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Event: Talk is Cheap 3.0

Tonight Centennial College’s Corporate Communications & Public Relations Programis putting on a event called Talk is Cheap 3.0 “…third annual evening “unconference” examining trends in social media and public relations. Talk is Cheap is designed to bring together communications and marketing professionals, journalists, bloggers, students and anyone else interested in exploring how social media and online [...]
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Event: HST 101 for Business

ING Direct Canada is hosting a seminar for business on HST, which is coming into affect July 1st, 2010. Ready or not, the HST (Harmonized Sales Tax) is coming and we want to help you get your business prepared for it. Come and join our HST 101 for Business seminar to learn how the HST will affect [...]
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ChangeCampTO: Tomorrow

So tomorrow is the big day for ChangeChampTo: Design a toolkit for a self-organizing civic movement In a fun-but-focused 3 hours, registered attendees will contribute to the creation of a toolkit for a self-organizing, people-driven, nonpartisan movement for positive change in Toronto and beyond. We see the municipal elections in 2010 as an excuse to gather people together [...]
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Event: Social Media Week – Toronto

One week today is the launch of Social Media Week, which is not just happening in Toronto but also Berlin, London, San Francisco, New York and Sao Paulo. This is the second year of the annual conference that will explore the profound impact that social media has on culture, business communications and society at large. The [...]
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Event: PodCamp Toronto 2010

PodCamp Toronto is back for this year and is about one month away. PodCamp Toronto 2010 is a FREE “unconference” bringing together professionals and hobbyists from Toronto and the surrounding area to explore the cutting edge of new and social media. If you are an online content creator – hobbiest and professionals – who are [...]
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Helping Arion Focus Grow Their Community

Client: Arion Focus Website: www.Breeders.Net & www.Doggies.com Services: Market Research, Competitive Analysis, Strategic Planning & Brainstorming and Google Analytics Company Description Arion Focus runs two websites: Breeders.Net is a site geared towards helping people find a dog breeder(s) in a city close to their home across North America. They also fun Doggies.com, which is for dog owners to get [...]
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NXNEi Panel: Marketing your next video game is about visibility

Monday night I submitted my idea for NXNE’s new interactive section. My panel idea is called: Marketing your next video game is about visibility. It’s not a sexy topic as it doesn’t just cover social media. I’m hoping to look at marketing as a whole and how you go about planning a strategy to market [...]
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Review: The Truth about Trust in Business by Vanessa Hall

The Truth about Trust in Business by Vanessa Hall was a book I got this past summer and only got around to reading it this past month. It has been a busy period. It took me a couple chapters to get into the book but once I did I didn’t turn back. I’ve been applying [...]
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Events: Nathan Shedroff: Design is the Problem

The team over at Torch Partnerships are back with another great Unfinished Business Lecture Series. Tomorrow night they are going to have Nathan Shedroff speak. Nathan Shedroff is the chair of the ground-breaking MBA in Design Strategy at California College of the Arts (CCA) in San Francisco, CA. This program melds the unique principles that design [...]
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Events: Toronto Open Data Lab

Tomorrow afternoon my friend Mark Kuznicki will doing an event Toronto Open Data Lab, part of the Toronto Innovations Showcase. The Open Data Lab is an opportunity to explore the innovation possibilities of open civic data in Toronto. Join City subject matter and technology experts, community stakeholders and talented members of Toronto’s vibrant technology and design [...]
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