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10 Tips for Hiring the Right Speaker

Speaker selection is one of the most important elements of a successful meeting; however, this can be a daunting task, as speakers are available in every fee range and specialty topic. The Canadian Association of Professional Speakers, comprised of more than 500 professional speakers, has compiled these tips to help you find the right match for your group. read more…

Why you should hire a CAPS Professional Speaker

Speaker selection is one of the most important elements in the execution of a successful meeting. Once you determine the specific needs of your audience, you will need a speaker who not only has the knowledge and content, but someone who can deliver it with a punch that will leave the audience with inspiration and knowledge. read more…

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How To Assess Your Organizational Leaders And Their Capacity To Lead

May 15, 2012 - Bill Hogg

This is the third in our series that looks at leadership capacity and its impact on organizational growth. The full series will be available for download as a white paper once it is completed. In our last article, we discussed the characteristics of transformational leadersh…

Forty percent of employee motivation is optional

May 15, 2012 - Greg Schinkel

Admit it; you’ve had managers you wanted to see succeed and you’ve likely worked for others that you didn’t respect or trust. And you’ve had occasions where you threw everything you had at your job and other times where you dialed it back to idle. Man…

BCAMA Vision Conference – Wed, May 23, 2012

May 15, 2012 - Mary Charleson

Just plugging a little shameless promotion for my friends at the BCAMA. They do an annual marketing conference each year called VISION. Now in it’s 22nd year, VISION features outstanding speakers, excellent networking, and great visionary thinking. This year is no exce…

Getting your ideas across to management

May 14, 2012 - Merge Gupta-Sunderji

The great folks at PDNet and CGA Canada have invited me to deliver a live webcast ” Getting Your Ideas Across to Management” on Thursday May 24, 2012 at 9 AM Pacific Time.   If you’ve never attended a live web event before, it’s a great way to get focused relevan…
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