Category: Professional Development

Professional Development: How to Get Your Organization to Sponsor You

Your journey to personal development starts now! You have the opportunity to negotiate with your organization to sponsor you to attend conferences to catapult your mindset and skills, including The Atelier Collective’s upcoming signature virtual event: Beyond 2020. In this post, you will learn from Master Negotiator, Atelier alumni and past SBX CNNX thought-leader, Fotini…

Three Investing Blunders To Avoid

Investing for the first time can be a daunting process. Where do you start and how do you choose which investments will get you the biggest bang for your buck? SBX Guest Blog Contributor Robyn Thompson, President & Founder of Castlemark Wealth Management, shines a light on specific investing blunders that you should avoid. Share on…

How To Take Your Startup Team From Good to Great

The SBX Team is incredibly excited to debut this week’s blog post, How To Take Your Startup Team From Good to Great, written by Fahd Alhattab! Sandbox had the opportunity to host Fahd as the keynote speaker presenting at our Annual General Meeting in 2020. He captivated our community with delivering a speech full of…

Delivering A Dynamic Pitch

Are you packing your pitches with as much information as possible? In reality, successful pitches are about clear and engaging stories that make people want to hear more. Being passionate about our products and services isn’t enough – we need to motivate our audiences to be passionate as well. But how do you inspire that…

How Going The Extra Mile Shortens The Trip

The SBX Team is incredibly excited to debut this week’s blog post, How Going The Extra Mile Shortens The Trip, written by Lisa Lisson! No matter if you’re an employer, an employee, or self-employed; going the extra mile will always pay off. In a world full of technology and now the majority of the workforce…

Handling Pitch Questions: Expect the Unexpected

Fresh from writing my 175-page master’s thesis, my advisor called to tell me the defense would be 3-hours long and would involve a committee of 5 academic leaders from 3 faculties. It would begin with my half-hour opening presentation followed by 2.5 hours of being questioned by the committee. As a skilled speaker, the presentation part…