Category Archives: Events

Hubs, Spokes, Wheels and Marketing – Featuring Oasis Spa

In October, Doug Lacombe, a friend of mine, sent me an email saying that Oasis Spa was looking to try some new things to promote gift certificates to the Calgary market. Every year the owner, Peter Smed, offers various denominations of certificates to people who need an elegant, valuable, easy to buy gift for a…

Networking Event at La Brezza Ristorante

Last Tuesday we invited contacts and friends to join us for a networking event at La Brezza Ristorante. Approximately, 50 people came. Great event. Excellent food. Wonderful service. Guest were invited from various groups related to social media: FridayBeersYYC Meetup – #FridayBeersYYC Calgary Professional Business Owners & Managers Meetup Third Tuesday Calgary Meetup – #TTYYC…

Social Media Networking Event with #TTYYC, #FridayBeersYYC and #Quickinars

Tuesday, July 26, 2011 from 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM (MT) Calgary, Alberta For this event, we are inviting you to La Brezza Ristaurante to network, drink wine (or beer) and try La Brezza’s famous Antipasti (that is the plural in Italian for appetizer). Here is a list of all the good things offered during…

Stories My Father, Cliff Nelson, Still Tells Me

It is Father’s Day and I can’t help but think of my father. I could call him and I will later but first I thought I would upload a few videos that I recorded of him telling some of my favorite stories. Hopefully, he won’t mind that I didn’t get him a gift this year….

Social Media Shift – BIG Ideas for Growing Business

Thursday, June 23, 2011 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Roderick Mah Centre for Continuous Learning Mount Royal University’s Continuing Education and Extension is hosting a one day forum and trade show on social media marketing featuring a variety of dynamic speakers from the forefront of this growing phenomenon. Social media is here to stay and…

On QR Codes

I just received my QR Code name tag in the mail the other day so I thought I would share my journey down the QR Code highway. At a seminar recently I noticed an attendee with QR Code name tag and I was inspired to create my own. It was surprisingly easy to do. There…

Article: In B.C.’s political leadership races, will social media make a difference?

A second reference was made to Anduro Marketing in yesterday’s Vancouver Sun article by Gillian Shaw: In B.C.’s political leadership races, will social media make a difference? As mentioned in a previous post, Article: Liberal leadership social media monitor: No runaway successes, Gillian is following the Liberal leadership race in BC. The BC Liberals will…