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CanInnovateFind Flexible Talent & Work Environments with Jennifer HargreavesJennifer is the Founder and CEO of tellent and is on a mission to make work, work better for women. Her professional experience spans three continents across brand strategy and international market development and while her primary school teachers didn't appreciate her questions challenging "why", she embraces that curiosity and the perspective that comes with challenging the status quo to create impactful and lasting change. In this episode: Jennifer Hargreaves, Founder and CEO of tellent and is on a mission to make work, work better for women. Jennifer has such a sparkling personality & a glob...
2020-09-1029 min
CanInnovateThe Power of an Informational InterviewThis is probably the most overlooked area. We tend to think about interviews in terms of getting a job. How about gathering information that really provides great insights. I used informational interviews everywhere, not just in podcast recordings. I use this approach everywhere. I use it to build new relationships, to ask for advice & guidance, build networks and it truly helps one see different dimensions and aspects about a particular topic. It's an approach that Management consultants have perfected. How many times have you heard "We hired consultants and they just validated everything that we...
2019-11-2222 min
Bamboo BeatCaninnovate w/ Kona Jones (Part 1)Welcome to the Canvascasters Podcast.
In this episode Marcus and Eddie discuss what they've been up to the last few weeks. Eddie gives specifics on his "Speed-dating through Hogwarts w/ Canvas" PD, and Marcus throws down some knowledge on eLearning attendance. Also in this episode THE CANVAS JEDI - Kona Jones (@konajones) who is the current Director of Online Learning and coordinates Faculty Academy at Richland Community College. She is responsible for the development of faculty and student technology training materials, provides instructional design support to faculty, oversees the assessment of online courses, and facilitates faculty professional deve...
2019-10-2643 min
CanInnovate100 CanInnovate Podcast Episodes Thoughts and MusingsBeing that this is our 100th episode, I can't believe that the time has gone so fast. I started the CanInnovate podcast two years ago but still moving strong and it is just mind boggling to me. I keep thinking about this episode that I am going to record for you, my whole experience and the journey for the past two years and I have to say that I am really glad that I started this podcast journey because it opened up a whole new world for me that I never thought that would actually happen. My Elevate...
2019-10-0311 min
CanInnovateFind Your Hidden Bank Fees Using KOHO's What The Fee with Daniel EberhadDaniel Eberhard is the CEO of Koho which offers an alternative to the traditional banking experience. He has built his career as an entrepreneur by finding ways to create scalable mission-driven companies. In 2010, he co-founded Kineticor Renewables and facilitated the development of a 20 megawatt wind energy plant up to the point of construction. The company was acquired by Algonquin Power in 2011. After the sale, Daniel took the opportunity to backpack through Europe and saw firsthand the differences in the European banking system compared to Canada's...
2019-07-2432 min
CanInnovateWhat marketers should know about positioning with April DunfordWe have the brilliant & talented April Dunford on the podcast today. She's a much sought-out international speaker on the topics of Positioning, Market Strategy and New Product Introduction. April is a positioning consultant. 7 successful technology startups and 3 global tech giants, over 16 products and more. She knows how to make magic happen & she's sharing these secrets in her new book called 'Obviously Awesome - how to nail product position, so customers get it, buy it and love it!" SUBSCRIBE TO CANINNOVATE iTunes| iHeart | Stitcher...
2019-07-1741 min
The Bulletproof Entrepreneur™Sapna Malhotra Teaches You How to Network Your Way to SuccessSapna Malhotra has over two decades of international management consulting experience. Her consulting experience has taken her all over the globe helping clients increase their top line or bottom line. She truly believes that education and awareness is instrumental in overcoming any obstacles and perception challenges both globally and locally. Sapna is known for her constant industry curiosity and new and emerging technologies and being on the forefront of this innovation revolution and helping her coaching clients chart their own way. She has also started CanInnovate podcast (https://caninnovate.io/), where you can be inspired and learn how others...
2019-07-1540 min
CanInnovateHow Your Skill Set and Ideas Makes Magic Happen with Amanda Chen of Salty PalomaAmanda Chen, founder of Salty Paloma, a line of naturally flavoured salts and sugars handcrafted in Toronto. She noticed a gap when there was a demand of higher quality spirits and mixers, but nothing on garnishes, which is a huge aspect of a balanced cocktail. With no background in food or business I created these products in her home kitchen and started making sales within the first month of launching. Amanda since expanded to host cocktail classes and in-house bartending for private parties and special events. In a previous life she was a journalist, turned co...
2019-07-1025 min
CanInnovateAn Exciting Twist to The Secret Life of Weddings with Lisa MarkCo-hosts Lisa & Rebecca LOVE dishing out the world's craziest wedding tales! All the stories told on The Secret Life of Weddings Podcast are 100% true and completely unbelievable! These tales of nuptial woe are guaranteed to make you cry-laugh. Lisa Mark is a professional photographer with over 10 years experience in the industry. Lisa runs a fine art wedding photography studio in Rockwood, ON. Lisa was honored to be named as the 2014 'Canadian Photographer of the Year' and 'Best Photographer in Ontario' by the 2014 Canadian Wedding Industry Awards. Teaching others makes...
2019-07-0326 min
CanInnovateHow Ray Reddy, CEO of Ritual brings take-out app to a whole new level Ray Reddy is currently the co-founder & CEO of Ritual - the mobile pickup app that taps networks of co-workers and colleagues for fast and easy pickup and pay at a wide variety of local restaurants and coffee shops. SUBSCRIBE TO CANINNOVATE iTunes| iHeart | Stitcher | Google | Spotify | SoundCloud Episode Overview: In this episode, I get to chat with Ray Reddy, who is currently the co-founder & CEO of Ritual...
2019-06-1926 min
CanInnovateGo zero waste on your groceries and food with Unboxed Market co-founder Michelle Genttner Born and raised in southwestern Ontario, Michelle has worked in the hospitality industry for most of her life. After her partner Luis Martins and Michelle sold our last business a year ago, they decided that their next business would focus on values true to our core, and Unboxed Market was born! SUBSCRIBE TO CANINNOVATE iTunes| iHeart | Stitcher | Google | Spotify | SoundCloud Episode Overview: I chat with...
2019-06-1236 min
The Jason Cavness ExperiencecavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Sapna MalhotraSapna brings more than two decades of international management consultant experience in sales and business operations in the technology, financial services and telecommunication industries. She started her career at Accenture and became the global business change in organizational practice lead. She also teaches introduction of management consultancy at George Brown College in Toronto. She is also a globally recognized Certified Management Consultant and Charter Professor Accountant. She truly believes that education and awareness are instrumental in overcoming any obstacles and perception challenges, both globally and locally. She started the CanInnovate podcast, focused on Canadian innovators that have changed the game...
2019-06-0228 min
The cavnessHR podcastcavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Sapna Malhotra Sapna brings more than two decades of international management consultant experience in sales and business operations in the technology, financial services and telecommunication industries. She started her career at Accenture and became the global business change in organizational practice lead. She also teaches introduction of management consultancy at George Brown College in Toronto. She is also a globally recognized Certified Management Consultant and Charter Professor Accountant. She truly believes that education and awareness are instrumental in overcoming any obstacles and perception challenges, both globally and locally. She started the CanInnovate podcast, focused on Canadian innovators that have changed the g...
2019-06-0228 min
CanInnovateWhat you need to know about #Innovation with Shawn Kanungo Shawn Kanungo is a disruption strategist. He has been recognized nationally and globally for his work in the innovation space after 12 years working at Deloitte. SUBSCRIBE TO CANINNOVATE iTunes| iHeart | Stitcher | Google | Spotify | SoundCloud Episode Overview: Shawn's mandate at the firm was to help corporate executives to better understand and plan for the opportunities and threats associated with disruptive innovation.
2019-05-2955 min
CanInnovateLearn blockchain even if you are a newbie with Ameer Rosic of Blockgeeks Ameer Rosic is a serial entrepreneur, marketing expert, investor and co-founder of Blockgeeks. An online Blockchain innovation hub. And steward of bountyone.io. Blockgeeks mission is to share and grow the knowledge around Blockchain technology. SUBSCRIBE TO CANINNOVATE iTunes| iHeart | Stitcher | Google | Spotify | SoundCloud Episode Overview: We even go down a philosophical discussion about society and humans. You never know where the conversation...
2019-05-2231 min
CanInnovateWhy Marketing Automation is a Must-Have in Running Your Business with Jessica Rawlley of TIEIT Jessica Rawlley is the Co-Founder of MaaS Pros and TIEIT, leading edge technology companies that were able to expand at a global scale with clients across the globe and in various industries, including government organizations. SUBSCRIBE TO CANINNOVATE iTunes| iHeart | Stitcher | Google | Spotify | SoundCloud She began to specialize in advising small businesses with their legal troubles, contracts and incorporations. Through this specialization, Jessica realized that she had a true passion for helping other...
2019-05-0825 min
CanInnovateCannabis is Changing the World and Tabitha Fritz is Helping to Make It Happen Tabitha always worked in different kinds of jobs, across different industries, and in varied roles but the one thing all her jobs have had in common is that she always work to help people get smarter about themselves, so they can make their own best decisions for life. The cannabis industry was really the first place where she felt like she fit- not necessarily because of cannabis, but really because it's a place for pioneers, and she really likes doing things first, before anyone else has had a chance to do it.
2019-05-0130 min
CanInnovateUnderstanding Mental Health and How to Manage Depression with Scott Ste Marie Scott Ste Marie is the Founder of Depression to Expression and has been speaking openly about his experience with clinical depression and an anxiety disorder since 2013. More importantly, he shares how he manages these illnesses successfully. SUBSCRIBE TO CANINNOVATE iTunes| iHeart | Stitcher | Google | Spotify | SoundCloud Episode Overview: I had a great time chatting with Scott this week. Tune in...
2019-04-2444 min
CanInnovateUnderstanding What Change Really Is With Yvonne Akpoveta Yvonne is a Change Strategist and Change Leadership Advocate with over 17 years of change experience helping professionals and organizations to implement and transition through change. SUBSCRIBE TO CANINNOVATE iTunes| iHeart | Stitcher | Google | Spotify | SoundCloud She is genuinely passionate about change and has worked with a broad range of organizations globally to help lead and manage their Strategic, Technology and Regulatory Change Initiatives. She is also...
2019-04-0335 min
CanInnovateUnderstanding Blockchain and Cryptocurrency with Mohamed El Kandri Mohamed is passionate about Blockchain technology and is committed to help growing the Blockchain ecosystem in Canada and around the world. In addition to being CEO of Fast Access Blockchain, he is program manager at The BlockchainHub, a member of the Blockchain Global Consortium and leads the C-Lab program, the first peer-to-peer community based incubation program for Blockchain startups. Mohamed is also a recipient of the "Durland Innovation Award" for a Blockchain use case and is a holder of the "Beta Gamma Sigma Scholastic International Award". He is a...
2019-02-0639 min
CanInnovateHow to Improve your Credit Score in 2019 with Borrowell CEO Andrew Graham Andrew Graham is co-founder and CEO of Borrowell, a financial technology company that helps consumers make great decisions about credit. Borrowell was the first company in Canada to offer credit scores for free and has grown to be one of the country's largest fintech companies, with over 800,000 users. Borrowell has won numerous awards, including being named one of the top 100 fintech companies in the world by KPMG. Andrew holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MA in economics from the University of Edinburgh. He was recently a finalist for the Ontario...
2019-01-2329 min
Teaching in Higher EdBecoming an Authentic Online TeacherMichelle Pacansky-Brock shares how to become an authentic online teacher on episode 239 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast
Quotes from the episode
People, by nature, don’t like to recognize our faults.
—Michelle Pacansky-Brock
There’s such a rich array of data that the students can share with us if we let them in.
—Michelle Pacansky-Brock
It’s all about connection in the classroom.
—Michelle Pacansky-Brock
Resources Mentioned
Dr. Beth Harris on Smart History
Professors Share: The Moment That Changed the Way I Teach...
2019-01-1040 min
CanInnovate2018 Year End - What Worked, What Didn't and What's Next!? As 2018 is coming to an end, I wanted to take some time to share my adventures and misadventures this year. It has been a world wind of lessons learned, lots of trail and errors, victories and laughter. In this episode - I share: A new health discovery My 2018 adventures and lessons learned - there are lots of them! Discovering my own voice The joys of pivoting The 2018 goals - did I make them? Plus, I share my 3 big goals in 2019 2018 was an incredible year for me, I'm...
2018-12-2620 min
CanInnovateCanInnovate 1st Year Anniversary Special: What I Learned Over A Year of PodcastingWe made it! I am so excited to share with you all the first year anniversary of CanInnovate podcast. I can't believe that we made it this far and I could have done it without all of you who supported me and my podcast on this journey. CanInnovate as you might already know is my passion project. A passion project that is dedicated to share to the world how awesome Canadian innovators are. During my journey, I have interviewed so many aspiring innovators who are changing the world as we know it by providing valuable lessons, marketing...
2018-10-2424 min
CanInnovateHow to Get Unstuck using The Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay Stanier of Box of CrayonsMichael Bungay Stanier is the author of several books, including The Coaching Habit and Do More Great Work. Michael has written for or been featured in numerous publications including Business Insider, Fast Company, Forbes, The Globe & Mail and The Huffington Post. Michael is giving away two The Coaching Habit to CanInnovate listeners. So be sure to tune in and send me an email or comment down below. Episode Overview: A sought-after speaker, Michael regularly speaks to businesses and organizations and has delivered keynotes at Leadership, HR and Learning & Development...
2018-10-1027 min
CanInnovateEmbracing the Change with Rich Batchelor of Toronto Change DaysRichard Batchelor the Founder of Toronto Change Days and President of Capillary Consulting has been delivering successful change for over 25 years. Always an early adopter, change thinker and someone who relishes the challenge of embracing the new, he is a strong believer in following the mantra of his university - their motto is "Do Different" and that's what he's been doing ever since. Episode Overview: Richard is a very highly respected international change management professional with extensive experience delivering successful outcomes to engagements in business transformation, enterprise technology solutions and organizational restructures (including...
2018-10-0342 min
CanInnovateBonus Episode: CanInnovate's New Innovation Game Cocktail MixHey Innovators! This podcast truly started out as a passion project and it's really one of my favourite things. Everytime I record an episode.. I literally say out loud 'that I love my job'. I get to learn from smart people. There is a saying that you are who you spend time with. Each episode I definitely become wiser as we get to learn from their insights. These guests share lessons learned and best practices. Unleashing areas of unknowns. My friend Paul - will laugh when he hears me say this.
2018-08-2209 minThe cavnessHR podcastThe cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Sapna Malhotra, CPA, CMCSapna brings more than two decades of domestic and international management consulting experience in sales and business operations in the technology, financial services, and telecommunications industries. She has significant experience in leading large-scale business and IT transformation programs to deliver consistent end-user experience in demanding and fast-paced environments. Sapna is known for her constant industry curiosity and new and emerging technologies that will enable different industries to be on the forefront of this digital revolution. She has the CanInnovate podcast that focuses on learning from Innovators that are crushing it in the industry. Plus she has a career coaching business...
2018-06-0417 minThe Jason Cavness ExperienceThe cavnessHR Podcast - A talk with Sapna MalhotraSapna (SUP-NA) Malhotra (MAL-HOT-RA) brings more than two decades of domestic and international management consulting experience in sales and business operations in the technology, financial services, and Telecommunications industries. She has significant experience in leading large-scale business and IT transformation programs to deliver consistent end-user experience in demanding and fast paced environments. Sapna is known for her constant industry curiosity and new and emerging technologies that will enable different industries to be on the forefront of this digital revolution. She has the CanInnovate podcast that focuses on learning from Innovators that are crushing it in the industry, plus she has a...
2018-06-0417 min
CanInnovateExperience Digital Dating on Another Level with Carmelia Ray of Woo You Dating AppCarmelia Ray is an internationally acclaimed matchmaker for high achieving men and the quality women they're searching for. She's also a renowned TV personality from Mom Vs. Matchmaker, The Real Housewives Of Toronto, and A User's Guide to Cheating Death (Fall 2018). She's also won the 2018 best dating coach award! She's THE Chief Dating Advisor! With decades of experience and a tireless enthusiasm for online dating and matchmaking, Carmelia has established herself as the go-to attraction expert when elite singles are ready to find, attract, and connect with Mr. or Ms. Right. In her career, she...
2018-05-3051 min