Donna Barker Communications

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You are a real pleasure to work with, Donna – super professional and an excellent writer. The web copy deck you wrote has a solid flow and a consistent tone. You really understand what our needs are and you got to the heart of what we’re trying to achieve.

Madelen Ortega,
Junxion Strategy

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A seminar series for new and aspiring entrepreneurs

Starting at the end of November and running Monday mornings until December 15 and then again in January, Vancity is offering 90-minute seminars to support people who are considering or just starting their own business.

• Nov 24 – Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur?
• Dec 1 – How to understand your credit rating and what it really means
• Dec 8 – Identifying your customers or clients: the keys to market research
• Jan 12 – Where to look for capital: from love money to loans
• Jan 19 – Ten things a banker looks for in a business plan
• Jan 26 – How to develop a cash flow projection and plan for tough times

The cost to attend? Just $10/seminar or $50 if you register for all six. Advance registration is required since you need to have your name added to a security list to enter the building!

Date: Nov 24 through Jan 26 (with a break in late Dec/early Jan)
Time: 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Where:Vancity Head Office, 183 Terminal Ave., Vancouver, BC
Transit: Main Street/Science World SkyTrain station

For more information and to register: Call 604.709.6930 or Email ReadySetLaunch@vancity.com Continue Reading »

Unblock your pathways and kiss fatigue goodbye

My health column for the October issue of sharedVISION magazine.

We’re a society of people who work hard, play hard, and ultimately, collapse hard. If there’s one thing most of us wish we could have more of, it’s energy. Certainly, the $5-billion (and growing) energy drink market attests to this, as do the number of coffee shops around town. Even those of us who try to eat well, get enough sleep, and take weekends to relax often find ourselves melting into a puddle at the end of most days. (I am no exception to this. My son, however, loves those evenings since it means Cheerios for supper and no homework-haranguing from me.)

So what gives? Why are we so tired? Continue Reading »