August 19, 2009
Adam van Koeverden exorcised some demons at the world canoe and kayak championships on August 17. Almost exactly a year after his disappointing eighth-place finish at the 2008 Olympics in the 1,000-metre kayak race, van Koeverden won the bronze medal after setting the early pace in the K-1 1,000 final.
August 14, 2009
Figure skaters Barbara Underhill, Jamie Sale, Shae-Lynne Bourne, and Isabelle Brasseur are among the former Olympic and world champion stars who will pair up with former NHLers in an elimination-style dance competition coming to CBC-TV this fall. The series, called Battle of the Blades, will be hosted by Hockey Night in Canada’s Ron MacLean and figure skating champion Kurt Browning.
You can find more information about Battle of the Blades by following this link.
A brand new radio program, “The Winner Within” with Randy Taylor will debut on Saturday, August 15 from 2:00 – 3:00 pm on 610 CKTB AM. It can also be heard on line at www.610cktb.com. The show is the first of its kind in Canada as a call-in show on personal and professional development.
Why Your World Is about to Get a Whole Lot Smaller: Oil and the End of Globalization by Jeff Rubin is one of fourteen books to make the longlist for the 2009 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award. (more…)
“Strengthening GTA’s Information & Communications Technology Competitiveness to meet the Changing Nature of Employers’ Demands” is the theme of the discussion forum being held on September 30, 2009. David Ticoll is a consultant, researcher and policy adviser with interests in competitiveness, globalization, business model innovation, the changing workforce, and transparency. Ticoll is a Research Fellow at the Knowledge Media Design Institute of the University of Toronto and has been a Director of the Information Technology Association of Canada since 1998.
August 11, 2009
Haime’s latest book titled “You are a Contender! Build Emotional Muscle to Perform Better and Achieve More … in Business, Sports and Life” will be released soon. John Haime’s learning programs utilize the game of golf to highlight key concepts and the golf course is one of his classrooms. He links learning and playing to form a lasting impact. This dynamic approach engages and motivates teams and gets them excited about learning. A past client describe this… “many of our people enjoy the game of golf and spend business or personal time playing…so why not ‘go to where they are’ to enhance their skillset.”
You can read John Haime’s speaker bio or contact us for booking information.