7 Tips for a Secure Holiday Municipal Event Your festivity special event plan is likely all neatly wrapped with a bow and all of the excited community participants are looking forward to your parades, concerts and fireworks extravaganzas that are taking …

  We’ve All Been There and Done It! As entrepreneurs we’ve all fallen into the trap of the initial excitement of using social media. Wow, what a great tool! I never wanted to make any silly mistakes using it but …

  June 10, 2015 – In This Issue: FORGET ABOUT THE JARGON – SAY IT WITH PLAIN LANGUAGE FREE WEBCAST – LEADING A PEAK PERFORMANCE CULTURE FEATURED CONSULTANTS ACER TABLET CONTEST CLOSES JUNE 30TH FORGET ABOUT THE JARGON – SAY …

A Quick Tip for Finding Municipal Statistical Data As municipal consultants we constantly have the need to research municipal operations and data. But have you ever had difficulty finding it all in one location? My method of choice to research …

Skip the Jargon: Use Plain Language By Dr. Sandra Folk Have you ever had a conversation with a person who made a comment that made perfect sense to him, yet mystified you. I recently experienced this kind of confusion during …

Municipal Pet Licensing: The Need for New Innovation Municipal pet licence compliance is very low averaging at 10-15%. This is because most pet owners see little incentive for licensing their pet(s) other than avoiding a fine from municipal By-Law officers. …

  April 13, 2015 – In This Issue: THE ART OF DELEGATION SPECIAL OFFERS FROM OUR PROFESSIONAL MEMBERS FEATURED CONSULTANTS COME SEE US AT MUNICIPAL CONFERENCES WORKING SMART – THE ART OF DELEGATION We all tend to take on too …

  April 2, 2015 – In This Issue: WORKING SMART CONNECTING THE WORDS NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR MEMBERS PUBLISH ONLINE RFPs. WORKING SMART – THE ART OF DELEGATION We all tend to take on too much ourselves – we’re human.  …

As managers and/or entrepreneurs, we all too often tend to think we, “can do it all”. Spoiler Alert – No one can be good at every task and skill that is required to run a small business or manage an …

Content Marketing is gaining in popularity and those that once said, “I don’t have time”, are now weighing the time commitment against the benefits. All for good reason, Content Marketing works, but you need to start with an organized foundation. …