Surviving a recession is a little like that joke about two guys who meet a bear in the woods.  "We can't outrun a bear!" says one guy and the other replies.  "I don't have to outrun the bear, I just have to outrun you."

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What is becoming clear is that a recession is just the time when you need to make sure that your skills are up to date, your business is running like a well oiled machine and that you are at the very least, outrunning the other guy.

I can't speak for the quality of the program but a combination of regional one day events and online learning and collaboration tools seems like a good way of having peer to peer support for keeping ahead of the game.

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