Monthly Archives: September 2011

Small acts of kindness boost well-being! Those were the headlines in a recent media release talking about research coming out of York University. The survey of 700 people charted the effects of being nice to others and discovered participants reported an … Continue reading →

This post came via my Facebook feed from one of my business associates and a friend. Donna Papacosta is a world-class blogger and podcaster having run her own company Trafalgar Communications for over 25 and, best of all, she lives … Continue reading →

Here’s my random act of kindness for the day. I was at an organizing committee meeting for Random Act of Kindness Day in Oakville when the discussion went to social media and how to best use it. Lots of the … Continue reading →

A news brief in the morning newspaper says that volunteering can work in your favour when you’re looking for a job. The information comes from a survey of 1,200 Canadian professionals that found that 84 per cent have been volunteers … Continue reading →

That was the title of a speech given by Tyler at last week’s meeting of First Oakville Toastmasters Club. In Tyler’s speech he talked about how buying a cup of coffee for the next guy in the Tim Horton’s take-out … Continue reading →

We were out for a drive last night when my wife Marion and drove by two cyclists on the side of the road. We kept driving but something in my mind said there was something not right. My thought was … Continue reading →

It was meeting of like minds even though some minds were pretty youthful and some were plenty old Sarah McPherson, the manager, strategic communications and community events for the Oakville Community Foundation and one of the organizers of Oakville’s Random … Continue reading →