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All Blogs
This is a listing of personal and Group blogs that have had recent activity (most recent at the top.) Only the most recent posting for each blog is listed, so be sure to click on the name of the article to see all of the articles for that Member or Group.
Lee-Anne's Blog
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Posted by Lee-Anne R. on May 11th, 2012 4:26pm
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Creative Commons licensed on Flickr by: thebittenword.com
I have two words for you … ‘noisy jelly.’
French designers Raphaël Pluvinage and Marianne Cauvard have created a kit to make your own jelly, however this jelly has one major difference... |
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General
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Heather's Blog
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Posted by Mrs. Heather O. on Apr 23rd, 2012 6:27pm
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| What motivates you to get up in the morning to come to work?
That may depend on the day of the week. But for most of us we are motivated to get up by one or a combination of 3 things.
1. I have to go to work to pay my... |
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General
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Kootenay HR Group Blog
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Posted by Breeanne S. on Feb 18th, 2012 7:14pm
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| How many times have you been faced with a situation that had your heart racing and emotions ready to fly? Chances are, you were about to be faced with a “crucial conversation”. Three key components make up a “crucial conversation” - opposing viewpoints; strong emotion... |
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General
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Retention & Motivation Blog
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Posted by Shawnee L. on Nov 29th, 2011 10:09am
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| The majority of Canadian households no longer have stay-at-home mom’s to take care of all the family “stuff” like taking kids to soccer, cleaning, cooking, grocery shopping, buying birthday presents, chauffeuring aging parents to doctors and lawyers, finding a lost pet,... |
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General
, Retention
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Training & Development Blog
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Posted by Holly M. on Oct 7th, 2011 9:16am
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| I keep thinking I should write a definitive blog post about these tools, but things constantly change, so I don't think that'll ever happen.
How about a short post, since I haven't blogged on *anything* here for a year. Here are 3 cheap options for creating e-learning.
1. Snap! is... |
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Tools & Techniques
, e-learning
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Denise's Blog
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Posted by Denise L. on Aug 26th, 2011 8:23pm
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| It’s a Monday, three years ago this July, and Carolyne Taylor, Member Relations Manager for Vancouver Island, and I are having lunch and talking about a breakfast event we have planned for Friday, just 5 days away. This is going to be an HR 101 workshop for business people in... |
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General
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Ashwani's Blog
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Posted by Mr. Ashwani Kumar S. on Jul 28th, 2011 5:23am
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| Testing how to create blog!
Hello HR Community! |
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General
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Farah's Blog
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Posted by Farah K. on May 28th, 2011 2:18pm
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| Hi Everyone,
I hope I'm posting this in the right area. Just wanted to introduce myself as the newest member of the online community. My coach told me about this site so I thought I would join. My name is Farah Kotadia and I work for a non-profit organization. I look forward to reading and... |
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General
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Kyla's Blog
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Posted by Kyla N. on Apr 16th, 2011 6:06pm
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| One of the key messages from Cameron Laker's How to Operationalize Your Social Media Recruitment Efforts at conference was that brand equity is driven by social behaviours and you need to have an integrated presence across a variety of social media to reach potential candidates, keep past and... |
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Holly's Blog
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Posted by Holly M. on Apr 16th, 2011 2:25pm
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| I attended a session by Heath Slawner at the conference and it was phenomenal. I absolutely loved how he talked about influence AS IT RELATED TO HR. We are in many situations where influence or persuasion is so essential and he really put the items in context for HR.
He was also... |
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Business Acumen
, conference
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Lee's Blog
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Posted by Ms. Lee S. on Feb 17th, 2011 4:47pm
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Hard to believe that after 10+ years working exclusively as a Consultant in HR, I have decided to accept the offer of SmarttNet to join their ranks. Why? Because here I have the opportunity of learning and growing in relation to the IT Sector.
And...I am wondering how... |
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General
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ResearchVoice Blog
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Posted by Ian C. on Jan 18th, 2011 3:52pm
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We have all been there. You hit submit on your electronic
job application and that is the last thing you see or hear about your attempt
to get hired. The software used by organizations to speed up and simplify their
recruiting process has not done much to improve the experience for those
... |
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General
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Nilesh's Blog
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Posted by Nilesh B. on Dec 19th, 2010 9:09pm
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With the last of two 2010 CHRP exams written, signed, sealed and delivered, we thought it would be timely to create a top 10 of why one should earn their CHRP designation. Trish Andrea, our CHRP Registrar, and I put our heads together and came up with the following list of reasons of why we... |
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General
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Christine's Blog
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Posted by Christine M. on Dec 15th, 2010 9:53am
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| Recently I had the chance to share some insights with local HR practitioners in Whistler about dipping their toes in the waters of social and technology tools to increase the level of engagement in their organizations.
The most important thing to remember before you read this list though... |
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General
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Kara's Blog
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Posted by Miss Kara B. on Dec 14th, 2010 9:01am
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I thought that I would share my top 10 free tools for 2010 that I utilize or recommend in the development of face-to-face and e-learning courses. If you haven't tried them out, please do, they are free!! :) Once I listed my top 10, I thought that perhaps I could share my info further and... |
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General
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Ian's Blog
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Posted by Ian C. on Dec 13th, 2010 9:02pm
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In the spirit of the Top 10 list, I thought I’d share the
Bank of Montreal’s Top 10 Economic Predictions for 2011, which was published in
the Financial Post last Friday.
Read
the article and consider how these predictions coming to fruition might
impact your... |
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General
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Margaret's Blog
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Posted by Margaret B. on Oct 24th, 2010 7:33pm
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Wow! Where did October go (or September for that matter)! It doesn't matter how old you are September is back to school month. One of my colleagues said recently that "September is really the start of the new year" and I agree that it is a time of busy... |
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General
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Ruth's Blog
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Posted by Ruth E. on Sep 17th, 2010 10:21am
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Citizenship and Immigration Canada issued an operational bulletin this morning that limits the validity period of Labour Market Opinions (LMO’s) and slightly alters the way that work permit applications can be filed. LMO’s are applications that are submitted to Human... |
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General
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Carolyne's Blog
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Posted by Carolyne T. on Sep 15th, 2010 1:00pm
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When one of our breakfast speakers fell ill, and we
didn’t want to cancel our restaurant reservation, our Incoming Chair of
Vancouver Island Region, Denise Lloyd, came up with a fantastic idea – building
on a BNI (Business Networkers International) theme, we hosted the first
... |
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General
, Networking
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Bruna's Blog
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Posted by Bruna M. on Aug 28th, 2010 8:45pm
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| George Bernard Shaw said: “The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has occurred.” Nowhere is this statement more applicable than when considering the issue of introverts and extraverts communicating in the workplace. Each of these two... |
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General
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Elizabeth's Blog
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Posted by Elizabeth B. on Jul 29th, 2010 12:59pm
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I recently had a request from a member regarding resources pertaining to the use of social media as a recruitment tool, among other things. Not exactly a 'Gen Y' myself, I must say that my knowledge base in this realm is limited but I am open to the possibilities it creates as an... |
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General
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Diversity Awareness Blog
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Posted by Ms. Sherry H. on Jun 15th, 2010 4:25pm
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| When thinking about workplace diversity it may be important to consider comments/questions such as: With respect to leadership and diversity - by defining meaningful professional certifications (meaningful and valuable to both employees and organizations) will build... |
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General
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Kuldip's Blog
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Posted by Kuldip T. on Jun 7th, 2010 9:03pm
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| When looking for help with competency-based development, I was referred this “guidebook on coaching and development”. The book is called FYI:For Your Improvement . It is loaded with great information on competencies, from competency definitions... |
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Training & Development
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Cynthia's Blog
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Posted by Cynthia P. CHRP on Jun 7th, 2010 11:56am
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| Although many of my BC HRMA friends will have seen this information on either Linked In or Facebook, I thought it appropriate to share the news here as well: I have accepted an offer from Crescent Hotels & Resorts ( www.chrco.com ) to be their Corporate Director of Human Resources... |
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General
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Helen's Blog
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Posted by Helen L. on Jun 3rd, 2010 9:35am
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There is lots of information being added to this online community's libraries. I've been adding stuff as I find it but then I find it's hard to pull the stuff back up in some cases, especially if I've provided a link instead of a downloadable document.
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General
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Laura Jane's Blog
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Posted by Laura Jane L. on Jun 1st, 2010 3:40pm
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This month's feature discussion: Why should HR care about leadership? Is this our business? is really heating up. If you haven't had a chance to check it out yet, go here and join in the conversation. It's great to read about different... |
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General
, Development
, Community
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Lisa's Blog
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Posted by Lisa R. on May 28th, 2010 3:32am
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In a major study involving nearly 30,000 employees in 15 countries worldwide, Right Management found that organizations with effective leadership have more than twice the number of engaged employees than those without effective leadership. Our study found that fewer than half of our nearly... |
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General
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Joanne's Blog
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Posted by Joanne J. S. on May 27th, 2010 10:38pm
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| Most HR people I know want to be more strategic and less administrative. In my mind, leading organizations to develop their existing and future leaders is THE key opportunity to be more strategic. This is no simple task because one has to have a picture of what key competencies the... |
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Lynn's Blog
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Posted by Mrs. Lynn R. on May 27th, 2010 1:07pm
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If Human Resource practitioners expect to be full strategic partners within an organization, every dimension of the business is important – most importantly leadership. Otherwise, be prepared to be a transactional service provider, an appendage, an out-sourced vendor or worse – a... |
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General
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Barb's Blog
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Posted by Barb B. on May 27th, 2010 11:48am
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| Leadership is a business imperative. Leadership is about the core systems and processes that link people and strategy to achieve business results. Leadership is about developing talent to drive customer value. Every employee needs to continually increase their value to the organization and its... |
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Gregory's Blog
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Posted by Gregory C. on May 26th, 2010 3:37pm
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| There is no question that effective leadership breeds high performance, an enviable culture and consistent results; it pushes the status quo by encouraging growth through creativity and innovation. HR is the facilitator for the effective and strategic management of an... |
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Shawnee's Blog
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Posted by Shawnee L. on May 18th, 2010 9:02pm
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Tiger Woods is my muse today. Okay, it is a bit shameless to use him
given he is such an easy target, but that is also what makes him such a
great example. He is infamous for not walking his talk or at least not
walking his brand. The same thing happens in companies all the time
... |
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General
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Bettina's Blog
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Posted by Bettina Arnum B. on May 12th, 2010 2:49pm
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As the lead facilitator behind the online community I repeatedly - and
rightly so - get asked: So what makes this community different from all
the other social networking sites and online communities? Isn't this
just like LinkedIn? Why would I spend time and energy here as opposed to... |
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Community
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Alanna's Blog
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Posted by Alanna G. on May 11th, 2010 12:59pm
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| So I've recently started yoga classes, and I've noticed some of the principles have really helped me in life, and especially at work. I used to get nervous in crucial conversations, and rush through to learn each task and check each skill off as a I go. First each pose starts with a... |
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General
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Silke's Blog
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Posted by Silke P. on May 10th, 2010 12:14pm
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My name is Silke, and I'm a Conference Junkie. Once again, I've managed to get my fix at conference this year ... for all of my indulgences. Inspiring speakers, fantastic networking, new concepts challenging my thinking and new contacts for business solutions had me leaving... |
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General
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Kael's Blog
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Posted by Kael C. on May 7th, 2010 3:51pm
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Over 108,700 jobs were created in April in Canada, and BC is one of the provinces leading the way with 13,000 new jobs. Manitoba and Saskatchewan continue to have the lowest unemployment rates in the country at about 5%, which was not surprising considering the people we talked to there April... |
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Melissa's Blog
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Posted by Melissa A. on May 7th, 2010 8:40am
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Despite today being the last day of the conference, I thought I would talk a bit about the second day and the interesting speakers I had the privilege to listen to. Daniel Pink was definitely worth the excitement! I had heard a lot about him previously and watched a few of his... |
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Conference 2010
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Paulette's Blog
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Posted by Paulette G. on May 6th, 2010 4:21pm
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| Great conference again this year! Thanks to all who contributed their time and energy in to this. Congrats! |
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General
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Denyse's Blog
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Posted by Denyse K. on May 6th, 2010 4:04pm
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| What a great opportunity for fun networking, and a fantastic way to spend my birthday! I met with 6 other women (only 2 that I knew from before). After some initial chat at the Conference Centre, and some negotiating regarding group sizes, the 7 of us headed off to the Renaissance for... |
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Ann's Blog
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Posted by Ms. Ann P. on May 6th, 2010 3:45pm
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| Great experience - lots of learning to be found. |
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Francyne's Blog
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Posted by Francyne J. on May 6th, 2010 2:34pm
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| This is my 2nd time here and not only is the weather great but the sessions have been really informative! Being new to the field, there are always new things to learn but meeting people to help is fab! Thanks to the committee for doing another great job and kudos for the mystery dinner! we went... |
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General
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Great Ideas Blog
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Posted by Cathy G. on May 6th, 2010 10:50am
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Networking at conference is a great opportunity to find out what people are reading. I'm hearing that people are excited about a title, make the effort to go out and buy the book, and then... it sits on a shelf, never read.
Does this happen to you?
Do you have a title... |
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General
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Tania's Blog
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Posted by Ms. Tania D. on May 6th, 2010 8:59am
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| Day two - and looking forward to it! This is my first time attending the conference and I must say it is very different to other conferences I have been to, which if I am honest, are somewhat boring after awhile! Yesterday was excellent and I was not falling asleep in the afternoon, instead... |
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General
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Jessie's Blog
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Posted by Jessie M. on May 6th, 2010 8:50am
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Unfortunately, I was only able to attend the first day of the conference but it was worth it! We started off with a bang - or maybe I should say a beat - lots of beats!! The Drum Cafe got the audience drumming and playing other musical instruments. It was not only an exercise to get us... |
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Conference 2010
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Joan's Blog
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Posted by Joan K. on May 5th, 2010 10:42am
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| Great opening ceremony |
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General
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