Meet the new boss…

Watching the Canadian election results last night was mildly frustrating (and a bit dull). And ending up with essentially the same House we had before the vote was called is a strong message from ‘the people’ to politicians of all stripes – no matter...

Becoming ‘Bold’

Not too long ago, I mentioned I was going to upgrade to a Blackberry Bold and I did get one. (Hey, iPhones may be super cool, but that’s just never been me.)After a bit of back and forth trying to find one in a store, I asked to have it shipped. It arrived the...

Speed trap

Our 24/7 communications world sometimes seems a lot like the Autobahn: no limits to speed. But I think we’d be a whole lot smarter if we if we took our foot off the accelerator and paid more attention to the road ahead. (Watch our for that pothole!) We could...

Sponsorship training of Olympic proportions

Guest blog by ANTHONY WESTENBERG, account director, Palette PRWhen I was working in Amsterdam as the global communications manager for Randstad, I had the honour to represent my company in the Public Affairs Task Group, established for sponsors of the Dutch Olympic...

My stories

We all have stories we tell people. And it feels like they fall into several categories:- memories- gossip- news or information- recent personal experiences or observationsWell, lately I’ve been using my recent personal experiences/observations as fodder for my...