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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

March is magnificent








March is a funny month, it gives us glimpses of spring, yet it can be cold and harsh, reminding us that the grip of winter still has it's hold on us. But I am forever hopeful, the days get lighter and longer, spring training begins and we begin to emerge from winters cold cocoon.

We have some terrific shows planned once again this month. Here now is the line-up of guests. Remember too...that you have 3 ways to listen in...live on air at 1580 and 107.7 FM CKDO, or online at www.ckdo.ca

Or via our pod casts...and to access our pod casts all you have to do is log onto...
http://www.smallbusinessbigideas.com/podcast/



Here now is our March line-up...enjoy the shows.

David Cohen


March 1st.



Managing through the recession. We welcome Mike Ansari author and consultant to share secrets of success during this economic marketplace. Mike has studied the habits of the most successful people in the world and will share his wisdom and insights with us on Sunday. Log onto www.newlifetimes.com to learn more







Gina Mollicone-Long and Ian Kennedy
Then we go into a round table discussion with Gina Mollicone-Long author of the book The Secret of Successful Failing and speaker will talk about being fearless in stressful times and small business start up expert Ian Kennedy will have a spirited discussion on managing for success in these challenging times. Log onto www.essentialcommunications.ca to learn more about Ian and log onto ... http://www.ginamolliconelong.com/
to learn about Gina.





March 8th:

We look at the importance of having a business plan with business plan expert Mike Me
dina...

Then we talk about the Shift! With leadership expert Sonia Ricotti...a brand new personal development program that's going to create leaders, create alignment in your life and in your business and design your own success. Log onto www.leadoutloud.ca...








Once we've got you focused...we're going to talk to the master in Persuasion...Canada's top notch copywriter and commercial production house Pirate Toronto www.piratetoronto.ca and host of CBC Radio's The Age of Persuasion Terry O'Reilly joins us to talk about the power of persuasion in this economy...where do you invest and what methods work best. To hear Terry's show...log onto
http://www.cbc.ca/ageofpersuasion/



March 15th




The focus is on youth...Wenda Abel from the Business Advisory Centre Durham's Summer Company Program joins us to preview the Summer Company Program...Wenda knows her stuff when it comes to helping youth be all they can...and the Summer Company is a very dynamic, successful training program that helps young people learn and become tomorrow's business leaders. Log onto www.bacd.ca to learn more.



Then we talk about marketing trends and the nuances that make Generation "Y" a force to be reckoned with...as Mike D'Abramo of Youthography shares insights into why you want to be talking to today's youth...Youthography is North America's only full service research and marketing communications agency dedicated exclusively to youth. We eat, sleep and breathe young and youthful culture like no other shop on the continent. At the heart of our success is a core team with diverse strengths and individual interests that power our work and make Youthography the best place to go for research, marketing and communication focused on tweens, teens and/or young adults. Log onto www.youthography.com to learn more about this dynamic organization



What's Fraud got to do with it? Welll we close the show with a look at some banking issues that might surprise you,
like fraud and security issues you need to know about. Lori Gaudette the CEO of the Oshawa Community Credit Union will tap us into how we can protect our financial assets...log onto www.oshawacu.com




March 22nd: It's our focus on technology with Chris Wiltshire from Currie and Wiltshire, Mark De Leon from Avanzar office supplies and Sue Sutcliffe from A Web that works. 3 different interviews, 3 different guests...one very informative show. Mark will talk about gadgets, Sue will talk about online social marketing and Chris will talk about best practices as far as making technology all work together in your business. Log onto www.curriewiltshire.com
online and www.avanzar.ca or to a www.awebthatworks.com to learn about all three guests...








March 29th: It's the Start me up show with Garth Riley...Garth will have another edition of the Start me up show...it's action packed and fast paced delivered in a style only Garth Riley can deliver... To learn more about Garth or to book him to speak log onto...www.innerspective.com