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Mariola Czerkawska

VIATEC Finalist – Team of the Year

May 17, 2016

Way back in 2008, Smart Dolphins was crowned “Member of the Year” by VIATEC. A few years later in 2012, we were awarded “Employer of the Year.” We’re very excited to announce that this year, we are a “Team of the Year” finalist. A lot has changed at Smart Dolphins over the last four years.…

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“Sharing Made Simple” Droplr

April 25, 2016

There are lots of options for cloud service file sharing but Droplr is my favourite. Use Droplr to share files, screenshots or to screen video. Download it on your desktop or on your iPhone or iPad. The biggest advantage to using Droplr is that it is just so easy to use. Just create an account,…

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MFI Testimonial

January 13, 2016

Nick Mason, Director of Marketing and IT of Megson Fitzpatrick shares his testimony of Smart Dolphins IT Solutions. Megson FitzPatrick was founded in 1968. Their core purpose is to improve the lives of their “Clients, Team & Community.” To submit an online a quote or for a list of locations, please visit their website at: www.megsonfitzpatrick.com…

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Create your own Gif

December 15, 2015

Did you know you can easily create an animated gif from any YouTube video? It’s simple, thanks to gifs. Here’s how: Open any YouTube video Copy the url from the address bar (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwEDgSECGiU) Go to https://gifs.com Paste the url into the box Choose the start time and length you want Click the button and voila! Break…

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Smart Dolphins in Nanamio

October 21, 2015

We have expanded our Island operations in an effort to continue to offer fintastic IT support to our clients and prospective clients located in and North of Nanaimo. In addition to our head office location in Victoria, Smart Dolphins  is also working out of a coworking space located in the heart of Nanaimo’s growing business…

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The Mustard Seed Victoria pie off

October 8, 2015

Every year the Mustard Seed holds a pie-off to raise funds for their organization. Dave Monahan, Smart Dolphins President takes the pie-off challenge. Learn more at: https://mustardseed.ca/yyjpieoff/

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Risk Management at Non-For-Profits

September 9, 2015

On September 23rd, Luke Mills, Risk Advisor at Megson FitzPatrick Insurance Services  (MFI) will be hosting a risk management lunch and learn at Smart Dolphins. Bio: Luke is a partner at MFI. He serves as a Risk Advisor and Insurance Broker for a number of Not-for-Profit (NFP) clients throughout British Columbia. Luke also sits on the Board…

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LinkedIn for small business

August 18, 2015

If somebody approached you in 1995 and told you they could send your sales team comprehensive biographies and contact information of all the decision makers in your target market, including photos, work history, start dates, educational history, etc., what would you have paid them for this incredible mountain of information? Now imagine they told you…

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Proactive IT Service

August 4, 2015

When I joined the Smart Dolphins team this year, I came in with 15 years of experience being in business. What I was about to learn – not just about IT, but about business – was momentous. In short, it’s this: The vast majority of people think about IT all wrong. I was on that…

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It Only Takes One Click!

July 23, 2015

We’ve all come across email phishing viruses (see example below). It is very easy to include an attachment in an email with a virus, from which some type of malicious code is downloaded without the user knowing. Help! I downloaded an email attachment from an unknown sender and I think I’ve been infected, what’s going…

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