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Psychologies Workshop: Marc Kahn on Emotional Intelligence
Events 136
1758 days ago Ramon Thomas

Psychologies Workshop: Marc Kahn on Emotional Intelligence

Marc KahnThis past Saturday I attended the first ever Psychologies Magazine Readers' Workshop at the beautiful and picturesque Groot Constantia. I had only picked up one copy of this magazine and enjoyed most of it. It's exactly my cup of tea. One thing bothered me though was that this magazine is aimed at women. And I quickly sent off an email to the editor. Only to find out that there was letter from another man published asking the same question. Why this is a magazine for women because Read More →
The Impact of Social Networking on the Value of Information
Events 136
1759 days ago Ramon Thomas

The Impact of Social Networking on the Value of Information

Last week I was invited to present a lecture at the University of Johannesburg by the Department of Information & Knowledge Management where I am an alumni as well as currently registered for my Masters degree in Information Science. Contact Andrea Ferreira if you would to be added to their list for similar seminars held every couple of months. The key points were as follows:
Robert Bly explains the way to meet the Wild Man aka Iron John
Books 35
1759 days ago Ramon Thomas

Robert Bly explains the way to meet the Wild Man aka Iron John

Iron John manhood book by poet Robert BlyThis book is a must read for any man living in the world today. And for any mother who wants to know what to do with her son, most especially if she is raising him as a single mother. This strikes a real cord with me because I grew up with a single mother ? and I lacked a Read More →
Ugly Betty now in South Africa is an Ugly Role Model
Television 3
1763 days ago Ramon Thomas

Ugly Betty now in South Africa is an Ugly Role Model

Ugly Betty SuarezDriving around Johannesburg I've noticed several huge billboards advertising the new show on M-NET, Ugly Betty. The reviews are all positive in the South African media like this one by Tashi Tagg. And this is to be expected because we live in a politically correct country or some would say world. Now I have not watch this television show and have no intention of doing so based on my opinion of this show. And what may Read More →
Digital Citizens Indaba 2007 announced at Rhodes University
Blogging 33
1763 days ago Ramon Thomas

Digital Citizens Indaba 2007 announced at Rhodes University

My friend Henry Addo notified me of this event via the African Bloggers Group. The Digital Citizens Indaba, which is a Blogging Conference, will take place again this year from 9-11 September 2007. Last year I was a speaker at last year's event. There was a lot of talk about blogging being used to for activism and the now stale debate on blogging vs journalism. There were several international speakers like Ethan Zuckerman, co-founder of Global Voices and Emeka Okafor, program director of the TEDGlobal 2007 conference. There was a very Read More →
Freek Robinson on Do’s and Dont’s of in Interviews with the media
Media 26
1768 days ago Ramon Thomas

Freek Robinson on Do’s and Dont’s of in Interviews with the media

Free RobinsonMarketingweb just posted an excellent summary of points by Freek Robinson, a long time television presenter in South Africa. He gives the following excellent tips on how to conduct yourself during and interview. And I found this particularly useful as the frequency of my radio and television interviews are consistent and as new projects come about can only increase. What I found is that it really helps to be as relaxed and natural as possible. And in fact being over prepared can be a disservice to you because your Read More →
Self-promotion interview with Damaria Senne
Interviews 10
1770 days ago Ramon Thomas

Self-promotion interview with Damaria Senne

You may be interested in this is an interview I did with journalist and blogger Damaria Senne about self promotion and building your own profile. A friend of mine once suggested that I offer this as a service to clients. So if you want to obliterate your competition and position yourself as an expert in your field or your industry, contact me directly. Read More →
The Attention Age Doctrine
Dating 53
1771 days ago Ramon Thomas

The Attention Age Doctrine

This is a speech I gave last night for my Toastmasters club... I only had my first girlfriend when I got to university, after high school. So I was a bit of slow starter back then. Every weekend I would rely on my best friend and neighbour to give me a lift to and from her because she lived in another city and his girlfriend lived there as well. So it almost became like a ritual that after he picked me up we would stop off at a garage shop and buy snacks and cool drinks. So while driving at Read More →
Investing in yourself so you can overflow and give to women
Advice 16
1772 days ago Ramon Thomas

Investing in yourself so you can overflow and give to women

Life, relationships and all human interactions relate best to the basic principles of economics which is supply and demand. When you have an oversupply of goods e.g. desperate guys trying to get the attention of an attractive woman their value drops very fast in her eyes because they are all doing the same thing to try and impress her. Now imagine a guy who ignores her and talks to other women creating curiosity and interest from her; his value rises because he is in demand and the more other women he speaks to this attractive women will start to become Read More →
Lessons from Steve Jobs on making a excellent pitch in your Presentation
Presentations 2
1772 days ago Ramon Thomas

Lessons from Steve Jobs on making a excellent pitch in your Presentation

Today I learnt via the TED Blog about a great column on Steve Jobs' presentations skills. The basics of it include the following factors:
  1. Building tension
  2. Stick to one theme per slide
  3. Add pizazz to your delivery
  4. Practise
  5. Be honest and show enthusiasm
Go directly to the Business Week column here. And you can watch the speech directly from this link on Apple's website. I watched the first 10 to 15 minutes of this presentation and the response from the audience is awesome. If you are in need of improving your Powerpoint/Presentations skills start by downloading Seth Godin's free ebook Really Read More →

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