Our Value Statement as a Tag Cloud
I’ll be the first to admit that if you haven’t seen one before a “tag cloud” can be a bit confusing, but the concept is actually pretty cool: statistically analyze all the words in a book, on a Web site, or similar, then pick the dozen most common important words (e.g., skip “the” and “and”) and display them, with the words that appear more frequently larger than those that are more uncommon. You’ve probably seen them as you’ve surfed the Web, perhaps without really thinking about how quickly and efficiently they can convey a lot...
Read MoreMeeting Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu was in Denver last night as part of the Insight Speaker Series. Thanks to the organizer Elizabeth Weiland I was able to score a front row seat and access to the reception after the event. Mr. Tutu appeared still very dynamic and energetic at the age of 76. Stil a force to reckon with. Mayor Hickenlooper introduced him as one of the most inspirational speakers of the 20th century. WHAT DID HE HAVE TO SAY? He spoke a lot about humanity and gave a great definition of Ubuntu: ” It is the essence of being human. A person has Ubuntu. He/she depends utterly on others. A person...
Read MoreInterview on South African culture with Sarah Boden-Dawans
We would like to introduce you to Sarah Boden-Dawans. Sarah is the founder of Represent.co.za, a very resourceful lifestyle “blogazine” covering the arts, culture and technology scene in South Africa and abroad. Never heard of a blogazine before? Represent was coined a ‘blogazine’ as it is a hybrid between a blog and a magazine. In 2008 Sarah started Jova.co.za, an online community with a focus on creativity, culture, innovation, and social intelligence (often within an experiential marketing context) in the digital and global era, that bridges South Africa with...
Read MoreSouth Africa Project – A Time for Ubuntu
Using the 2010 Soccer World Cup to support cause marketing The 2010 World Cup will be the biggest sports event Africa has ever hosted. South Africa will be in the spotlight of the world. You might think it is a long time until then – over 640 days – but the qualification games for the event are starting in Europe this weekend and are already on its way in other parts of the world. There are a number of facts that provide mixed emotions about celebrating the Soccer World Cup: 5 million HIV infected, 1.2 million orphans as a result of AIDS casualties and some of the highest rates of...
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