On to this week’s topic – smart technology. Is it making us dumb? Again this week, my newsletter’s title was accidentally inspired by a moot from my daughter’s debate club. In trying to come up with an interesting topic that middle graders could discuss, I’d framed “does smart technology make us dumb”. We had an interesting […]
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Mother Nature is wondrous, and beautiful – yet, also powerful, and sometimes very scary. She’s certainly seeming very upset this week. The devastation left after the storms of Harvey and Irma is absolutely mind-blowing. As Houston and surrounding areas still deals with the after effects of a 500 year flood, Irma came along and destroyed Anguilla,
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If All the Ice Melted…What the World Would Look Like I came across this Bill Nye video on youtube. Give it a watch. I also saw this “End of the Arctic” video and wanted to learn more. (You can too. SIGN THE PETITION: http://bit.ly/arcticasap ) I went from there to browsing the National Geographic website. (One of my
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We’re thinking about spring, and new beginnings – and the Earth! Earth Day is April 22nd. Will you mark the date? David Suzuki is telling us to make sure we PLAY! Go outside! Take in the world with all of your senses. Take off the earbuds. And Earth Day Canada has a EarthPlay motto. Watch.
Welcome to this week’s newsletter. I started drafting my newsletter on US election night, November 8th- Tuesday night. When Hillary lost, I started singing “Hallelujah,” my favourite Leonard Cohen song. Then Leonard died. And a colleague, April, a few days before. It’s been a tough week. 2016 has taken many stars. Bowie, Prince, Muhammad Ali,
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I’m just back from Virtuoso Travel Week in Las Vegas.This is what I was involved in. To say it was exhausting but exhilarating is an understatement. But, despite all that activity, and focused networking (or maybe because of it), the one person I met that impacted me most was Pico Iyer. Perhaps you’ve heard of
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Ladies Who Lunch help Get Michelle Home This week, I was pleased as punch to play a very small role in helping the wonderful grand community of Ottawa give back. I attended “The Big Give” at Big Rig Brewery, organized and put together by Catherine Landry of the “Ladies Who Lunch” in Ottawa. Here’s a
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I attended a great networking event with the “Ladies Who Lunch” in Ottawa on June 26th. What a dynamo group organizer Catherine Landry is. Besides being a super-connector, and an event host extraordinaire, she gathered a room full of other connecting and supportive women. The “Ladies Who Lunch” is a wonderful community, and it truly
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from last Sunday’s newsletter…………………………………………………. Wednesday morning started like any other in Ottawa. A slightly overcast, but pretty autumn day that had me attending my eight year old’s school presentation about the “power of one.” The positivity and optimism of how one individual can make the world better was soon juxtaposed against crushing news about
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