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March 2009

Art of Innovation – Guy Kawasaki

Last week was at a conference where the Keynote speaker was Guy kawasaki.  He had an excellent discussion on 10 truths on the art of  innovation. 1- Make meaning!  Set out to change the world! The companies that want to make meaning have a better chance of succeeding.  The companies that want to make money fail as they attract the wrong people. You have to want to make the world a better place! 2 – Make a mantra (not a mission statement – too complex).  By having a 3-4 word mantra – you can inspire your staff and keep them all working together. 3 […]

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CANADIAN AGRI-MARKETING ASSOCIATION ALBERTA CHAPTER REACTIVATED

I have been working to get CAMA back up and running – so come on out to this meeting! CANADIAN AGRI-MARKETING ASSOCIATION ALBERTA CHAPTER REACTIVATED Source: Canadian Agri-Marketing Association news release The Canadian Agri-Marketing Association (CAMA) is pleased to invite you and your collegues to attend an upcoming meeting in Olds, AB. The CAMA Alberta Chapter has been inactive for a few years and the CAMA National Committee is organizing the following meeting to rebuild enthusiasm in the Alberta Chapter. There is no charge to attend this meeting, however, we do require pre-registration by April 1. To help us spread the word about this

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Distributed Learning Symposium

I am attending the Distributed Learning Symposium in Calgary.  The first key note right after breakfast was Curtis Johnson – co-author of Disrupted Class a book about disrupted learning. I think this is a great concept, as a times a natural progression is just not enough to keep up with what is happening, and it does not lead to jumps in advancements. By disrupting the normal learning models – moving to some variation of online or other distributed learning models can be the way we will finally make learning work for a much larger percentage of learners. Curtis Johnson states that we are presently

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Social Media Marketing

I have immersed myself into the social media world over the last week or two. The newest kid on the block is twitter. The first thing most people think when hearing or seeing Twitter is ‘huh’, ‘what’s the point’. Twitter is a site where people log in and then can post short (140 characters) tweets about what they are doing right now.  Members (or twitterers or tweeps) can also add who they are following and can have others follow their tweeks. So really what can you do with 140 characters?  And how can this be marketing? Well ask that to MC Hammer – a

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