Last Friday I had the pleasure of what is probably my first ‘real’ media experience. I’ve done newspapers and magazines before, of course, and I’ve certainly written plenty of opinion pieces for a great variety of fora (websites, magazines, newspapers, etc), but I’ve never done live radio or live TV before. I’ve still not done …
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This morning I had the pleasure of presenting to the Southbank Institute of Tafe’s COTAH (College of Tourism and Hospitality), helping out one Nicole Jensen who I met on twitter. As I understand it the exercise is to ensure practical experience regarding event management – i.e. run an event, rather than take in what the …
One of the fun things I do regularly is Rostrum – a public speaking club. The other night we had a balloon debate and at the last minute I was drafted in. A balloon debate is where there are three people in a leaking hot air balloon who are arguing over a single parachute. The …
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Last Thursday I had the pleasure of presenting a three-hour workshop at CPA Congress in Melbourne on the ‘Business Impact of Online Social Networking’. Partly my presentation was regarding the business risk of online social networking, but also considering the positives and how online social networking can be used to leverage business opportunities. @micktleyden was …
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I had the honour of chairing Richard Wanstall’s session today at the Brisbane Convention Centre on the topic of AIFRS. Richard is the lead partner for the Accounting Advisory Services Group for Deloitte, and addressed the following issues in his presentation today: The agenda addressed included the following: Current changes in financial reporting Impact of …