In assessing today’s marketplace, you realize that you must improve your visibility and credibility. You’ve made the important decision to join the Chamber of Commerce. How can you make sure your investment of time, money and effort pays off? Check out… Read More ›
How long does it take for others to form an impression of you? Google this and you will come up with thousands of answers. One of my favorite studies comes from recent research from Willis and Todorov, suggesting that others… Read More ›
When creating an effective communications plan, it’s important to recognize the difference between strategy and tactics. These two terms are often misunderstood, or worse, used as synonyms. The strategy (or strategies) Each communications, advertising or media relations campaign must start… Read More ›
Download your copy of the Ottawa Business Growth Survey Report here 50 per cent of businesses say their sector will improve over the next six months 42 per cent of business indicate they plan to hire new employees in… Read More ›
Turning an initial 30-second-to-three-minute networking interaction into tangible business results is a skill very few professionals have mastered. But networking has the power to be your most productive business-building activity, if you can overcome the anxiety and time-constraints that come… Read More ›
Relationships, especially professional ones, have a life cycle. They ignite, grow, peak, and then decline. Any number of reasons can contribute to a relationship’s decline: a project’s conclusion, a career transition or promotion, or maybe a geographic relocation. But a… Read More ›
Another new year has arrived with all its potential and possibilities. Like turning a page, it offers a clean slate; a chance to start anew. Not that the challenges and disappointments of last year have disappeared, they just seem less… Read More ›
In Ottawa, perhaps more than any other city in Canada, the holiday season brings valuable after-hour cocktail receptions that, if used properly, can help vastly expand your business network. Using holiday after-hour events to create opportunity for future business development… Read More ›
We’re back at the North Pole getting ready for the big day. However, this isn’t all we do. Most of our year is spent checking and cataloguing the good deeds that people do. Being good, you see, isn’t a one-day… Read More ›
Human beings have been coming together in groups since time began. The natural tendency to gather with other like-minded individuals for survival, support and strength in numbers in ingrained in our DNA. As social beings, we are most comfortable around… Read More ›
