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Kudos to Guacira Naves for live blogging a chaotic panel discussion hosted by the Vancouver Social Media Club in partnership with Vancouver Bloggers Meetup last night at BOB Coworking Space in Vancouver. The point of the discussion was to “review expectations vs outcomes in the context of social and traditional media coverage of a...

Being able to speak and be understood is something most of us take for granted. When we have to repeat ourselves – especially if it’s more than once – we may feel frustrated and irritated. But for some people, “not being understood” is a part of daily life. People with degenerative diseases, brain injuries,...

“Thats’s so random!” I never know what I’ll see on my iPhone camera after my son’s been using it. Yesterday I found this super-cool drawing on it after our trip to JJ Bean. He’s also taken some interesting shots of the painting on the south wall of Continental Cafe (which is worth a look-see...

Here in this picture, at the far right, is Virginia Greene - CEO of the Business Council of B.C. - who carried the Olympic torch in North Vancouver yesterday. Just over a year ago, I got some really good advice on networking from Virginia and it's made a huge positive impact on my life.

Today I had lunch with Lorraine Murphy - known online as raincoaster - one of the most well-known people in Vancouver's blogging / social media community. She gave me great ideas and encouragement - but before I get to that, here's something really disturbing...

On Friday, Feb 5, local artist Mad Dog welcomed fans to his first show in seven years - and, as parties go, everyone had a great time. People were loving (and buying) the art, drinking beer, and talking with old friends and new strangers. On til Feb 28...

My friend Astarte Sands has a really cool job. She coordinates a program for MOSAIC called Workplace Connections - matching local mentors with immigrant professionals moving their careers to Canada.

Have you ever noticed how many people hate writing? They dread the task and try to avoid it at all costs – and recently I gained some new insight into why they may feel this way. Writer and teacher Susan Wise Bauer describes writing as a two-part process: 1) Putting the idea into words...

Today I did a story jam with 12 young people at the Purple Thistle Centre in Vancouver. It was a Sunday afternoon workshop at the YoungGunz program for 11 to 15-year-olds – and our “story jam” exercise got everyone focused on writing together. Each week a different mentor comes to lead workshops on photography,...

“We need a lot of voices in Vancouver,” said publisher Linda Solomon at the Vancouver Observer’s re-launch celebration at Ceili’s Irish Pub & Restaurant on Tuesday, Oct. 6. “Get behind us. Send us your blogs. Sign up for our newsletter. Tell your friends. Let’s make the media strong in Vancouver – and let’s just...