Tired of wishing you did more with your summers? spent more time with Mother Nature? got out of the house and met more people? Here’s your chance for a head start this season. Our friend Mirek from Globe Trek has organized a long weekend getaway to the paradise that is Tobermory. Here’s how it’s going down: [...]
We are excited to announce our second keynote speaker—Ellen Ericson. As a business etiquette and international protocol consultant, she teaches Fortune 500 companies, law firms, non-profit organizations, and business professionals how to refine their corporate culture and communication skills to benefit their top line growth. Her philosophy is, “If you show others respect you build [...]
Recent graduate? Don’t know why you can’t find a job with your spectacular CV and charming disposition? It’s cuz you can’t golf, dummy. Everyone knows that in order to find that cushy corporate job, you need to know how to golf. PISK is now offering a transitory course for its members into the world of [...]
Just a super quick note that PISK’s high school outreach program, the Iskra Project, has just announced the opening of registration for their upcoming Iskra University Prep Conference, happening at McMaster University in Hamilton on August 11-12, 2012. For senior high school students: Summed up quickly, the conference will give you a chance to meet [...]
How do you say “please” in Polish? I’ll give you a hint, it’s not “proszę”. That’s right. Forget everything you ever learned in Polish school; forget all your parents ever told you—it’s all fantasy and lies. The secret magic word to get what you want in the world of Polish customer service is (are you [...]
Leadership. Lead-er-ship. LEADership. LeadERship. LeaderSHIP. LEADERSHIP! Nope. It does not matter how you spell or say it, the word Leadership can be a scary concept. I have come to notice a couple things being involved in Polonia (though this by no means is limited to our community). 1) Many people stress the importance of becoming [...]
Magda just wrote a post on biculturality within Polonia where she mentioned Danny Pudi, a favourite Polonian of mine. Why? Because he knows more about Polish customs and traditions than many of my “Polish” friends, because his Polish is near flawless, and because he identifies closely with the community. Asked what his dream webisode would [...]
Being bi… cultural: it’s all the rage in Polonia right now. As society becomes increasingly culturally diverse, particularly here in North America, cross-cultural partnerships are pretty much becoming the standard. Once we step past the boundaries of the immigrant generation and venture into the first generation and beyond, we start seeing more diversity in our cultural [...]
We’re proud to share a very special greeting we have just received from former National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter, the Honorable Zbigniew Brzezinski. Greetings to the Young Polonians of Quo Vadis: I congratulate you on your initiative to create an intercontinental network of young Polonians, dedicated to America and yet conscious of their [...]
Howdy blog followers! My name is Maciek Piekarski and I am one of the Facilities Coordinators for Quo Vadis Calgary 2012. Monica Albertin, along with myself, have been diligently working on arranging conference facilities, accommodations, catering, transportation and other miscellaneous logistics for this year’s conference. The conference will be hosted in and around Canmore, Alberta. [...]
