Monthly reviews: October and November 2012
In September, I wrote:
What will October look like? I took a month-long break from consulting in September, so I’m looking forward to getting back into the swing of things and helping my clients get ready for the next major milestones. There are quite a few events in October, so I’ll be getting lots of sketchnoting practice. In terms of skill-building, I want to focus on lettering and typography. I’d like to ramp up my delegation so that I can get more things done, too. I’m also looking forward to gathering the papers for my first business tax return and HST return, wow. =)
October and November flew by in a blur. Conference season + consulting = chaos! While helping clients prepare for a big launch and analyze more metrics, I also took the time to sketchnote dozens of talks, do a professional speaking engagement, and reach out to lots and lots of people. I hadn’t done as much deliberate practice in lettering and typography as I thought I would, but I’ve made up for it in sheer volume and an improved digital workflow. I sketchnoted the Lean Startup Day simulcast hosted by MaRS Discovery District – my first proper conference gig, hooray! That worked out really well. It was a good two months. An excellent two months.
Now it’s December and I’m taking another month-long break from consulting so that I can focus on exploring other ideas. What might December look like? I want December to be a time to:
- celebrate and share the things I’ve learned in the past year
- lay the groundwork for more awesomeness in 2013
- reach out to people and help them out
Post index for the past two months, newest on top
Sketchnotes:
- Sketchnotes: The 5 Key Elements of a Better B2B Content Marketing Strategy–Nolin LeChasseur
- Awesome Foundation Toronto pitch night: Kensington Mesh Network, Women and Tech, Lovecraft TO, 360 Screenings
- Sketchnotes from #ENT101: Business Model Canvas–Mark Zimmerman
- Made my largest sketchnote ever! Painting the MaRS Lean Startup Day banner
- Sketchnotes: Venus Ventures Town Hall
- Sketchnotes from #ENT101: IP Management – Creating Value by Protecting Knowledge-based Assets – Nathaniel Lipkus, Matthew Powell, Ashlee Froese
- Capturing my sketchnotes with Camtasia Studio Pro; organizing the digital workflow
- Sketchnotes: Girl Geeks Toronto: Vexed in the City
- Sketchnotes from #torontob2b: Dragging an Organization into the Digital Age; 7 Steps to Social Media Success
- MaRS ENT101: Meet the Entrepreneurs: Life Sciences & Healthcare – Peter Adams, Joel Ironstone, Trevor Van Mierlo, Alex Hodgson
- Sketchnotes: ENT101: Value Proposition–Joe Wilson
- Sketchnotes: #INNOTalkTO Innovatively Speaking – Joanna Track, Justin Raymond, David Nam, Brenda Rideout
- Discovering the MaRS #startupbookclubTO: The $100 Startup
- Sketchnotes from WordCamp Developers Toronto 2012 Day 2 #wcto
- Coming up with a three-word life philosophy
- Sketchnotes: WordCamp Developers Toronto 2012 Day 1 (#wcto)
- Sketchnotes: SOHO SME Expo 2012
- Sketchnotes: Startup Communities and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
- Sketchnotes: TEDxToronto 2012
- #SMref panel: Changing Nature of Influence–Moderator: Terry Foster–Panel: Matt Juniper, Patrick Thoburn, Ron Nurwisah, Eric Alper
- Sketchnotes: AndroidTO–The Business of Mobile
- Sketchnotes: #ENT101 Entrepreneurial Management–Jon E. Worren
- Sketchnotes: Different Types of Entrepreneurship, Kerri Golden, Allyson Hewitt (MaRS ENT101)
- Sketchnotes: Small Business Forum – Enterprise Toronto
- Sketchnotes: Quantified Self Conference 2012
- ENT101: Startup Law 101: Legal Launchpad (Arshia Tabrizi)
- Cameron Lewis at the Toronto Small Business Network meetup
- Sketchnotes: #torontob2b: Free trials, cold-calling, brainstorming
- Sketchnotes: ENT101: Lived It Lecture – Bruce Poon Tip (G Adventures) on Social Enterprise
Delegation
- Tweaking my scheduling process for delegation
- Validating ideas and working with other people
- Buying time: Experimenting with scheduling
Business
- Getting ready for my Hardlines Dealer Conference talk: So You Don’t Have an Army of Online Marketers
- When your personal value proposition shifts
- Investing time–and money—to help make good things happen
- Business experience report: Filing taxes!
- Figuring out how to get better at following up with people in person
- Thinking about wild success
- Business adventures: Accounting
- Business card kaizen
- Planning how to learn about validating business ideas
- Celebrating my fiscal year end; planning how to improve
- Learning how to bring people together
- Toolmaking
Quantified Self
- New: Quantified Self Meetup Map!
- Quantified Awesome: Grocery update – Oct 2012
- Pub nights and thinking about networking at events
Life
- Growing into an artist
- Planning for retirement when you don’t know where you’ll be
- A long reflection on getting more out of each hour
- Packing review: Things I used and didn’t use on my trip
Reviews
- Weekly review: Week ending November 23, 2012
- Weekly review: Week ending November 16, 2012
- Weekly review: Week ending November 9, 2012
- Weekly review: Week ending November 3, 2012
- Weekly review: Week ending October 26, 2012
- Weekly review: Week ending October 19, 2012
- Weekly review: Week ending October 12, 2012
- Monthly review: September 2012
- Weekly review: Week ending October 5, 2012
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