Marketplace Magazine - April/May 2012

Vol. 4, Issue 2 April/May 2012

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From the publisher... level, all it does is stir our own dollars around in the same pot, when what we need to be doing is attracting new money to the province through exporting business services, products and resources.

This is how we will grow our companies and our province. There is a new reality from Ottawa that provinces will need to stand more on their own. This means lowered transfer payments, which will affect Manitoba. We need to be preparing for this reality before we open a door we think leads somewhere, only to find an empty closet.

Business moves in cycles; from unbelievably busy to digging deep to improve the bottom line. The return of the NHL, the building of a new CFL stadium, preparations for the Museum for Human Rights, and international trade events such as Centrallia are all happening in our City. For many companies those sales calls from outside of Manitoba and Canada mean our City gets more recognition.

This is a positive thing, because it can help to open doors that may have been closed in the past. For companies looking for the growth needed to maintain all of these great new attractions, might I suggest that looking beyond our provincial borders should become a major priority. I’ve said in the past (Dec 2011 issue) that government should be here to support business (and we all have opinions as to what degree), but we cannot continue to rely so much on government spending. At its simplest

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For those companies already doing substantial business outside the province or looking at this, a good place to start is by reading our cover story - The Changing Face of Media.

A discussion amongst peers in a non-competitive environment was a great way to get a sense of what we should be looking at in order to ensure that we are prepared to grow and prepared for a new reality of how information about our companies is consumed and shared.

Speaking of how information is shared, we also review what tablet device might be best for you or your business. Many companies continue to make the transition of presentations, contracts, marketing materials and more over to tablets for salespeople. With the choices becoming more crowded each day, we break out some points to consider.

Next issue we will have full coverage of the provincial budget and what this means to business in Manitoba.

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Contents

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Cover story

The Changing Face of Media 4 From the publisher

UP FRONT 6 MB Biz Report

Manitoba business movers and shakers

7 After Hours

The latest events Marketplace Magazine and friends have attended

Profile 11 The Executive Committee empowers businesses

28 Custom Cash

Custom House Currency Exchange is One of Winnipeg’s best kept secrets

Columns and Features 8 Tablet Battle Royal 12 The Changing Face

BACK PAGE 30 At the Desk of...

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Information and announcements from businesses in our province

Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP Announces Leipsic Move Richard Leipsic, former General Counsel and Senior VP for Canwest Global Communications Corp. has joined Acumen Corporate Development Inc. as a Managing Director.

The Spirit of Winnipeg Awards 2012 The recipients of the six categories at the 2012 Spirit of Winnipeg Awards were: Charity: Siloam Mission

Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP Announces the Admission of Three Lawyers to the Partnership The partners of TDS Law congratulate Gerald S. Ashcroft, Lynda K. Troup and Robert W. Olson on their admission to the partnership.

Gerald’s practice is focused primarily on family law, Lynda focuses her practice in the areas of civil and commercial litigation and administrative law, and Rob’s practice is focused in the areas of labour and employment, health law, and civil litigation.

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Innovation enriches our city, but for many businesses and organizations today, innovation is about survival.

The Spirit of Winnipeg Awards are presented annually by The Chamber and BDO Chartered Accountants to six local companies, charities, and not-for-profits that have embraced change by taking a concept or idea and choosing to do things differently. This year, the Spirit of Winnipeg Awards were held March 2, 2012 at The Fairmont Winnipeg.

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iPad 3 vs. Samsung Galaxy vs. RIM Playbook Even a few years ago, the current capabilities of tablets were but a dream to both manufacturers and end users. One still had to rely on a laptop or desktop for complex functions. But the advent of the newest generations of tablets has upped the ante in creating a slicker, more functional experience with a broad range of applicable uses running the gamut from personal to business.

Tablets are sleek, sexy gadgets loaded with a screen, camera and USB ports.

Even a baby can use a tablet because they work on touch. The touch screen feature means a slick tour around apps, email, documents and more. The user experience becomes seamless as we float from business to pleasure on these thin, lightweight devices designed to give the old school laptops a run for their money.

Let’s take a look at how these devices allow users to take business and pleasure on the road.

The iPad poses a huge opportunity for Apple in the coming months and years.

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there is significant momentum in this space. The debut of the iPad 3 raises the bar again for a stunning user experience.

Although the iPad 3 still has a 9.7-inch screen, Apple doubled the amount of pixels in display for a stunning 2048 x 1536 with a pixel density of 264ppi.

This creates a superb visual experience, including sharper images and text. In

addition, the 4:3 aspect ratio display works well for browsing the web compared to a widescreen display. More content appears on the screen without scrolling, making browsing easier for the user.

Furthermore, the iPad 3 has a 5-megapixel camera and features 1080p HD video recording capability. It is equipped with

iPad 3 Retina display, with a resolution of 2048Ă—1536, 3.1 million pixels at 264ppi A5X Processor, quad-core graphics 1GB of RAM 5 megapixel iSight camera 1080p video recording Voice dictation, similar to Siri without the questions 3G & 4G LTE connectivity 10 hour battery life, 9 hour battery on 4G 9.4mm thick, weighs 1.4lbs iOS 5.1

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The iPad 3 comes with an A5x dualcore processor that offers four times the performance boost in terms of graphics. It also comes with 4G LTE support in addition to the usual 3G and WiFi connectivity with speeds of up to 73Mbps. Its integrated contacts, email, and iCloud capabilities make taking business or pleasure on the road easy and seamless among other smart technology such as the iPhone.

The Galaxy Tab 10.1 slate, also known as the Galaxy Tab 2, features Android Honeycomb OS, a 10.1-inch WXGA touch screen (with 1280 x 800 HD resolution), a 1 GHz dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 processor, 32GB memory, and a set of cameras.

Android lovers will find this device great for watching movies especially with the widescreen display. Unlike the iPad 3, it has a MicroSD card slot that accepts cards up to 32GB. The Galaxy Tab 2 runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Android apps are starting to build up and help enhance the overall user experience. If you already have an Android phone, you will find the Tab 2 easy to use and navigate.

Android puts the power of app creation in the hands of any developer and the

winner is the end user. Those techsavvy users will be able to mold the Galaxy Tab into a highly personalized tablet experience, and configure it to handle tasks and functions that the locked down iPad 3 will not allow.

While some users prefer the security of Apple for this reason, if you value flexibility, configurability, and the ability to control many characteristics of your device, Android may be the right choice for you.

The PlayBook is a terrific companion for your BlackBerry especially if you are looking for top-notch web browsing and multimedia capabilities. The web experience on the PlayBook is excellent.

Many websites still require Flash or Javascript, which are incompatible with Apple products—a distinct advantage here. In terms of Flash, the implementation is significantly smoother and more stable in comparison to Android. The PlayBook handles HTML5 quite nicely, too. This is the first mobile device that provides something close to the full desktop Web experience.

The number one single complaint about RIM’s PlayBook continues to be that it does not come with native email, calendar, and contacts apps (RIM claims it will add these features in the next version). PlayBook users are steered toward the Bridge feature that connects

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Over nine decades, The Winnipeg Foundation has been built by contributions from donors of all walks of life. To me, this is best demonstrated by looking at the first two gifts ever made to our Foundation.

The first was $100,000 from William Forbes Alloway, a Winnipeg banker and entrepreneur who established our Foundation in 1921. Three years later, an anonymous contribution of three gold coins, each worth five dollars, arrived at the Foundation. This story illustrates that it’s not the size of the gift, but the act of giving that’s important. This is what makes our organization a community foundation.

Our Foundation continues to offer one of the lowest fund thresholds among our peers across the country. We strive to make giving accessible and dispel the notion that philanthropy is only for the wealthy.

Last year we launched a new program, which we call “Sharing Circles.” The idea is to engage groups of like-minded people (friends, colleagues, associates) to contribute to a fund and share in grantmaking decisions. In turn, the Foundation provides support and augments the Circle’s granting. It’s a great idea and, with four new Sharing Circle funds established at the Foundation last year, we’re pleased to see it gaining momentum and supporting local charities.

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to a BlackBerry smartphone and then use its email, calendar, and contacts on the PlayBook’s larger screen. However, the actual data never resides on the PlayBook. It remains locked down in the BlackBerry phone, which may be a benefit for users that require tight security.

The surge in popularity of tablets reached a new peak when Apple unveiled the iPad 3 in March 2012 reportedly selling more than 3 million units in the first week with customer satisfaction ratings at an all time high. Sales of the iPad 3 are now expected to reach 13.8 million, a hefty jump from the 10.1 million forecast earlier. In comparison, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) launched in July 2011 (the next generation version has been dogged by OS issues) and continues to impress both users and reviewers.

BlackBerry parent company Research In Motion (RIM) remains a strong competitor. Its attractive price point makes it an easy sell to users eager to enter the tablet space.

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CEOs need TEC

As a leadership development organization, The Executive Committee (TEC) was formed to champion and support CEOs in Canadian business. TEC Canada was established in 1985 by Dr. Lynn Tanner, who had the vision of providing good senior leaders with support to become superior CEOs. TEC Canada was modeled after Vistage International, an organization with 14,500 international members that helps business leaders surpass their competition.

TEC is first and foremost a learning organization for the forward thinking CEO. They supply all the tools necessary to create innovative and empowering leaders to uplift Canadian businesses. Since inception TEC Canada has grown to nearly 900 members and 80 exclusive groups.

The TEC model relies on a confidential group forum where leaders from a variety of different industries can come together to push the boundaries of their success, both professionally and personally. Each group is led by an accomplished mentor, referred to as a Chair. Within these groups, there is complete confidentiality, much like an unofficial board of directors. Provocative business experts are brought in to share their expertise.

TEC Canada is operational across the country and Manitoba is home to 70 unique members. Our province also boasts three TEC Chairs: Ken Sontag, Lynn Bishop, and Barry Bernhard.

Each Chair is responsible for executing a monthly, full-day peer group session. Peer meetings have become an astute key of member’s successes. TEC members have been known to experience a sort of isolation at the CEO level, and having a group of peers to problem solve and brainstorm with is an invaluable asset. Chairs also meet with each individual group member in a one-on-one setting for continued confidential support. Additionally all of TEC’s members across Canada have access to presentations by world class expert speakers.

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The Changing Face of Media

By Alison Mintenko

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Is there still a place to be traditional amidst the surge of social media?

As many companies look to outside markets for business, one of the first steps is to look at your current marketing strategy and what it will take to expand into international. Having properly developed websites, collateral that resonates (print, online and mobile), and a social media strategy are all key.

The point is to know who you are, what your brand is and what it says to prospective customers.

We brought some of the top marketing minds together to discuss the current status of media and some ideas for the future. Taken directly from unscripted responses, we openly discussed some of the challenges and highlights that result when a great marketing plan is executed.

As you prepare to grow your business, take the time to call one of these experts to at least have the conversation about your current and future marketing efforts.

Your investment will be well worth it.

Ryan Hart – mf.1 Derek MacDonald – Think Shift Advertising Robert Mensies - Edge Business Strategies Barrett Peitsch - Fusion Communications Koen Reynaert – McKim Crinigan George Colin Whitney – Think Shift Advertising Leighton Wiebe - Fusion Communications Dave Wilkie - Fusion Communications

Video of this discussion can be found at www.marketplacemagazine.ca Glenn: Traditional media – where do you see traditional media being? Is there still a place for magazine, radio, whatever that might be? Where is that in the hierarchy?

Leighton: For us it always has to start with our client, with our brand, and with our audience. I wouldn’t rank any one media over any other right now. Our clients have such a diverse range of needs. Our traditional media business is still growing. The demand is always there.

Ryan: I think it’s comfort level, too. Time and again people start with traditional because that might be where their comfort level is, then you go on to their needs and their reach. That’s when the conversation may evolve to ‘Maybe traditional doesn’t really suit your needs.’ Then you’re getting to other areas. I think essentially it’s a starting point.

Derek: We’re finding that a lot of our clients are panicking. ‘Where is social? We need to be social,’ and it’s not necessarily the right thing to be thinking or panicking about.

Glenn: So clients are coming in and saying ‘You want us here, but we think we need to be here.’ How do you defend that?

Dave: Just two years ago we weren’t being pushed by clients to get into social media or pay per click - we were pushing them where we saw opportunity. Now we’re finding that they’re expecting that to be in the marketing mix, and yet they don’t quite understand it very well.

Leighton: They often don’t understand what the real cost is. They have no idea, in particular, about the human cost. What you’re not paying out in commissionable media, well now there’s a human cost there, because if you’re going to do that, either we’ve got to have people in-house to do that, or you have to start hiring now to staff that. You’re creating complexity and difficulty.

Derek: I think at the end of the day, it’s about understanding what the problem is and finding a solution to that problem.

Whether it includes traditional or social or whatever else, let’s find out what the problem is first. Let’s not just assume we need to do social media.

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Koen: I think there’s also an evolution of the definition of traditional media as it is evolving towards an integration with the social media component. It will be all together after a while. The way traditional media will be used more in part in engaging the consumer or customer you’re after.

Ryan: I think we have a responsibility to help educate them on the negatives as much as the positives. If you want to open that Pandora’s box of Facebook, you need to talk to people. It gives people the opportunity to say as much negative about you as it is good. They truly need to understand that investment of time.

Leighton: And as you open that dial up, you’re also making a promise. And if you don’t support it, not only have you not given them the voice that they potentially want – you’ve lied to them.

Dave: There’s some level of honesty that’s now coming out. You can’t promote a brand that’s not realistic anymore. You can’t make up some TV campaign that’s exciting about those brand attributes, and then people try the product and go ‘This isn’t exactly what I expected.’

They had no place before to really tell you that. Now they do. Now you have to be honest – your brand has to be exactly what they would experience, otherwise they’re going to nail you on it.

Colin: We’ve found that we’ve had to do a lot more brand checks. ‘Is your brand healthy enough to even sit in those spaces?’

Glenn: So if it’s not, how do you then say to them ‘We can take you down that path, but you might not like what you get.’?

Barrett: We almost have to scope the social media first. ‘Why are you on social media? What will you do? What won’t you do?’ It’s almost turned into a customer service channel, but if you’re not prepared to integrate that with your customer service offering, it’s really a detriment.

Colin: Doing anything just to do it isn’t a solution – there needs to be a reason.

At the end of the day, what’s your goal?

What can people get out of it?

Ryan: On one side, if you look at the options that are out there to get your brand out, coupled with a lot of companies looking inward to say ‘Okay, now how am I going to spend that dollar?’

You bring in a company like one of ours, and we ask a couple quick questions about their brand and what they want to get out of it, and they quickly realize they can’t articulate that.

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Leighton: And it’s a much broader conversation than it used to be because of all the points of access that people have into your client’s brand; you have to look at a lot of things when you’re assessing.

Glenn: So does the term “ad agency” even apply anymore?

Leighton: Well we’re an ad agency, yet we’re bringing in HR consultants. The role that we as an industry play is definitely changing, and we’re looking into our client’s businesses like we’ve never done before. We’re having to be so much smarter as a group. We’re having to draw on so many more different disciplines to make that happen, but it’s because of how much the doors have opened into those brands.

You have so many more channels that you really have to keep a close eye on.

Colin: And that is the future, isn’t it?

That’s the brand stuff. We have to become better brand stewards for our clients, because they’re going to do this stuff by themselves. They’re going to look at the cost of social media consulting and the internal management stuff and say ‘We’re going to do this on our own.’

Koen: But that’s always been the case with traditional media. There have always been a lot of companies that wanted to keep everything in house, and the more complicated it becomes, the more chance to ask a communications agency because you’ve got so many different people that can service them in different ways and with different approaches that they can’t probably can’t know it all anymore, so they feel more comfortable giving some of their services away to a communications agency.

Glenn: Are you sensing that people are getting away from the ‘We’re going to do it ourselves’ mentality?

Colin: It’s been a funny roller coaster ride.

At first it was ‘Social media – who needs that? That’s crazy.’ Then it was ‘Get me some, get me some!’ Now it’s more ‘Okay, we’re not sure what we’re doing.’

Dave: You look like their solution to it if you present right. If they haven’t really touched it too much and all of a sudden you tell them that you’re managing social media for this number of clients and you’re actually going deep and managing the voice of the messaging, they go ‘Wow, you can do all that?’ and so it becomes an in to that company through social media.

You can start to work with them there and then expand.

But back to expanding into other areas of HR consulting – when we start to do that, we start to compete with the CA firms.

The CA firms do everything but marketing, but some of them now are starting to do marketing. But they have different terminology than we do, and they’re 10 times larger than the largest advertising firm. That’s a scary thing in that if they start to take marketing in and they already do all the rest of the stuff, or if we start to take the rest of the stuff in, we’re going to be up against competitors that are 10 times our size.

Glenn: Well everything consolidates at some point. It grows up, consolidates, and grows a bit more. Is this the consolidation for agencies or marketing or communications firms to say ‘We need to take on more to offer clients,’ which leads us to ‘Do we need to be looking at who else is out there that we can partner with?’

Leighton: It raises some really fundamental questions, because one of the questions we’re facing these days is how not to become a mile wide and an inch deep. There’s always new stuff, and there comes a time where you’re not doing it well anymore. And even in terms of partnering, you have to be careful how far you extend your reach, because you can come to a point when you’re actually losing touch of what YOU do well and the values that you’re supposed to add.

Glenn: How do you take small businesses that say they have no budget? There’s always a budget for something. How do you deal with the small business, then deal with the larger organization?

Robert: I think you try to communicate that they need a plan or a strategy, and when that strategy is being developed, you go into it knowing what budget limitations you have to face. So you build that strategy knowing you’re not building it for the six o’clock news. So many clients want to do this or do that, and it’s just a one off thing. Most businesses can afford to have some sort of a strategy developed.

Koen: That’s the other thing – not everyone is ready for this. You have some clients that only have money for one execution and that would be their budget.

The larger clients are more open to it, but not everyone can do it.

Ryan: With small or large business, what social media has done is open up the door for the new bar in marketing through new avenues, whether that be the experiential side, or the partner marketing side, but

people want to get information. ‘What can we do to get more information about our potential consumers? And then speak to them directly.’ In the past you had that real one-way conversation, whereas now, social media has opened up this whole two-way conversation. How you do that through other means, outside of social media? But it’s still based on the pillars of what you got out of social media.

Glenn: So the small companies, rather than doing it themselves, could focus in on ‘How do we start the conversation?’ Ryan: Absolutely. You might not have the dollars and cents for a company like one of ours to come to the table and say ‘Okay, we can do this for you’, but if someone says ‘Okay, I’m on Facebook‌’ Well okay, so what’s your plan? Or, ‘I’m on Twitter.’ Okay, what’s your plan?

Maybe we can help you. You can go execute it if that’s all your budget will hold, but you need that fundamental plan about how that conversation will evolve.

Derek: It also comes down to knowing your audience. Companies should know their customers better than any of us, so let’s get those insights. They have that information already. It’s just a matter of pulling that information out and presenting it back to them in a way that is usable, and in a way they can act on.

channels in a way that’s relevant to each of those channels.

Barrett: Social media and experiential marketing really complement each other so well, because the average person’s Facebook page is not reflective of their real life, it’s reflective of their ideal life. So if you’re giving them an experience that Glenn: So things like experiential gives them a certain level of prestige or marketing, event sponsorship, partner cool factor or credibility, they’re going to marketing – how do you blend that? want to share that because it completes that perception of themself, so the trick, Colin: The story has to remain intact. It’s Š 2012 Porsche Cars Canada, Ltd. Porsche recommends seatbelt usage and observance of all traffic laws at all times. Optional equipment shown is extra.

I think, is to find something that is just making sure you’ve got the right narrative, then applying that over multiple connected to them, that gives them that

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Derek: I think at the very least we can provide clients, large or small, with a general roadmap of where they’re going and what the general plan is to get there.

Something they can refer back to so they’re still on the right path. Something that will allow for measurement and adjustment, but certainly something that has a longer term in mind.

Colin: This stuff has opened up the doors – people are doing it themselves whether we like it or not, and you’re probably a role in education in helping them along.

Derek: Well because it worked for someone, doesn’t mean it’s going to work for you. So there is still this DIY approach to it. It’s a series of measured experiments really. But at the end of the day, it’s still relatively new – it’s only five or six years old and no one has all the answers.

Leighton: I know for us, since we started teaching social media as a strategy until now, we look back and think ‘Oh my goodness, how could we have been so naĂŻve?’ So it worked in case one, but in case number two, with a different brand, it doesn’t work. So in terms of strategy, there’s a lot of opportunity for us as an industry to provide intelligence. You can pay for strategy, but you can’t pay for execution. Bring someone in who is capable of analyzing your situation, and then you’re going to get really good value for your dollars, and then you can potentially act on that yourself.

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With a head office based in Winnipeg, this international furniture manufacturer has been in business for more than 65 years. “The upholstery side of our business is constantly looking for innovations on the product side, because, quite frankly, it is a very competitive world out there,” says Stevenson, Vice President, Finance.

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MNP had been working with Palliser on tax compliance and related issues for several years when the relationship evolved to include SR&ED work.

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Barrett: I’m always surprised when I go to a conference for our industry and they’ve got the tweet-stream going. People are very good tweeters – you either laugh or it’s insightful – and some people are just recycling content and not interesting.

And it’s the same thing in business – can anyone do social media? Yes. But some people are just way more engaging.

Colin: That brings up social media again.

It’s given people the ability to expose bogus product, so if you’ve got a really bad product, service or organization, even if you don’t communicate well or even if you do communicate well, nobody is going to care. Even focusing in on that and making sure that if you’re helping a company or consulting or promoting or even shaping a brand; making sure that their actual product, service or organization is something worthy of advertising.

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Ryan: I think it’s what Dave said earlier: it’s about being honest. You’ve got to be honest up front to what you can do and who you are for it to be successful.

Glenn: Have any of you had the experience of something like Old Spice, where you think something is going to work and then it absolutely takes off, or you think it’s going to do great and then it bombs? A fast growing company is fantastic, but you still need to manage the fast growth.

Leighton: That’s knowing your audience, and then knowing your channels.

Glenn: How do you reach that older demographic that is not on Twitter and Facebook? The younger demographic are all over it, but how do you manage that?

Ryan: I think there’s a misconception out there to an extent from the business side of things, that the older demographic doesn’t buy into it. We like to say it, but research shows otherwise. And they’ve got the disposable income.

Ryan: I think that goes back to the brand consultancy right at the beginning. If you can’t truly understand yourself at the beginning, then you can’t give the information out for a campaign or any sort of marketing initiative to make it successful.

We need to understand that: ‘What are your goals? What is your capacity?’

Glenn: So, when something maybe goes wrong, is it you that goes back to the customer and says ‘We’ve got a problem here’ because you’re monitoring their stuff for them?

Koen: That’s when PR should come in to help the job.

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Glenn: So two years from now, where is traditional media? Every conversation is leading back to social media.

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Two years ago, Neil Krovats, president of Clearline Two years ago, Neil president of Clearline Technologies, wasKrovats, introduced to a business consultant Technologies, introduced to a business consultant at Centrallia was 2010, an international business-to-business atforum Centrallia an international business-to-business held2010, in Winnipeg. forum held in Winnipeg.

“The consultant helped us increase our plant’s “The consultantbyhelped uscent, increase plant’s productivity 100 per and our even better, the productivity by 100 per plant cent, and evenus better, the over $1 improvements to our allowed to secure improvements to our plant allowed us to secure over $1 million of new business,” Krovats says. million of new business,” Krovats says.

“Centrallia was world-class from start to finish. I wouldn’t “Centrallia was world-class from startfortoWinnipeg finish. I wouldn’t miss it!” he says as plans progress to again miss it!” he says as plans progress for Winnipeg to again host Centrallia from Oct. 10-12, 2012. host Centrallia from Oct. 10-12, 2012.

Darryl Gershman, owner of G2 Logistics Inc., says he too Darryl Gershman, owner of G2 Logistics Inc., says he too developed new relationships through Centrallia, which developed new relationships through Centrallia, which was often referred to as speed-dating for business. was often referred to as speed-dating for business.

“We were finally able to meet with a key decision-maker “We were finally able to meet with a key decision-maker of a large supplier we had been trying to meet for some of a large supplier we had been trying to meet for some time,” Gershman says. time,” Gershman says.

Eric Liu, a business development specialist with Manitoba Eric Liu, a business development specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives, also talks about Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives, also talks about the opportunities that could result from hooking with the opportunities that could result from hooking upup with

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“If partnerships are formed, Manitoba will be an ideal location for an insulation processing plant representing $10 million in new investment, as well as significant job creation,” Liu says.

Fraser Murie, project leader for Bristol Aerospace, adds that by participating at this forum, not only did Bristol meet delegations from different international markets, but it was also able to develop “some interesting contacts” with suppliers from the local market.

Centrallia co-chair Mariette Mulaire, CEO of ANIM, Manitoba’s Bilingual Trade Agency, says Centrallia is a unique opportunity for Manitoba businesses to get “noticed.”

“It is clear Centrallia works. More than 80 per cent of those who participated in 2010 said their attendance resulted in new business, and more than 90 per cent said they would participate again.”

The concept is simple. Over the 2 ½-day forum, up to 14 one-on-one meetings of 30 minutes each are arranged in 13 targeted sectors: advanced manufacturing, transportation and logistics, transportation equipment manufacturing, agribusiness and food processing, aerospace, life sciences and biotechnology, information and communications technology, film, new media, gaming and the arts, tourism, energy and environmental industries, education and training, building products and mining and minerals.

Participants choose the companies they meet with based on profiles submitted when they register and published in an online catalogue.

Proprietary software does the “matchmaking” and works out times slots for the meetings.

Mulaire and co-chair Dave Angus, president and CEO of The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce, along with their team, have put a lot of effort into the selection of international delegation leaders, typically trade development organizations and chambers of commerce. They are responsible for ensuring that the right type of companies come to the event.

The list is impressive and growing.

Currently, more than 50 delegation leaders from around the world are busy recruiting export-ready small to mediumsized companies to represent their city

More than 80 per cent of those who participated in 2010 said their attendance resulted in new business. or economic region at Centrallia 2012.

The countries represented are many and currently include Belgium, Cameroon, Chile, China, France, India, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Russia, Senegal, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, the United States and economic regions from across Canada.

“Any Manitoba company looking for international buyers or partners, or even just wanting to see if there might be international interest in their products or services, should strongly consider attending.” Mulaire says, adding early-bird

registration, until May 31, is $900 per person and after that, it goes up to $1,100.

Registration includes the business-tobusiness meetings, roundtables on mining and water and clean technology, as well as industrial tours (MacDon Industries Ltd., Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals, Bristol Aerospace Limited, New Flyer Industries Inc., The Food Development Centre, Manitoba Hydro and the Composites Innovation Centre).

A highlight of the event is a keynote address on Oct. 10 by Malcolm Gladwell.

Known for his paradigm changing ideas on contemporary society and business, Gladwell is author of a number of best sellers including Blink, The Tipping Point and Outliers: The Story of Success and since 1995, he’s been a staff writer for the New Yorker Magazine. Inspiring, brilliant and completely entertaining, Gladwell was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People.

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Facilitators and Hindrances to Charitable Giving: Learning from Consumers

Sergio Carvalho, Ph.D. F. Ross Johnson Fellow Associate Professor of Marketing Asper School of Business University of Manitoba

Statistics Canada reported that 5.7 million Canadians contributed a record high at 8.3 billion dollars to charities in 2010, a growth of 6.5 per cent over the previous year. While charitable assistance to those less fortunate than us is an undeniable part of the Canadian value system, the decision of how much and who to help is not an easy one. The objective of this article is to bring together research from the domains of philanthropic giving and behavioural decision-making to examine internal and external pressures that are potential facilitators as well as hindrances to consumers’ charitable assistance.

Sacrificing the “Self” to the Benefit of “Others” Charitable giving is here characterized as a social dilemma decision. Social dilemmas are situations in which people face a conflict between personal and others’ interest. Donating money to charities implies trade-offs between personal welfare, or the welfare of those close to us, and that of others.

Faced with such dilemmas, factors that seemingly mitigate the need of others—for example, perceptions that a social cause is undeserving or does not warrant selfsacrifice—may act as added incentives for consumers to tip the balance in their own favor. Conversely, factors that increase the importance of the helping behaviour—for instance, empathy towards the unfortunate or social influences—may become important motivators for tipping the balance toward helping others. In this article, we present six different factors that in isolation, or in combination with each other, influence people’s decision to sacrifice the self to the benefit of others.

Personal Impact: “One” vs. “Many” North Americans are considered to be individualistic societies. We do not want to be one more, we want to be the “one.”

Thus, making a small impact (e.g., helping a specific one) can be a guarantee that we are indeed the direct cause of the gooddeed. That is, the homelessness cause might be too big for a small donor, but helping “Joe Smith,” a specific homeless, is a more attainable and quantifiable 24

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personal impact. Many experiments in the behavioural decision-making literature attest to the fact that people are more sympathetic and prone to help an identifiable victim than a mass suffering.

For instance, in a field experiment conducted by Small, Loewenstein and Slovic (2007), participants were given the opportunity to contribute up to $5 to a charity called “Save the Children.” A group of participants was exposed to the photograph of a 7-year-old girl from Mali, named Rokia. Another group was exposed to statistical information about the scope of poverty in Africa. Contributions raised

by Rokia’s photograph were significantly higher than contributions raised by the statistical information of the scope of poverty in Africa. Similarly, Kogut and Ritov (2005) suggest that a victim identified by a name and picture raises more sympathy and donations than a group of eight identified victims, and more than a single unidentified victim.

Potential reason: A specific “one” is more tangible, attainable, concrete, sympathyprovoking, and allows for a more direct personal impact.

Personal Efficacy: “Can I do that?”

“Among the types of

Why does it seem easier to raise donations when asking $1 per day than $30 a month? Why are people more willing to respond to a request for donations to Easter dinners for the homeless at $2.58 a piece than to a request for donations to the homelessness cause in general? One of the answers for these questions is in the notion of perceived efficacy, the conviction that a person can successfully produce a desired outcome. $1 per day or $2.58 for a dinner seems to be quite accessible.

Money is a major accounting unit and therefore, smaller numbers are more reachable. From a consumers’ perspective, smaller installments make the purchase of big-ticket items more affordable. Moreover, as money leads people to an economic utility mindset, $2.58 for an Easter dinner seems to be quite cheap for the impact that it can have in the life of a needy person.

thoughts that affect action, none is more central or pervasive than people's judgments of their capabilities to deal effectively with different realities.”

(Albert Bandura)

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Psychological Distance: “Closer” vs. “Distant” Aren’t needy children needy children, independent of where they are from? If so, why are people who live in Manitoba more willing to give money to needy children in Manitoba than in Saskatchewan or any other province in Canada, even if the children in those other provinces are said to be equally needy?

"If I look at the mass I will never act. If I look at the one, I will."

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One of the reasons for this kind of response can be found in the literature on “psychological distance.” This literature suggests that people utilize their “social, spatial, temporal, or conceptual distance” from a situation as a measure on which to base their judgments and probabilities.

Thus, needy “others” that have something in common to us, are perceived to be psychologically closer (or psychologically more important) to us and more deserving of our help. Interestingly, Uri Simonsohn, a management professor at the Wharton School of Business, found that people are more prone to help someone about whom they just learned one simple characteristic/ trait, such as where the person would like to travel in the world, than to help someone about whom they do not know anything.

Psychological distance is multiply determined: a) it can be based on a social gap (personal ties). For instance, if I hear that a Canadian fellow is going through a difficult time in Mexico, I immediately feel interested in his plight and consequently, more prone to help if my help is solicited; b) it can also be based on a temporal gap either in looking forward or in retrospect (immediacy bias). For instance, a disaster relief campaign raises most of its funds just after the disaster happens. As times goes by, the disaster becomes more psychologically distant and less relevant; c) a probabilistic gap (just possible but not certain) can also determine if people will feel closer or more distant from a cause. For instance, it is easier for people to donate to a person with a disease (certain) than to donate for researching that disease (it is uncertain if a cure will ever be found); finally, d) a geographical gap (far away vs. own backyard). For instance, people are able to empathize at a greater extent with suffering that takes place in their own city than in a city that is more distant to them.

Personal Responsibility: “We” vs. “Them” Another potential explanation for why Manitobans are more prone to help Manitoban children than children from other provinces is in the notion that people feel personally responsible for the well-being of the members of their own social groups and have a bias toward those when making judgments/ decisions (in-group favoritism behaviour).

Recent evidence for positive biases in behaviours that help in-group members suggests that categorizing people as part of the in-group engenders perceptions of similarity and identification, and facilitates feelings of responsibility for their wellbeing (Levine et. al, 2005). Such in-group categorizations are believed to decrease perceived costs of helping and increase the likelihood of providing assistance (Dovidio et. al, 1991). Along similar lines, Gaertner et al.’s (1993) Common In-group Identity model suggests that outsiders can reap the benefits of pro in-group biases via a re-categorization process that incorporates both the in- as well as out-group within an overarching super-ordinate social category.

Attitudes toward out-group members are enhanced when people are induced to

“But if I'm going to cause somebody else discomfort by my actions, then I should probably modify my actions toward them to make them as comfortable as possible.”

(Max Cannon)

view themselves as part of a common group (Dovidio et al, 1991). By this token, Manitobans should be more willing to help Saskatchewan children if those children are re-categorized as Canadian (an overarching super-ordinate social group that puts Manitobans into the same group as Saskatchewans).

Social Norms and Moral Obligation: “Should” or “Ought” to do Social Dilemma Theory posits that acting in the interest of the collective is strongly related to expectations of participation by others within the group (Sen, GurhanCanli, and Morwitz, 2001). For instance, variations in overall participation levels act as signals of presence or absence of social norms surrounding participation, and give rise to attendant perceptions of normative pressure and felt obligation to comply. In one of my research studies, I was able to increase people’s willingness to participate in a charitable campaign by raising the level of expected group participation from 15 to 80 per cent.

Similarly, Rachel Croson, a professor at the University of Texas Dallas, found that donors tend to donate significantly higher amounts when told that someone just donated a big amount. Even more interesting is the fact that people donate significantly more when they are told about a donation made by someone of their same sex than someone of the opposite sex.

Personal Commitment: “Can’t” or “Will not” It is quite a tough decision to sponsor a child. It represents a personal commitment to give every month approximately $35 to help support that child. People are usually quite averse to make personal commitments like that. However, once the commitment is made, people are pressured to live by it. Indeed, it seems tougher to take away from or stop giving to a charity than the decision to give in the first place. This phenomenon is referred to as ‘take-aversion.’

Michal Strahilevitz, a marketing professor at Golden Gate University, suggests that people are averse to take away from a charity not only when they can keep the money for themselves but

also in situations in which they have a chance to switch funds from a charity to another, even when the later is more personally important to them. She also found that feelings of guilt are the major drivers of the take-aversion phenomenon. These findings support the notion that having donors engaging in long-term commitments creates a more sustainable source of funds for charitable organizations, which explains the success of child sponsorship programs such as WoldVision and Compassion.

References Small, D. A., Loewenstein, G., & Slovic, P. (2007). Sympathy and callousness: The impact of deliberative thought on donations to identifiable and statistical victims. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 102, 143-153.

Kogut, T. & Ritov, I. (2005). The "Identified Victim" effect: An identified group, or just a single individual? Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 18, 157-167.

Levine, M., Prosser, A., Evans, D., & Reicher, S. (2005). Identity and emergency intervention: How social group membership and inclusiveness of group boundaries shapes helping behavior.

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 443–453.

Dovidio, J.F., Piliavin, J.A., Gaertner, S.L., Schroeder, D.A. & Clark, R.D., III. (1991).

The arousal: Cost-reward model and the process of intervention. In M.S. Clark (Ed.), Review of personality and social psychology (Vol. 12. pp. 86–118). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Gaertner, S. L., Dovidio, J. F., Anastasio, P. A., Bachman, B. A., & Rust, M. C. (1993). The common ingroup identity model: Recategorization and the reduction of intergroup bias. In W. Stroebe & M. Hewstone (Eds.), European Review of social psychology (Vol. 4. pp. 1-26). New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Sen, S., Gürhan-Canli, Z., & Morwitz, V. (2001). Withholding consumption: A social dilemma perspective on consumer boycotts, Journal of Consumer Research, 28, 399-417.

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Custom Cash

Custom House Currency Exchange is One of Winnipeg’s best kept secrets Foreign currency exchange services are offered right here in the Exchange District @ 243 Portage. Often overlooked or dismissed as a corporate financial service, we have actually been in the same location for nearly 12 years! The old adage to “not judge a book by its cover” could never be more accurate! The sign now boasts all of our services offered under one roof: Western Union® Currency Exchange.

Custom House Currency Exchange has coordinated with most credit unions and banks to help them service their clients. Our specialty is holding all major market currencies in-house daily, and seasonal minors which change due to demand. We place orders throughout the week, allowing us to order uncommon currencies within 3-5 business days all for a $2.95 fee.

Our cash rates are competitive with other institutions, however we caution you to understand that all media post trading rates.

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rates – rates are always given from the financial institution’s point of sale. The rates quoted are often for that day, not the day you pick it up at various financial institutions. Be sure to also ask specifically for shipping fees when you order currency; service charges and shipping fees are very different.

Availability of stock is very good to excellent where major traded currencies are concerned. We carry EUR, GBP, AUD, CNY, JPY, USD, NZD and CHF on a daily basis. There is no minimum or maximum in special orders; nor is there a fee other than the initial $2.95 transaction fee. With our specialized ordering capability, we offer bulk orders for groups. Whether it is travel, seniors, schools, students, international missions or individuals organizing a family trip – we offer to “bag & tag” currencies for you. Generally, if given the Canadian value requested to spend, we can separate the individual order by value and name. Groups are also offered a group rate when arranged with management prior to purchase.

We are most proud of our free buy-back guarantee! A minimum of $300CAD needs to be purchased to qualify. You then have

30 days to return a maximum of 1/3 of the original amount purchased. We buy the notes back at the rate you purchased it at!

Original receipt is required.

In 2009, Western Union® acquired Custom House, an awardwinning industry leader with over 18 years of experience in international payments and currency risk management and foreign currency exchange. By leveraging Custom House's technological innovation and industry experience with a globally-recognized company with a strong financial backing, it allowed us to further establish our presence in the field of global business-to-business payments, helping our clients to expand into competitive, profitable new markets. Western Union Business Solutions is a global leader in foreign exchange and a trusted payments provider to clients operating in international markets. With a robust financial network spanning more than 200 countries and access to over 140 currencies, we empower our clients with simple and reliable cross-border payment solutions.

Our distinguished service portfolio and industry expertise enable clients to operate across borders and currencies in fast, reliable and convenient ways. Through our account-to-account payment platforms, international payment tools, currency risk management solutions, and financial service partnerships, we help clients improve cash flow, manage currency risk and seize global market opportunities. Proudly maintaining our Simply Superior Service Guarantee® in our retail sales office, we provide buy and sell services on foreign currencies, complimented by all of Western Union’s Money Transfer Services.

Western Union® has allowed Custom House to reach out into the community even further. Online FX has always been an important part of our retail business. Often smaller businesses shy away from online payment options for invoices and fees to international destinations. Using the Online FX Services through Custom House allows you to implement our rates and compliance into your business.

How is this different from a cash service?

Our Online FX provides bank-to-bank international transfers, real-time quotes, low fees and NO fees options, one-time ID verification and secured stored information to make repeat payments easier.

How it works: 1. Visit our website to register your details online (approx. 15 minutes): onlinefx.westernunion.ca/Winnipeg 2. We will send you an email within 24-48 hrs with ID verification requirements.

3. You submit required documentation to us online.

4. Once you receive notification that your account has been activated you can start sending your payments online.

Sending a payment is easy: 1. Login and initiate your payment order by choosing your payment amount, currency, and recipient’s bank account.

2. Pay for the transaction through your bank account.

3. After we receive your funds, we send the payment. You and your recipient will receive an email confirmation when the payment has been sent.

Payment Options: 1. Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT/ACH): $0 fee. Deposited directly to the recipient’s bank in 3-5 business days (available in select countries – see our site for complete list) 2. Wire Transfers: $22 fee *recipient’s bank may have additional fees) 3. Draft (Cheque): $0 fee. Mailed as a draft (cheque) to the address provided of recipient.

Need to move money around the world in minutes? We offer all of the Western Union® Money Transfer Services, where an individual can receive funds at one of over 490,000 locations worldwide, and now introducing direct to bank and mobile options. We also can issue Western Union® drafts in both US and Canadian funds.

Money Orders in high value, one instrument amounts: $5000USD and $7000CAD; unique to our location. http://www.westernunioncanada.ca/ Money Transfer Services through Western Union® SEND – RECEIVE-QUICK COLLECT® Consumers use Western Union® Quick Collect® service to quickly and conveniently pay bills. It's also an easy, alternative way to buy airline tickets, or make other Internet purchases.

If you're sending money at the last minute to pay a bill, use our Quick Collect Bill Payment service to help avoid late fees, negative credit reports, or extra service charges.

Western Union® provides money transfer services to over 200 countries and territories. You can send money online, by phone, or in person at any one of over 3,700 participating Agent locations in Canada. We have a network of over 386,000 Agents around the world to make it easy to receive money.

You can receive money in person at any one of over 3,700 participating Agent locations in Canada. Looking forward, options within the Western Union family to receive money will be including Mobile and “Zoompass”: http://www.westernunioncanada.ca/zoompass Western Union® posts its many customer promotions online: http://www.westernunioncanada.ca/promotions New! South & Central America $8 (as low as) *includes Mexico Custom House has a history and reputation of integrity and Simply Superior Service® within Winnipeg’s professional community; our goal is to reach our individual customers for travel and leisure needs. We extend our services to our many Snowbirds and Entrepreneurs; our travelling students and international students; and to the everyday consumer who deserves a vacation. Let us help you pack your wallet!

Open 6 days a week: Mon-Wed 9 to 4pm,Thur & Fri 9 to 5pm and Saturday 10 to 3pm.

Ph: 204.987.6000 or email us winnipegretail@westernunion.com.

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At The Desk of…

Gerald Boiteau, general manager, Auto Haus Volkswagen and Porsche

The picture is an original drawing from a local artist who was inspired when the new Boxster arrived in 1997. It is a scene of a Boxster from our Dealership in Germany. Very special and a lifetime keepsake.

Limited Edition Porsche leather jacket I got for winning the Premier Dealer Award from Porsche in 2005.

Photo of my wife and three daughters which remind me of why I have to work so hard.

Masters Putting cup signed by Phil Michelson when he won his first Major in 2004. I was right there to witness his winning putt.

Plans for our new Porsche Dealership which we’re starting construction on next month.

The carbon fiber Porsche Pen is over 20 years old and has signed over 300 Porsche deals.

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Guitar History book as I collect vintage guitars. They are my real passion.

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