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30 Blog posts

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CI CONNECT – Customer Experience News, Guides, & more…

by - Mar 16 2016
4 Technology Trends Improving Customer Experience in 2016 Customer experience is the one area where a business can truly differentiate itself from competitors. We’re already seeing some exciting innovations in 2016 as businesses continue to realize the value exceptional customer experiences (CX) yield for their bottom line. With technology driving innovation, consumers can expect to…

Category: Business‚ Corporate & General Management, Finance, Government & Public Sector, Healthcare & Pharma, Human Resources, Leadership, Legal, Marketing, Marketing‚ PR & Communications, PR & Communications, Technology

Privacy Law & Compliance Updates

by - Jan 27 2016
Ten tips from Canada’s privacy commissioner to prevent employee data snooping Six years ago a bank employee was caught going through the financial records of another staff member who was in a relationship with her ex-husband. The spying had been going on for four years. The federal privacy commissioner, who has dealt with several privacy…

Category: Business‚ Corporate & General Management, Finance, Legal, Marketing‚ PR & Communications, Technology, Uncategorized

Payments Industry News 2016

by - Nov 30 2015
**PAYMENTS COMPLIANCE AND INNOVATION IN CANADA**   Rapid transformation of the payments ecosystem is creating swift transformational change to the regulatory and legal framework in Canada’s payments system. Now is the time to look ahead and proactively plan your initiatives to improve your organization’s risk and compliance strategies and ensure the continuing safety and security…

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Storytelling – A Valuable Tool in Litigation

by - Nov 17 2015
**STORYTELLING**   Part of the fabric of our society is storytelling. It is everywhere. We remember stories, we want to see and hear them. They sell products via ads, newspapers, books, magazines and movies. Our caveman ancestors probably only communicated through stories. From when we were children we were told stories and they usually had…

Category: Aboriginal, Business‚ Corporate & General Management, Energy & Resources, Environment, Human Resources, Leadership, Legal, Marketing‚ PR & Communications, PR & Communications

Building Aboriginal Relationships in BC

by - Nov 16 2015
B.C. First Nation leaders ask PM to reject LNG terminal site First Nation leaders in B.C. have made a direct appeal to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to stop a major liquefied natural gas project from being built adjacent to juvenile salmon-rearing habitat.  [Read More…]   ANALYSIS: Can Trudeau deliver on his First Nations promises? The…

Category: Business‚ Corporate & General Management, Legal, Marketing, Marketing‚ PR & Communications, PR & Communications, Technology, Uncategorized

Advertising & Marketing Law 2016

by - Oct 22 2015
**DIGITAL MARKETING COMPLIANCE IN A CONNECTED WORLD**   CRTC battles forces of dorkness, takes action against notorious botnet In the second such announcement in less than a week, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has publicly announced an advanced investigative action — this time against an unnamed organization suspected of involvement in the distribution…

Category: Business‚ Corporate & General Management, Finance, Government & Public Sector, Healthcare & Pharma, Human Resources, Leadership, Legal, Marketing‚ PR & Communications

#CIWLF By The Numbers: Women’s Leadership Today

by - Aug 6 2015
*NEW SERIES*   I Wish I Knew Then: 6 Power Women Share Most Valuable Career Advice “Be brave. The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.” – Meg Whitman, CEO, HP [Read More…] October 5, 2015   More women, minorities running in GTA in federal election “I think that a…

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Advertising & Marketing Law – Industry News

by - Nov 18 2014
  The CASL regime(s) – anti-spam and anti-malware CASL is a new regime, with significant administrative monetary penalties (maximum CA$10 million), and is broader in scope than the anti-spam laws of the US and other countries.  If you do business in Canada, you are likely aware that Canada’s Anti-Spam Law (CASL) targets unsolicited commercial electronic messages (CEMs). The…

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Advertising & Marketing Law – Industry News

by - Oct 10 2014
  Red Bull settles false advertising lawsuit for $13M It turns out a can of sugar-laden energy drink may not spontaneously make you sprout wings after all. According to court documents filed in New York Federal Court, Europe-based energy drink company Red Bull has agreed to pay out up to $13 million US in compensation to settle…

Category: Business‚ Corporate & General Management, Finance, Government & Public Sector, Human Resources, Legal, Marketing‚ PR & Communications

Women in Leadership – Industry News

by - Apr 14 2014
Has new era of female government leaders in Canada already faded? There was a time when women served as premiers in half of Canada’s provinces. It was short-lived — just “one brief shining moment,” for those who yearn for parity. It began in February 2013 when Kathleen Wynne took over Ontario and ended, if not…

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Women in Leadership – Industry News

by - Apr 8 2014
More work needed to achieve gender equality, says SCOC chief justice CALGARY — The head of the Supreme Court of Canada says progress is being made in attracting more women to the legal profession. But Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin told a legal conference in Calgary on Monday that more work is necessary before equality is…

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Public Relations & Communications in Energy News

by - Apr 7 2014
Protesters heat up over high energy prices (with video) by Megan Delaire, posted on the Ottawa Citizen Hundreds of people affected by Ontario’s rising energy prices gathered Friday in a protest against the province’s Long-Term Energy Plan outside of MPP Bob Chiarelli’s office on Carling Avenue. [Read More…]   Russia’s ‘oil sickness’ erodes urgency for reform,…