Company Directors conference 2010 – day 1
Kate Carruthers I’m lucky to be attending the Australian Institute of Company Directors 2010 conference DIRECTORSHIP:10 Ahead of the Curve in Christchurch this week. Sessions today included: A recurrent theme is the…
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Libraries for the future
I spent most of my youth and childhood hanging about in public libraries and reading their books. In fact I blame libraries for most of my quirks these days, since…
ANZAC – a New Zealand view
A good example of the fellow feeling across the Tasman for ANZAC day and all that it means is the speech by the New Zealand Governor-General, Dame Silvia Cartwright, at…
Freedom – price or cost?
Many people have told me that freedom has a price. While others have told me that freedom has a cost. It got me thinking about the difference between a price…
The importance of role models who look like us
On Wednesday evening I attended the retirement dinner for a mathematics teacher whom I’ve known and respected for many years. I will not mention him by name as he’s a…
Social business, culture and value creation #sbs2010
I attended the Social Business Summit today in Sydney and had the privilege of being on a panel that discussed Transparency – Risk To The Business Or Not? Apart from…
International Women’s Day 2010 #IWD
It is fascinating to note on this International Women’s Day that one of our major newspapers has an article titled “Gender pay gap shows no sign of abating“ The gender…
realtime really? my slides from #media140
Spoke during the last session of the day at Media 140 Perth about realtime web and how it might evolve into an internet of connected people and things. Our evolution…
#febusave update – nearly 9,000 women signed up
Nearly 9,000 women signed up for the Febusave 2010 campaign, for example: 2,307 pledged to give up buying lunch 1,118 pledged to give up treats 162 pledged to give up…
7 questions to ask re new technology for your business
These questions apply for all kinds of technology decisions including hardware, software, or even social media and social networking technologies. Business people do not want to spend money on unnecessary…