How I met Steven Prentice is a funny story. I was watching CHCH news television in the morning while checking my emails and he made an appearance on behalf of Bristall Morgan. He was on there talking about the power of networking and harnessing humans on social networks and I took exception to one of his remarks.  So of course,  I visited his website and subsequently left a vitriolic comment on his blog.

Mr. Prentice did not erase my angry words. But rather he answered my concerns with the perfect tone and factual disposition necessary to quench my irritation and immediately win my respect. In fact I believe that I wrote an additional comment to that effect and I still reference this exchange today in my Smojoe talks when I discuss the power of complaints. So it’s indeed fitting that my first face to face meeting with Steven should result in us working together to market his time management consultancy in connection to his sponsorship of a unique and exciting photo contest.

Emergency in Toronto should engender some original images showcasing our city’s ambulance, fire and police service in action. The official description asks registered users to lens “… fireman racing into a burning building, or Toronto police officers making an arrest, or EMS technicians hustling a patient on a gurney cart into the back of a waiting ambulance”, and that could be hot. Stay safe though.

Contest ends midnight August 31st, 2009. The winning photo is the picture with the most votes at that time. The Winner, the registered user that uploaded the winning photo, will receive an Esquire Verve men’s watch with quartz movement, silver-tone hands with four diamond markers. This waterproof timepiece was generously donated by Steven Prentice and should a female photographer wish to acquire the woman’s version of this prize, well that’s also possible. In fact his blog will soon have images of the woman’s equivalent. Here’s Steven’s Twiiter.

Bristall Morgan is a good place to get expert advice on how to marry the natural potentials of diverse human beings with new and emerging technologies in the workplace. This organization has been in business over sixteen years, and they deliver high quality workshops, consulting services, web-based teaching, and keynote speeches on subjects concerning the relationship between people, technology and productivity.

Lenzr’s First Sponsor

On Monday July 13th at 3pm in the afternoon Rob Campbell shook hands with Paul Peic and officially recognized him and mycellmyterms.com as Lenzr.com’s first official contest sponsor.

The first official photo contest:  Summer in Toronto

Local photographers are now empowered to get shots of summer wherever they can find them throughout the megacity. At the beach, in the streets, and shopping malls of our mega city  They’ve all been instructed to record exactly where the photo was taken, and so this visual information will be archived and added to the historical record of the city.

The most popular image wins an amazing prize - The winner may choose any one (1) of several smart phones currently available in the Canadian wireless industry, including but not limited to iPhone, Blackberry, Pre, etc This client’s website is still under construction, but will soon contain more details about the generous reward package.

These guys are social innovators using the web for positive change . The My Cell My Terms website will allow Canadians to negotiate their own cell phone terms for FREE.

Just simply tell them what you want, and they shop for you on their Exclusive Dealer Network.  How cool is that?

When they’re done, they rank your offers and then YOU decide which cell phone deal is best.  It’s that simple.

They’re just starting out too, and have almost finished BETA testing their program and hope to launch in the next four days.

Twitter @mycellmyterms

The first customer of Lenzr is another internet start up with big intentions.