Archive for December, 2008
Basic Information on Water and Sanitation Issues
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008This post originially appeared in www.learnaboutpoverty.org - another blogging project I’m involved in with the folks from World Vision Australia. To see the original post in all of it’s glory, please go here.
One of the biggest issues facing countries struggling with endemic poverty is the states of their water sources. In many countries, such as in […]
Open House for Social Entrepreneurs in Melbourne, Thursday
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008Just a quick one from me today, to let you all know about the amazing project which is starting on Thursday. If you’re in Melbourne, feel free to come on down and have a look around the new Donkey Wheel building. The details are as follows.
Time: 4pm-7pm
When: Thursday, 18th of December, 2008.
Where: 673 Bourke St, […]
Outliers, 10,000 hours and the Generation ‘Z’
Sunday, December 14th, 2008I have just finished the new Malcolm Gladwell book, Outliers and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was fantastic, but instead of give you a standard review I thought I would elaborate and theorise around a question of my own which hit me somewhere through the last third of the book.
“If it takes 10,000 hours to ever […]
From Vision Drive to Corporate Drive
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008Recently, my life journey has taken me to some amazing places - including helping to set up www.learnaboutpoverty.org, working at World Vision Australia generally and taking part in some pretty alive communities such as Start Up Camp Melbourne, Melbourne Jelly (intermittently, but I aim to make it a more common thing), The Hive and serving on […]