Brad Brooks from Microsoft joins us to kick off the hour we're doing on "vanity searches". He discusses what it's really like to work on the Microsoft Campus and what Bill Gates is really like. The discussion turns to how Microsoft has dealt with the challenges of releasing a built-from-the-ground-up operating system. Finally, the two Brads discuss the type of interactive tabletop similar to what is seen in the latest James Bond movie. It's real and Microsoft is already placing them in the hands of companies. Links: Bio of Brad Brooks | 
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Have you ever done a search on yourself and then found someone with the same name as you? They're called "vanity searches". Brad's been doing them for years (not surprising, given his overactive need for admiration and attention) and through that time he's followed the careers of some of his namesakes. Brad Brooks, the San Francisco musician and vocalist, has worked hard to build a music career. In fact, you may have even sung along with him since he's worked as a vocalist on several games including Guitar Hero and Karaoke Revolution video games. Almost everyone has dreamed of becoming a singer at some point. We'll find out what it's really like. Brad Brooks (the talented musician) debuts his birthday song dedicated to CKNW's Brad Brooks. Links and CD's: www.brad-brooks.com | 
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At some point, most people have been caught off guard by tough interview questions. This book helps readers take charge of the situation! Tony Beshara, the author of Acing the Interview and the employment expert Dr. Phil called "the best of the best" gives job seekers candid advice for answering even the most unexpected questions, including: - You really don?t have as much experience as we would like -- why should we hire you?
- How many hours in your previous jobs did you have to work each week to get everything done?
- What do you consider most valuable -- a high salary, job recognition, or advancement?
Books: Acing the Interview: How to Ask and Answer the Questions That Will Get You the Job | 
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Mike Agerbo is today's digital living expert. He can be heard nationally on Corus Radio's Get Connected program every week.
Mike's casual style makes technology fun and simple. Not only is Mike a veteran broadcast TV and radio personality, he is also an award winning television producer and creator. He has produced hundreds of hours of television programming.
In addition, Mike is an accomplished speaker, speaking regularly to industry associations, government agencies, corporations and families on everything from taking advantage of technology in the workplace to Internet safety. Links: www.getconnectedradio.com | 
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Stephen Baker has written for BusinessWeek for over twenty years, covering Mexico and Latin America, the Rust Belt, European technology, and a host of other topics, including blogs, math, and nanotechnology. But he’s always considered himself a foreign correspondent—an approach that was especially useful as he met the Numerati. “While I came from the world of words, they inhabited the symbolic realms of math and computer science,” Baker says. “This was foreign to me. My reporting became an anthropological mission.” Links: www.thenumerati.net Books: The Numerati | 
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101 Things Canadians Should Know About Canada is The Dominion Institute's playful rebuttal to that one question all Canadians wrestle with: What does it mean to be a Canadian anyway? Is there more to Canada than maple syrup and hockey? Find out as Brad interviews Mark Chalifoux, Executive Director of The Dominion Institute. Links: www.101things.ca Books: 101 Things Canadians Should Know About Canada | 
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Dr. Nancy J. Kimelman holds a PhD in Economics from Brown University and has worked in the financial industry for over 25 years. She has been widely quoted by newspapers internationally, including the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and New York Times, and been a frequent guest on NPR, CNBC, CNN and Bloomberg TV.
She'll be with us to discus finances for average people. No get-rich-quick schemes, no shortcuts, just better decision making through raising your financial IQ. Books: Common Cents: How the Economy Really Works--from the Global Market to the Supermarket
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Armed with backgrounds in hairstyling and marketing and a will to succeed, John and Lotte Davis started AG Hair Cosmetics in the basement of their Vancouver home in 1989. Now, 19 years later, AG is a true success story.
John and Lotte join us to discuss the challenges of building a business and what success has mean to them. Links: www.aghaircosmetics.com | 
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Dr. Amiee Chan has over 15 years of experience in executive management and research development in the satellite industry. An accomplished engineer, she has been published over a dozen times, currently holds 3 US patents in satellite technologies and has been involved in high level research teams such as the NASA ACTS Terminal Program. Her vision and expertise in satellite communications have driven product line expansion, operational efficiencies and a corporate restructuring as part of her planned turnaround at Norsat International Inc.Amiee Chan’s exceptional track record of business improvements is based on her ability to have a complete understanding of a business. She is recognized for ability to make rapid decisions on sales, product development, operations and corporate strategy from the standpoint of an engineer and a CEO. Her strategic approach to building a business is reflected in her growing Creo Inc.’s 80 million dollar consumables product division. Dr. Chan guided Creo through multiple product developments, beta programs, rollout strategies and product launches.Offering a rare blend of technical and corporate strength, Dr. Chan has achieved great success through her management of numerous business units. Links: www.norsat.com | 
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Photos of child victims of war appear regularly in the North American press. While the pictures may move us, or cause us to lament about the cruelty of war, the children remain anonymous pawns in conflicts that are well beyond our control. In The Bite of the Mango, the face of war becomes all too real as Mariatu Kamara relates her horrifying experiences at the hands of rebel soldiers in her native Sierra Leone.
As a child growing up in a small rural village, she lived peacefully surrounded by family and friends. But during rebel uprisings, 12-year-old Mariatu was kidnapped and tortured by soldiers who were themselves children. In a brutal act of senseless violence, they cut off both her hands. Mariatu miraculously survived and eventually found her way to Canada, where she lives today. This heart-rending memoir, written by journalist Susan McClelland as told to her by Mariatu, not only chronicles Mariatu's physical and emotional journey, but stands as a testament to her courage and astonishing resilience. Books: The Bite of the Mango | 
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Imagine there was a magic land. And in that magic land there was a potion...no, strike that, a pixie dust - that could make everything it touched taste like bacon. You'd want to move there wouldn't you? Well so would Brad. Now get this. That magic place is the world we live in. And the pixie dust exists. It's called Bacon Salt and it even has a little friend named Baconnaise. The products are outrageous enough, but wait until you hear how the founders started the company by using Facebook. Links: www.baconsalt.com www.baconnaise.com You Tube Video - Bacon vs. Mayo
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Garth Turner is a best-selling author, speaker, public affairs commentator and two-time member of Canada's Parliament. For those who are unfamiliar with hist latest book, in a nutshell it discusses the subprime crisis in The U.S. and explains why Canada is in line for a similar real estate bust, albeit for different reasons than in the United States. While this may seem obvious now, the book was published back in March, when many real estate experts were still saying that Canada would be immune to the type of crash than our American neighbours have seen. Since that time, real estate prices in most parts of the country have declined significantly, and as such Garth’s book has proven remarkably prescient. Links: www.greaterfool.ca Books: Greater Fool: The Troubled Future of Real Estate | 
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What do you do now? Investing in a bear market is tricky. Do you buy on the dips? Invest in bonds? What's the right play? In the wake of falling stock and real estate prices, the American economy is poised for a decade-long bear market, so says Peter Schiff. After he accurately predicted the current market turmoil, savvy investors should pay attention--and start protecting their assets now, before the markets take their toll. Books: The Little Book of Bull Moves in Bear Markets: How to Keep Your Portfolio Up When the Market is Down | 
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Mike Agerbo is today's digital living expert. He can be heard nationally on Corus Radio's Get Connected program every week.
Mike's casual style makes technology fun and simple. Not only is Mike a veteran broadcast TV and radio personality, he is also an award winning television producer and creator. He has produced hundreds of hours of television programming.
In addition, Mike is an accomplished speaker, speaking regularly to industry associations, government agencies, corporations and families on everything from taking advantage of technology in the workplace to Internet safety. Links: www.getconnectedradio.com |
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It's back to school and lots of lessons are already being learned - but one that is missing quite often these days is the value of learning from our mistakes... our failures. Without the failures how can are children build their self-esteem and learn greater things for their future?
Best-selling author of The Secret of Successful Failing, a mom and an advocate of learning from our failures, Gina Mollicone-Long believes that when it comes to self-esteem, our schools are getting a failing grade. At a time when even the word “failing” has become taboo and where one school in California banned a game of tag (because it “created a self-esteem issue” since someone had to be “it” and that someone was a “victim,”) it seems to Mollicone-Long and concerned parents everywhere that school systems’ efforts of increasing student’s self-esteem has turned sickly. Links: www.ginamolliconelong.com
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One of North America's top financial advisors joins us for an hour of rapid fire questions. How do you build a balanced portfolio? How do you minimize risk? Small caps or blue chip? Frank Armstrong has over 35 years experience in the securities and financial services industry. He holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Virginia.
Frank was also a featured columnist on Morningstar.com for a number of years and is a frequent contributor to CNNfn.com, AccountsWorld.com, and Fundsinteractive.com. He has also appeared on "CNN Headline News", "Your Money with Stewart Varney", "PBS Morning Business Report", and Net Financial News. He has also been featured on numerous radio shows around the country including CNBC, Money Life with Chuck Jaffee, and Public Radio stations around the country. Frank is widely quoted in the media and lectures nationwide on principles of investment management. Books: The Informed Investor: A Hype-Free Guide to Constructing a Sound Financial Portfolio | 
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Start your New Year off right by getting your business into shape! Jim Champy revolutionized business with Reengineering the Corporation. Now, he’s doing it again by telling business what they need to do to outsmart their competition. He reveals some surprising, counterintuitive lessons learned by companies that have achieved super-high growth for at least three straight years.
You’ll discover how to find distinctive market positions and sustainable advantages in products, services, delivery methods, and unexpected customers with unexpected needs. Links: www.jimchampy.com Books: Outsmart!: How to Do What Your Competitors Can't | 
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