Canadian, Please – Epic Video for Canada Day
Wanna learn more about my country? Canada Day is Wednesday so in celebration… I bring you, from Julia Bentley & Andrew Gunadie, “Canadian, Please”:
CANADIAN SING-A-LONG!
Yeah I know that you wanna be Canadian, please
Even if in winter things tend to freeze
We’ve got the world monopoly on trees
And our country’s bordered by three different seas
Yeah I know that you wanna be Canadian, please
We invented the zipper, we’ve got expertise
We made insulin to combat disease
Yeah I know that you wanna be Canadian, please
CHORUS
Brits have got the monarchy
The US has the money
But I know that you wanna be Canadian
The French have got the wine and cheese
Koalas chill with the Aussies
But I know that you wanna be Canadian
Et si ce n’était pas assez
On a deux langues officielles:
L’anglais et le français
Ooh la la
Yeah I know that you wanna be Canadian, please
Where else do you find mounted police
Or go to the hospital and not pay fees
Yeah I know that you wanna be Canadian, please
And when freshwater is in high demand
We’ve got the world’s largest supply on hand
So you know that we could make a pretty good friend
But it’s even better if you can be…
CHORUS
So you’re thinking to yourself,
“How do I live in this beautiful country?”
Well we’ve got some steps for you to follow…
STEP 1: Lose the gun
STEP 2: Buy a canoe
STEP 3: Live multiculturally
STEP 4: You’re ready, there is no more!
We got beavers, caribou and moose
We got buffalos, bears, and Canadian goose
And we’re sorry about Celine Dion
But she did do that good song for James Cameron…
CHORUS
Brits have got the monarchy
The US has the money
But I know that you wanna be Canadian
The French have got the wine and cheese
Koalas chill with the Aussies
But I know that you wanna be Canadian
The Greek chilled out with Socrates
Can’t build a wall like the Chinese
But I know that you wanna be Canadian
In Kenya they have safaris
We’ve missed lots of other countries
But I know that you wanna be Canadian
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WordCamp Chicago
Whew! WordCamp Chicago is over and it was a long yet amazing weekend. Highlights for me include:
The speaker’s brilliant presentations (even through some really tough critics using the #wcchicago hash tag!) and for the underlying theme that was: be social, get out from behind your blog and utilize the tools that exist. Some people thought some of the ideas were too basic yet I’d challenge them to look at their existing site to see where they are or are not excelling themselves.
Meeting Matt Mullenweg, the creator and genius behind WordPress. This was a total highlight for me because I’ve secretly (well, not so secretly) had a professional crush on this guy for years. He is genius, humble and completely laid back – very cool to meet him.
Meeting Brian Gardner & Cory Miller. Both of these guys have created amazing WordPress themes that I have loved for years and pushed to all of my clients (although, the themes don’t need much pushing to be honest!) and it was cool to finally put a real face to their name and Twitter profile pics.
Meeting all the other cool peeps. I loved seeing some familiar faces, meeting some new people and getting to chat with some of my clients that I have never been able to meet in person. What a great, social and interactive day. It was also great for everyone to get to meet my h-band who came along as well. It was his first business conference with me so it was awesome to share that experience with him and for him to see what these events are all about.
All in all, it was a great day filled with great speakers, great food and most of all, just the ability to meet people that I hadn’t had a chance to before. The other cool thing is that I got asked to speak at a WordCamp on the East Coast next year so I’ll definitely be making my rounds! That and I’ll also be purchasing my tickets for WordCamp Montreal!
Oh, and check out my slides on Slide Share!
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Heading to WordCamp Chicago!
Woohoo! It’s arrived… The night before my h-band and I leave for Chicago for WordCamp Chicago 2009.
Now, we’re not going directly there and, as with most things, we’re taking a bit of an indirect route. We’ll be leaving our home tonight at 2am (once my sister arrives to watch our puppies for the next four days) and then we’ll be driving straight to Cleveland, Ohio. We’ve never been to Cleveland or to Ohio so I am looking forward to that. Why are we going there you ask? Well, we’re heading to the infamous Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame. It’s been on our “must-see” list for some time so we’re just going to do it!
After spending tomorrow night in downtown Cleveland, we’ll be waking up to head to Chicago. Friday, we’re going to see a baseball game and then get some rest as Saturday is the BIG day… WordCamp Chicago kicks off and I speak at the conference — just after lunch. I am receiving the honor of sharing the stage with Matt Mullenweg (creator of WordPress), Liz Strauss (the epic blogger) and soooooooo many other amazing speakers. Check out the website for full details. Lisa (one of the coordinators of WordCamp Chicago) also featured me on the blog which you can check out here.
I’ll be blogging our adventures down and posting them to my Erin Blaskie YouTube channel and then Steve (h-band) will also be filming my presentation so I can post that to YouTube as well afterward. Watch for that after the event.
I’ve got my camera ready so I can take tons of photos with my idols and I’ll post those to the blog after the event. Iiiiieeee… to say I am excited is an understatement.
So, watch the blog and I’ll try to post from the road although I will be driving an ENORMOUS amount of miles (or kilometers, whatever you prefer) over the next four days so I’m sure I’ll be exhausted! I’ll see you all on Monday.
E.
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Wordcamp Chicago is Getting Closssssser!
Breathe…… (By the way, that photo is of me speaking at WordCamp Toronto!)
This is what I have to keep telling myself!! Sharing a stage with the creator of WordPress is only slightly intimidating 
I’ll be there speaking on the subject of, “Using Blogs & Social Media to Become an Internet Celebrity” where I use a very specific and proven case study to show what I was able to accomplish with my “alter ego” in less than four months.
I’m SO excited about this event it’s not even funny. Here’s why:
- I’ve realized that the place I feel most at home is in the midst of other techno-geeks and lovers of all things Internet. These conferences, Wordcamps, attract exactly that crowd and I heart them to the end of this world.
- I get to speak at the same conference as Matt Mullenweg (creator of WordPress), Liz Strauss (epic blogger), Doug Hanna, Jeremy Wright, Micah Baldwin, David Dalka, Kevin Palmer, Jim Turner and Tim Frick. See the full list of speakers here.
- This is the first conference that my hubbalicious is attending with me! In fact, other than peeking in during my virtual events that I run from my home office, he’s never actually seen me in “action”… I can’t wait for him to see my speak live!
So, if you’re anywhere in the Chicago area, you NEED to get tickets and come!! I’d love to meet you and I promise you, after attending and speaking at Wordcamp Toronto, these events ROCK!! The best part is the ticket price is unbelievable — it’s like thirty bucks or so!! They only have about 67 tickets left so you really have to hurry…. See who else is attending here!
I actually just noticed that a few people that I know through the online world will be there — YAY! I can’t wait to meet you in person… 
Ok, go and register NOW and I’ll see you there
Here’s another snapshot from WordCamp Toronto to get you excited!
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Summer Speaker Series Kicks Off Today!
I’m soooooo excited that I can hardly sleep (ok, I can’t at all!)
Today kicks off our 2009 Summer Speaker Series and we have Shama Hyder presenting to us tonight at 8pm Eastern. If you haven’t registered yet, the early bird was extended to today only so register while you can!
The event features FORTY speakers over the next month on all topics related to running a business. Everything from social networking to websites to hiring teams to marketing your business. It’s all covered from a wide range of experts throughout many different industries.
We are so proud of the diverse network that we’ve put together and can not wait to present this information to you. So, if you aren’t already registered, please join us!
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