J’s Ramblings

EvolveSSX Website

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If you have a minute – check out the EvolveSSX website.  I just put it up today.  It is a WordPress site that includes the front page as a blog showing the latest posts – and two menus featuring static content about the various programs and activities of the Evolve Ski and Snowboard Cross Club. The head coaches (one each for ski and snowboarding) wanted a site that they could easily update with limited tech knowledge.  They also wanted the social aspect of the blog on the main page.  I set them both up as editors in the WordPress user admin area – therefore

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Crossroads in Life

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In your business life or career there are times when you come to a crossroads – where you must decide which path to take.  As an entrepreneur, life is full of small crossroads that we take almost every day, but still there are larger crossroads that set us upon specific journeys. One of the largest decisions to make as an entrepreneur is to commit to a long term working relationship with another business.  This may be the act deciding to forego our business dream and take on a job – that one that you just can’t resist.  Or it may also be about aligning

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Work Smarter for Sales Success

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Is success in sales a matter of inputting activity and outputting dollars? Many sales managers will tell you that is the case.  Put in the work – and the output will be a successful career. While I do not have anything against hard work, and I have done my fair share of it – I like to now try and work smarter rather than harder.  I enjoy my time for many other pursuits – therefore I believe to make the best use of ‘Sales Activities’ one should use their mind.  The chief argument for this is that if your strategy for success is based

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Linked Alberta

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Many people are using social media in various ways.  Kim Kerr is finding a way to not only benefit her personal image and brand online, but also to help others.  Kim realizes that although the internet allows us to interact with people all over the world – we still have our closes relationships with the people that are geographically close to us.  And at time we need help to build these relationships.  To that end Kim has created Linked Alberta. Linked Alberta is a group on LinkedIn.  But really Linked Alberta is more than that.  It does have a website, but again that is

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Organizational Behaviour

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If you have taken any business related education or know someone who has – you have probably heard the term Organizational Behaviour.  It is one of the least understood disciplines relating to business – and often it is taught in completely the wrong way. Unfortunately too often organizational behaviour focuses on the theory rather than on the practical applications of organizational behaviour.  As well, many organizational behaviour courses put too much emphasis on the individual within the organization.  The power of using the science of organizational behaviour comes from the ability to use the theories relating to the organization (not the individual) to determine

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