Tweeting FEI Small Business conference

              

So hard these days to find time for blogging!

But here's yet another creative workaround: a collection of my tweets from the 2012 SME Conference held by FEI Canada, which I hosted today (Sept. 25.) in Mississauga, Ont. Retrace the following tweetstream and you'll meet new friends and at least one old one. And maybe learn something, who knows...?

Note: Most of the links will take you to a front-row photo of the speaker in question. A few others connect to more detailed information. Such are the ways of Twitter.

 

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Eric Hart of BMO opens FEI smallbiz conference. Says SMEs produce 47% of GDP, 60% of all jobs. http://yfrog.com/odu39caxj
 

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At FEI Confce, Navdeep Bains, former Liberal small biz critic,urges entreprneurs to engage with govt http://yfrog.com/obhexruj

 

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PROFIT 200 winner Ty Shattuck at FEI Conference: "Both innovation and leadership are forms of art" http://yfrog.com/ny2kutfj

 

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Ty Shattuck offers new model of innovator: the pirate-sailor. Pirates chase bounty, but team players http://yfrog.com/h0y46ssxj

 

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Why Canada is in deep economic doo-doo. http://yfrog.com/esmr5ufkj

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Can Canada close productivity gap with US?Jan van der Hoop tells FEI confc "the odds are against us" http://yfrog.com/nxditmsj

 

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Jan van Der Hoop:1 hire in 5 is a success; 46% of new hires leave within 1 year;less than 1/3rd of workers are fully engaged with their work

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Paula Harrington on great leadership: strategic clarity, successful execution, culture of innovation http://yfrog.com/odn97ylj

 

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Deloitte's Paula Harrington at Ontario FEI confc, on the paradox of innovation: "Everyone wants innovation. But failure is not an option."

 

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Ian Portsmouth: Traits of high-growth entrepreneurs "Resilience, determination, willing to innovate" http://yfrog.com/ese6sykj

 

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Portsmouth: "A lot of entrepreneurs think they're good at listening to customers, but they're not." http://yfrog.com/nv8aazjj

 

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PROFIT's Ian Portsmouth at FEI Conference: Less than 1% of entrepreneurs belong to peer boards (e.g. YPO). Percent of PROFIT 200 CEOs: 50%

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At FEI conference,Michael Cangemi leads charge for "continuous monitoring" to cut costs, manage risk http://yfrog.com/j2s6kkdj

 

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Michael Cangemi translates finance jargon: "'What's the ROI on that?' is CFO talk for, 'I'm busy'." http://yfrog.com/nz63ujbj

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Brand strategist JP Lacroix: "Great brands live in the reptile brain -the emotive side." http://yfrog.com/obs2ouywj

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JP Lacroix at FEI conf'ce: "We make our decisions through the reptile brain. Do I trust you or not?" http://yfrog.com/od2cejdj

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Social Media Group's Ruth Bastedo at FEI conference: "Before you engage in social media, you have to get your brand sorted out."

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From Ruth Bastedo, here's your social media Strategy Roadmap. From FEI SME Conference http://yfrog.com/esm5jvej   

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FEI Conference ends with hearty group "ARRRR" saluting Ty Shattuck's concept of innovators as Sailor/Pirates: Team-playing treasure-seekers.

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And yes that last bit is true. I got a bunch of accountants and CFOs to go "ARRR!" Twice.

Should have taken a picture of that...!