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Faith Seekings is scheduled to appear in a panel discussion on June 22nd 2010, FAITH SEEKINGS, President and Creative Director at Rapport Inc, a full service marketing firm headquartered in Toronto will be present at: SocialCRM & Business Intelligence: Listen, Take Action, Measure Results
on behalf of SugarCRM
Tuesday June 22, 2010
at The Cambridge Suites,
15 Richmond Street East
(1/2 block east of Yonge)
Toronto, Ontario
Faith Seekings and other industry experts will share ideas on how shaping and refining web user experiences and gathering feedback can dramatically improve online business. Faith started as a graphic designer in 1996, and then launched her own full service marketing company in 2001. She has grown a great business based on principles of good design, building community and good client relationships.
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Portable Luxury Photo Contest on Lenzr ENDS July 1st
WIN Trip for two people to Las Vegas! *includes air fare and hotel accommodation for two nights - must be 18yrs
In life, portable luxuries are conveniences you can take with you on the run. Your morning cup is probably the best example, although heretofore unrepresented in the index. The Portable Luxury photo contest on Lenzr is looking for just this type of offbeat image that suggests the manners and modalities of human beings moving their comfort zone.
The sponsor is a portable toilet rentals company that supports all manner of Canadian artistic endeavours all over the mega city. The firm gives generously to support the arts on top of all the free equipment and supplies they donate every year to help charities produce world class functions.
The event was packed and the learning was punctuated with laughter as Jane Reeves describes in her article below. Jane Reeves is an independent author who wrote on how Smojoe shows IABC members how to feed humans and robots 12th May presentation at 55 Gould st Oakham House in the centre of Ryerson University in downtown Toronto.
The session was fun and well organized and its important to note that there is no Power Point slide show at a Smojoe event, rather its 100% interactive. The web master was Will Webb who is the fresh prince of web development Toronto because his company really does make search friendly websites that become popular destinations and successful ecommerce engines.
The prize in the Lenzr 50 Going On 15 photo contest is over 50 lbs of delicious dark chocolate. The sponsor is an over 50 magazine that specializes in creating fresh content with unusual messages filled with local flavours and profiles of sophisticated baby boomers and people over 50 years old living and working in downtown Toronto.
Smojoe tells stories about Miss Teen Canada in May 2010
On the other end of the spectrum in terms of clever content creation there exists the 2010 Search for Miss Teen Canada World and all the myth making and information distribution that occurs there on Facebook and on the 2010 MTCW Blog Army that has been assembled on a custom template on the Sugar Network.
This is my absolute favourite picture of the reigning 2009 Miss Teen Canada World, Siera Bearchell who is all smiles at MTV in Toronto July 20, 2009 . I don't know who exactly snapped this picture but I guess we can see her right there in the picture, which is another reason why I like the shot so much.
Finally let me show you something fun and unusual I picked up at my last job.
The Absolute Tent & Event Services film set parking cones are the mark of an upscale Toronto party.
The photo contest called Crowded Places on Lenzr is a web challenge custom build for people-watchers who use cameras with long lenses to capture people inside the mass and individual moments of joy and pain in a monolithic crowds.
When I think of the quintessential photo for this challenge I remember the crowds I used to love and not the crowds I hated - waiting for the bus in the wind for example. I try not to remember those crowds, but rather I focus on the fun and flirty times I've had at crowded beaches playing beach volleyball in front of the ladies... or maybe I'd chose to remember (by uploading photos)
Crowded Places is exactly that sort of thing and we love - yes of course we love to hate crowds and so of course by putting together seventy or eighty photos of them, this contest will showcase the specifics of crowds and what makes good crowds and bad crowds - it will be interesting to see which type of crowd wins?
You can read up on Crowded Places description on Toronto Forums to see what local photographers and enthusiasts are programmed to shoot by the contest admin , and also read or leave a comment there yourself saying about this unique competition. Sponsored by a Web Development Toronto company the match is open to all Canadians. The most popular picture wins a Blackberry!
So if you don't already know, on Lenzr, the winning photo is decided by the membership and visitors to the website. In this event, the winner will receive a free Blackberry curve phone. Contest ends July 1st 2010. Contest open to all Canadians 13yrs old or older.
On March 13th 2010 at Closson Chase Vineyards in Prince Edward County, Ontario, The Wine Ladies laugh as Dave Dingle a mobile application developer in Toronto reacts to my orders to get out of the establishing shot.
You can read all about the wine tour on the Lenzr blog.
Four Lenzr photo contests for March and April 2010 will end, dramatically no doubt, on May 1st 2010
Below is Backyard Party Events is for party people who would rather host friends than be guests. Toronto Party Rentals Company sponsors a photo contest that seeks images of Backyard Party Events on Lenzr
The sponsor is a Toronto party rentals company that hopes for pictures of folks enjoying rented tables, chairs, stages and fences for their own extravaganza. The sponsor has a building at 185 Eastern Ave that's absolutely stuffed to the rafters with everything required to make huge parties. This place is party central and everyone should check out Laura's Absolute Blog. She's working there to write about life inside downtown Toronto's busiest rental house. The prize for the Lenzr member that uploads the highest ranked picture is a 10×10 Popup Tent, and $500 Gift Certificate for anything in their catalog. Are you looking for tents, staging, folding chairs, tables, event lighting? Its all here and there's even more information about this Toronto party rentals sponsor on the Lenzr blog.
Toronto Grass Cutting Company asks How Green Are You? in Lenzr Photo Contest
The How Green Are You? photo challenge is itself very green and hopes to collect a library of one sentence stories and snapshots of eco friendly notions. The myrid of ideas submitted by Lenzr users can all be readily adopted by society in general.
This web challenge is set to become a repository of green information, tips and tactics to help people save energy and money on their heating and lighting bill. The contest is a collection of green inspirations - have a look already there's men making ‘half fuel’, clotheslines, compost piles and gardens, and a wind turbine against a white background.
Above is the lawnmower carry trailer that the solar powered grass cutting company in Toronto Ontario uses to deliver the most sustainable green organic lawn care option in the business. The company has trucks and trailers festooned with adjustable solar panels. They offer a sustainable, organic service that's relatively silent; their Neuton battery powered lawnmowers are ultra quiet.
On May 1st the highest ranked image wins a Neuton CE 6 Battery-Powered Mower with DURACELL® battery technology that can cut about 1/3 acre (approx 15,000 sq. ft.) on a single charge. There is no gas or oil to spill and no engine emissions to pollute the air. The 360 watt-hours of battery provide plenty of power and if you need more time you can just swap in another battery and keep on mowing! Approx retail value $489.00 + shipping.
Fire and Ice photo contest on Lenzr is issued by Geothermal Installation Company
Where there's smoke there's fire, and a new photo contest called Fire and Ice is heating up Lenzr. The very cool theme will certainly attract a lot of attention and no doubt be the hottest competition on the board.
I met Steve Hamoen of ZoneLife.ca at the National Home Show in Toronto.
I spent two hours talking to Steve and hanging out with him at the show. I enjoyed watching him answer questions and set minds ablaze with every explanation of exactly what’s possible these days with geothermal heating and cooling systems.
Steve Hamoen is a geothermal installer who dispenses facts and data to cure misconceptions about this new energy source. Its important to note that the heat doesn’t just come up out of the ground in easy to use levels, but rather in difficult to define units that are commonly referred to as low grade energy - the source needs to be ramped up into more viable residential or industrial heating (or cooling) strengths using boilers or cooling machines.
But oeverall, Geothermal power is cost effective, reliable, sustainable, and environmentally friendly and recent technological advances have dramatically expanded the range and size of viable resources, especially for applications such as floor heating and engineered a new generation of boilers and home cooling units.
The Prize is GeoAir PCO air purifier
Bacteria, viruses, mold spores are vaporized at the molecular level - the toxins are destroyed when they come into contact with the system’s 187 square-inch Ti02 grid. All volatile organic compounds (VOC’s) are destroyed. The system is cost-effective, maintenance-free and provides maximum energy efficiency with negligible resistance to airflow
Photo Catalytic Oxidation (PCO) leverages ultraviolet light for photo catalytic oxidation thus allowing it to vaporize indoor air pollutants, including those that cause odors, and break them down into non-toxic products like C02 and H20.
Toronto business phones installation company issues a challenge for Obsolete Office Equipment
Obsolete Office Equipment is another dynamic challenge centered on the workplace. The contest hopes to uncover the business antiques that are still being used in today... and why? Its time to upgrade people. Show us the obsolete objects that some unfortunate frontline staff and backroom employees must depend upon every day. Ak yourself what will offices be like ten years in the future?
The Prize is a 4 Line office telephone AT&T Model 1070, a state-of-the-art communication device has 4 line speakerphone & answering system capability. With Caller ID / Page / Intercom / Call transfer / Expandable to 16 stations / 32 # speed dial / 3 party conference / 6 number redial, it has so many wonderful functions!
The contest sponsor is a business telephones system design and installation company that exists simply to help consumers choose exactly the right telephone system; they believe the closer your chosen telephone system comes to meeting your specific requirements, the greater the value it will add to your business.
Rusty Bob returns to Mindsay with a whole lot of good information about how the world is changing and becoming green and way more efficient.
The web genius behind Canada Blog Friends recently wrote about how to stop Canpages phone book delivery on his Smojoe blog and he provided a lot of high quality links and action items that anyone can employ to send a message to this deliberately outdated business.
There is definitely a green electricity in the air now, and its braising our vibrations and inflating our minds with gaia appreciation. The notion after Copenhagen is forward green, and environmentalism is really gaining strength as all of humanity feels the urge to simplify their lives. Antiques don't sell very well anymore, as people find them bothersome dust collectors. The trend seems to be in the other direction as folks consider how they can use technology to simplify tasks and straighten offices into perfect models seamless business efficiency.
The eighth photo contest on Lenzr started earlier last month and is titled Everyday Tangled Web and of course the challenge is to pinpoint the tangles that we create and use everyday for every reason. This challenge has become a heated competition with several excellent photos competing for top position in the index. So if there's a cluster of telephone lines and speaker cables and power cords and wires all mixed up under your desk you should take a picture of it and submit that image to this web challenge that was organized and paid for by an office phone system company in Toronto that has donated the wonderful prize, a blue tooth wireless headset.
Did someone say 'tooth'? Right beside that unique offering there's another interesting challenge called Kids in Action that gives shutterbugs a dynamic subject. 
Plus, WIN dental supplies for an entire year. The advanced teeth bleaching science kit like prize comes with extra tooth floss and toothbrushes, toothpaste, and mouthwash. Lenzr contests END March 1st 2010. Contest open to all Canadians excluding Quebec and those 12yrs old and younger.
Smojoe shocked spectators at The Spoke Club in Toronto, 600 King St West, on Tuesday Feb 2nd, more details on City Events and maybe you should follow City Events on Twitter @CityEvents
In my humble opinion Deb is the best party planner and brand marketer in the business. Behold she now calls herself the 'chief experience officer' at City Events and its all true. 
