When Executive Chef Kamal Silva was appointed to the Fairmont Empress Hotel, one of his very first decisions was to establish honey bee hives in the garden. (You can read more about the arrival of the Queen Bee in May 2011 here) Fairmont Empress Executive Chef, Kamal Silva, and Director of Food and Beverage, Nathan Pearce Now, a little over a year later, the bees have produced thousands of pounds of honey, and Chef Silva is incorporating it … [Read more...]
Royal Tea at the Fairmont Empress to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee
Filed Under: Events, Personal, Social Media, Tweetups, Twestival Tagged With: Diamond Jubilee, Executive Chef Silva, Fairmont Empress Hotel, food, Friends of the Empress, High Tea at the Empress, Royal Tea, tourism, victoria bc
Social Media Year in Review – February 2010 Victoria BC
Social Media Club's topic was "Using Social Media to Advance and Promote Your Business" with Scott McDonald, Rocky Mountain Soap Victoria, Rod Phillips, Liquor Plus, and Michael Steveluk, Scooter Underground. Scott, Rod and Michael are pioneers locally in their use of social media to engage with their customers. image by B_West Pecha Kucha Night Victoria debuted to a sold out audience at the Victoria Event Centre. Congratulations to … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Arts, Community, Events, Outdoors, Personal, Social Media, Twestival Tagged With: #smcvictoria, #victoriatweetup, #yyj, #yyjtwestival, Liquor Plus, Michael Steveluk, Pecha Kucha, Pecha Kucha Victoria, PKNVictoria, Rocky Mountain Soap Victoria, Rod Phillips, Scooter Underground, Scott Mc Donald, Social Media Club, Social Media Club Victoria, Twestival, Twestival Victoria, victoria bc
Building A Brand, Lessons Learned From Twestival Victoria
Building a Brand In April 2010 I was invited to present at BC Social Media Summit, organized by Rob Cooper as a fundraiser for his participation in The Ride To Conquer Cancer. Here are the slides from my presentation "Building a Brand, Lessons Learned from Twestival Victoria". Thanks for the opportunity Rob! Building a Brand … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Events, Personal, Social Media, Social Media, Speaking, Twestival Tagged With: BC Social Media Summit, building a brand, Janis La Couvée, lessons, Rob Cooper, Social Media, Twestival Victoria, victoria bc
