Posts Tagged Canadian Sponsorship Forum
Squashed
Posted by Mark Harrison in TrojanOne on June 28th, 2010
The one benefit of having my mediocre sports career rudely halted in my freshman year at the University of Guelph? It’s been a long time since I’ve been injured.
Oh, there was a disastrous tumble down Blackcomb Mountain in 1989, when my best friend Rosie tricked me into doing a double black diamond. “Just tuck,” he said, “you’ll be fine.” One death cookie later and I’ve been dealing with neck issues everyday for the past twenty-one years.
Then there was the time my wife tried to kill me in Peru. Read the rest of this entry »
Permission to Celebrate
Posted by Mark Harrison in TrojanOne on June 2nd, 2010
On Victoria Day weekend there were all sorts of fireworks displays, special events, and parades across much of Canada.
But the best celebration I attended wasn’t to be found on any online event calendar… in any newspaper listing… or promoted on any local radio station. Largely because it was a neighbourhood street party that has been happening for over fifteen years at undisclosed location in North Toronto. Read the rest of this entry »
Seeing is Believing
Posted by Mark Harrison in TrojanOne on February 2nd, 2010
I didn’t pretend to know who Brian McKeever is, until recently.
In fact, my exposure to Paralympians really only began a few years ago when we started planning to have the 2010 Canadian Sponsorship Forum in Whistler, during the Games. Read the rest of this entry »
World Vision
Posted by Mark Harrison in TrojanOne on October 27th, 2009
I don’t think I realized how small my world is until this week.
Unlike many of you, not much of my work world takes me outside of Canada. But this past week I had the business trip of a lifetime, when fulfilling an invitation to be a speaker at the 29th annual International Fundraising Congress in Holland. An event that attracts nine hundred delegates from over seventy countries. Seventy! That alone is unbelievable. Read the rest of this entry »
There is no I in team (But there is in WIN)
Posted by Mark Harrison in TrojanOne on October 2nd, 2009
The fall is my favourite time of year. The weather is awesome… especially, on a comparative basis, this fall of 2009. The world is back to work, back to school, back to business. My Steelers are back. Or so their uniforms say. Hockey is upon us.
And I get to coach my high school football team as a volunteer. Read the rest of this entry »
The Recovery is Upon Us
Posted by Mark Harrison in TrojanOne on August 20th, 2009
Well it’s been a while since I have babbled about the economy. I found it was getting a bit stale. I would assume that if I as the author found it stale… you the reader had probably reached and surpassed that point much much sooner!
But recent events have triggered me to believe that the mood and the economy are turning in this country. What I don’t know is whether it’s temporary or permanent. Doesn’t matter. It’s here and now. Read the rest of this entry »
Running Up That Hill
Posted by Mark Harrison in TrojanOne on August 11th, 2009
If you’re old enough to get the connection between Kate Bush and jogging… you’re probably old enough to understand my situation.
I jog all the time. But I am slow. Damn slow. Read the rest of this entry »
I’d go Bankrupt for $9 Billion!
Posted by Mark Harrison in TrojanOne on June 3rd, 2009
I have friends who work at GM.
I’ve had some great speakers from GM at the Canadian Sponsorship Forum.
I know people whose parents rely on GM pensions.
So as I write this I’m not trying to insult them. But it’s time for another GM rant. Read the rest of this entry »
Let’s Climb the Mountain
Posted by Mark Harrison in Event Management, Leaders, PR, TrojanOne on March 17th, 2009
Technically this isn’t a blog, so if you don’t care to read it I understand.
This is really an invitation. An invitation to climb a mountain.
This isn’t just an ordinary mountain. It’s a big mountain. It’s a professional mountain. And a personal mountain. It is a place and a time, and most importantly, an experience.
What I am talking about is the 2010 Canadian Sponsorship Forum. Set at the base of Whistler Mountain, at the Westin Resort & Spa, next year’s Forum will be unlike any other we have ever done.
Read the rest of this entry »
Big Mac
Posted by Mark Harrison in TrojanOne on March 9th, 2009
McDonald’s Johan Jervoe took the audience through their LOST RING property which was a runaway success heading into the Beijing Olympics. This campaign ran for 6 months and engaged 5 million consumers. With nary a golden arches in sight. If you haven’t seen this campaign google it today. I mean today. Read the rest of this entry »
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