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Getting on a corporate board is an important step in everyone’s career

Find out what you need to do get on board >

The Right Call | Show Them the Money: Audio

Pay equity issue continues to plague Alberta’s workplaces >

Action Plan Online, Part 11 of 12: The Problem with Ideas

Get your ideas from the planning stage to the rake-in-the-profits stage >

Money Mashup

Compare corporate performance to CEO pay as we combine two of our data sets >

2010 Business Conditions Survey Podcast

Five years after conducting the first Alberta Venture Business Conditions Survey in 2005, we are again taking the province’s economic pulse.

Our magazine coverage (which you can find here) was extensive but we didn’t stop there. We offer to you our new web exclusive podcast. Featuring editors Paul Marck and Max Fawcett, they weigh in with some surprising survey results, the economic ramifications of Alberta’s environmental reputation and other hot button topics. >

The Alberta Venture Podcast – Craig Alexander, Chief Economist at TD Bank

By Max Fawcett

It’s not often that you get the opportunity to pick the considerable brain of a chief economist at one of Canada’s big five banks. That’s why we jumped at the chance to speak with Craig Alexander, TD’s chief economist, who was in Edmonton last week. In a wide-ranging discussion that covered everything from the possibility of a double-dip recession to the upside of moderate economic growth, Alexander outlined the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for Alberta’s business community.

The Alberta Venture Podcast – Craig Alexander, Chief Economist of TD Bank

How’s Your Social Media Policy? Audio

QUESTION: How can you develop policies that will lead to the responsible use of the technology that is a necessary part of your office tool kit, covering both personal and corporate use? >

Web Exclusive | Report on Small Business

It takes special skills, guts and ingenuity to get ahead >

Sales Tax Interview

Think Ted Morton was just flying a trial balloon at the budget announcement? Find out what his parliamentary secretary, MLA Doug Griffiths has to say about the PST >

Action Plan Online, Part 10 of 12: Small changes, big rewards

When your business foundations are good, look to the small details to give you an added edge >

How far does privacy extend: Audio

QUESTION: The new employer calls asking for references and information about your past employee’s performance. The easy question may be, how much can you, or should you, disclose to the new employer? The more difficult question is how do you balance privacy rights and corporate and public rights? >