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Pat O'Connor President at Blackwood Family Enterprise and Unity Insurance Professionals speaks with Rod Anderson of Smile With Sandbox about their Business Hero Story. Pat shares the 3 stages he went through as a leader when the crisis started. Also, Pat speaks to a significant learning he has taken away from this crisis that you will benefit from hearing. Finally, Pat discusses what he hopes will be remembered about his organization and his leadership when we get to the other side of all of this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vUXjImulic&feature=youtu.be #RevealingTrueGreatness #CanadianBusinessess #Crisis

Dan Wiebe at Integrity Group speaks with Rod Anderson at Smile With Sandbox, Hero Crisis Story. Dan is the President and owner of 3 car dealerships and 1 RV dealership under the umbrella of the Integrity Group of Companies. Dan purchased several of these businesses at the end of 2019 and walked right into this crisis at the early part of 2020. Dan is a master at buying businesses that have issues and fixing them. His business success formula is about putting the right people... into the business that have aligned values and character. Dan also believes in staying positive in good times and in bad times and this helped him and his team work through the crisis. They are now seeing positive results in all of their businesses. Listen to the end when Dan speaks about what they have learned from the crisis and the importance of appreciating their customers. #RevealingTrueGreatness #IntegrityGroup #SandboxBrandMarketing #SmileWithSandbox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8FpSyuQo9s&feature=youtu.be See more

Smile with Sandbox brings you Allan de Paiva at Aximus Engineering in our Hero Crisis Story. Allan built his engineering firm over the years with a flexible business support network of contractors that allowed him to scale as needed, using a Cloud platform that allowed his team and customers to access and communicate files in a virtual environment. When the crisis hit they were well set up to be able to continue to function from home. Allans biggest challenge was dealing w...ith isolation and managing a level of connection through this crisis, as well as generating new leads in a virtual environment. Allan is now attacking lead generation using a mix of old school cold calling and newer social platforms like Linkedin to keep the Aximus name out there. #RevealingTrueGreatness #RTG #SmileWithSandbox #EngineeringHeroStory #AximusEngineering #SandboxBrandMarketing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5Ud-xsjJfs&feature=youtu.be See more

Karly MacPhail at Studio 85 HIIT & Yoga Speaks with Rod Anderson of Smile with Sandbox in the Crisis Hero Series. Karly shares her challenges as the pandemic hit only about a year after the Studio had opened and shares how on-line provided her with the opportunity to innovate and to continue growing her community in the SW Calgary. #SmileWithSandbox #RevealingTrueGreatness #FitnessDuringCovid #Community https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnDbQC3uYnw&feature=youtu.be

Mike Robinson at Mermac Construction speaks with Rod Anderson of Smile With Sandbox, as part of the Crisis Hero Series. Watch Mike speak about the challenges that the pandemic brought to his business and how they were able to take a leap, build resilience, and thrive in these times of change. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KwMGmT2Qic&feature=youtu.be #RevealingTrueGreatness #Construction #ThrivingInChange

Pat OConnor President at Blackwood Family Enterprise and Unity Insurance Professionals speaks with Rod Anderson of Smile With Sandbox about their Business Hero Story. Pat shares the 3 stages he went through as a leader when the crisis started. Also, Pat speaks to a significant learning he has taken away from this crisis that you will benefit from hearing. Finally, Pat discusses what he hopes will be remembered about his organization and his leadership when we get to the other side of all of this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vUXjImulic&feature=youtu.be #RevealingTrueGreatness #CanadianBusinessess #Crisis

Today, Smile with Sandbox brings you Tom from Uber Auto Body & Collision Repair servicing Calgary and area, who shares his story about how the crisis impacted his business like nothing he has seen in his 30 years in the sector. Tom shares the program he and his team created, called "Uber Auto Rescue" where they found a way to put work in front of their team and provide customers a method to direct Uber funded donations to an animal rescue shelter of their choice. Up against ...Kijiji and other used card platforms the Uber team needed to be unique in how they communicated with customers, the rescue program was their solution to differentiate in a crowded space. Finally, Tom speaks to the business community in Calgary and the feeling he has that everyone is pulling together and looking after each other. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR_MK99Gq7A&feature=youtu.be #RevealingTrueGreatness #UberAutoRescue #RTG #Innovation #PullingTogether #GivingBack

Continuing with Part 2. Nuri discusses how Piscine Energetics, a Canadian green technology company that transforms an invasive shrimp species (Mysis Shrimp) in British Columbia into sustainable fish food, created and launched its "Save Your Aquarium Campaign". The campaign is a "buy one, give one" initiative that aims to rally the public, including the 14.5 million households in North America that have an aquarium, to support the zoos and aquariums that have been seriously affected by this crisis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhRdPSkCk9A&feature=youtu.be #RevealingTrueGreatness #SandboxBrandMarketing #CanadianBusiness #PiscineEnergetics #RTG #BusinessDuringCovid #SaveYourAquarium

Today in Smile with Sandbox we feature Nuri Fisher from Piscine Energetics. (Part 1) Nuri discusses how Piscine Energetics, a Canadian green technology company that transforms an invasive shrimp species (Mysis Shrimp) in British Columbia into sustainable fish food, works with the Quarantine with Curators Program to bring public aquarium people together from around the world to work through this crisis. Nuri also speaks to what has happened to pet spending during the crisis. (Part 2 coming tomorrow ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3HVPzSHR4o&feature=youtu.be #RevealingTrueGreatness #SandboxBrandMarketing #CanadianBusiness #PiscineEnergetics #RTG #BusinessDuringCovid

Smile with Sandbox brings you another Business Hero Story. Watch Nathan Miller from Bekins Moving and Storage tell his story of how they are driven to hold their team together and provide customers a safe service through this crisis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3X8hf02c6w&feature=youtu.be #RevealingTrueGreatness #BusinessHero #BusinessStory #Crisis #SandboxBrandMarketing #RTG

Today, Smile with Sandbox brings you Shane from Shane Homes. Shane shares his story about how the crisis impacted them and how they innovated to look after their team and serve their customers better. Shane speaks to how they quickly implemented shift work for the office team and managed social distancing for the trades team. How they shifted to offering virtual sales for customers versus viewing in person and how hey were able to shift their marketing efforts from 70% trad...itional and 30% digital; to 70% digital, 30% traditional. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf_DVqb4azs&feature=youtu.be #RevealingTrueGreatness #AdaptingToChange #ShaneHomes #RTG #SandboxBrandMarketing

Smile with Sandbox brings you another Business Hero Story. Hear how Boom Construction has worked through the current crisis and the level of optimism Ryan has for both Boom and the industry as we look ahead. Ryan also speaks to the reputation they desire when it comes to providing service to their customers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GbFm3PUxV4&feature=youtu.be #RevealingTrueGreatness #HeroStory #Business #CovidCrisis #Optimism

Smile with Sandbox continues to bring to you our Hero Stories. Listen to how Mike Melwicks, President of Moto Transportation has navigated his organization through the crisis, including a significant change in what they were carrying for customers. Mike also speaks to how Moto was built for a crisis like this and did not miss a beat when everything started to shut down. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGpMgsx4MIk&feature=youtu.be #RevealingTrueGreatness #HeroStory #CovidCrisis #Business

Smile With Sandbox is featuring Joel Cawthorn from Startec Service. Hear how Joel and Startec have focused on keeping the team intact through the crisis and is now looking for opportunities that did not previously exist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx15-7fnCZE&feature=youtu.be #RevealingTruGreatness #CovidCrisis #HeroStory #Business

Pino Mancuso from Highstreet Ventures and Rod Anderson of Smile with Sandbox discuss their Business Hero Story. Hear Pino speak to the three most important things they believe in for a successful business during a crisis and as we come out the other side. https://youtu.be/n0ekOa-66cw #RevealingTrueGreatness #SmilewithSandbox #Success #Crisis

In this episode of Smile With Sandbox Chris Izquierdo of Devfacto speaks with Rod Anderson about how the sales cycle has shortened in their sector during this crisis. Also, Chris speaks to how the crisis impacted their business and playing offense and defense in the innovation economy. https://youtu.be/PWnoWZMp46c #RevealingTrueGreatness #SmilewithSandbox #Entrepreneurship #innovation

We continue celebrating the heroes of our business communities. On the this episode of Smile with Sandbox hear how Ivan Bach of Brunel (Interviewed by Coty Walker from Sandbox) has navigated through this crisis to better support and service his Customers, Culture, Company and Community. https://youtu.be/wx7rSbBHfyg

Smile with Sandbox is about bringing great news about our local business communities. Hear Marc Johnson on how TEC (The Executive Committee) Canada quickly evolved their business model to best support visionaries and executives through the environment we are all facing. Their story is all about how they support leaders deliver services, plan for crisis, and execute for their company, culture, customers, and communities. #BusinessStrategy #CrisisManagement #RevealingTrueGreatness #DigitalTransformation https://youtu.be/P3riIM6NlZw

On our second episode of Smile with Sandbox Gair Maxwell, international speaker and author, takes us through how he has evolved his business model to help organizations Brand Market in real-time during this crisis. Gair shares his experiences in the early days of the crisis and how the business quickly made adjustments that allowed them to continue to help organizations create Big Little Legends. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BldMmzgb8NI&feature=youtu.be #COVID19 #GairMaxwell #SandboxBrandMarketing #RevealingTrueGreatness #BigLittleLegends

Watch our first episode of Smile with Sandbox! Cory McArthur of Careica Health speaks with Rod Anderson of Sandbox about what they have done to navigate their business through the COVID-19 crisis in order to best serve the clients in both Respiratory Care and Sleep Apnea. Cory also speaks about how it will look on the other side of the crisis and how to prepare for the new normal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hLeKP3PbMo&feature=youtu.be #COVID #NewNormal #CareicaHealth #SandboxBrandMarketing #RevelTrueGreatness #SmileWithSandbox

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Offense or defense in a crisis?

At Sandbox, we are lucky to have a diverse group of individuals from all over the world including places like Uzbekistan, Peru and Australia. This week our Account Manager, Jacqui Hickman shared with us the turmoil going on within her home country, Australia. As a group, our hearts and thoughts are with the many communities within Australia gravely impacted by the bushfires and then 100s of thousand wildlife lost. As a small attempt to a contribution, we wanted to share a f...ew of the images Jacqui shared with us with our online community to drive awareness and help raise much-needed funds to support Australia in the time of need. Please join us in sharing this post to show your support for our Aussie friends, is greatly appreciated. Also if you are able, donations are still very important to help the wide range of organisations working tirelessly to save and support the communities and wildlife affected. https://www.facebook.com/donate/1507364209416104/?fundraiser_source=external_url https://fundraise.redcross.org.au/ https://www.facebook.com/donate/1386120504919105/ https://www.salvationarmy.org.au/ https://www.wwf.org.au/

From all of us at Sandbox, we wish you a very Merry Christmas! #revealingtruegreatness #Christmas

RTG Rough Cuts episode #9 talks about the value of helping your employees understand their purpose and how purpose-driven teams drive results. Watch here https://youtu.be/05t_5p991tA

Our revealing true greatness philosophy is something we live and breath at Sandbox. Last summer our VP of Operations, Coty Walker ticked off one of her many bucket-list items - completing a leg of the Camino de Santiago de Compostela with her family. Read her story about how the experience was an eye-opening Revealing True Greatness moment for all of them. http://bit.ly/2XouLlF

#tbt From the RTG Vault -Around this time last year, we worked with our client Startec on launching their new Sheppard Shop facility, along with their Everyday Maverick brand idea. The directive was to create an event that would bring to life Startecs unique Brand Position and Brand Idea that we help them uncover through our purpose-driven brand strategy approach. Watch the final result here https://youtu.be/npQUyYF-qSs Or to learn how this campaign was created through our revealing true greatness strategy, achieved the business objectives and exceeded the companys expectations, visit https://sdbx.ca/how-we-can-help/startec/.

"You never want to make to the most important thing/s in your life something that is beyond your control" - Dr Bill Crawford. Priorities, goals and values are tools we use to help live or work more efficiently and effectively but they also help us to create and direct a more purposeful life and business. Dr. Crawford speaks about putting your thoughts into the purposeful part of your brain - the neocortex. This is where you access your best qualities and characteristics, and... where you become more powerful and influential in the lives of others. He talks about the need to train our limbic system to send data up to the neocortex which allows us to bring our best to life. Watch now as Dr. Crawford explains further. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so1JSPWeOKI&feature=youtu.b

Our why is to reveal true greatness for people and organizations, so that they can maximize impact on their world. What is your why? #revealingtruegreatness #purpose

RTG Rough Cuts episode #7 focuses on answering how defining your company purpose will impact your overall business strategy and internal cultural alignment. Rod walks you through how purpose and core values are related and why having unique, specific and well-defined values will drive results for your business. To find out more, visit https://sdbx.ca/rtg.

Today represents the ultimate in True Greatness. The Service Men and Women who have fought to protect and serve their country. Today we remember them! We remember their plight, their grit and their sacrifice. We are forever in your debt and are forever grateful for your determination so that we may live our days how we wish.

If its not in your calendar already, add it in now! CreativeMornings Calgary tomorrow at 9:00 am cSPACE - talking about feeling and being lost and hosted by Sandbox Creative Director Stephan Wilhelm. Being lost is a collaboration between possibility and uncertainty. Its an excuse to get one step closer to a more fulfilling life!

Our philosophy of Revealing True Greatness is based on uncovering the untold or unrealized stories of businesses and CEOs. There is unfathomable power in details that come together to tell our personal stories, both in life and in business. Our work often starts with the visionary to discover who they are as a person and why they started their organization. We find this is where the richest content and insights come from about the business and who they are as a brand. ... Learn more about Revealing True Greatness and our purpose and strategy work - https://sdbx.ca/revealing-true-greatness/ #revealingtruegreatness #purpose

Ever wondered what its like to work with Sandbox Brand Marketing? Let Michael Melwicks the President and Founder of Moto Transportation Services talk you through his experience. https://youtu.be/yaq1gve_Rf0 The client challenge was that their team were too busy being head-down in their business and really needed clarity around their strategic direction. ... Rod and the team provided Moto Transportation Services with the fresh eyes, strategic thinking and Revealing True Greatness business approach they needed to take their business to the next level.

The Harvard Business Review published an article this month about the importance of purpose being placed at the core of business strategy, not just brand or marketing plans. The article concludes with a recommendation that purpose cannot be a one-off effort. CEOs, business decision-makers and founders need to constantly assess how purpose can guide their organization. Access the article here. https://hbr.org///put-purpose-at-the-core-of-your-strategy

RTG Rough Cuts episode #6 has Rod Anderson sharing a story of how a Canadian CEO was able to connect his revealing true greatness approach with his passion to support his community. Hear about his journey https://youtu.be/gy1Ug47T4vI #Revealingtruegreatness #passion

An X-Men Character, a Minon, a Poo Emoji, a Scary Clown and a Broken Bull Rider walk into an office. No, its not a joke its our Halloween Party! Help us choose the best costume winner by commenting which outfit is your favourite?

Its hump day and sometimes we can start to feel bogged down with the pressure of the week. So we thought we would share this #RTG moment we found from Best Motivational Videos. Let us know what has this 104-year-old inspired you to do today? https://www.facebook.com/motivationalvideosbest/videos/1250170111708811/

In todays ultra-competitive marketplace it is more important than ever for your brand to stand for something real in order to attract and engage your desired customers. Our Creative Director, Stephan Wilhelm, takes the stance that it is no longer enough just to have great creative and fun and quirky branding. Read more about his thoughts on creating brand awareness in 2019. https://sdbx.ca//07/11/how-to-improve-your-brand-awareness/ #RevealingTrueGreatness #brand