Tag Archives: training
Chance Offered To Learn The Business Of Business In 2013
Despite the enormous focus placed on encouraging entrepreneurial activities in SA, thousands of dreams continue to be shattered as SMEs falter and fail. The main reason for this, says business expert Catherine Wijnberg, is because entrepreneurs tend to follow their passion but often never stop to learn the actual nitty-gritty of running a successful business. [...]
Financial Literacy Competition Promotes Careers In The Insurance Sector
The Insurance Sector Education and Training Authority (INSETA) partnered with The KwaZulu-Natal Financial Literacy Association to promote financial literacy among Grade 11s through a recent speech contest. uMfolozi FET College Esikhawini in Mpangeni was the venue for the financial literacy competition in which Grade 11 pupils from all over KwaZulu-Natal had a chance to develop [...]
The Power Of Design And User-Experience To Your Business
Design is an invisible force that surrounds us everywhere we go – it’s in the cars we drive, the programs we watch, the homes we live in and the breakfast cereals we eat. Since Cape Town has won its bid to be the Design Capital of the world in 2014, South Africans are going to [...]
Tomorrow’s Artisan: Building With Clicks Not Bricks
Before Web 2.0, high school graduates would either enter into tertiary education or take up an artisan trade. Today, with the innovations of social media, apps and content management platforms like WordPress, school leavers can find jobs building the world around them, not with bricks and cement, but out of clicks and content. Six South [...]
Event: Heavy Chef September 2011 “Corporates As Publishers”
The Heavy Chef show rolls back into Johannesburg. After an overwhelming response to last month’s event with Nikki Cockcroft it appears that Nikki is going to be talking at the next Heavy Chef Session on the 20th September. The Heavy Chef Project is a portal created by the good people at leading digital marketing agency [...]
1 min. with a Superhero: Luvuyo Rani from Silulo Ulutho Technologies
Go on any given day to the Future Growth shopping centre in Khayalitsha and you’ll notice a queue of patrons outside the Silulo shop in the corner. The store, one of two in the centre, is sandwiched between the familiar anchor tenants you’d expect to dominate the area. The shop is one of a chain [...]
Tips for choosing a spokesperson for your business
Selecting the face of an organization or company is often a tricky choice, do you go the Steve Jobs route and make the boss the face of your company? Do you choose a trained professional communicator with PR qualifications, or a team member who you believe embodies your brand aspirations? Whichever direction you go, some [...]
Interview with a Superhero: Lianne from The Heavy Chef Digital Marketing Course
Today, we’re sipping coffees with Lianne Byrne-Hammacott, our pal from sister site, The Heavy Chef Project. Lianne is the new lecturer on the team and will be spearheading the Heavy Chef’s digital marketing courses in 2010. Lianne comes with a wealth of experience from the United Kingdom and has just settled back in our sunny [...]
