Links to Resources

In business it is important to be a part of the profession that has contributed to your growth. We hope that these links will help you.

 

Industry Web Sites and On-line Publications

 

• CIO: Chief Information Officer www.cio.com
• Project Times www.projecttimes.com
• Business Analysis Times www.batimes.com 
• Modern Analysts www.modernanalyst.com
• Backbone Magazine www.backbonemag.com  
• Canadian Business Magazine
  list.canadianbusiness.com 
• Business Calgary
  www.bizcalgary.co
• IT Business Canada www.itbusiness.ca 
• Technology Evaluation Center
  www.technologyevaluation.com
• Canadian IT Blog blogs.technet.com/cdnitmanagers
• Network World www.networkworld.com
• PC World www.pcworld.ca
• Outsource Mag http://www.sourcingmag.com/

 

Industry Conferences

 

• Business Analyst World Conference www.businessanalystworld.com
• Meeting Planners www.mpiweb.org
• Project World www.iirusa.com/projectworld-info/event-home.xml

 

Professional Associations

 

• International Institute of Business Analysis www.iiba.org 
• Project Management Institute www.pmi.org
• Calgary Council for Advanced Technology www.ccat.org 
• IT Service Management Forum www.itsmf.ca
• Canadian Association of Information Technology Professionals www.cips.ca

• Canadian Professional Sales Association www.cpsa.com

• Canadian Society for Training and Development www.cstd.ca
• Human Resources Institute of Alberta www.hria.ca
• Human Resource Association of Calgary www.hrac.org  
• Canadian Associatio of Professional Speakers - Calgary
  www.capscalgary.ca
  
• Coaching Federation www.coachfederation.org 

• National Speakers Association www.nsaspeaker.org   

• Canadian Association of Professional Speakers
  www.canadianspeakers.org  

• Meeting Professionals International
  http://www.mpiweb.org/cms/mpiweb/default.aspx 

• Electronic Recycling Association www.era.ca
• Association Listing www.backbonemag.com/Canadian Technology Associations
• Canadian Association of Family Enterprises http://www.cafecanada.ca/

 

Tools and Techniques

 

• Creativity and Thinking
  www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/awc-thkg.htm 

• Mind Tools http://www.mindtools.com/ 

• Business Balls www.businessballs.com 

• Decide Guide www.decide-guide.com

• The Phrase Finder http://www.phrases.org.uk/ 

• McGill
  www.mcgill.ca/howardross/collections/links/databases/ 

• TOMI: Technology & Operations Management 
  www.sussex.ac.uk/Users/dt31/TOMI/topics.html 
• Zachman Institute  www.zifa.com
• Verisign www.verisign.com

 

Public Agencies

 

• Alberta Occupational Profiles www.alis.gov.ab.ca/occinfo

• Industry Canada
  http://www.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/ic1.nsf/en/home

• Alberta Purchasing Connection vendor.purchasingconnection.ca 

• Canada Business www.canadabusiness.ca
• Stats Canada www.statcan.gc.ca

 

Contact Sites

 

• Listings Calgary listingsca.com
• Yellow Pages live.yellowpages.ca
• Tech Vibes www.techvibes.com
• Canada Business Directory www.canadianbusinessdirectory.ca
• Canadian Business Directories http://www.canadianbusinessdirectories.ca/
• IT Vendors Directory www.itvendorsdirectory.ca
• Canada IT http://www.canadait.com/cfm/index.cfm

 

Social Networks - Personal and Professional

 

• Plaxo www.plaxo.com

• Facebook www.facebook.com 

• Linked In www.linkedin.com 

 

Mountain Biking Connections Group (XC)

 

• the Weather Network: www.theweathernetwork.com 

• Map Quest www.mapquest.com 

• Google Maps http://maps.google.com/ 

• Alberta Bicycle Association http://www.albertabicycle.ab.ca/index.php 

• Canada Tails
  http://www.canadatrails.ca/biking/ab/calgary.html 

• Calgary Bicycle Map http://www.calgary.ca/ (search bicycle trails or map)

• Mountain Biking Product Review http://www.mtbr.com/ (great site for reviews if upgrading your bike)

• Pure Cycle Calgary SW www.purecycle.com 

• The Cycle Path Calgary SW www.thecyclepath.ca

• Mountain Equipment Co-Op http://www.mec.ca/splash.jsp 

• Norco www.norco.com/home