Serious stuff: “dream machines that deliver the desires of the material heart”
Kate Carruthers I was lucky enough to hear my friend Mark Pesce speak at the Social Innovation BarCamp in Sydney on 6 Nov and his talk, while entertaining, was also profound. Mark…
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Serious games for business and education #GlobalSCRM
I’ve never been a big online game player (the third world bandwidth here in Australia has been enough to discourage many like me). But, having observed the development of online…
The Future of Games – Global Social CRM #GlobalSCRM
Yesterday I attended a fascinating session hosted by the Bay Area Executives Meetup on the topic of the The Future of Games: enterprises, education, social + more. The session was…
Girl Develop IT Sydney launches successfully #ozgdi
Girl Develop IT Sydney kicked off well last night with thirty eight students, led by the indomitable Pamela Fox and a number of teaching assistants. Women from all sorts of…
Interested in sustainable design? Check out #sibsyd
The next Social Innovation BarCamp is on and the theme is sustainable design! Click here to REGISTER NOWWhen: Saturday 6 November 2010 Time: 9.30 am – 5.30 pmWhere: COFA Paddington,…
Inspiring: Girl Develop IT #becauseiamagirl
One thing I’m passionate about is the possibilities opened up for all of us by technology. And techincal literacy is an important way that we can open up those possibilities…
Twitter, commonsense and journalism #groggate
I’ve been observing the discourse in the mainstream and social media worlds about the ‘outing’ of the blogger Grog’s Gamut – the so-called #groggate. Craig Thomler has made an excellent…
Help a girl and you help a family, a village and the world #becauseiamagirl
I’ve been a big supporter of the Plan Because I am a Girl campaign – if you haven’t shared your story do it now! The other day @uskovic shared this…
Making digital marketing work
Much of the digital marketing I see is a bit tragic. Tragic for the businesses who are investing hard won income into campaigns that might not deliver a return on…
Why things don’t change – or the tyranny of ‘THEM’
Over the years I worked as a senior manager in large organisations and, more recently, as an educator and business coach for senior managers across private and government organisations. A…