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Connector of the Month

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Connector of the Month: Christine Pilkington | April 2013

headshot_christine (1)Work: CEO of Crisp Media Inc., publisher of VancouverMom.ca, Entrepreneur Mom Now and City Mom Now – Canada’s largest network of sites delivering local content to urbanite moms.

After Work: Mother. Hoster of impromptu dinner parties. People gatherer. Knitter.

Fave Networking Events: FWE would be my absolute favourite, but also any event involving fashion and wine. I also love fundraisers since you can meet people and raise money for a terrific cause. One-on-one meetings are best though.

Networking Advice: Build deep relationships by focusing on one-on-one connections. Feed your network and it will feed you. Look for ways to partner and work together.

Connector of the Month: Fawn Mulcahy | March 2013

Fawnz_Illustration_300px_v2Name: Fawn Mulcahy

Work:  Senior Manager, Sponsorship Marketing, RBC

Instructor, SFU Continuing Studies – Public Relations, Digital Communications and New Media Journalism Certificates

After Work: In unranked order: walker of dog; watcher of movies; and reader of books and newspapers.

Fave Networking Events: As a multi tasker, I prefer networking events that include professional development opportunities (like the Vancouver Chapter of the CPRS or BCAMA events).  Truthfully, I much prefer one-on-one meetings over coffee.

Networking Advice: Take care of your network and your network will take care of you.

Twitter: @thefawnz

Connector of the Month: Stephen Jagger | February 2013

Picture 3Name: Stephen Jagger

Work: I’m working to grow our newest company, PayrollHero.com in Southeast Asia.  PayrollHero is a time, attendance, scheduling and payroll app that is in the cloud built for web and mobile.  We have clients all over the world, and are focused on expansion currently in the Philippines.  I also own Ubertor.com (with my business partner Mike Stephenson) and have offices for both companies in Manila, Philippines and Whistler, Canada.  (we’re hiring!!)

After Work: Travel. My family and I are touring all over Southeast Asia – there is so much to see and do.

 

Fave Networking Events: Almost any tech event is usually a good time.  I enjoy events that are full of entrepreneurs trying to do amazing things.  It is always great to meet and learn from others trying to grow a business.
Networking Advice: If your running networking events… booze helps.  It gets people talking and softens up the environment, especially if most people don’t know each other.  Meetup.com is a fantastic resource for organizing events and of course starting and finishing on time is important.  There is nothing worse than making people that showed up on time, wait for people who are late.  (assuming you have a speaker or presentation)

 

Twitter: @SJagger but I’m enjoying Facebook more these days