Martin Perelmuter, President of Speakers’ Spotlight
Last week, we hosted a book launch for Jeff Rubin‘s new book, Why Your World Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller. With over 200 clients attending the event, we could have easily renamed the event “Why Your Office Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller”, as we had quite a turnout. In just a few weeks, since its release, the book has become the #1 bestseller in Canada, (more…)
by Mitch Joel
This post was republished from Mitch Joel’s Six Pixels of Separation – The Twist Image Blog: http://www.twistimage.com/blog/archives/reimagining-the-business-conference/
In August of last year, I wrote the Blog post, Changing Business Through The Unconference, that looked at a new kind of gathering in which individuals were connecting and collaborating online to create an event in the real-world that was self-organized by the attendees.
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By Sarah Delsey – Client Services Executive
The Metro newspaper recently ran an article entitled “Corporate trainers can ease stress at work”, which stated that as the recession lingers, companies are taking stock of their best resources (their people) and evaluating how to arm them with the best skills possible. Along with building a stronger team, the article argues that feeling more (more…)
By Farah Perelmuter, Co-Founder, CEO
My husband Martinand I were honoured to be invited to Peter C. Newman’s 8oth birthday party last week. And oh, what a night it was! Held at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club in Toronto, the guest list included a veritable Who’s Who from the worlds of Canadian politics, journalism and beyond. From DR. JOE MACINNIS, STEPHEN LEDREW, ALLAN FOTHERINGHAM, and Frank Mckenna to the Asper Family, Michael Ignatieff (Peter’s next biography subject) and others, Martin and I had our fill of fascinating conversation.
All attended to pay respects to one of Canada’s most highly regarded, yet controversial and dare I say – feared – writers of our time. Peter C. Newman’s 24 (more…)
