There are few golden examples of corporate blogging policies that provide employees useful and necessary guidance on what they can blog about and how they should do it as it relates to company information. Sun Microsystems stands out as a company that actively encourages their employees to engage each other and the wider tech worldContinue reading “Develop a corporate blogging policy”
Author Archives: Neil
The best place to launch a career
I’m knee-deep into my third year working as an auditor, and that means I’ve nearly met my experience requirements to call myself a CA. By my calculations I’ll qualify somewhere around January. Over those 2+ years I’ve gained valuable experience working with clients in many different industries. The opportunity to learn is literally limitless, andContinue reading “The best place to launch a career”
Banning Facebook sends the wrong message
Jeremy Newman, the Managing Director of BDO Stoy Hayward in the UK, provides real leadership and an inspiration across the pond to me and no doubt others who read about his management style and philosophy. He writes about workplaces banning Facebook, which is very popular right now here in Toronto among employers. I am notContinue reading “Banning Facebook sends the wrong message”
Canadian dollar flirts with parity this week
It’s pretty cool that the Canadian dollar reached parity with the US during trading this past week, because I wasn’t even born back in 1976, the last time we were there. To say there’s been a sudden upsurge in Canadian flag-waving is an understatement, but the increase is due to the greenback’s weakening, as theContinue reading “Canadian dollar flirts with parity this week”
Spreadsheets: My thoughts on EditGrid
I recently tried out EditGrid, in response to a post by Dennis on recent enhancements. I had already been using Google Spreadsheets a little bit, but not too much, because, quite frankly, it just wasn’t all that intuitive. I consider myself a fairly advanced Excel user, and Google Spreadsheets just didn’t have the same levelContinue reading “Spreadsheets: My thoughts on EditGrid”