Event-stravaganza in Calgary
Posted by Doug Lacombe
Calgary continues to be an event hot spot March through June 2010 with several amazing speakers coming to town. Here’s a sampling of top notch communications, marketing, and digital events that are on my radar:
Internet Marketing Conference (IMC), March 16/17
After many years of international success, IMC is finally coming to Calgary with a great line up of speakers including the co-founder of ping.fm Ryan Merket.
Details at IMC.
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“Internet video for business and pleasure”, Third Tuesday Social Media Club, March 23
Calgary’s Neil Scott of Orange Internet Video will lead the social media club through tips, tricks, and techniques to produce high-quality Internet video for business and pleasure.
Details will be posted soon at Meetup.com.
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“Building a brand from the ground up” – CPRS Calgary, March 30
Bill Smullen, Syracuse University Professor and former Chief of Staff to former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, is coming to Calgary March 30, 2010 to speak to CPRS members and friends. Smullen’s topic is “Building a Brand from the Ground Up – A case study on America’s Promise.”
Details at CPRS.
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“IFRS and XBRL in the Oil and Gas Industry – What you need to know now”, XBRL Canada, April 7
There is an urgent need to prepare for the adoption of IFRS in Canada and to understand how the emerging corporate reporting landscape will be impacted by XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language).
This seminar focuses on the planning issues that are of concern to Canadian Oil and Gas companies in preparing for the adoption of IFRS and XBRL.
Details in this news release.
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“Colossal Calgary”, a joint production of CIRI Alberta and communicatto, June 3, 2010
Lawrence G. McDonald, author of the number one business book in the world “A Colossal Failure of Common Sense” on the financially disastrous failure of Lehman Brothers is coming to Calgary June 3, 2010.
Details at ColossalCalgary.com.
This is just a sampling of the higher profile events coming up – there are lots more:
- CIRI’s events page
- CPRS’s events page
- IABC’s events page
- Third Tuesday social media club (free to join)
Tags: CIRI, Colossal Calgary, CPRS, event, events, IMC, presentation, presentations, speaker, speakers

Mar 06, 2010
“Velocity Marketing & Sales”, CMA Calgary, March 16th, 2010
Up Your Bottom Line with Today’s New Economy of Buyers
As marketers, even we know that sales revenue is the life line to our bottom line. To truly succeed in marketing & sales we need to do the opposite of selling – we need to attract, engage and empower buyers to buy. Join us for this exclusive opportunity to learn how to Up Your Bottom Line with internationally renowned Speaker and Sales Guru, Bob Urichuck, as he shares his non- traditional marketing and sales techniques to help you and your organization get where you want to go…with velocity.
Details at http://calgarycma.com
Mar 17, 2010
Many thanks for your posts covering this niche. accounting standards are something we like arguing about.
Although there are many different sides on the subject, it is nonetheless excellent that you have offered this site and opinion.
A analysis of the problems encountered in migration between GAAP and IFRS might make for some engrossing discussion.
Mar 25, 2010
Doug, thank you for not only broadcasting events but also coordinating many of them.
The Third Tuesday Social Media Club event on March 23 was well worth attending, looking forward to more in the future.
Appreciate your time,
SBK