Just been told about a really neat explanation of Twitter. This is a short animated video by Lee Le Fever at Common Craft, and makes a lot of sense. I […]
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How we talk to each other and convey messages.
The Story of Sorry
Kevin Rudd’s apology to the stolen generations yesterday was profound, and very moving. I think it was also notable that the centrepiece of it was a story. Just one story, […]
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I move: That today we honour the indigenous peoples of this land, the oldest continuing cultures in human history. We reflect on their past mistreatment. We reflect in particular on […]
Read moreHelp solve world hunger – and learn!
Now here is a really interesting concept! Have a look at FreeRice: From the site: FreeRice has two goals: Provide English vocabulary to everyone for free. Help end world […]
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“A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.” – Caskie Stinnett
Read moreConnecting to stakeholders with new media
I have probably mentioned here that I am now a member of the International Association of Business Communicators. I wrote a brief article a while ago for their global magazine, […]
Read moreWhere is the context? (And another event)
A belated note from the Enterprise Change Management conference in KL at the end of August: “The context for most structured data lies in unstructured data. The IT industry has […]
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How’s your Latin? I have just read that this was a favourite saying of John Steinbeck. Apparently all of his books carry this insignia. Although I have read a Steinbeck […]
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Just received an email from a colleague at KMLF, asking me to join a new social networking site, called Quechup (which I am not going to link to). I looked […]
Read moreA picture paints 1k words
Here’s the latest thing – Imagini. Discover your “Visual DNA” and “communicate with others in a totally different way.” Looks interesting. It seems to be basically a social networking thing, […]
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