The Invisible Mentor Interviews Mireille Landry, President & Managing Director, Solution ML Limited

Interviewee Name: Mireille Landry, President & Managing Director Company Name: Solution ML Limited Website: http://www.solutionml.ca Avil Beckford: Tell me a little bit about yourself. Mireille Landry: I was born in Quebec City, moved a couple of times – Montreal, New Brunswick, and Toronto. I married my high school sweetheart and we have one daughter who is 21 years old. I had 21 years of successful corporate leadership career and became a new entrepreneur last year. Avil Beckford: What’s a typical day like for you? Mireille Landry: I don’t have a typical day, at least not yet. I did in my previous roles. The … [Read more...]

Five Tips From Social Media Week 2011 – Toronto

This week nine cities around the world, including Toronto, are celebrating Social Media Week 2011. From the session Business 3.0 – Strategies and Tactics that can be leveraged to help small companies grow their business and brand here are five tips. Panellists Chris O’Neill: Country Director, Google Canada Jonathan Lister: Country Manager, LinkedIn Canada Carissa Reininger: Founder & President, Silver Lining Sean Stanleigh: Editor, Your Business, Globe & Mail What are your objectives? What do social and digital media mean to you? Create a social and digital media strategy then build relationships and … [Read more...]

Take Control Of Your Professional Development The Podcamp Way

When it comes to taking control of your professional development,  how do you rate yourself? I spent this weekend at Podcamp Toronto, the first time I have ever attended. I am not going to focus on the the sessions I attended, but on what the organizers said during orientation, which resonated with what I have  consistently said on this blog. Podcamp, the unconference, is different from other conferences because it's organized by participants for participants. Connie Crosby, one of the key organizers emphasized that participants are responsible for their own learning, that is, take control of their own professional development. With … [Read more...]

A Good Reputation Matters

Spending the time to do quality work and build a good reputation matters. Over a year ago, I interviewed Bob Fugere who was hired as an Interim Executive Director for a Non-governmental Organization. The interview drives home the point that a good reputation matters, what do you think? Interview With Dr. Robert Fugere, Consultant Challenge: I had been managing and advising Canadian and international NGOs for more than twenty five years until I retired, but my most challenging assignment came when I offered to be the six-month interim Executive Director for a local environmental group. This group had a seventeen year history of … [Read more...]

You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know

Have you ever heard the phrase you don't know what you don't know? How do you discover what you don't know? You constantly have to immerse yourself into situations where you will learn new things. I have wanted to add videos to this blog to have more variety and perhaps even to do a video review of books, but I really didn't know much about video recording. I thought about taking a course but wondered if I really needed to do so since I only needed to know the basics. I heard that Toronto Net Tuesday, a Meetup Group was having an event, Online Storytelling -- How to Plan & Produce a Compelling Video at the Centre for Social … [Read more...]