Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 16, 2010

Make them laugh – Although you want to educate your audience, you need to make them laugh as well. In essence, it keeps the audience alert and they’ll learn more from you than someone who just educates. The audience isn’t there to read your slides, they are there to listen to you present. Learn to tell stories.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 15, 2010

Attendance at arts performances dropped from 15 million to 13 million in 2001-2006; Low income, living in a poor neighbourhood, low parental education, recent immigration, racialized status, and Aboriginal status affect participation in leisure and culture. Time spent on social leisure activities dropped from 15% in 1998 to 12% in 2005.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 24, 2010

Some of the commonly held myths and the corresponding reality checks are as follows: Family-Friendly policies are soft HR issues, mainly for women. when they have a baby or when they want to continue their education). Many companies offer their work-life balance policies to employees at all levels. Management will lose control.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 14, 2010

He found that, holding constant for age, education , occupation and opportunities, the single most important factor in career success is your “reference group.&# Comments I really thank you for your very educative articles on the power of self discipline and especially ways of building successful networks and networking.

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