of you still a little curious / taken aback by this whole visual thinking, allow me to point you over to Sunni Brown’s excellent article, “Why bother with visual thinking.” Some of the testimonials on that page made the phrase “See it to believe it” ring around in my brain. Graphically presenting your [...]
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… and I know you’re out there! Fiona Prince is organizing a Roaring Women chapter that covers the Duncan-Nanaimo area (and surrounds). There are a couple of upcoming speakers that look fantastic: Carol Keane talking about Non-Violent Communication and Catherine Novac (she’s @Wordspring for you Twitter folks) talking about Social Media Marketing. Possibly, later in [...]
SNAP! Victoria attended the Business Leaders Summit on March 31 and covered the event in their May 2009 issue. Here’s the page with the lovely photos of the participants!
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When: April 29, 2009, 11:45am-1pm Where: Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce Office, #100 – 852 Fort St. Registrations: via GVCC (you need to use Internet Explorer to sign up) Last December I set up this date to present a seminar on the topic of “Achieving Breakthrough Customer Service.” My initial intent was to bore everyone [...]
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Victoria is one of the finest cities in the world to live in, yet as a business environment we sometimes struggle. Tagged with the reputation as a “government town,” it can be difficult for Victoria to assert itself as a thriving business community. Young people often move out of Victoria to get ahead in their [...]
