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Everything not saved will be lost
17 September 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: COVID19, Opinion, Tech About Town
With the pandemic keeping everyone at home, the Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener + Area (CAFKA) is bringing art into our lives, despite having to postpone this year's exhibition. Read more
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M-Theory: Branding, influence and the evolution of sponsorship
03 September 2020 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion
In this issue of M-Theory, we explore "promotional content" and how it's evolved over the years, is it still engaging? What value does a digital sponsorship bring? Read more
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Working from home times two
01 September 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: Future of Work, Opinion
Part 3 of a series following Lindsay Tayler, a Wilfrid Laurier University employee on a one year partial secondment with the Talent team at Communitech this time taking a look at her unique perspective… Read more
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Bike to the future
27 August 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: COVID19, Opinion, Tech About Town
Earlier this summer Waterloo Region installed 30 kilometers of temporary bike lanes across Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge which has forced people to ask the question, what kind of cities do we want… Read more
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M-Theory: Online commerce and the evolution of consumerism
20 August 2020 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion
In this issue of M-theory we reminisce on the traditional ways that e-commerce has bene used and how modern consumerism has evolved, forcing e-commerce to evolve with it. Read more
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These streets were made for walking
17 August 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: Opinion, Tech About Town
Should King Street in downtown Kitchener be closed permanently to auto traffic and made pedestrian only? This idea has been debated perennially by locals until COVID-19 put it on pause. Read more
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M-Theory: Small business after the big crisis
06 August 2020 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion
What will small businesses look like after the pandemic? Have there been permanent changes, how many have we lost? This weeks M-Theory looks at an important side effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
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Be a tourist in your own backyard
06 August 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: COVID19, Opinion, Tech About Town
The Pandemic has been devastating for the tourism industry which is why Minto Schneider, CEO at Waterloo Region Tourism have been working hard to keep tourism businesses alive in Waterloo Region. The creation… Read more
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Working on our fitness
29 July 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: Opinion, Tech About Town
Pandemic closures have been rough on all businesses and particularly on fitness entrepreneurs. Local fitness business owners Mark Gough, Alana Arthur, Adam Volpe, Syd Vanderpool and Sandra Leelok talk… Read more
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Turning words into action
24 July 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: Opinion, Tech About Town
Little free diverse libraries project works to make our front yard book stops more representative Read more