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Tag Archives: VIEA
How do you keep informed?
Whether you are in business, a community volunteer, or just an interested community participant, you need to know what is going on. The challenge is finding out what works for you. Extroverts will belong to organizations, attend all of the … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coaching, Career development, Communication, Community Futures, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Leadership, Lifestyle, Networking, Social Media, Volunteering
Tagged Business, Business Expo, City of Nanaimo, community, Community Leaders, Economic Summit, Extroverts, Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce, Immigrant Welcome Centre, Introverts, Loaves and Fishes, Nanaimo, Nanaimo Magazine, Print, Red Cross, Salvation Army, Social Media, The Bulletin, United Way, Vancouver Island, Vancouver Island Conference Centre, Vancouver Island Economic Alliance, VICC, VIEA, Volunteer, Volunteering
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Island Proud!
With a potential Trade War looming in the not to distant future, there have been Nationalistic movements on both sides of the US/Canada border. The truth is we don’t realize how much we depend on the Global Marketplace for our … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Communication, Customers, Economy, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employment, Empowering people, Entrepreneurs, Lifestyle, Marketing
Tagged 49th Parallel Grocery, Canada, Consumers, Country Grocer, Customers, Employment, Global Marketplace, Island Good, Local Economy, Nanaimo, Quality Foods, Shoppers, Thrifty Foods, Trade War, USA, Vancouver Island, Vancouver Island Economic Alliance, VIEA
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Paying Attention!
Ever wonder how some businesses seem to always be on the cutting edge? It is not really that much of a surprise. It usually is a combination of networking and observation. Networking will connect you with the information in the … Continue reading
Posted in Believe and Succeed Life Coaching, Business Coaching, Business Planning, Career development, Career professional, Chamber of Commerce, Coaching, Communication, Community Futures, Economy, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employment, Empowering people, Entrepreneurs, Life coaching, Networking, Relationships, self-employment
Tagged Building Permits, Business, Business Examiner, Chamber of Commerce, Change, Change Management, Coaching, Communication, Major Projects Inventory, Networking, Observation, Opportunity, Small Business, Vancouver Island, Vancouver Island Economic Alliance, VIEA
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Today’s Reality
Flipping through the pages of the latest issue of BC Business I realize how crucial it is for businesses, all businesses, to keep current on what is happening and what may affect their place in the market. In 1973 I … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coaching, Business Planning, Coaching, Communication, Economy, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Entrepreneurs, Leadership, Marketing, Networking, organizational change, Sales, self-employment
Tagged BC Business Magazine, BC Companies, Business, Change, Change Management, Competition, Organizational Change, Organizational development, Technology, Vancouver Island Economic Alliance, VIEA
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Meet the Players
If starting a business or maintaining an existing one, you need to network. How large or broad that network is depends on the business and you market area. Businesses sometimes only feel they need to network with their customers or … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coaching, Business Planning, Chamber of Commerce, Clients, Communication, Community Futures, Customers, Economy, Entrepreneurs, Networking, self-employment
Tagged Business, Chamber of Commerce, Coaching, Communication, Community Futures, Network, Vancouver Island Economic Alliance, VIEA
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Positive vs. Negative
Every day we are bombarded by media, whether television, radio, or print, with negative events in the world, in our country, and in our communities. For many of us that becomes the expected or the norm as we go about … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coaching, Business Planning, Communication, Economy, Employment, Entrepreneurs, Leadership, Networking, Sales, self-employment
Tagged British Columbia, Business, Climate Change, Economic Summit, Economy, Employment, Entrepreneurs, First Nations, Government, Industry, Nanaimo, Non-Profits, Seminars, State of the Island Report, Vancouver Island, Vancouver Island Conference Centre, Vancouver Island Economic Alliance, VICC, VIEA, Workshops
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So You Want to Move to Vancouver Island!
As an employment counsellor in Central Vancouver Island I saw 6 or 7 people a month who were new to the area and looking for work. Typically they were from large metropolitan centres such as Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary or Vancouver. … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coaching, Business Planning, Chamber of Commerce, Community Futures, Employment, Entrepreneurs, Life coaching, Retirement, Sales, self-employment
Tagged BC Ferries, Campbell River, Campbell River Economic Development Corporation, Career, Career transition, Central Vancouver Island, Change, Change Management, Chemainus, Comox, Comox Valley Economic Development Siciety, Courtenay, Duncan, Economic Development Cowichan, Employment, Gold River, Greater Victoria Development Agency, Hellijet, Ladysmith, Lake Cowichan, Lifestyle, Nanaimo, Nanaimo Economic Development Corporation, Parksville, Port Alberni, Port Hardy, Port McNeill, Qualicum Beach, Retirement, Retirement Career, Sidney, Sooke, Tofino, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, Vancouver Island Economic Alliance, Vancouver Island Real Estate Board, Victoria, VIEA, Washington State Ferries, WorkBC
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The Vancouver Island Economy
It’s been a couple of days since the ‘State of the Island Economic Summit’, an annual two day event held at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre in Nanaimo. Reflecting back on the keynote speakers and the array of informative sessions, … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coaching, Business Planning, Chamber of Commerce, Coaching, Communication, Community Futures, Empowering people, Entrepreneurs, Human resources, Leadership, Marketing, Networking, organizational change, Relationships, Sales, self-employment, Social Media
Tagged Change, Change Management, Coaching, Communication, Human Resources, Organizational Change, Organizational development, relationships, Vancouver Island, Vancouver Island Economic Alliance, Vancouver Island Economic Summit, VIEA
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Business as Usual….Not!
We lead our day-to-day lives, busy, nose to the grindstone, trying to keep the business going whether we are an employee or owner. Sometimes we are too close, don’t see the changes going on around us. There is huge importance … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coaching, Chamber of Commerce, Coaching, Communication, FaceBook, Human resources, Leadership, LinkedIn, Listening, Networking, Service Clubs, Social Media, Twitter
Tagged BC Human Resouce Management Association, Chambers of Commerce, Change, Change Management, Coaching, Communication, Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce, HR, Human Resources, Life coach, Organizational Change, Organizational development, Organizational training, Service Clubs, Vancouver Island Economic Alliance, Vancouver Island Economic Summit, VIEA
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The Awkward Hug
Communication takes many forms. It can be expressed in words, verbal or written in the myriad of ways we receive information today. It can be a wink, a nod or a hug. No matter what form it takes, communication works … Continue reading
Posted in Assessments, Believe and Succeed Life Coaching, Business Coaching, Coaching, Communication, Human resources, Life coaching, Managing stress, MBTI, Myers-Briggs, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, organizational change, Relationships, Retirement, Sales, Team development, Training
Tagged Assessments, Board Development, Boards, Coaching, Communication, HR, Human Resources, MBTI, MBTI step II, Myer-Briggs Type Indicator, Organizational development, Organizational training, Personality, Personality type, Preferences, relationships, Retirement, Soft skills, Staff Training, Vancouver Island, Vancouver Island Economic Alliance, VIEA, Workshops
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