Jack Zenert

Marketing Specialist. Expert Marketing Speaker. Trainer / Instructor in marketing, business management and succession planning.

Organizational Behavior

I started my first class this week on my journey to an MBA! Organization Behavior – something many businesses do not work at near enough.  Unfortunately other things – the hear and now stuff – like profits, products, prices, and other priorities get in the way of doing things that can really make your business grow. Organizational Behavior is all about systems.  How do we create a business system that can generate profits, serve the customer, keep the employees happy, and work in the society we live in. I am really enjoying this topic.  The soft business skills really intrigue me.  I am a […]

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Obama on ‘making a difference’

I am Canadian! I will shout it from the rooftops – as I am proud to be CANADIAN! But I truly believe that the USA has a great leader.  Obama has class – in many ways. This answer to the question ‘Have you ever regretted running for President’ is very eloquent, and I think this is my favorite mini-speech from Obama that I have heard yet. Embedded video from <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video” mce_href=”http://www.cnn.com/video”>CNN Video</a> By the way – if you want some other info / coverage of President Obama – check out http://my.alltop.com/obama

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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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