The trouble with shocking journalism of this type is that it very strongly perpetuates stereotypes. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/the-thorn-birds-author-colleen-mccullough-dies-on-norfolk-island/story-e6frg8n6-1227201243185 The moment someone sees the name, Colleen McCullough, they are drawn to read the piece. Whether these readers are sexist or not, the jokey …
This is a complete how-to guide for starting out in visual facilitation. It’s aimed at youth, but it’s good for everyone. Here’s the link to the PDF: http://www.joonmeedia.ee/graphic_express/14-10-03/graphic_express_11-5_mb_max.pdf. And the website is: https://www.salto-youth.net/rc/euromed/. This amazing resource was shared on Facebook …
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Thanks to Styli Charalambous, I was at the excellent ‘The Election Gathering’ 2014, held at Gold Reef City. It was a day filled with political discussion, by the players who will be participating in our coming election. One of the …
At the end of February, I was privileged to attend the Design Indaba Conference 2014 in Cape Town. I was there courtesy of social media agency, CEREBRA, for ABSA. I was located in the satellite venue, where I sat at …
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GT247 — Infographic for the launch of MobiTrader, originally uploaded by royblumenthal. When GT247 launched their iOS and Android version of the mobile spread-trading app, Mobi Trader, they asked me to create a graphic explaining why it’s a great idea …
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Zuma’s Pear (not to be confused with #ZumaSpear) #NakedButTasteful, originally uploaded by royblumenthal.
@StaffordMasie (delivering a tech talk at the @InoVatioDistrib conference), originally uploaded by royblumenthal. Stafford Masie used to be the head dude at Google South Africa. (Yeah… you can google him.) He talked to Inovatio‘s channel partners about the direction technology …
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Boxing Clever — a WinWin Group conference for Unilever, originally uploaded by royblumenthal. Thanks to the genius of David and Steve at the WinWin Group, Unilever had what must rank as one of the most exciting and DIFFERENT conferences ever! …
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Many people ask me whether or not visual facilitation is distracting to delegates. The short answer is a loud and emphatic, ‘NO!!!’ The long answer is probably best addressed by Tom Wujec from Autodesk, delivering a TEDTalk in February 2009: …
Doodle Using ‘SketchBook Mobile Express’ For Android, originally uploaded by royblumenthal. I’ve been yearning for a decent drawing app for my Android phone (I have an HTC DESIRE). MAGIC DOODLE was the closest I was able to get to actually …
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