St. Albert Leader August 7, 2014 by St. Albert Leader

Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert Leader

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Craig Strain, president of the St. Albert chapter of the Canadian Progress Club, poses in his driveway on Monday, where he might be practicing for the club’s River City Classic 24-Hour Street Hockey Challenge, which takes place on Saturday, Aug. 23, in downtown Edmonton to raise money for Kidsport and Uncles and Aunts at Large. For more information on the tournament, see page 3.

BY THE NUMBERS

2,096

That’s how many players took part in the 2010 Walter Gretzky Street Hockey Tournament in Brantford, Ont., setting a Guinness World Record. The players made up 205 teams in eight different divisions, and one of the players was film director/actor Kevin Smith.

Road hockey hits the big city GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

After four successful years of pond hockey on Lacombe Park Lake, the St. Albert chapter of the Canadian Progress Club is taking it to the streets. The St. Albert CPC is hosting its first-ever River City Street Classic 24-Hour Street Hockey Challenge starting at noon on Saturday, Aug. 23 at the corner of Jasper Avenue and 102 Street in downtown Edmonton, all to raise money for Kidsport and Uncles and Aunts at Large. “Our club has been talking, probably for the better part of a couple of years, about doing this,” said St. Albert CPC president Craig Strain. “... Finally this summer, we said, ‘Let’s pick a date, let’s do it and see what happens.’” Street hockey was a “natural fit,” Strain added, given the success the club has had with their Pond Hockey Championship, held every February for the past four years at Lacombe Park Lake. “Our pond hockey event, over the past four years, has grown exponentially, and we were looking to reproduce that success with a summer event,” he said. But, while Lacombe Park Lake is a great home base in the winter, they are making the move into downtown Edmonton for the River City Classic for a number of reasons. “Part of it is that we resurrected the downtown club, the CPC Edmonton club, earlier this year. Also, in partnering with Breakfast Television, their studio is on 102 Street and Jasper Avenue, and there’s the Abbey Glen Park space there, so it was a good fit to bring it downtown for the profile and the

foot traffic, with the (104 Street) farmers’ market being a couple of blocks away,” Strain said. The club is hoping to get 44 street hockey players to cover the 24 hours of games. Each participant must raise at least $300 to get into the rink. Uncles and Aunts at Large provides mentor services for kids from six to 18 years of age who come from single-parent families. Kidsport helps families remove financial barriers that may prevent kids under 18 from playing organized sports. As the players are pounding the pavement, the club is encouraging spectators to come down and cheer them on. There will be food trucks, ice cream and a beer garden, and Kidsport will be on site accepting donations of new and gently used sports equipment. As mentioned before, the event is sponsored by Breakfast Television and Sportsnet — their downtown Edmonton studios being another reason for the venue in the big city — and Strain is ecstatic to have them on board. “It’s a great partnership,” he said. “Last year, when we partnered with them for the pond hockey, it opened the door for future events, and that’s what we’re looking to do here.” The event kicks off with a Youngsters Game from 8 to 9 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 23. Registration for the 24-hour challenge begins at 10 a.m., and the puck officially drops at noon. To register in advance, visit www.eventbrite.ca. For more information on the CPC clubs in the Capital Region, follow @CPCStAlbert or @CPCEdmonton on Twitter, or visit www.facebook.com/ CanadianProgressClubStAlbert.

Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert Leader

Canadian Progress Club St. Albert president Craig Strain is ready to drop the puck on the River City Classic 24-Hour Street Hockey Challenge.

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India inspires volunteer there and experience the culture, but also be helping people while you’re at it.” But the trip wasn’t all work; she also had Travelling abroad has helped Katie plenty of chances to see the sights. Fitzgerald just how much she can “We got to go to some temples help here at home. around India, and we got to go Fitzgerald, who heads into in the city and do some shopping Grade 12 this fall at Paul Kane and experience all the cultures of High School, touched back down India,” Fitzgerald said. on Canadian soil Saturday after The biggest surprise, though, spending nearly three weeks in was just how populous India is India with Free the Children and how different those people Canada. go about their day-to-day lives “It really inspired me, seeing from Canadians. the kids being happy with the “It was really cool to Katie little they have and seeing that experience it and walk through Fitzgerald you can really make a change,” the streets,” she said, “but the Volunteer she said. “Even if it’s little, it’s still amount of people was just a huge a big impact to a lot of people.” culture shock.” The idea for the trip was sparked when Over the past year, Fitzgerald has won Fitzgerald attended We Day festivities in a Stars of Alberta volunteer award from Calgary last October. She had to raise about the provincial government and travelled $6,000 in order to go to India. to Ottawa to accept a Governor General’s Fitzgerald stayed in a small village just Caring Canadians Award, as well as outside the city of Udaipur in western spending a day with singer-songwriter India, where she helped build latrines for a Bridgit Mendler thanks to a contest put on local school in order to boost attendance, by Acuvue contact lenses. especially among girls, as some students Now back in St. Albert, Fitzgerald will be would be more comfortable going to school if busy this year planning her class’s graduation they have clean, accessible bathrooms. ceremonies, but she also plans to put on “It was everything I thought it would be fundraisers for Free the Children’s education and more,” she said. “It was so cool to go programs.

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The 18th annual Rock’n August classic car festival got off to a roaring start Tuesday with a pancake breakfast at the St. Albert Inn and Suites, a barbecue at Re/Max St. Albert and a special edition of Classic Car Tuesdays at Apex Casino. Festivities run until Saturday; check out rocknaugust.com for more info.

City testing out new electric bus GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

The City of St. Albert is getting on board with environmentally friendly technology for public transportation. Last week, St. Albert Transit unveiled a new fully electric bus that it will be trying out for the month of August along both local and commuter routes. StAT operators will be looking to see how the bus handles, brakes and turns, while mechanics will learn about the bus’s mechanisms work, how long they take to charge and any possible long-term maintenance requirements. “This is another example of St. Albert working to deepen our brand as a green community, a subset of the botanical arts brand,” Mayor Nolan

Crouse said in a press release. “I encourage all residents to take advantage of this opportunity and to share their input on this new vehicle alternative that could help public transit evolve.” The trial period began on Tuesday and runs until Aug. 29. As the bus is on loan to StAT, passengers who board it will not be required to pay a fare, but they will have to show a pass or pay a fare if they transfer to another bus during their trip. While StAT officials want to learn about the electric buses, they also want to hear from riders about their trip experience aboard them. Passengers are invited to submit comments and opinions via the StAT website at www.ridestat.ca, by email at transit@stalbert.ca or by calling StAT’s customer service line at 780-418-6060.

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The City of St. Albert is testing out a new electric bus for the month of August, offering riders the chance to ride it free of charge.

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LEGACY

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Creating a Personal Legacy We all ponder the question, “Will I be remembered after I’m gone?” It’s a natural human process but not all of us will go down in the history books. Perhaps more importantly we can leave our own personal legacy and be remembered by those people and institutions most important to us. With the increased value of property, investments and people living longer, estates generally tend be larger than in the past. The current “boomers”, along with the previous generation, have been well established for many years and may have benefitted from various programs and scholarships throughout their lives that were very beneficial. They’ve

generation wants to have an impact on the future of their families and communities and are concerned how their “legacy” will be managed. Many programs, foundations and tools are in place to help maximize the impact of your estate. Lots of grandparents invest in a Registered Educational Savings Plan for their grandchildren as education is very expensive. With an R.E.S.P. in place a substantial fund can be available for a grandchild when the time comes. There are also many potential beneficiaries of legacy bequests outside of family such as churches, arts organizations and libraries. St. Albertans are very loyal and tend to support organizations like the St. Albert

“Leaving something to a registered charity can have a positive effect on your ﬁnal income tax return” Stacy Maurier with Weary and Company also witnessed the benefits of philanthropy and are inclined to give back to the communities that helped them be successful and enjoy a higher standard of living. This

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Leaving something to a registered charity can have a positive effect on your final income tax return. Stacy Maurier with Weary and Company points out that researching a charity beforehand is always a good idea. Review their financial statements to ensure the funds are being prudently managed and used for the purpose indicated. It’s critical to use the official name of the charity in your will. (Check registered charities and their financial statements at; www.cra-arc.gc.ca/ chrts-gvng/lstngs/menu-eng.html) “Doing some research, learning about what options are available and what tax implications they may have can make a big difference” states Maurier. “We have a questionnaire on our website (wearyandco.com) clients can fill out before they arrive in the office to help clarify their options and speed up the process.” Leaving a legacy that is uniquely yours is not difficult and with some good advice and a bit of homework you can support what means the most to you well into the future. Weary & Company is located at 30 Green Grove Dr. Call 780459-5596 or visit their website – wearyandco.com

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New City website promises more functionality

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

With better organization and improved technology, the City of St. Albert is hoping its new website will help both current and potential new residents find the information they need and interact with the local government. The new stalbert.ca was officially launched on July 31, the culmination of a process that lasted nearly two years. It includes a number of technical changes on the back end to improve the experience for the nearly 700,000 visitors it gets every year,

as well as changes to the siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s organization and accommodations for mobile devices, which more and more people are using to access the site. â&#x20AC;&#x153;St. Albert is a leading community, in every sense of the word,â&#x20AC;? Mayor Nolan Crouse said in a press release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The new website better reflects who we are as a community and all we have to offer residents, businesses and guests to our city.â&#x20AC;? The new website features an enhanced menu system based on relatable themes such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Living Here,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Getting Aroundâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Getting Active.â&#x20AC;? It also brings together information from several City departments

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OPINION

WHERE IS THIS?

A Rock’n good time

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hey come in every colour, shape and size. Some are old, some are new. Some look like they rolled right off the showroom floor, while others look heavily modified. But they all descend upon St. Albert every August. They are the classic cars that define the by Glenn Cook annual Rock’n August festival, bringing nostalgia flooding back for the thousands of people who come out to see them during the week-long event. Truly, when Rock’n August rolls around each year, it’s hard to think of anything else. It seems there’s always an opportunity for drivers to show off their pride and joy, whether it’s a small gathering, like a barbecue at a local real estate office, or a huge one, like the gigantic show-and-shine that will take place Saturday with almost 800 cars spilling out of Lions Park and into the Sturgeon River Valley. But as much as the festival is a chance for drivers to put their cars on display, it is also a chance for St. Albertans to put their city on display. Those who live here know what a wonderful place the city is to live in, but events like Rock’n August show that to visitors, in hopes they’ll make a return visit next year or perhaps something more permanent. The event also pours thousands of dollars into the local economy, too, as those visitors need places to stay and to eat. Anything we can do to bring them back year after year is a worthwhile effort. But, above all else, Rock’n August is a fundraiser. It’s easy to lose sight of that sometimes in the reflection of the sun off a chrome bumper, but thankfully those organizing the annual event have not, nor have the participants, who go above and beyond in collecting pledges to participate in the showand-shine. So, this weekend, when you’re out appreciating the lines on a certain car’s body or the work that went into restoring the engine in one that looks like the first car you ever owned, remember to help St. Albert put its best foot forward and be generous with your donations. That way, the feel-good combination of nostalgia and fundraising won’t stop for many years to come.

EDITORIAL

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Need hope for the future? Look no further

s I become firmly entrenched in my 30s, I’m starting to get to that age where I can conceivably start grousing about the generation that came after me. I could tell you all about how it seems like they always have their noses pressed to their cellphones, are always taking non-stop pictures of their food, their friends and themselves, and are always listening to music that sounds like a fax machine that has run out of toner and is dying a slow, painful death. But — even though I may have already done so — I’m not going to do that. Instead of grousing, I’m going to say that, with the knowledge that today’s youth will become

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COOK Leader editor My City tomorrow’s leaders, the world is in very capable, very sound hands. One needs look no further than St. Albert for proof of that. One needs only look at the throngs of students who travel from local schools to We Day festivities each year to celebrate kind, self less acts to see the potential the next generation has. One needs only look at what they bring back from those festivities and put into practice at their schools, at their churches and in the community at large to see

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them scratching the surface of that potential. We need look no further than students like Katie Fitzgerald, who is already a winner of volunteer awards at the local, provincial and national levels, but never stops in her search for inspiration, going so far as to travel to India with Free the Children Canada this summer to lend a hand. We need look no further than kids like Liam Kachkar, who, along with several other students he brought along with him, rolled up his sleeves and worked in hot, muggy, muddy conditions on a trip to Ecuador to better the lives of people he had never met. We need look no further than people like Corissa Tymafichuk and Andrea

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Payne, who are dedicated to raising awareness about human trafficking issues in their school and in the community as a whole. Every generation has its foibles. For example, in the 1950s, no one ever thought kids would amount to much thanks to the inf luence of rock ’n’ roll, what with Elvis Presley and his gyrating hips and all. But every generation has managed to shine in its own way. Every generation has taken the torch from the one before it and pushed society on to new heights. And, seeing what the next generation is capable of already, I am confident they can push us higher and farther than ever before. Owned and operated by

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Visual Arts Studio Association member Samantha Williams-Chapelsky displays one of her paintings that will be part of the group’s August exhibition entitled Goop of Seven.

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this technique is for a lot of artists. It’s a completely subconscious way of painting.” While Williams-Chapelsky has gained Artists with the Visual Arts Studio notoriety for her landscape paintings, she said Association (VASA) in St. Albert are making she started experimenting with some of the a mess in the best way possible. techniques being showcased in Goop of Seven Inspired by the Group of Seven, several as a natural progression of her work. VASA artists have come together this month “There are so many different mediums you to put on an exhibition entitled Goop of can add to paint now where it gets thicker Seven, which features works where paint has and different,” she said. “I had done some been dripped, splashed, smeared, poured trials, a little painting where my goal was to — anything but brushed, really — onto the use this entire jar of medium in one painting. canvas. I thought it would be a Samantha Williamsreally big challenge for Chapelsky is one of the me, because I would participating artists, and waste so much, but it’s she said these methods of not — it’s just creating a painting are a lot of fun, different effect.” and even a little freeing. In the end, though, “It’s a little dangerous, Williams-Chapelsky too; you do get covered in hopes that people who paint. … With this group, come out to see the the art is a jumping-off exhibition come away point for using these with a newfound sense of materials and really bravery. seeing what they can do,” “For the artists that Samantha she said. “It’s not limiting come to see it, I think Williams-Chapelsky them to a set of rules. Just they’ll be really inspired because a canvas is (twoto try something new, to dimensional), it doesn’t mean (the art) has to be less afraid of paint itself, and being able to be 2-D. It can be bigger than that.” work with the textural nature of acrylic paint, Other artists in the show include Peter especially with some of the artists who have Gegolick, Rick Rogers, Connie Osgood, incorporated different materials. Some of Linda Blezard, Randall Talbot, Carla Beerens, them have diamond dust or stone in them,” Lisa Liusz, Julie Kaldenhoven and Garrett she said. “Just because it says ‘paint’ doesn’t Plummer. mean it’s all paint; it can have different Williams-Chapelsky said that, even though materials in it.” the painters involved all have different Goop of Seven runs at VASA’s headquarters techniques and takes, it all comes together to in the Hemingway Centre (25 Sir Winston make a well-rounded show. Churchill Ave.) until Aug. 29. There is an “Some are more realistic than others, and opening reception tonight (Thursday) from 6 some are complete abstraction,” she said. to 9 p.m., which will also feature an ice cream “... It’s just seeing how inspiring and freeing stand called “One Goop or Two?”

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Towing the line at AGSA GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Some simple lines are making a big impact this month at the Art Gallery of St. Albert. The AGSAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest exhibition, Delineate, opens tonight (Thursday) in conjunction with the August ArtWalk, featuring works from three artists: Tanya Klimp, Pierre Bataillard and Florence Debeugny. Jenny Willson-McGrath, exhibition curator at the AGSA, said that, in the case of the works in this show, less is more. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re making the most of whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on the page or the canvas or whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the frame of the photograph,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You could look at them all and say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a hugely differing array of art,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; but there are a lot of concerns that are central to their practice.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? The showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s central theme, she added, is different levels of abstraction in art, with a heavy visual emphasis on line. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know that sounds very general and you could attribute that to a lot of art,â&#x20AC;? Willson-

McGrath said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but for all of these artists, line is very focal in their work. The idea of the line is very central to their compositions.â&#x20AC;? Klimp is a local artist, having graduated from Paul Kane High School before getting her bachelor of fine arts degree from the University of Alberta. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have much of an exhibition history, so weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re excited that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re able to feature her alongside such great and experienced artists,â&#x20AC;? WillsonMcGrath said. Her works in the AGSA exhibit are from a series called Suntrackers, which are large-scale acrylic paintings that document the passage of sunbeams across the interior of her art studio in the afternoon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She basically traced the movement of the sunspots over six weeks; each painting is a different day of the week,â&#x20AC;? WillsonMcGrath said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d set up in the same place on each respective day and trace the movement of the sun each day across the piece. The movement of the sun creates this interesting movement across the

canvas, and the areas shrink and grow depending on how much light was coming through at those times. â&#x20AC;Ś She sets up the process, but then nature dictates to her what she has to trace. The rest of it is her own artistic licence.â&#x20AC;? Meanwhile, Bataillard is a painter who currently lives in Bonnyville, Alta., but spent a lot of time in the architectural field, something Willson-McGrath feels shines through in his minimalist paintings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He has said that, coming from the architectural industry, where you work with clients to solve problems, as an artist, you very much create your own problems and then try to solve them,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you look at his work, you can see that kind of concern with taking something like the landscape around his house, translating that into a more simplified field sketch, and then taking it back into the studio to work from for a different piece.â&#x20AC;? Last but not least, Debeugny, who is originally from France but now resides in Vancouver, is a photographer who has

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Canada, the U.S. and Mexico sign off on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) after 14 months of negotiations.

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How fat is your retirement wallet? Sun Media News Services

A pension through your work can represent a substantial part of your retirement income, particularly if it is a defined benefit pension plan. This is a plan that provides a predetermined level of income at retirement based on a formula set out in the plan. Add this income to any money you receive from the Canada Pension Plan and old age security (OAS) and the “fixed income” component of your retirement cash flow can look pretty good. If you don’t have a pension plan through work, how much do you need to set aside in order to bring your retirement income up to the same level as someone who has a defined benefit pension plan? Quite often, people I speak with have a magic number of $1 million. For some reason, they’ve held onto the idea that they need at least $1 million in their savings plans before they can retire so they don’t run out of money. This is an arbitrary number at best unless it’s arrived at based on figuring out the math. So let’s do it. A commonly used formula in defined benefit plans is 2%, times the number of years belonging to the plan, times the employee’s average wage. So if an employee is a member of this pension for 35 years and earns an average income of $65,000, their pension would be 2%x35x$65,000 = $45,500. In this case, $45,500 will be available to the retired employee for the rest of his or her life as long as the pension plan

remains solvent. A typical funding ratio may be 6%, which means the plan will have to set aside approximately $758,333 to fund this person’s retirement income of $45,500 (758,333 x 6%). If this person’s retirement age is 65 and he or she is able to spend 25 years in retirement before dying, then they will have drawn income of approximately $1,137,500 without accounting for any indexing for inflation. Keep in mind if there is no spouse, there will be nothing left as an inheritance from the pension for any children or grandchildren. Alternatively, a person who is retiring without a pension at age 65 and is expecting to draw an income of $45,500 until age 90 will have to manage their savings to generate enough return to cover the desired income. If they get 6% return on their savings for the entire 25 years, they would need to have $616,541 set aside to generate $45,500 per year. At 5% return, they would need $673,338 set aside. In either case, they will also have drawn income of approximately $1,137,500 over 25 years with nothing left for the estate. With the amount of money needed to be set aside to provide the income from a defined benefit plan, it is easy to understand why employees place such a high value on this form of compensation. How much do you need to set aside to generate your retirement income?

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Reaction to setbacks key to biz success BRITTANY KUSTRA Special to the Leader

A few weeks ago, the managing director at the Northern Alberta Business Incubator, Dar Schwanbeck, lent me a few of his favourite business books for some “light summer reading.” I’ve only just started on Strategy and the Fat Smoker by David Maister, but already a particular metaphor has struck a chord with me. Say you invent a fantastic new widget — except you seem to be the only person who sees how fantastic it is. You have trouble getting distribution for the product. Eventually you make it onto the shelves of a few local retailers, but business is slow. Maybe you lose interest or focus or drive. Eventually, you give up on the idea all together. This story may sound familiar to anyone who has tried to launch a business. If you’re not an entrepreneur, consider the last time you tried getting in shape. You joined a gym, and for the first few weeks, you were faithful. Maybe you even attended a few group fitness classes, like pilates or spin. But after the first hundred sit-ups, you didn’t have abs, and you felt frustrated. Maybe you slowly slipped back to old habits, until you

were right back where you started. The reason that that gyms are a $25-billion dollar industry is because so many of us experience this cycle. Maister posits that this same cycle is applicable to business. “The primary reason we do not work at behaviours which we know we need to improve is that the rewards (and pleasure) are in the future,” he writes. “The disruption, discomfort, and discipline needed to get there are immediate.” We all know that we should stop smoking, eat healthier, and work out more. Entrepreneurs know that they should network, listen to their customers, improve their costs and efficiency, and promote the heck out of their product. But sometimes the longterm benefits of working hard now can seem like a distant, unachievable goal. Minor setbacks can knock us off course until we’re back at square one, or we can use them to fuel the fire towards a booming business. How will you choose to react? Brittany Kustra is the communications and leasing co-ordinator for the Northern Alberta Business Incubator.

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Voicemail etiquette matters MARY M. MITCHELL Sun Media News Services

Does leaving a voicemail message create performance anxiety for you? If it does, you probably are a millennial. There’s good news and bad news about this. The good news is that you are early in your career, with lots of opportunities to make a positive difference in your world. The bad news is that, if you are a millennial, you cannot afford to regard leaving voicemail messages as obsolete. It behooves all of us to consider a refresher on voicemail etiquette. Here goes: • Your own answering greeting should be short. Don’t bother to say that you aren’t available to take the call. That’s a waste of time, and there’s no point in restating the obvious. Instead, simply identify yourself and ask the caller to leave a message. • If you really mean it, say you will return the call as soon as possible. For example, “This is Mary Mitchell. Please leave a message and I will call you back as soon as I can.” If you want to give another option to reach you, go ahead, but limit it only to one telephone number or email address. • When you leave a voicemail message, be sure to identify yourself right away. Give your return phone number at the beginning of your message so that other people don’t have to listen to you twice. Speak slowly and clearly. It helps to pretend to be writing your number in the air, which will slow you down and help with clarity. Say when you can be reached. • If there are specific messages, be concise, and let the person know at the beginning so she can

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be listening for the information. For example, “I’m calling to let you know two things. “First, I got the information about the meeting. I will meet you in the building lobby at 2:30. See you then.” You might want to repeat your number at the end of your message. That would sound like, “Again, my number is xxx-xxxx should you need it.” Then just hang up. There is nothing rude about that; you don’t need to say good-bye, since there was no conversation. I find it helpful to imagine that I am writing a memo when I leave voicemail messages. Outlining points enhances my own clarity and puts the listener on notice for the information. • Never use voicemail as a way to avoid speaking with someone. It doesn’t help, and a person would have to be terminally dense not to figure out your game. If you must call when you know the other person isn’t available, say, “I know you won’t be able to take the call now, but I wanted to let you know that...” Let’s get back to performance

anxiety. Our fear of being judged negatively fuels our performance anxiety in any situation. When it comes to voicemail, we are being judged on our tone of voice and the clarity of our information. Remember that we can hear a smile in another person’s voice, just as we can discern whether that individual is completely present and focused. Smartphones have the ability to record. Smart people take advantage of this tool and record themselves before leaving a message. And yes, it takes time. Precious time. Yet what do winning sports teams do that most individuals do not? They practice. Think about it. The few seconds we invest in practicing our message can create or nurture a positive relationship. That’s a personal win for the caller. On the other hand, a messy message can cost us a valued relationship. Why bother, you might ask? Good manners create good relationships. Good relationships create successful careers. It’s not the other way around.

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