Well, I've decided to move my blog from being embedded on the IPAC site (with its limitations) to using Blogger. This way, I can create a more diverse and bilingual blog.
J'ai decidé de transferer mon blogue du site de l'IAPC au site "Blogger". De cette façon je pourrai crée de meilleurs "posts"
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Monday, July 13, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Back after a long delay
It's been a long time since I last blogged. I have been finishing an Executive program which has kept me very busy.....
Well that program is all done & I now have some spare time to blog once again. I will be attending the Lac Carling conference at Niagara on the Lake on Sunday till Tuesday and I will blog from there and will let you know what is happening at the conference.
IPAC has a number of new and exciting events coming up. Some are already on our site - for example the Mastering Employee Engagement & Organizational Change Conference on June 23rd and 24th. Other very special events and activities will be announced in the next week or so...stay tuned.
In the next number of weeks I will be attending a couple of conferences overseas and will blog from there as well as resume some video blogs.
Speaking of videos, check out our "video" of the Vanier Medal award ceremony that took place at the Supreme Court of Canada on April 20, 2009. Go to "Awards...Vanier Medal" on the left hand menu to see Margaret Bloodworth receive the Vanier Medal from the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Well that program is all done & I now have some spare time to blog once again. I will be attending the Lac Carling conference at Niagara on the Lake on Sunday till Tuesday and I will blog from there and will let you know what is happening at the conference.
IPAC has a number of new and exciting events coming up. Some are already on our site - for example the Mastering Employee Engagement & Organizational Change Conference on June 23rd and 24th. Other very special events and activities will be announced in the next week or so...stay tuned.
In the next number of weeks I will be attending a couple of conferences overseas and will blog from there as well as resume some video blogs.
Speaking of videos, check out our "video" of the Vanier Medal award ceremony that took place at the Supreme Court of Canada on April 20, 2009. Go to "Awards...Vanier Medal" on the left hand menu to see Margaret Bloodworth receive the Vanier Medal from the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Still Alive
It has been a long time since my last blog. Sorry about the delay in posting.....It has been a little hectic since I got back from our very successful 2008 Annual Conference in Quebec City.
While we were away at the conference, our offices were repainted and re-carpeted. So everything was in boxes, even the phone was in a plastic bag. IPAC staff who were not at the conference had the "pleasure" of dealing with the paint, the boxes, etc. It all looks great now! I think the carpets were over 10 years old and so was the paint job...so this "refresh" was long overdue. Drop by and see us anytime you are in the 'hood!
Will post some more in the next few days.
While we were away at the conference, our offices were repainted and re-carpeted. So everything was in boxes, even the phone was in a plastic bag. IPAC staff who were not at the conference had the "pleasure" of dealing with the paint, the boxes, etc. It all looks great now! I think the carpets were over 10 years old and so was the paint job...so this "refresh" was long overdue. Drop by and see us anytime you are in the 'hood!
Will post some more in the next few days.
Friday, August 1, 2008
Various Meanderings
The weather in Toronto (the centre of the Universe!) has been rather strange lately. We have gotten lots of rain, much of it in sudden downpours. I think the same has been true across the country. Is this the impact of climate change? I don't know.
I've been playing with my new toy - my Apple MacBook Pro. I got it last Friday and have tried a few of its funky functions. I sat in front of the computer and made a couple of videos. Haven't posted anything yet, but I hope to create a video blog as soon as I figure out how to do it. What just came to mind as I wrote this is my first computer - a Commodore 64! You had to program those things, not at all like computers nowadays. Actually a little while ago I was speaking to one of our new young employees and I was recounting my first computer course in University. It was Fortran and we had to use punch cards to write the program, put the cards through the card reader and come back a few hours later to pick up your batch job, only to discover that it did not work because you punched something wrong. He looked at me and asked me what a punch card was. Felt a little old! Well, guess I'm hip (or whatever the term is) - I now have a Mac!!
Speaking of being hip, we are testing out some discussion boards for the IPAC website. I hope to have them up and running in time for our August annual conference in Québec City. If all goes well (don't discount Murphy's law) as an IPAC member you will be able to partake in discussions with public servants, academics, etc across the country and around the world. I'll be looking for board moderators on the topics we put up, so think about that.
One last thing before I go back to my desk piled with paper - have you registered for the annual conference in Québec City yet? What are you waiting for? Even though Paul McCartney won't be there, if you come I might even be persuaded to sing on the pleins d'Abraham!! :)
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