Special Video Post: My first Constant Contact speaker session (January 2012)

  January 26, 2015


  This is a very special video you are watching. Here is the back story on this video.

  A few  days into the year I had a meeting at a downtown hotel with Lisa Kember Regional Managerof  Constant Contact. She was started a new project in the Toronto area and was hiring speakers to represent Constant Contact throughout Ontario.

I had only one question for her. "Does it pay?"

Answer was "Yes!"

My response " I am in!"

Fast forward to January 25,2015 at around 7:00pmEST I was filling out the contract and getting all in order to join the Authorize Local Experts team.

 At around 9:00pm I ask myself a question " So where am I going to speak?"

As it turned out I was part of the Entrepreneur Speed Network in Newmarket,ONT. I emailed organizer Lawrence Beesly my idea to share strategies on email marketing  and he responded with a resounding  Yes!

I was excited then I go really nervous..

How am I going to pull this of? no time to practice? prepare?

Wait a minute!

I am an entrepreneur I can make this happen!

So I printed out the Powerpoint slides and read them for few hours got the powerpoint slides ready and went to sleep.

I woke up at 6:00am and I was super- excited to get to the meeting.

I practiced during breakfeast, on the car ride their, in the parking lot and even walking through the door!

Below is my first talk for Constant Contact

P.S.
As per Lisa Kember this was the fastest contract to speaking effort she had ever seen and do this day a record!



                                      

Event Review: TIFF in Toronto

 It was an amazing evening to walk King Street West on Friday Sept 9th with friends.

 TIFF has grown into massive even with start coming to watch films being released soon.

 Learn more about TIFF click here
                                   

Jim Pagiamtzis at TIFF sign on King Street West and University on Friday night

Jim Pagiamtzis does selfie with TIFF sign on Friday night

Jim Pagiamtzis and Energizier Bunny at TIFF on King Street West 

50 Years of Star Trek

Large size Chess

Young kid goes 28 levels in Jenga on Friday night!

Journey to Night Rider

                   
            I was going to event at Corus Entertainment at 25 Dockside Dr on evening of Dec 15.2014 and I decided to cycle there.  See link route                                           

         The decision was made and journey was to begin! As it neared 5pm I began to prepare for the journey. I had to be there by 6pm. Which I figured I had enough time allocated to make it.

    I had my all the necessary lights on my bike rear red reflector, head light.my stealth helmet and two bags.

    
    It had started to get so I started my journey from Dundas Street West and Roncevalles. (famous corner where Hairspray was filmed featuring John Travolta in drag) and cycled eastbound across Dundas Street West to Dufferin Street where I head south toward the Martin Goodman Trail. It was nice smooth ride as I headed the near underpass where the bright lights were blinding  near Queen Street.

  Continued my trek south toward the grounds of the Canadian National Exhibition and passed through the large arch and proceeded to go west and get on to the Martin Goodman Trail. I had to wait for while to cross the Lakeshore Avenue and eight lanes of traffic!

   I finally got on the trail and it got really really dark fast! It was the first time cycling on the trail and it felt very creepy. I had my headlight which was great and my rear red light. I began to follow the path and was very familiar with it, I did have to make some interesting choice would make a trip little longer. 

There some funny sights I saw, lots of joggers running the path with red flickering light on their arms, people walking their dogs with lights flashing around their necks (I thought that was funny and safe to do!)

   As I continued to ride along the trail I enjoyed the sights of downtown Toronto, looking at the CN Tower and condominium covered by cloud cover and light fog that cover the city. As I neared Lower Simcoe Street I started to realize how my journey was about to get very interesting!

  There was a new streetcar track and road work being completed from this point all the way until Bay Street. I was aware of this from previous trips during the day, but a night it was an entire new experience!

  I had to be observant of signs of where to go, pedestrians, car and streetcars. I had to go on either the north side of the street and then the south side of the street and very low speed.I figure I had still had to make the event ( I hoped). My phone was in my bag and I didn't feel like stopping to find out the time. Luckily I did see some clocks along the way and it look like I was on good time.

   Toronto is a great city and our people are awesome. I hit my bell and said "Thank you many times" to fellow pedestrians along the route.
 
   I finally reach Bay and Queen Quay and the open cycling road. It seemed still very dark even though there was lighting.

   I passed by Captain Johns boat and the amazing sugar factory and finally reached 25 Dockside Drive and Corus Entertainment.  I walk through the door at exactly 6:00pm!

   The evening event was a huge success. There were great speeches by special guest and feature performance by Latin and Mississauga native Fito Blanko (check out some pictures below)