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Podcast : Lisa Wickham Tells Her Story & Speaks About The Best Of The Caribbean Tales Film Festival 2010

March 30, 2010 By Corey Graham 2.0 View Comments

 

 Podcast : Lisa Wickman Interviewed At The Best Of Caribbean Tales Film Festival [28:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (62)

This podcast features a talented and multi-faceted Trinidadian lady in Lisa Wickham. Lisa has been on TV in the twin island republic for most of her life gracing the screen from just 6 years of age.

Today she is the CEO of Imagine Media which includes :-

  • Ezone – Full service Productions Studio – TV shows, Music Videos, Advertisements, Corporate Features
  • Caribbean Film And Media Academy (CFMA) – Training Academy – Film, Video, Media
  • Ezone Management – Events, Public Relations

Over her life she has woren many hats which include TV host, Radio Announcer, Producer, Director, MC, Entrepreneur and the list goes on and on.

I catch up with Lisa Wickham at the Best of Caribbean Tales Film Festival 2010 in Barbados and she shares her perspective on marrying business with creativity talents in the Caribbean. She also talks about how her perspectives on making money in the Creative Industries in the Caribbean has changed in the last 5 – 6 years and she gives her thoughts of how it might develop in the coming years.

She also speaks about her current projects 

  • Ultimax.tv
  • Caribbean Film and Video Academy
  • Ezone Magazine

Lisa Wickham Facebook Fan Page

P.S. Thanks to Precision Productions for allowing me to use the instrumental in this interview. The instrumental is from their Trinidad Carnival 2010 hit "I Pay For This (Road Mix)" sang by Farmer Nappy & Machel Montano HD.

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March 9, 2010 By Corey Graham 2.0 View Comments

One of the big misconceptions of my exploits as a blogger is that my interest is self-serving. I understand that the URL is my name and yes, "the dude actually has a logo" lol, talking about this always makes me smile. It does because if you spend any time around me you would know that I am very pro-Caribbean in my outlook and I am always willing to share my knowledge to help out a situation.

Now for me, CoreyKGraham.Me is my "portal to the world". I see it as a domain where I can share my thoughts, ideas and experiences with the world. It is my hope that these posts will move the world forward, however small. My greatest pleasure actually comes when one of my blog posts helps people who I would not normally touch make more informed decisions, whether it is with their marketing strategy or their next smartphone purchase. My drive is to help others and to do my part to enhance this world.

Having said all of that I want to invite you to become a member of my site and subscribe to my newsletter so that I can continue to share with you. To be quite honest my decision to do this membership / subscribe to my newsletter drive is to set up the platform to offer freebies and discounts to you as the opportunity arises. I'll so no more you decide if its of value to you.

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SciTech Expo Barbados 2010 Gets Going This Week

March 7, 2010 By Corey Graham 2.0 View Comments

 

 

www.SciTechIsKewl.com

www.SciTechIsKewl.com

Science took over much of my younger years. When my peers were caught up reading novels, I was into the science books exploring and reading about great inventors especially the "light bulb man" Thomas Edison. He is one inventor I really respect. I also was into creating things. I always had some new project I was working on putting together or experimenting with when I should have been doing homework or studying to get an A instead of a B.

There were some good times, I remember borrowing my mother's face mirror to make a solar cooker and staying up till 4:30 am writing code for my computer game among many, many other  things. Not all of my experiments went right of course … like the time I got a new science kit. I was all excited intoxicated but all the new ideas and possibilities filling my head. Immediately I started to experiment. I remember the last thing I tried on that first day of receiving the kit was removing my night light from the socket and putting wires into the wall socket…. Before I continue let me just make it clear that my night light was only used because of security concerns from my parents. 

Now, about that final experiment of Day 1 of receiving the science kit. Actually I made an equation which captures what I learnt brilliantly. It taught me -

wires + wall socket + small fire + burned wall socket = unhappy parents + l,

where l  = licks to impart a lesson imparted by my loving parents – don't get caught experimenting

My experimenting today, is most publicly apparent on this blog. Those of you who are longstanding readers of my blog would know that it is a constant evolution, there is always something new. I would say though, that in the Caribbean we don't always get to be on the creative side of technology as most of our technology is imported and maintained. Personally, I believe in creativity and innovation and I believe that we have alot of potential in this area. As a result, I am happy to be involved with the online promotion of the SciTech Expo In Barbados through Drenalin Productions.

Today, I want to remove the official hat and talk to you outside of professional allegiances, because too often we limit creativity to music, dance and visual arts. If you believe that creativity and a spirit of innovation should exist in our Caribbean Community, make some time to become involved in the SciTech Expo if even as a guest interacting with primary, secondary and tertiary students, professionals and other like minded persons.

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  • mention it to interested persons

See you later this week! Come and see exhibits in the area of agriculture, computer science, engineering, environment, medicine, health and technology

 

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www.SciTechIsKewl.com

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Bajan Entertainers Time To Talk

February 4, 2010 By Corey Graham 2.0 View Comments

Later today the National Cultural Foundation (NCF) is reaching out to the members of the Barbados music scene to come and discuss their ideas and thoughts on the Barbados Music Scene. No matter what role you play you are invited.

I might not be able to make it but I will like to share the following thoughts. In one simple statement.

The internet with all its websites and services is now the world's largest record label. It only shelves artiste who don't participant and cuts very lucrative deals for those who are smart enough to learn its ways. Corey Graham 2.0

Here is an excerpt from Andrea King of The NCF,

Entertainers’ time to talk
2010 has opened with a flurry of entertainment activity, with outstanding performances at the BMA Awards and the Barbados Jazz Festival. What has been most heartening are the comments from international industry officials, who are hailing our local talent.
But in spite of the praises which are being showered, questions remain about the state of the Barbados music industry.

On Thursday, February 4 
At 6.00 p.m. 
Bump and Wine Café
Bridgetown

The NCF is inviting all participants in the music sector  to come have their say about the challenges they face, their expectations, and how to help chart the way forward.

Work Smart,

Corey Graham 2.0

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Invited To Google Wave Care To Join Me?

October 31, 2009 By Corey Graham 2.0 View Comments

 

I just got invited to Google Wave. Well I can't do much I need other to jion me. I can't make a comment on a collaborative tool until I well collaborate. If you don't know this already this is Google's major product they are bring to market which they expect we revolutionize the way we use email and instant messenger etc online. Before I comment as i said before I would have to collaborate with those of you who are brave enough to ride the wave of new technology.

So  I am offering you my readers the chance to join me on this new wave to technology, just leave a comment if you want to be invited to Google Wave.

Oh come with a new idea that we can collaborate on … I mean come on its only good business.

Learn more about Google Wave here – www.google-wave.com.

If you have already let me know so I can add you!

Corey Graham 2.0
www.coreykgraham.me

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The Wonders Of MindMapping

October 19, 2009 By Corey Graham 2.0 View Comments
For most of my life I have not quite understood or accepted my creative talents. Its only in the last few years that  I have been able to understand and accept them. I am now able to appreciate my core strength of making connections between various seemly unrelated events or ideas. This is a strength that I have been working hard to develop.
 
Mindmapping is one activity that has helped me tremendously in this area. Its been the main tool I used in planning my strategy and gaining clarity in developing this blog and several other projects I have been involved with. 
However, I lost touch with mind mapping over the last few months and I have been using very rarely. Alrite I'll admit it. I thought I had things covered and I didn't think I needed to be mind mapping that often.
My opinion is very different now that I have rediscovered it in the past few weeks. I have a greater appreciation for it and plan to make it a part of my core. It makes idea organization and generation much more effortless!
 
What is a Mind Map? 
(taken from Wikipedia)
A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea. Mind maps are used to generate, visualize, structure, and classify ideas, and as an aid in study, organization, problem solving, decision making, and writing.
 
Why Does MindMapping work?
 
Mind mapping is the only thing I have found that allows me to truly explore my ideas. It could be for anything from problem solving to planning to project management or task management. It is the ability to see the relationships between a set of ideas, resources and intentions and re-arrange them until they fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. 
The real power in this process is that there is no particular why that these elements are supposed to come together to form the final picture and you can add in new ideas at any time. There are limitless possibilities to the connections you make to accomplish your goal.
 
Here is what wikipedia has to say:
By presenting ideas in a radial, graphical, non-linear manner, mind maps encourage a brainstorming approach to planning and organizational tasks. Though the branches of a mindmap represent hierarchical tree structures, their radial arrangement disrupts the prioritizing of concepts typically associated with hierarchies presented with more linear visual cues. This orientation towards brainstorming encourages users to enumerate and connect concepts without a tendency to begin within a particular conceptual framework.
 
Yeah it goes deeper than meets the eye, 
 
George Johnson who has used Mindmap for over 25 years says - 
They work because the brain operates in circles. A simple way to think about this is to think of millions of bits of information in the brain flowing in circles. When two bits of information intersect an idea is formed. Mind maps facilitate the collection of those bits of information, where as creating linear lists forces the brain to work in a way that is not natural for it and consequently you don't get all of the information available to you. Another way of saying this is that lists are very left brain and mind map thinking is very right brain and left brain.

http://betweenseeing.typepad.com/between_seeing/2005/09/mind_maps.html

 
Talk about developing are greater appreciation! After reading these articles and looking over a few mindmaps I can safely say that definitely have a much more healthy appreciation for the art of mind mapping.
 
Uses For MindMapping
Here are some of the things that MindMaps can be used for taken from Wikipedia-
 
  • Problem Solving
  • Outline / Framework Design
  • Anonymous collaboration.
  • Marriage of words and visuals.
  • Individual expression of creativity.
  • Condensing material into a concise and memorable format.
  • Team building or synergy creating activity.
  • Enhancing work morale.
 
Mind Mapping Software
There is lots of software on the market for mind mapping you can check them out here.
Now the mindmapping software that I use are have been exposed to are Mindjet MindManager and Mindmeister.com. I find both of them to be very good and simple to use. Mindmeister.com of course allows you to view and use your maps at any time anywhere as long as you have an internet connection.
 
If you never tried it I urge you to give it a try. It might be surprised at the clarity added creativity might add into your life.
 
Wishing a productive and creative week!
 
Corey Graham 2.0
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