September 2009 Blog Posts (4)

Edward de Bono Charity Auction for 2 Causes in Kenya

I'm organising an auction on behalf of 2 worthwhile causes operating out of Kilifi in Southern Kenya.

Edward has generously provided 3 signed presentation slides for auction. Each illustration was draw during Edward's Key note address during at the Gartner Portals, Content & Collaboration Summit on Wednesday the 16th of September 09.

The last time Edward auctioned off slides for charity he raised £400 per slide, so fingers crossed!…

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Added by Sean Kirwan on September 25, 2009 at 16:30 — No Comments

Simplicity, taking lateral thinking literally

Phil suggested I should make a new blog entry. After all, he wants to be King of Australia so I better listen to him. He's the funny one on this site. Franis talked about Dream Building and Chuck is looking for writers. To Kathy and David I would suggest that Aspies might take things literally. Rees asked why anyone joined, and encourages you to participate.

Ever since I did, I am getting invitations from people I don't know to join them elsewhere. Edward wrote in his book… Continue

Added by Frans van Wamel on September 23, 2009 at 15:00 — No Comments

Thinking my way through a compex issue

My teeth hurt and an exam by a local oral surgeon shows I need to have seven teeth extracted at a cost of just under four thousand dollars. Now I can't afford to pay that sum, so I began using various techniques to find some solution. I can travel to another country where the work can be done for a fraction of the US cost, but, including restorative dentistry after the extractions, it takes time and travel costs money. Finding well qualified oral surgeons and dentists in the world was… Continue

Added by Carl L Snare Jr on September 20, 2009 at 19:05 — 1 Comment

Email: A new eLanguage is required

Why is it that people have become 'eLiterate' when it comes to email?

Done properly, email is quite an effective tool for any business. But what's needed is a new language built precisely for email.

Newer Generations have introduced emoticons :) to depict how they are feeling. For example this :) equals a smiley face (for happy) or this :[ equals a sad or angry face.

But I don't think in business emoticons would work. I couldn't imagine a Fortune 500 CEO sending… Continue

Added by Anthony Carroll on September 17, 2009 at 14:39 — 2 Comments