RE:THINK Announces…JobCAMP ONE09

After a successful first event in Sydney in 2008, RE:THINK is excited to be launching JobCAMP ONE09
If you are out of work, looking for a change, or recognise that you need to make some changes to be more employable, then JobCAMP is for you!
JobCAMP ONE09 is 2 days of practical and inspiring material to ‘get [...]

JobCAMP is about…

Helping address some of the challenges the following data is presenting!
With the outlook for Job Ads and full time positions looking a little glum, JobCAMP wants to help everyone look at new ways to find work and meaningful employment!
For 2 days in May, as many people as we can fit in one room will get [...]

TED - How it Changes Lives

I still have a lot of session summaries to write up (or perhaps I won’t as it’s pretty easy to find great alternatives to me, such as my new friend,Chel O’Reilly).
But what I will do is try to summarize what this ride has been like.
I first became aware of TED around 5 years ago, a little before [...]

Blocking never works!

I’ve talked about this issue ad nauseum in the past but it’s reared its head again in this article in the News Limited press (Brisbane’s Courier Mail, to be accurate). So, what am I talking about?
Businesses blocking access to social tools in the workplace. In this case, Facebook gets a mention, but it applies to social networks generally.
I’m firmly of [...]

Been made redundant…now what?

Being made redundant is pretty popular right now…for corporations.
For those made redundant, this may be quite a difficult time frought with uncertainty and fear.

This may also be a great time for you to get a better understanding of your personal brand attributes, and strengthen your brand.  I am going to base my recommendations on some [...]

The scale of the Climate Challenge

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David Runnalls over at Our World 2.0 (The United Nations University website) wrote an article late last year that summarised and highlighted at the same time; the real challenges we face in climate change…
 
Climate change and energy policy are likely to be the most difficult economic issues facing the world in [...]

What we can learn from Ben Self

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Who is Ben Self you ask?
Ben Self was the Digital Strategist for Barack Obama in the US Presidential Campaign; and unless you have been living under a rock - this guy was at the centre of raising over US$300m online (Barack Obama raised over $700K in total, and 47% was raised online).  Ben’s thinking, strategies and [...]

Be like Barack…

Sydney Morning Herald journalist - Caroline Marcus wrote the following article on Barack Obama, and his Personal Brand. Whilst charisma is largely bred not made, there are some very simple but powerful habits that anyone can adapt to have presence like the President of the United States
US PRESIDENT Barack Obama’s policies may have been [...]

Innovation Doesn’t Take a Vacation in an Economic Downturn

By the end of 2008, Venture Capital had been officially declared dead. Startups were laying people off so fast that even TechCrunch couldn’t manage to keep up. University Endowments and Foundations, the source of the “capital” in Venture Capital, were hemorrhaging so badly from their public company investments that many long-time believers in “alternative assets” [...]

Block & Tackle

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I’ve received this article from a friend (Zac Angelowicz), a successful entrepreneur,with experience in Sales and Recruiting.
Are our institutions of Higher Learning Preparing graduates for the Real World? Not without teaching them to “Block and Tackle.”
Many of our colleges and universities are laced with coursework that follows a textbook. Students are asked to [...]