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Bell Entertainment Letter


BellOfferLetterJan2010

Get Bell Entertainment, if you can. It rocks!

Posted by Alex Sirota on January 13, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Useful tools for Small Business - CTV interview with MikeMcDerment from Freshbooks

A great interview with Freshbooks CEO Mike McDerment on 3 great tools for small business. Freshbooks, Paypal and Shoeboxed.

http://watch.ctv.ca/clip252996#clip252996

Posted by Alex Sirota on January 12, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

City of Craft Needs Volunteers

City of Craft 2009 needs some volunteers for their holiday sale. This is not a not for profit organization, but they are friends of NewPath. Here's a call for volunteers on their website.


Handmade homesteader, or lonestar craft cowboy, you’re on call to join us on the radical-craft

frontier to build this City!


City of Craft is an innovative, craft culture event that features craft-based installations, free workshops, outreach by community arts groups and a curated craft fair of modern handmade goods. Hitch your wagon to this shooting star and volunteer with City of Craft 2009!


Fear not, folks… this is no one-horse town!  Put your hands on one of many plum roles:


All Around Town Heroes- for vendor support and random acts of craft-kindness in the welcome department


Barn-raisers and barn-burners- to put it all up and tear it all down


Sassy School Marms- to help out with our Craft Lab and spread the education word


Décor Do-gooders- to make the place real pretty (December 4 Décor Party)


Rangers- to spread the word to the outside world


Sheriff- strong-armed lovers to keep the peace and move tables


Camp out with us for a weekend, create happy trails, and meet amazin’ crafty-folks! 


For more information and detailed descriptions of volunteer roles, email Day at volunteer@cityofcraft.com


December 12 & 13 at the Great Hall 


Shifts available throughout the event (9am-6pm Saturday, 11am to 7pm Sunday)


CITY OF CRAFT
A celebration of all things crafty in Toronto

Posted by Alex Sirota on December 07, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

The Geography of Jobs - A "video" of job loss trends in the US

The Geography of Jobs - TIP Strategies

This is a fascinating trend of job losses over the past 5 years -- you can clearly see what areas are growing and which ones are drowning in losses. What's particularly scary is what happens at the end in the summer of 2009. And it may still be happening. Good to see what this looks like 1 year from now.

Posted by Alex Sirota on October 15, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Idealist.org graduate school fair Sep 17 2009

Cool grad school fair for socially conscious programs. At U of Toronto next Thursday September 17. Wait list now in effect!

 http://www.idealist.org/if/idealist/en/CareerFair/Viewer/default?career-fair-id=225

  
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Posted by Alex Sirota on September 10, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Dan Roam Adds Clarity to the Health Care Debate

Healthcare Napkins All
View more documents from Dan Roam.

Posted by Alex Sirota on August 20, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Why are you flying solo? Casa Loma Network Kiwanis Club - Thurs. Jun 18 at 7pm


Why are you flying solo?

Networking (noun) a supportive system of sharing information and services among individuals and groups having a common interest.   It's a word we all throw around freely, but stop and think about the specific benefits you can enjoy in contrast to 'going it alone': 

  • You get to "see and be seen".
  • Find out what others are doing to achieve their success.
  • If you are facing a challenge, chances are you're not the only one!
  • Share information and find out how others have conquered those same obstacles.
  • Learn from the brightest and the best in the business world through seminars addressing timely topics.
  • Expose your business to potential clients; build great business relationships with your peers.
  • Showcase your product or service.

Let us help you set the course for your success. Join us today! 

On June 18, 2009 @ 7:00 pm
You are invited to attend our monthly networking
event at Historic Casa Loma.

Sponsored By


Are you a business owner who is looking to work smarter, not harder? Do you want breakthroughs to do things easier and faster? 

Are you someone who is looking to upgrade your skills to have an advantage in our competitive marketplace? 

If you said yes to any one of these questions, then your attendance is mandatory.

$30.00 By Reservation Only 
Dead Line For Reservations is Tuesday @ 3:00 pm
Seating is limited to 50 people

CONTACT US TODAY TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT

Candice Green at 416-926-1588 or email Kiwanis@casaloma.org to RSVP.
Bring a friend and we’ll see you there!

Posted by Alex Sirota on June 15, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

NetChange Week coming to Toronto week of Jun 8-12

Lots of cool events happening all next week with the best and brightest working in social change in Toronto, Ontario and Canada.

Posted by Alex Sirota on June 05, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Gmail's spam filter broken? A spam torrent in my Gmail inbox!

For the last few months I have noticed a very large increase of spam being delivered to my Gmail inbox. Has anyone else seen this uptick in unfiltered spam activity? Google gloated about their performance a scant 2 years ago, but things seem to have degraded in an ugly fashion recently.

These spam messages are all delivered directly to my gmail account (which I rarely publish because I have a forward set up for my newpathconsulting domain to go to my gmail account). I am suspicious because if spam is being sent directly to my gmail account without going through the forwarded email accounts, then one of 3 things are happening (or maybe all 3):

1. Spammers are getting a good list of Gmail addresses from somewhere (this discussion thread suggests that spammers are using Google services to spam other Google users -- here's a link to a search on Google for the past week's discussion on broken Gmail spam filters) or

2. Gmail is selling/sharing/leaking my Gmail email address somewhere

3. Gmail users are not reporting spam as much as they used to!

(more spam filter issues)

On May 27 2009 I got no less than 12 spams between 6 and 8:30 in the morning. I will continue to get them throughout the day and most likely end up with 20-30 spam emails in my inbox. I just got one as I was composing this post.

Anyone else having this problem?

Posted by Alex Sirota on May 27, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

New Federal Tax Self-Assessment tool available (SR&ED)

Several consultants in NewPath do SR&ED tax credits and are always helpful in helping your organization file for a tax credit. Now the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has developed a self-assessment tool for your business that makes it easy to understand more about this important program applicable to any technology/innovation business that runs in Canada.

Check it out today!

SR&ED Eligibility Self-Assessment Tool

Posted by Alex Sirota on May 10, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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