Ugly Betty now in South Africa is an Ugly Role Model
Driving 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 […]
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 this conference. There was a lot of talk about blogging being used for activism and […]
Freek Robinson offers tips for successful interviews with Media
Marketingweb 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 […]
Self-promotion interview with Damaria Senne
You may be interested in this 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 […]
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 a slow starter back then. Every weekend I would rely on my best friend and neighbour to give me a lift to and […]