Hello There Everyone! First of all, a big thank you goes out to those corporations and individuals who participated in Random Acts of Kindness Week February 10th to the 16th – CC Members Glain Roberts-McCabe of The Executive Roundtable was one of the individuals who got her leadership and mentorship group on board. I salute those who know kindness and leadership can work together.  

MEMBER NEWS: An event you may want to join if you are interested in content marketing

 

CC Member, Aviva Rabinovici, President, AR Communications Inc. is offering Free Webinar – The Ins and Outs of Email Marketing
Date: Thursday, March 6th 2014
10 a.m. (PST)/1:00 p.m. (EST)
http://secure.campaigner.com/Campaigner/Public/t.show?6cnja--3f1h7-l9ovn27&_v=2
Big companies are doing it. B2B companies are doing it. Now you can do it too.
We’re talking about content marketing—a powerful strategy that gives businesses new ways to communicate with their prospects, build relationships and win business. 

To help you master content marketing, AR has teamed up with SOHO Business.  to create a series of reports and eBooks that include tips, tricks and real-world examples you can use to develop compelling content to fuel your marketing programs.
The first report covers strategies for effective email marketing and will be released late next month. But you don’t need to wait.  On Thursday, March 6th at 10:00 am PST / 1:00 pm EST, the first 50 people who sign up can attend a free webinar where we’ll share a sneak peek into the ins and outs of email marketing.  We’ll be looking at some of the tactics Global 2000 companies spend hundreds of thousands of dollars every year trying to figure out.
Contact Aviva directly if you have further questions: aviva@ar-com.com
 

Let's welcome other new members:
Let’s welcome some members who have re-joined: Evelyn Wang has re-joined at Level 2 and Nancy Biderman at Level 2 as well. I want to thank Nancy for the continual support of other members. And, we also welcome via the active connector, Suzen Fromstein, Kathryn Green who recently moved to Toronto after completing her Masters in International Marketing in London, UK. She just got hired with Starshot, which is a marketing agency that focuses on experience design. This includes event marketing, demand generation and digital marketing. Starshot works with B2B clients including Microsoft, Cisco and Intuit. http://starshot.com/about-us/ and you can connect with Kathryn at: kat_green@live.com 

Let's connect other new members:
 As Connection Corner is about ‘paying it forward’ and helping other members with their needs, here are two members looking for new roles, so can you take the time to connect or help with their job search?
How Can We Help?  Are you or someone you know looking for these skills?

Re-joining Connection Corner, Evelyn Wang’s goal in 2014 is to find a position in the Marketing field, such as marketing and / or sales or product coordinator. Her expertise is e-marketing, product development, business to customer (B2C) management, B2B management, sales support and project management.  Her preferred industries are IT, computer, banking, non-profit and public sector, but she is open.
She will complete my IEP (International educated professionals) program at York University this April and get her Marketing certificate. You can connect with her at: yiewnvir@gmail.com

Introducing Sharon Chandar:  How Can We Help Connect Her?

Let’s welcome Sharon Chandar at Level 3. Sharon is a Project Management and Business Operations Specialist.  She has over 10 years successfully managing multiple projects in one of Canada’s top corporations. Her last role was at Bombardier Aerospace as Sales Operations Managers for Asia Pacific, and China.
She is a dynamic and strategic business operations professional who has also worked at Nissan Canada and Altis HR. You want something done in business and productivity then you call on Sharon. You can contact her at s.chandar@icloud.com 

Member Information: Book and Job Site News

Spyderworks, a Canadian branding and innovation company based in Toronto and New York, has a new book out.  It’s called Cause A Disturbance, and it most assuredly will cause a disturbance in the way you think about your business. It opens the mind to the possibilities - and simplicity - of being innovative, everyday.

Everyone knows - and everyone talks about - how important innovation is in the competitive battle to find, delight and keep customers and employees and yet, far too few achieve it. There's a big difference between an occasional spark of innovation and an eternal flame. But the reality is different; most firms struggle to consistently innovate.

 You can order your copy of Cause a Disturbance
 AMAZON, BARNES & NOBLE, BOOKS FOR BUSINESS and CHAPTERS. If you are interested in an innovation workshop for your team, or a keynote for your next event, please get in touch with Ken directly at: ktencer@spyderworksdesigns.com

For those creative people with skills like design, photography and art direction and interested in working internationally, check out http://www.behance.net
And thanks to CC Member, Julie Branscombe, for sharing.

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