A (non-beginners) guide to starting something

A (non-beginners) guide to starting something

5 POLICIES for those who dare to BEGIN THINGS (when you aren't a beginner anymore). “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.." There is virtue in overturning the...
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CEREBELLA : beautiful brainiacs with digital powers

CEREBELLA : beautiful brainiacs with digital powers

Cerebella is a network of ferociously-smart tech-enabled women who share their experiences & expertise to bring more bright young girls into tech and the brainier pursuits. It's also about crashing the conviction that smart can't also be sexy. And.. to have the good taste not to take ourselves too seriously en route.
What in the world are you doing with your life?

What in the world are you doing with your life?

What happens if you decide tomorrow won't follow the same largely predictible script? Is it even possible if you aren't prone to multiple personality disorder, win the lottery, fall desperately in love or somesuch outrageous turn of irreversible external circumstance is foisted upon your being?
Learning Event : Marketing for a New World

Learning Event : Marketing for a New World

We have a Huddlemind event in 3 weeks time [27 Nov 2008 9am - 1pm] >> for all of you who have been waiting for Dave to do a session outside of the business school. He’s teaming up with the man who started Saatchi & Saatchi’s At Play1 [interactive marketing across all media channels] division...

Hooray! open.source leadership: Rock on the Obama era

Nomadic Marketing 4 : the networthing dinner

Nomadic Marketing 4 : the networthing dinner

Nomadic Marketing1 : with its first major programme revision/evolution, is underway next week. Programme director, Dave Duarte has built a brain.friendly and immersive curriculum for delegates to engage with topics and faculty, in an unprecedented learning experience around social media that no amount of lecturing or conference style presentations could offer. One of the sexy...

Globalization street.smarts: take the 20 question quiz [cocktail party conversation as markets gently crash]

Alrighty, for those of you who have an opinion on the world markets. Come test your contextual knowledge on globalization (yes, economics can be sexy AND remarkably useful to understand in a wobbling world). They’re questions slung together for the 1st year class, so it’s no in-depth analysis, but good grounding basics & worth a...
Preparing for an Epiphany : high class head.wrestling

Preparing for an Epiphany : high class head.wrestling

Next Wednesday eve, Cape Town will pingback after seeing so many of the blogger community from Joburg for Wordcamp & more last week. At the SA Business Schools Expo at the Sandton Sun, Epiphany (the new baby) in collaboration with Huddlemind (homebase) is doing a transcity mashup of minds. On an issue that seems to...
Cerebella #3 [geek girls at Origin]

Cerebella #3 [geek girls at Origin]

I’ve finally broken through my seemingly impassable writer’s block! And ladies first, with a huge thank you to the fine women who came to Origin. And to the fine staff & the divine David of Origin for letting us loose in your space and being brave enough to run an honesty system on settling our...
Practical Innovation: relentless problem.solving

Practical Innovation: relentless problem.solving

My heartfelt thanks to Dave Duarte: for the opportunity to guest lecture in his stead on main campus while he led the 3rd successful run of Nomadic Marketing at the Graduate School of Business. I’ve seen Dave present countless times – and trust me it’s NOT an easy act to follow – he speaks with...
Promise to include the boys.. (next time)

Promise to include the boys.. (next time)

It’s been a frenzied few months, but { Huddlemind } is getting stronger by the day and it’s time to look up from the books and get out to play. Many months ago at a geekdinner in Cape Town, the bright Sarah Blake suggested that we start doing geek.girl gatherings here in South Africa. What...

President Mbeki & the Fairy Godmother

Quick question for all you talented marketers: How would you get media attention and prime.time billing over the throngs of outrageously attired politicians and their associated soap.opera-like antics at the Opening of Parliament, at one of the most critical periods in South African history? Seems impossible? Not if you’re the Fairy Godmother who doesn’t believe...
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