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Do You Want to Learn How To Take Your Art To Market?

April 9, 2010 By Corey Graham 2.0 View Comments

Hey, Hey.

How are you doing? Its been a few days now since you have heard from me, but please don't feel neglected. You are still very much in my thoughts. At the moment I am focused on developing a social media marketing system that will be well suited for the average Caribbean business. I strongly believe that if we act soon we can use the internet and particularly the social media networks as a platform to grow our businesses by attracting customers from around the world. Lots more to come on that!

In a meantime though, for those of you in Barbados you can attend the NCF's annual symposium ‘Taking Your Art to Market’.

See the details below.

The National Cultural Foundation is presenting the annual symposium ‘Taking Your Art to Market’ at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, 2 Mile Hill, St Michael on Friday, April 9 and Saturday, April 10, 2010 from 9.00 a.m. each day.

The symposium will cater for serious minded, cultural entrepreneurs, who wish to learn of best practices in business. Among the topics to be presented are

i. Strategic Planning for your Business

The Unreal Universe
A Book on Physics and Philosophy
"For thinking laymen."

Presented by Jo-Anne Tull, Academic Coordinator and lecturer Department of Creative and Festival Arts, UWI, St. Augustine.

ii. The Role of Culture in Dance Education

iii. Packaging yourself for the Market

Presented by Phil Phillips, CEO e-Vision Concepts – (listen to a previous presentation entitled Phil Phillips Presentation – Culture Can Create Art – And JOBS! )

iv. How to Finance your Art Enterprise

v. Copyright in photography

Presented by Erica Smith, COSCAP CEO & Ronnie Carrington, photographer

vi. Recording Engineering

vii. Extending the Possibilities; Exploiting Intellectual Property

Presented by Antonio Rudder, Chairman B-Copy

viii. Making it in Music – Panel Discussion

There is a Registration fee of twenty dollars

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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

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 -

The Unreal Universe
A Book on Physics and Philosophy
"For thinking laymen."

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.

You can

share it on Facebook
put it in your status
tweet about it
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

For More Information

www.SciTechIsKewl.com

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Bill Walsh To Give a Free 3 Hr Vision To Wealth Seminar In Barbados

March 5, 2010 By Corey Graham 2.0 View Comments

Successful venture capitalist, Marketing Expert and International Entrepreneur, Bill Walsh is coming to Barbados to deliver a free seminar on "Vision To Wealth" at the Barbados Hilton on Thursday, March 18th 2010, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM.

Now I was able to see Bill live at the Caribbean Internet Marketing Summit and he was very good. He spent 90 minutes showing some of the key ways to grow your business. Now from my vantage point he seemed to know what I he was talking about. His points centred around the need to build a business with a strong foundation and with systems that win. Its also interesting that some of the top names in the personal development business have openly endorsed him. Brian Tracy gave him a testimonial and Les Brown has actually partnered with him to produce the Method and Motivation seminar. (http://www.methodandmotivation.com/)

It can't hurt to listen. I know I will be there!

I have made the sign up process a little easier for you with the form below. Yes you know me I always treat my people good.

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Review Of IABC Barbados Seminar – “When Social Media and Crisis Communications Collide”

February 26, 2010 By Corey Graham 2.0 View Comments

Richard Thomas – VP Professional Development

I attended the IABC Barbados Seminar yesterday entitled, "When Social Media and Crisis Communications Collide". It is actually my second time attending an IABC Barbados event since the launch of the organization on May 8, 2008. I must say has been a real pleasure to watch something grow. I believe its a part our human instinct. It was very fulfulling to be attending the seminar.
(You can read my previous post here and check out my review of the inaugural meeting here too. Actually u can see how this blog looked back then - Click here to see the first version of this blog – Go Retro

The Seminar

Gerard Braud of Braud Communications delivered a thought provoking but simple and logical presentation. He clearly identified the need for businesses and organizations today to have a well thought out crisis communication plan which will enable them to react quickly in times of crisis. He used striking examples to show how the immediacy of social media has now made it critical for organizations and businesses to respond quickly and effectively to any crisis impacting them.

The birth of social media no longer affords businesses and organizations the luxury of waiting a few hours … even days to make a statement to the public. He shows that time it took to-

access the situation
make a decision
write the statement or press release
get a statement or press release approved all the key players, in and organization

Those hours have not been cut down to mere minutes by the beast that is social media.

He also showed that a business crisis is not only restricted to the big catastrophes like a natural disasters etc, but it is really any emergency situation that impacts the business or organization. e.g. an employee falling dead or executive mis-conduct. He illustrates that the crisis communication plan is not only about "saving the skin" of the business but it could also save real "skin" of the persons involved in the business both internally and externally. To colour this point he used the example of Virginia Tech University whose outdated crisis management plan meant that it took them just over 3 hours to respond to a shooting on their campus. This slow response time resulted in 29 students losing their lives because there was a second shooting!!

He ended by showing how to develop an effective crisis communication plan. The key points I would distill out from his plan are actually pretty simple – planning, preparation and practice.

I throughly enjoyed the spirited discussion afterwards with the members of IABC Barbados and attendees of the seminar in general. It was good to get the Caribbean/Barbados perspective on this subject.

There were lots of interesting takeaways from the event which I am sure I will illustrate from time to time in future posts.

The Verdict

Overall it was a very insightful and thought provoking evening with some great food and networking after.

Special Treat

As a special treat, here is a podcast of a chat I had with the founding president of IABC Barbados, Christal McIntosh. In the pod, Christal shares the intriguing story of how IABC Barbados was born from a social network she created 2 years ago and more.

Listen to it here

Work Smart, Love Life,

Corey Graham 2.0

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When Social Media Strengthens The Hurricane – Business Communication In A Crisis

February 24, 2010 By Corey Graham 2.0 View Comments

By mario zucca illustration

We hear a lot about social media daily and in your business I am sure you are approached often about incorporating these new tools into your strategies, right at the central nervous system. There are several people who are pro-social media, myself included, who are consistently sharing the benefits in every way possible and from every conceivable perspective. The thing is though what happens in a crisis? When the sea of social media tools and networks only serves to strengthen the hurricane?

Now for those of you in Barbados the International Association Of Business Communicators – Barbados (IABC Barbados), is putting together a teleseminar to discuss this exact point. Now for those of you outside of Barbados, stay tuned in, as I will be posting the key points from the session.

Christal McIntosh, President of the IABC Barbados expands on this -

When a crisis hits, companies without a crisis communication plan may lose control of the story while management and the legal department are still agonising over the press release, says the head of a local organisation for corporate communicators.

“You can’t wait until the crisis is upon you to start figuring out how you will communicate with stakeholders and the wider public,” warns Christal McIntosh, president of the Barbados chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC).

“You need a written plan that anticipates the major crises that could affect your company, and spells out who is going to do what and by when, if any of those crises occur.”

McIntosh says the advent of social media has dramatically altered the speed at which companies have been accustomed to communicate when a crisis happens.

Read On Here

The Seminar Details

The seminar is scheduled for 6.00 p.m. on Thursday, February 25^th, at the Christie Room, Barbados Light & Power Annex, Garrison Hill, and will cost $40 for non-members.

Professionals interested in registering should call 626-6728.

THE CRISIS COMMUNICATION PLAN

Without one you can lose control of the story – FAST!

IABC Barbados Invites You To:

“When Social Media and Crisis Communications Collide”

This hour-long teleseminar will reveal valuable tips on how to approach the task of developing a crisis communication plan that recognises the speed of today’s social media. It is presented by Gerard Braud, of Braud Communications, New Orleans. An IABC member, Gerard specialises in developing and writing crisis communication plans for organisations including hospitals, universities, and corporations.

Come prepared to listen, learn, and share your own experiences.

Date: Thursday, February 25^th, 2010

Time: 6.00 p.m. – 8.30 p.m.

Location: Christie Room, Barbados Light & Power Annex; Garrison Hill, St, Michael

Fee: Non-members $40; members $25

Light refreshments will be served.

To register contact Richard Thomas – VP Professional Development at 626-6728 or email richard.thomas@bb.pwc.com.

Improving organizational effectiveness through strategic communication

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Podcast : Ryan Murrell (Bajan) Interviewed At The Caribbean Internet Marketing Summit (CIMS)

February 19, 2010 By Corey Graham 2.0 View Comments

Top Internet Marketer Stephen Pierce and Bajan Internet Marketer – Ryan Murrell

Podcast : Ryan Murrell (Bajan) Interviewed At The Caribbean Internet Marketing Summit (CIMS) [9:22m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (40)

Interview with Internet marketer – Bajan Ryan Murrell and the first ever Caribbean Internet Marketing Summit. Ryan was also the Marketer for the Caribbean Internet Marketing Summit. He clearly explains the basics of the Internet Marketing and also describes his experiences starting out as an Internet Marketer. Ryan also explains the reason for the Seminar and much more.

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Corey Graham 2.0

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