Dale Carnegie’s book, “How to Win Friends and Influence People”, was first published in 1936. The key advice, in a nutshell is below. After reading the book, I can say most of it seems very relevant in 2012. However I think people are less likely to respond as positively to
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In This Corner: On push mowers and five-pin bowling.
My sons bought me a push mower for Father’s Day this year. Now, some of you dads and moms might roll your eyes at that news. Isn’t getting a push mower for Father’s Day like buying your mom a vacuum cleaner for Mother’s Day? Well, yes and no. But mostly
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WorkSafeBC employees get controversial $1,400 bonus Labour leader defends WorkSafeBC bonus Jim Sinclair – a coronation every time he runs for office..and now advocating against those who pay his very comfortable salary? Sinclair should do some consulting with union locals other than the WCB…he would ‘discover’ that many injured workers
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Operation Maple: Funny video looks at ways public services touch our lives
Operation Maple are at it again. Interviewing people on the street of Toronto, several claimed that they “don’t use public services.” Oh really? Upbeat and funny, the video looks at how many ways public services can touch our lives in the … Continue reading →
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Changes to Interim Federal Health plan places communities at risk — AMMI
Changes to the Interim Federal Health plan for refugees may result in higher costs and place communities at risk says the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada (AMMI). In a June 18 letter signed by AMMI President Dr. A. … Continue reading →
Continue readingGeoff Campbell: On Twitter, @Replies Are Different Than Mentions
So apparently I’m not the first person to notice this, but on Twitter, there’s a difference between @replies and mentions. It’s a simple concept but many seem to be unaware. Here’s a very recent post from @PRNews which describes itself as “The public relations professional’s resource for ideas, strategies and
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: 3% Reduction in Voting
I think it’s rather clever how these researchers, Tom Cornwall & Anke Kessler, realized that the individual polling stations within a riding could be used to determine the effect of robocalls and fraudulent live-calls targeted at non-Conservative voters! The various neighbourhoods tend to vote in a particular manner, possibly related
Continue readingLeft Over: Neil MacDonald: Try a little self-censorship on for size…
ANALYSISNeil Macdonald: Is self-censorship fueling Alice Walker’s Hebrew halt? (CBC this morning) Mr. MacDonald, with all due respect from someone who has Jewish cultural roots, you are letting your ‘fondness’ for your time in Israel cloud your usually sharp judgement.. Canada has been blindly following Israel’s lead with no perceptible
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: PSW registry up and running despite unresolved key issues
Health Minister Deb Matthews rose in the legislature to announce June 13 the new PSW Registry is up and running. Initially PSWs (Personal Support Workers) in the home care sector are being asked to sign up, followed by those working Ontario’s long … Continue reading →
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Digital Restrictions Management: Do You Own That DVD You “Bought”
Originally posted on Back of the Book – Imagine buying a house, and being locked out of the basement. That’s what digital locks do too. If you’ve been following Canadian politics, particularly the new Copyright Act (Canada’s DMCA) Bill C-11, you’ve heard of “digital locks”. A digital lock, or Digital
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Democracy Retired
“Ex-justice department bureaucrat named federal elections commissioner as major investigations continue” It’s one of those announcements where the appropriate response is probably to weep for lost opportunities. Nothing gets done spending time in the fetal position though, so we’ll have to make the most of the less than ideal situation.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Torn
Dean Del Mastro is facing some pretty serious accusations sworn against him by Elections Canada. The question is, where are the charges? Traditionally, EC has taken a corrective approach to candidates filing erroneous returns or making questionable phonecalls (see Liberals in Guelph and their unidentified abortion issue robocall in 2011),
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Seniors’ Care: What a difference an Ombudsperson can make
In February the British Columbia government received a 216-page report on seniors care. In it are 176 recommendations covering home care, assisted living and residential care. It is the second major report on senior’s care in that province since 2009. … Continue reading →
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Job seeker to Job vacancy ratio remains high
Statistics Canada has released their latest data on job vacancies today, in the Daily. In March 2012 there were 5.8 job seekers for every job vacancy in Canada, down from 6.5 in March 2011. This is mostly because there were about 57 000 fewer unemployed in March 2012 than there
Continue readingLeft Over: The Continued Character Assassination of Kevin Page…and an Antidote
This is addressed to all those CRAP MPs who hover like wasps over rancid jam ’round the PM.. Do none of you have a backbone? Is there not a single honest and moral bone in any of your bodies, that you stand around and let this madness continue? Will none
Continue readingGeoff Campbell: How Crayola confirms graduate school now fits into my career goals
There is some disagreement about whether or not it’s a good idea to go to graduate school for public relations directly out of undergraduate school. An informal survey by the pros at PRSA showed some extreme confirmation bias. Every single one of the respondents who went straight to grad school
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Are you worried about increased surveillance at airports and borders? The Canada Border Services Agency will soon monitor travellers crossing the border by land and air using high-definition cameras and microphones to listen to conversations, CBC News has learned. Considering the obvious, there is probably already
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: What’s Old is Two Faced Again
Made In Canada hypocrisy. There’s nothing more Canadian than the Conservative Party serving up the opposite of what it said it would do earlier. You can set your watch to the opposite of whatever time they tell you it is, so long as you wait a few weeks or a
Continue readingLeft Over: Aww,isn’t that just too Cute?
http://www.northerngateway.ca/news-and-media/northern-gateway-blogs Full of lies and pastel-soft illustrations, the Enbridge ‘blog’ is now being featured as a big ol’ ad in Hufpost Canada…pretty disgusting that they would even accept the money, but not much of a surprise.. You can go and look if you are feeling particularly masochistic – so far,
Continue readingLeft Over: U.S. Conference Of Mayors Passes Pro-Choice Resolution-today in HuffPost
This is very heartening, and flies in the face of what Repug-led States are attempting with their regressive anti-women stances…I’m happy and relieved to see that the entire country hasn’t lost its mind…Will this make a blind bit of difference in the next round of elections?One can only hope that
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