 expatriate stuff
By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on September 19th, 2008
My great mate Robin Pascoe (The Expat Expert) conducted a large international relocation survey earlier this year, sponsored by Canadian movers AMJ Campbell International, entitled “Family Matters!”
Thanks to those of you who read my blog and newsletter and who responded to the terrific attempts at publicity by countless others who, like Robin, know how much [...]
 books
By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on September 2nd, 2008
A few months back I connected with Daniel Hall and read his superb ebook on how to speak for just one hour a day, max, and get a free cruise in exchange. It seems too good to be true, but last month, Daniel was in Holland, with his son Jamie, fresh off a European cruise [...]
 expatriate stuff
By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on September 2nd, 2008
I’ve long been a fan of Paulette Bethel’s work and was delighted to find that she is the brains behind a site called TCK Academy. Here you can take part in webinars with some of the industry’s biggest experts. Listen to past webinars with those such as Ruth van Reken on the 7 Things you [...]
 books
By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on September 2nd, 2008
My new mate Renee Barber has a huge selection of ebooks available on her website – including mine. Take a look through the impressive list here.
 expatriate stuff
By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on September 2nd, 2008
I’ve long been a fan of this organisation and its director, Kathleen van der Wilk-Carlton is a friend of mine. Permits Foundation does sterling work, lobbying for governments to give work permits to expat spouses and so I urge you to help the cause by completing their brand new survey here.
 expatriate stuff
By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on August 7th, 2008
I’ve just had a look at the HSBC survey, downloading the results from the “>Easy Expat blog. I had a bit of a mooch around the site and it looks pretty good, though I was fed up to see neither my books nor Robin Pascoe’s in their list – but maybe I did not [...]
 expatriate stuff
By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on August 1st, 2008
I have.
The call for papers, at this massively valuable expat conference (I’ve been 5 times) closes at the end of August. They want new blood, new research and something different to add to their usual mix of experts, old hands and old favourites (that’s me, folks). I’ve put in my bid to talk about starting [...]
 expatriate stuff
By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on July 31st, 2008
Dr Nina Cole is associate professor to the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University in Ontario, Canada. This week she released the results of her research study on expat spouses.
Dr Cole’s abstract is here, below, but you can read the executive summary on her website or mine in the Reading Room.
Spousal adjustment issues, [...]
 books
By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on July 31st, 2008
Sue Donnelly took one of my Release the Book Within courses a few years ago and has never looked back. Her fourth book, Feel Fab at 50, is just out, published by Bookshaker, and is another winner to add to The 80/20 Rule, Heading South and Does My Belly Look Good in This. You’ve guessed [...]
 books
By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on July 31st, 2008
Networking being as it is I have linked with Renée Barber of Rising Star Designs, who is based in Australia and helps client with design, websites and all sorts of marketing materials. She loved Career in Your Suitcase so much that she wrote the longest review ever, which I recommend you read if you dond’t [...]
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