Vancouver 2010

Urban Barn – creates a Home on Howe St for charity

On My way to a client meeting today I decided to skip the crowds on Granville and instead walked along Howe St. Now I walk this street all the time so I’m pretty familiar with all the businesses and what … [Read More]

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A chance interview with Indian Olympian Shiva Keshavan

Here is an excerpt from one of my Olympic blogs on the Metro Blenz News Squad Taking a walk with a friend enjoying the beautiful Vancouver sunshine we stopped at the local UPS Store on Nelson & Cambie to mail … [Read More]

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Is Yaletown reaping the Olympic benefits?

The excitement for me really started on Thursday when with friends I watched the Olympic flame being carried right in front of the building I live in on Mainland St. Here’s a brief clip of the torch passing in front of my friends condo. What you didn’t see was the mimosas and the fantastic buffet of food our hostess had arranged. We celebrated in true Yaletown fashion! [Read More]

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The Grand Opening of Pride House Vancouver

As you may know I am enjoying the Olympics and writing for the Metro Blenz News Squad. I’ll be posting my blogs there over the coming weeks and then I’ll repost them here on my blog for you all to … [Read More]

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Vancouver 2010 Opening Ceremonies Dress Rehearsal – So inspiring

Image via Wikipedia Luck was smiling on me yesterday. I was gifted two tickets to see the dress rehearsal of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Opening Ceremonies! Now don’t get all excited I’m not going to spill the beans about what … [Read More]

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What’s the one event you can’t wait to see at the Olympics?

Having missed Expo 86 I am very excited to be able to partake in all the fun and events that will be happening in and around Vancouver during the 2010 Olympics. I’m even planning to do a day trip up to Whistler just to be a part of the energy and excitement that will be up there.

Thanks to a couple of great websites (www.miss604.com 04 and www.citycaucus.ca) I’ve been able to scout some of the best and FREE events that will be happening around the city. [Read More]

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Sociable: How Social Media is Turning Sales & Marketing Upside Down

Over the past 8 months I’ve invested time into the “new” world of social media; Twitter, Facebook Fan Pages, YouTube etc…. Without a doubt Shane Gibson and Stephen Jagger have been a huge part of the success I have achieved in my understanding and implementation of this new tool for business. Whether you are an entrepreneur, employee, board member of a charity or just curious save your self some time and get Sociable. It will demystify the world of Social Media and give you some great tips and tricks on how to successfully integrate it into your best practices manual. [Read More]

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The Olympics is not just about sports, it’s about Culture

I originally wanted to write a blog post today about some of the events happening in Vancouver during the Olympics. As luck would have it Vancouver Blogger star Rebecca Bollwitt (or better known as Miss604) wrote a great Blog on … [Read More]

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Tips and Tricks for getting around Vancouver during the 2010 Olympics

So yesterday’s blog article on the Olympics generated quite a bit of private comments to me about the #1 concern which is how to effectively get around the city during the Games. These are the 8 Tips and Tricks I … [Read More]

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Olympics – do or don’t? My take on the what’s going to happen

So we are 30 days away from hosting the Olympics here in Vancouver and everyone seems to have an opinion on whether it’s a good or bad thing for Vancouver. Well here’s mine. Regardless of my initial position it is … [Read More]

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