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As a journalist and social media devotee, my ears pricked up when I saw the tweets about Media140 coming to Sydney.
People I have admired throughout my journalism and blogging career will be speaking at the conference, which aims to find the answers to the question: “What is the future of journalism in the Social Media Age?”
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The tragic events of the Victorian bushfires on February 7, 2009, when 173 people lost their lives, saw a huge outpouring of generosity from people throughout the world.
The Australian Red Cross collected more than $315 million to help the survivors of this heart-breaking event at a time when people felt truly helpless, so they did what they could – gave money.
The power of humanity was like a tidal wave, whose rippling effect was felt by millions on this planet.
But we don’t need an event like this, or the Italian earthquake, or September 11, to show others we care. Random acts of kindness occur every day – and it’s up to us to keep those ripples of compassion going.
As an avid online networker myself I would never discourage my children from using social media. I think so much can be gained from talking to people around the world – or in the same suburb – to extend your knowledge, share your interests or challenge yourself.
But I would definitely put a time limit on the amount of time they spent networking online so they get to experience a bit of real life – talk to their parents and sibling, breathe air outside the room housing the computer and have real friendships. Obviously with Noah aged three and Ethan still a baby this is an issue I won’t be considering again for a while, but the inaugural Festival of Dangerous Ideas at Sydney’s Opera House over the October Long Weekend got me thinking. One of the sessions included in the program is Baroness Susan Greenfield discussing Does Online Networking Harm Children’s Brains?
This poem was written by Belinda Emmett after she found out she was dying from breast cancer. It touched me and made me question whether my problems really were as big or important as I thought.
After reading Sarah Prout’s blog on Planing for 09 I was inspired to write my own, listing my hopes and aspirations for 2009.
I anticipate 2009 will be a pretty major year for me – both personally and professionally. [Read more...]
My oldest friend sent me a great poem by Maya Angelou. See if you find it inspirational.
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE…enough money within her control to move out and rent a place of her own, even if she never wants to or needs to. [Read more...]
While catching up with my email, I read a great story in the Red Tent Woman newsletter.
Peter had just begun his role as a General Manager for a multi-million dollar company. He arrived on his first day, excited and thrilled with the prospect of what lay ahead. John, the owner of the company, gave him his first acquisition and entrusted Peter with a million dollar deal. [Read more...]
I am not one of those people who attends courses and seminars all the time, writing copious notes and then filing them never to look back at what inspired me to put pen to paper. [Read more...]
My mother hung a copy of this inspirational poem in our home as I was growing up. I heard it again yesterday and was reminded how much these words resonated with me then – and still do now. I feel this poem, written by Max Ehrmann in 1927, is a good guide for life.
“Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. [Read more...]
“Laughter is a tranquiliser with no side effects”. This quote by Arnold H. Glasow sums up the infectious nature of laughter and the effect it can have on humans.
Laughter is one of those unifying things that transverses all barriers – language, culture, age, sex. Who hasn’t, at some time, laughed so much they couldn’t stop, and when they did their stomach hurt? [Read more...]
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