Protea Hotel Clarens - Bloemfontein - Clarens

Searching for accommodation in Bloemfontein then search no more ... location for conferences, corporate functions and team building exercises alike. Activities ... . This artists’ haven is a tapestry steeped in history and rich in legend.This retreat is at the foothills [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 17:28:02

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The Peace Table

I’ve been to a few corporate team-building exercises where they try to get adults to learn to work together harmoniously ... table and two chairs that is set in a quiet part of the classroom. In the middle of the table should [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 10:07:42

Fencing as a corporate team building event.

So, you’re thinking of a company event that would be out of the ordinary? Why not invite your colleagues for an afternoon of modern swordplay! ... . Team based warm-up, coordination and stretching exercises. Basic technique Dynamic footwork ... and concentration - qualities crucial for any company or business. And yet, it’s great fun, good exercise [more...]

Date: 2009-02-17 21:40:27

Can't We All Just Get Along?

Can't We All Just Get Along? So the bill that everyone was eagerly awaiting.. ... . us. Someone needs to send all these politicians on one of those lame corporate retreats where you do trust falls and team building exercises...where you learn to cooperate and work together [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 16:15:38

Themed Nautical Nights

Fancy having a parley with your mates?Want to re-enact South Pacific? ... increasingly popular for corporate hospitality or motivational exercises as well as private parties.They’re especially useful for team building because “dressing up” tends to break down reservations – it’ [more...]

Date: 2009-02-15 08:31:48

Themed Events With A Nautical Twist

Fancy having a parley with your pals?Want to re-enact South Pacific? ... increasingly popular for corporate hospitality or motivational exercises as well as private parties.They’re especially useful for team building because “dressing up” tends to break down departmental barriers [more...]

Date: 2009-02-14 00:10:52

Pontificating on the Subject of Paradigms

*From an e-mail to a friend* I spent the morning in corporate mandated team building, more specifically, a class entitled “Adapting to Change”. A facilitator came in to teach the class. We did exercises to illustrate various points on the subject; I built the first story of a house of cards while wearing a blindfold. I’d recommend [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 04:36:51

Inhale vs. Exhale. The metal vocal wars rage on as old men like me look on.

Sergeant D presenting during the Metal Inquisition corporate retreat. That's our administrative assistant Pearl to his left ... forum. During this yearly retreat, we partake in the usual team building exercises, review possible ... weekend, the annual Metal Inquistion retreat took place in an undisclosed rural location [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 05:02:00

Congressional Team Building

Will Obama succeed at redefining how Washington works? ... of the administration's governance efforts. Obama ran the summit like a corporate brainstorming exercise ... . (The exercise in forcing Democrats and Republicans to talk with each other is like going to school [more...]

Date: 2009-02-24 11:20:56

Team Work CRM

I thought it was like Team Building software where there are group activities and exercises to improve and strengthen relationships within an ... development which means that all the corporate data are gathered in one place for an easy access among [more...]

Date: 2009-02-19 07:54:00

Saving Your Local Newspaper

Note:  these are just thoughts I had after a meeting, described below — they are neither particularly structured, nor necessarily well-researched and informed, but rather the result of spending a bit of time thinking about a real-world problem I came across. My friend Leah Garchik of the San Francisco Chronicle just gave me a photocopy ( [more...]

Date: 2009-02-28 04:55:50

Leadership

Last week's column on bad IT management and the strong response from readers that followed show this to be a huge issue ... one. Management is -- at its very best -- an exercise in coping while leadership is so much ... and that whatever task a team was facing was something he could code in Visual Basic over a weekend. Both [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 23:29:44

State of the Nation – Part Two

Last night, I summarized some of the good developments that had taken shape during President Mohamed Nasheed’s first hundred days in office. By no means, would that be an objective or exhaustive list. It was just a list of developments which I was able to recollect from my own memory or conversations with colleagues and friends [more...]

Date: 2009-02-22 19:44:14

Not Sure Where to Start with Workforce Planning?

Workforce Management’s weekly e-newsletter contained a question and answer regarding getting started with workforce planning. (See article here.) This is a common scenario – the executive team issues a mandate to start workforce planning ... be developed that fits within your organization’s business planning cycle and takes corporate [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 18:54:51

Alaska State Troopers Press Release of Friday, March 06, 2009

Any charges reported in these press releases are merely accusations and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.A Detachment…No news reported.B Detachment ————————————————- Location: Wasilla Case number: 09-17847 Type: Warrant Arrest Text: On 3-5-09 at 1236 hours AST in Palmer arrested Janelle Marquis, age 20, [more...]

Date: 2009-03-07 14:22:29

Foreign Language Requirement

Thu 22 Jan 2009 Posted by David under Requirements Posted at 6:58 am Thanks to “a parent” for pointing out a draft report on international education initiatives. The Report has much to recommend to it. Read the whole thing. But at least one idea is very bad. The College should work towards instituting a language requirement by 2020 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 11:58:06

Deal Journal] Bottom Feeding: Banco Santander of Spain is in advanced talks to take full control of Sovereign Bancorp, a big thrift holding company hurt by sour loans. Stayin’ Alive, Stayin’ Alive: Morgan Stanley revised the terms of its investment from Mitsubishi UFJ by granting the Japanese bank preferred stock with a 10% dividend, [more...]

Date: 2008-10-10 14:10:24

Why are we even arguing about this?

Presented to the AGM of the Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship and for the product launch of IntranetManager.NET ... long distance access! At the same time, I doubt any of us even considered the corporate web site ... to participate in social media activity - either internally or in public. I doubt there’s anyone [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 09:00:19

To Wave Or Not To Wave - That Is The Question

By Boris Evelson Many years ago as I started researching and analyzing the differences between major BI vendors, one criterion that I always used was whether these vendors ate their own dog food. In other words, did a vendor executive team use the same solutions for data collection, building metrics [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 10:53:50

Corporate Health Promotion Plan Ideas: Healthy Work Environment Strategies

• clearly communicated vision and mission • clear and accurate job descriptions • supportive appraisal system • worker empowerment through ... Support • exercise breaks and stretches • team challenges • corporate sport teams such as soccer ... decision-making, pace of work and connection to corporate goals, (on-line tools that connect [more...]

Date: 2009-02-25 14:15:23

Tax Revenue Fails to Deliver

by The Mogambo Guru I now spend an inordinate amount of time alternately whimpering in fear and bellowing in outrage, especially after being told of the laughable lineup of the new Obama team of appointments and posts, every one of whom is promising vigorous intervention and deficit-spending of one kind or another [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 21:53:04

More Interesting Insights on the Latschar Situation

From the current issue of National Journal , we have the following article on John Latschar’s reign at Gettysburg: LINCOLN BICENTENNIAL A New Battle Rages At Gettysburg Gettysburg National Military Park had a $103 million makeover, but conflict at the iconic site continues. by Edward T. Pound Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009 GETTYSBURG, Pa [more...]

Date: 2009-02-20 15:53:56

Gates of Vienna News Feed 9/30/2008

USABlack Racists Recruited to Guide the JihadCAIR Tries to Censor California PoliticiansIslam Convert Gets 35 Years in Plot to Attack MallLocal Muslim Scouts Celebrate RamadanPolice: No Evidence of Hate Crime at Ohio MosqueProsecutors on Obama ‘Truth Squad’ Sound RetreatSocialist “Bailout” Could Spark CollapseUS Publisher of Muslim Novel Closes [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 00:58:00

HIGH PAYING $100K + SECURITY EXECUTIVE POSITION NOW AVAILABLE IN LAGOS AT BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO!!

Job Title: Security Executive Location: Lagos Reporting to: ... of all subordinate security staff, including contractors and consultants, and distribution chain throughout ... and coach team members on security procedures for the protection of: Company personnel/families [more...]

Date: 2009-03-03 14:17:09

Gates of Vienna News Feed 2/13/2009

The two most interesting news stories tonight come from China. First, the Chinese export industry has collapsed, throwing at least 20 million more people out of work. 20 million. Even in China, that’s a lot of people. The second story: China demands that the USA “guarantee” that the value of any further Treasury assets it buys will not be [more...]

Date: 2009-02-14 04:55:00

Multimedia as Composition: Research, Writing, and Creativity

Introduction: Multimedia in the Classroom Over a period of three years, I taught three courses that integrated multimedia with literature, film, history, and American studies. I did not want multimedia to simply be added on to my courses as some technological addition, like bringing a TV into a classroom [more...]

Date: 2009-02-17 14:30:44

INAUGURATION: HEIGHTENED ALERT A "NATIONAL SPECIAL SECURITY EVENT"

Security tight. VERY tight.As we approach the inaugural, many rumors of threats to president-elect Obama are swirling ... at the Capitol building and the historic parade down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House, but also ... live-on-MTV party at the Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center.Due to the popularity [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 07:54:00

Climbin’ the wall at Rock Ventures, Rochester NY

If you’re climbing the walls waiting for winter to end, then the perfect place for you is Rock Ventures in Rochester, NY! ... leadership training advice of “taking risks” and went for his dream of building a world class climbing ... with an Introductory Course that teaches you 10 climbing skills, belay training and that recommends improvement [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 13:00:57

Six Keys to Turning Around the Republican Party

Here's how the GOP can charge into 2010 with a fired-up conservative base and appeal to a wider slice of the American public. February 17, 2009 - by John HawkinsIf we want to fix what ails the Republican Party, it’s worth taking a few moments to diagnose what went wrong, while acknowledging what the Democrats did right [more...]

Date: 2009-02-17 08:00:25

The Dreaded Circle of Trust

"Close your eyes," says Lisa. She is smiling. Her face is flushed with the excitement of sharing this experience with us ... . Letting my body fall into their outstretched hands is unthinkable. I hate these trust exercises ... telling me that I can trust them. "Close your eyes and let yourself fall," repeats lisa. I blink [more...]

Date: 2009-02-23 03:44:00

TNNW BULLETIN, February, 2009, Week 4

Major Developments, Forward Motion, Events and Actionable Items February 22, ... provider of networking, marketing, public relations, image-building, distribution, communications ... receive our weekly Newsletter, as well as the RSS and email feeds, free of charge. Additionally [more...]

Date: 2009-02-20 17:42:00

Reader Mail #79

I liked this post on Azrael's Free Thoughts , linking to this article on how Al Gore and "global warming" are one big evil fnord. I'm been planning to do a post on how global warming is one big scam. This article , via Hacker News, about the threat to network neutrality was interesting, but it sort of missed the point [more...]

Date: 2009-02-17 17:00:00

A True American Entrepreneur

Target Health contributes to the US Green Revolution by enabling clients to go paperless with its eClinical Trial software & tool kit, created in-house by an IT Department, second to none. Executive of the Year 2009 - T. Boone Pickens Despite strong head winds, T [more...]

Date: 2009-02-26 16:06:12

Transcript: Rahm Emanuel on Meet the Press, January 18, 2009

(Source: NBC’s Meet the Press) MR. DAVID GREGORY:  Our issues this Sunday:  the transition ceremonies are under way, and in just two days the historic inauguration of Barack Obama as our nation’s 44th president.  He’ll inherit a country in economic turmoil, an ongoing multifront war on terror and renewed violence in the Middle East [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 18:19:08

Learning from Michelle

I’ve seen books that teach you how to apply lessons from private life to leadership in the office, but this one  takes leadership skills from the office and applies them to the home. The whole premise of Jamie Woolf’s Mom-in-Chief: How Wisdom from the Workplace Can Save Your Family from Chaos is that “being a mom means being a leader, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 14:15:57

Planning Victory in Afghanistan

February 09, 2009, 4:00 a.m.Planning Victory in AfghanistanNine principles the Obama administration should follow.By Frederick W. KaganPresident Obama has said many times that America must succeed in Afghanistan. He is right, and he deserves our full support in that effort.Afghanistan is in many respects harder to understand than Iraq was [more...]

Date: 2009-02-24 03:32:40

1st Corporate Running Clinic (Part 2)

A week after the Team Bald Runner speakers conducted a lecture on the “Whys” of running among the staff and personnel of Reinier Pacific last January ... members of the team Bald Runner. The exercises started at 3:30 PM last Thursday, 15 January ... the drills, the coaches divided the participants into three (3) groups for them to do a “team building” [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 01:34:26

Chirp. Chirp.

All through the house not a creature was stirring, Not even a mouse. No one should be stirring! It was 2:30 am. Chirp. Chirp? ... team building exercises. Without the corporation. Go team Nirvana! Get to the top of the 2 story ceiling and replace that nine volt battery in the complaining smoke detector and learn to trust [more...]

Date: 2009-02-02 14:58:23

Ambition Events - Newsletter December 2008

Dear Athletes, Welcome to Ambition Events eNews.In this months newsletter we have some exciting updates on upcoming events for 2009. RAW Africa Namibia is heating up rapidly and so is the competitor list. Both Tring 2 Town and the Thames Path Ultra promise to be the some the best races that the UK Ultra Community has seen in years [more...]

Date: 2009-01-24 00:03:44

ScamBuster 62

From: Br. Bernard McCarthy Esq. (For Trustees) Managing Partner (Sipho Chambers) PRETORIA SOUTH AFRICA 9Email: barrbernard@live.com NOTIFICATION OF BEQUEST: Attention: Sir/Madam This is a personal email directed to you and I request that it be Treated as such [more...]

Date: 2009-02-25 12:34:23

The Presidential Inaugural: Challenges and the Home Field Advantage

This global security and intelligence report is brought to you by Fred Burton and Scott Stewart of Stratfor.com ... -in ceremony for the new president and vice president at the Capitol building and the historic parade ... at the Washington National Cathedral to the raucous live-on-MTV party at the Ronald Reagan Building [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 11:34:47

News & Notes 2/25/09

Greetings to you, my Friends,I begin this week’s issue of “News & Notes” with the same announcement as last week’s — that a Special Church Conference ... is the registration form for our Women’s Retreat, which will take place March 20-22.  It should be a great event [more...]

Date: 2009-02-25 15:52:58

Production-Side Environmentalism: Can we produce less and consume more?

Introduction: In this important contribution to the ongoing debate over “individual” versus “social” solutions to global warming and ecological ... Corporate “environmentalism” is consumer-side environmentalism. “Make your dollars work for the Earth.” “ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:16:02

Podcast278: TechShoppingCart Podcast09: Digital Wishes, Flip Video Labs, and Manifest Destiny for EdTech

is being “disintermediated.” I love it! If you are an event producer of any kind (this can certainly include school events) check out the PodCorps.org page for Event Producers. Post your event to eventful.com and use the tag “podcorps.” Within 24 hours available “stringers” in your local area should be notified of the event [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 18:45:22

Dubai Marina Yacht Club to host Dragon Boat Festival on February 13

Dubai Marina Yacht Club, the newly opened leisure destination for marine enthusiasts, ... racing requires a paddler’s synchronized precision and is a perfect team building activity. The sport ... part.Dragon Boating puts together 22 team mates on an oar powered boat decorated with carved and painted [more...]

Date: 2009-02-03 02:31:13

Diogenes' Lantern

"Your old man is worth a hundred million bucks, Mrs. Loring. I wouldn't know just how he got it, but I know damn well he didn't get it without building ... to be in these days to make that kind of money. And you do business with some funny people. You may [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 15:12:00

Alaska State Troopers Press Release of Saturday, February 28, 2009

Any charges reported in these press releases are merely accusations and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.A Detachment————————————————-Location: KetchikanCase number: 09-16110, 09-16111Type: Arrest Warrant x 2Text: On 2-27-2009 at approximately 0024 hours, [more...]

Date: 2009-03-01 13:43:03

The Worst Jobs I Ever Had: Coworker Profile #2: Dross

Dross was a big deal at a distribution company for which I worked ... -That-Be in our corporate headquarters out West, the way Darth Vader was brought in to seriously fuck with The Force ... of the jellybean handle. Some Sith Lord Darth Sidious or other in our corporate headquarters saw a great [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 01:43:00

Am I a Church Planter?

(Feet above of Mark Driscoll and JI Packer in a meeting together. I will let you decide which is whose feet) By Pastor Scott Thomas, Acts 29 Director Every young man that considers church planting asks the question, Am I a Church Planter? It is the question I asked myself before planting a church [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 01:20:05

Marketing Success Comes From the Righ

Are You a Left Brainer or a Right Brainer? Your brain is divided into two completely separate hemispheres. Each hemisphere processes information differently. Your left hemisphere processes information in series. It thinks in language. It works linearly and methodically. Your right hemisphere processes information in parallel [more...]

Date: 2009-02-05 20:10:35

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