Seth Godin argues the Internet has ended mass marketing and revived a human social unit from the distant past: tribes. Founded on shared ideas and values, tribes give ordinary people the power to lead and make big change. He urges us to do so.
Waterloo Event:Seth Godin, marketing expert, entrepreneur and agent of change, will provide a keynote at Communitech’s Tech Leadership Conference, on May 14, 2009. The full-day event will bring more than 500 CEOs and tech professionals together around the idea of “Bucking the Trend” in Canada’s fastest-growing technology cluster.More details
WATERLOO - The University of Waterloo is inviting the general public to watch the launch of the Herschel Space Observatory later this week and celebrate Canada’s contribution to the study of the birth of planets, stars and galaxies.
This resulted in a New Housing Price Index of 154.6 (1997=100) Kitchener CMA holds it's value
Statscan - Between February and March, prices declined by 1.2% in Calgary and Edmonton, followed by Vancouver (-1.1%) and Victoria (-0.9%). In Calgary and Edmonton, declines were attributed to lower material and labour costs and lower lot prices from developers. In Vancouver and Victoria, builders reported lower prices due to competition and slow market conditions.
TORONTO - Ontario wants to give nurse practitioners, pharmacists, physiotherapists and other medical professionals the freedom to provide a wider range of health services. Patients would get better access to health care and have more choices in who provides it.
TORONTO - A survey of Southern Ontario residents conducted over the weekend shows 69 percent support the addition of a new NHL franchise to the region (the number rises to 77% among males). The majority (67%) are also calling for existing Canadian NHL teams to endorse the idea and set aside their concerns about competition.
TORONTO - The Ontario Nonprofit Network (ONN) is convening an unprecedented, province-wide forum for Ontario's nonprofits this May in Toronto. The two-day forum, titled Our Sector, Our Vision: Shaping a cross-sectoral strategy, will bring together nonprofits from sectors including the environment, the arts and social services to develop strategies and take action.
TORONTO - The Ontario Pharmacists' Association (OPA) is pleased that the Ontario government has recognized the value of pharmacists by proposing legislation that would expand their scope of practice.
Our nation's competitiveness depends on how we mobilize female talent
TORONTO - There may be no quick fix to the current financial crisis, but fostering new perspectives by advancing more women into leadership positions is a sure-fire, long-term resolution, says Groundbreakers, a new report from Ernst & Young.
Kitchener - Conestoga's SAE mini-baja team placed 35th out over 150 entrants in this year’s event in Alabama. Conestoga was the only Canadian college entered and finished ahead of such American institutions as the University of Michigan, Purdue University, University of Texas, North Carolina State and Texas A&M. The University of Sherbrooke took home the top prize.
Kingston - Queen’s alumnus Andrew Feustel (PhD ’95) blasted into space at 2:01 pm EDT today, as part of the seven-member crew on the space shuttle Atlantis – the final shuttle mission to service NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Originally scheduled for May 12, the flight began with a picture-perfect liftoff and entered orbit nine minutes later.
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese exports fell more steeply than expected in April but investment spending surged as massive government pump-priming and buoyant bank lending helped to cushion the slump in global demand.
Kitchener - The 2008/09 Pops Series comes to a glamorous close as Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony (KWS) rolls out the red carpet to welcome Hollywood Walk of Famer, Bill Conti, to direct An Evening at the Movies.
Ottawa – The City of Ottawa has officially declared the National Capital as Canada’s knowledge destination for May, an initiative applauded by both the University of Ottawa and Carleton University, under the banners of the Association franophone pour le savoir (Acfas) and the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (CFHSS).
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Family run companies are in many respects the backbone of American business. They are typically the most stable of small businesses, with a much lower failure rate than other small business models.
York University and The Gairdner Foundation mark 50th anniversaries with conference on biomedicine and entrepreneurship
TORONTO - Canada has the research expertise to develop drugs and vaccines to address pressing medical needs, but delivering on the promise will require new models of collaboration between scientists, biotechnology and the pharmaceutical industry, according to speakers at an upcoming symposium by The Gairdner Foundation and York University.
"The Gulf's largest economies are expected to contract this year as Opec-mandated cuts in oil production and declining petroleum revenue erode growth. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Sunday that real gross domestic product in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait would shrink after a slump in oil prices spurred the cartel to reduce output....
KITCHENER WATERLOO – Summer is coming, and kids can’t wait! House of Friendship’s Summer Camp Sponsorship program wants to help send over 100 kids from local low-income families to camp this summer.
TORONTO - Professionals should think twice before scheduling that next meeting, a survey suggests. Managers interviewed said 25 per cent of these gatherings are a waste of time. Moreover, four out of 10 (41 per cent) respondents felt employees would be more productive if their company banned meetings one day a week.
Toyota Canada Inc. ranks 9th overall out of 100 Canadian corporations
TORONTO - In a Leger survey asking Canadians to rate 100 corporations based on their reputations, Toyota ranked 9th overall - the only automaker to make it into the Top 10. The results of the 5th annual Corporate Reputation Study conducted by Leger Marketing are published in the May 11th issue of Marketing magazine.
OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has revoked the charitable registration of The Children's Emergency Foundation, a Toronto-area charity. This revocation was effective May 9, 2009.
LONDON - CAW Economist and renowned author Jim Stanford will give a guest lecture at the University of Western Ontario this afternoon at the invitation of UWO Staff Association, addressing the current global financial crisis.
60,000 Join in Call to Increase Protection for Breeding Grounds for Billions of Birds
Toronto - With spring bird migration in full swing, Ontario Nature and other environmental groups across Canada will deliver 60,000 petitions today calling for increased protection of Canada's 1.3-billion-acre Boreal Forest.
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