cLiNtON HUssEY
The Agenda
T o D o
Nourishment for the corporate mind and soul
LEARN
traCtIOn
More than 30 speakers including
Hootsuite
CeO Ryan Holmes
and plentyOfFish
cEO Markus Frind
will share tips on everything from
content marketing, analytics, testing
and conversion optimization to reten-
tion, virality, monetization, sales and
more. Expect the 500-plus attendees
to include tech founders, c-suite
execs, growth hackers, data nerds,
product folks, UX geeks and media.
Harbour event Centre, Vancouver,
June 18. $539; tractionconf.io
MANAGE
deaLInG
wIth
dIffICuLt
peOpLe
if you missed it
last February, this
popular one-day interactive workshop
teaches you how to be "hard on the
problem, yet soft on the people."
Whether or not you can turn lions into
lambs, you will discover how to turn
conflicts into creative problem solving,
manage your and other people's anger
and how to be assertive without being
aggressive. You'll also take
home the textbook: The Joy
of Conflict Resolution. uBC
Robson square, June 27,
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $225;
cstudies.ubc.ca
CELEBRATE
teChnOLOGy ImpaCt
awards
the tiAs have been celebrat-
ing and promoting innova-
tion in B.c.'s tech industry
since 1994. the nine award
categories range from Most
promising startup to commu-
nity Engagement. the not-for-
profit Bc technology industry
Association (
BctiA) supports
B.c. technology companies,
mentoring entrepreneurs
through the centre4Growth
program.
Vancouver Convention
Centre, June 4, 5:30 to
9:30 p.m. $300; bctia.org
CONNECT
metaBrIdGe
take the most promising canadian
technology startups and some of
the brightest minds from california's
silicon Valley and other technology
centres across North America. Mix
them together in B.c.'s wine country.
the result? Metabridge: a two-day
retreat where startup entrepreneurs
across canada hang out in casual sur-
roundings with influential silicon Valley
venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and
executives. Kelowna, June 11 to
June 12. $225; metabridge.ca
LUNCH
BCBusIness tOp 100
LunCheOn
Grab some lunch and hob nob with
B.c.'s top cEOs and senior executives
at the 26th Annual BCBusiness top 100
Luncheon–and, bonus, listen to canada
Wide chairman and
cEO peter Legge
interview special guest richard Jaffray,
co-founder and
cEO of cactus club.
Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, June
25, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. $149, speaker only
$75; bcbusiness.ca/top100
GO
BuILdInG LastInG ChanGe
Go green with the canada Green
Building council's annual conference
and expo. You can attend education
sessions on the latest green building
trends and innovations, network at
social events or sign up for the
whole shebang. Vancouver Conven-
tion Centre, June 2 to 4. Depending
on the number of sessions/events,
$50-750 (members), $50-950 (non-
members); cagbc.org
READ
LOsInG the sIGnaL: the
spectacular rise and fall of
BlackBerry
Unlike Enron or Lehman Brothers,
BlackBerry's rise and fall is a
story of the modern-day
speed of success and
failure. Losing the Signal
by the Globe and Mail's
Jacquie McNish and
sean silcoff recounts
how two mismatched
cEOs outsmarted more
powerful competitors–and then lost
their way. BlackBerry is now struggling
to survive, showing just how aggres-
sive, fast and unforgiving today's global
marketplace can be. HarperCollins.
$32.99; harpercollins.ca
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centres across North America. Mix
HoLMEs coMING
Learn from B.C. tech
leaders like Hootsuite
CEO Ryan Holmes
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