Hello my fabulous followers. I wanted to share with you my wonderful memory of ensuring my cousin Frances Bay received a star on Canada's Walk of Fame.
If you click on this link and view the video of the Legacy of Frances Bay, you will see the wonderful experience we shared. Please viesit: www.youtube.com/user/nipoon36.
Frances Bay was the loving grandma in Happy Gilmore with Adam Sandler and she was also Fonzie's grandmother on Happy Days and also played in three David Lynch movies. For those of you that watched Seinfeld, you will remember her from the episode where she was coined the Marble Rye Lady. She is from Dauphin Manitoba and in 2008, I had an online petition and campaign to ensure she receive a star on Canada's Walk of Fame for her 90 birthday. My dream came true with much hard work and dedication. The Walk of Fame office declared it the most aggressive public relations campaign they had ever seen. I am sharing this with you to inspire you to never give up on your career search. When we put our minds to things, we do achieve our dreams.
Enjoy the video and happy holidays.
Anrea
Friday, December 10, 2010
How To Find A Credible Volunteer Opportunity
Sometimes when you are looking for a volunteer opportunity to commit to, it is easier said than done. That is why it is best to start your volunteering journey at Volunteer Manitoba. Volunteer Manitoba offers a volunteer referral service matching agencies with volunteers. Not-for-profits are allowed to list their volunteer positions free of charge on the Volunteer Manitoba website and current volunteer opportunities all across Manitoba are listed on the site as well.
Volunteer Manitoba offers guidance to individuals who are searching for a volunteer placement and are there to assist in matching your skills and interests up with the current volunteer opportunities available. The future of your volunteer journey starts by simply visiting http://www.volunteermanitoba.ca/.
Volunteer Manitoba offers guidance to individuals who are searching for a volunteer placement and are there to assist in matching your skills and interests up with the current volunteer opportunities available. The future of your volunteer journey starts by simply visiting http://www.volunteermanitoba.ca/.
How To Find A Credible Volunteer Opportunity
Volunteering is a great way to gain experience and get your foot in the door to an organization you want to work for. A great place to find volunteer opportunities is at Volunteer Manitoba. They offer a referral services matchimg agencies looking for volunteers with people seeking volunteer opportunities with non-profit agencies. Non-profit agencies can register their volunteer opportunities on the Centre's website - free of charge. Current listings are posted on the Centre's website and sent to media, universities, colleges, high schools, trade schools, and selected agencies on a weekly basis.
Individuals who are interested in volunteering may search the Volunteer Manitoba website for current listings or meet with one of our trained interviewers. The interviewer will discuss available volunteer positions and assist in matching the individual's personal skills and interests. Following a successful interview, individuals can directly contact agencies of their choice or ask the interviewer to initiate a referral on their behalf.
You can also sign up to follow Volunteer Manitoba's Twitter page!
Friday, December 3, 2010
Think Before You Give
Seasons greetings to all of my fabulous followers! I hope your holidays are full of warmth, kindness and appropriate gift giving!
With the holiday season comes gift giving and card sending. I have been thinking, if most of you are on a budget because you are on a career search, gift giving will be challenging. I think it is important for you to think about the gifts you plan on giving before handing them out. You may think this is rediculous but it is important because what you give someone reflects your taste and is part of the impression you leave on someone. Put simply, before you give, think.
Do you want your associates to say you are cheap or insensitive? What if you don't give a gift at all, are you then perceived as totally self absorbed and on the black list? Since you are not working, you will have more free time to think carefully about the people on your shopping list and what they would like. Think about what you know about them. Start this process by thinking about their likes and dislikes. If you are planning to buy your ex-coworkers gifts, think about items they may have displayed on their desks or what pictures they had in frames. Try to remember conversations you have had with them about what they do while they are not at work. Think back to what hobies they have shared with you or sporting events they like. This is a good place to start because then you will make your gift more personalized.
Gifts don't have to be large or expensive you just have to be resourceful and thoughtful. A nice idea I found online is http://www.smilebox.com/. I had to think of something to give to my nephew who was having his birthday and I didn't have much money. What I ended up doing was creating a personalized slide show on smilebox that allowed me to incorporate pictures of my nephew in it. With Smilebox, you can use your own video or photos with their designs and music and it equals a one of a kind and personalized greeting. They have hundreds of templates to choose from and it is easy and it didn't cost me a thing. I was so impressed with the slideshow I was able to create, I cried and I looked like a technical genius in front of my family!
Hallmark also has personalized greeting cards now where you can record your own voice and message in them. I think that would be an economical and personalized gift to give to a co-worker. So, when you think about it, gift giving doesn't have to break the bank account. Take this time that you have over the holidays to try and be the most thoughtful you have ever been in the gift giving department and see how many lasting impressions and stronger conenctions you develop from this process.
I hope this helps and most of all, try to be positive over the holiday season even though you may be on a career search. I know it is easier said than done but the people around you will appreciate this and recognize it. I promise!
Seasons greetings!
Anrea
With the holiday season comes gift giving and card sending. I have been thinking, if most of you are on a budget because you are on a career search, gift giving will be challenging. I think it is important for you to think about the gifts you plan on giving before handing them out. You may think this is rediculous but it is important because what you give someone reflects your taste and is part of the impression you leave on someone. Put simply, before you give, think.
Do you want your associates to say you are cheap or insensitive? What if you don't give a gift at all, are you then perceived as totally self absorbed and on the black list? Since you are not working, you will have more free time to think carefully about the people on your shopping list and what they would like. Think about what you know about them. Start this process by thinking about their likes and dislikes. If you are planning to buy your ex-coworkers gifts, think about items they may have displayed on their desks or what pictures they had in frames. Try to remember conversations you have had with them about what they do while they are not at work. Think back to what hobies they have shared with you or sporting events they like. This is a good place to start because then you will make your gift more personalized.
Gifts don't have to be large or expensive you just have to be resourceful and thoughtful. A nice idea I found online is http://www.smilebox.com/. I had to think of something to give to my nephew who was having his birthday and I didn't have much money. What I ended up doing was creating a personalized slide show on smilebox that allowed me to incorporate pictures of my nephew in it. With Smilebox, you can use your own video or photos with their designs and music and it equals a one of a kind and personalized greeting. They have hundreds of templates to choose from and it is easy and it didn't cost me a thing. I was so impressed with the slideshow I was able to create, I cried and I looked like a technical genius in front of my family!
Hallmark also has personalized greeting cards now where you can record your own voice and message in them. I think that would be an economical and personalized gift to give to a co-worker. So, when you think about it, gift giving doesn't have to break the bank account. Take this time that you have over the holidays to try and be the most thoughtful you have ever been in the gift giving department and see how many lasting impressions and stronger conenctions you develop from this process.
I hope this helps and most of all, try to be positive over the holiday season even though you may be on a career search. I know it is easier said than done but the people around you will appreciate this and recognize it. I promise!
Seasons greetings!
Anrea
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