The main reason for me to organize an annual Small Business Conference was to be able to speak at a conference. I wanted to and people weren’t banging down my door to get me to speak at theirs. Plus I like going to conferences and having one right here in the Annapolis Valley is very […]
It’s June and I’m thinking about conferences right about now for 2 reasons: I’m working towards going to one of the coolest international conferences I know of and I’m thinking about starting to work on putting together the 4th annual Kings County Small Business Conference during Small Business Week again this year. I’m working on […]
Are Social Networking Tools time and energy suckers or do they give you measurable results? People who use them well swear by them. There are several types: Social Groups such as FaceBook and LinkIn Bogging on WordPress, Blogger etc Micro Blogging like Twitter All of these are tools which means you should have a strategy […]
Chris Guillebeau just posted a great article about Community. I just forwarded it to my mastermind group because we are building an online community for off-line business. I think that small business is the backbone of most economies and I think that many of the world’s problems would be solved through strong small businesses all […]
In Tribes Seth Godin tells us to step up and lead. In these days, when people don’t talk to their neighbours, they are looking for ways to connect and it remains to us to help them do that. People are looking for relevance. They aren’t interested in small talk, they want to talk about what […]
The Blue Sweater by Jacqueline Novogratz Here’s a woman not afraid to start. Sometimes you just have to step forward and do. Once you start, you can check in and make adjustments as needed. Jacquline got a dream job out of university as an international banker traveling the world. Something about the culture of the […]
A deep breath then one two three GO Suspended in air before the stomach clenching feeling of falling hundreds of feet straight down towards the water. A scream torn from my throat. Woohoo! photo New Zealand Tourism Could you do that? Talk about a difficult start. It goes against all that is in us fighting […]
What project would be the best use of your time to get you to your goals? If your goal is to travel the world. What is the next thing you have to do to begin traveling? That will depend upon where you are on your path. For some people it might mean getting themselves to […]
Starting is half the battle and yet we have such a hard time doing it. Once we start, that’s it. There’s no starting over. Feels like we better start it right. Starting is the time when we make choices about what we are going to do and more importantly, what we are not going to […]
It makes sense to work to your strengths, but how do you figure out what they are? You know you are working to your strengths when you feel energized, excited and happy doing a task. What were you doing the last time you felt like that? Break down the job into […]
