Posted in Music on May 30, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Last night, my two colleagues and I headed to see Pink’s concert at Rod Laver in Melbourne. Well, what a show it was. And it proved that librarians can let their hair down as much, if not more, than others. Pink thrashed out songs like Stupid Girls, I’m not Dead and Who Knew, leaving us wanting [...]
Posted in Higher Education, Student Placements on May 29, 2007 | No Comments »
I have a student coming to undertake her placement in a few weeks. I like to meet the student a week or so before they commence their placement to learn about their background and what interests them in the information field. I already have a schedule for her regarding some of the work she can undertake. However, I [...]
Posted in Higher Education, Student Placements, TAFE on May 24, 2007 | 2 Comments »
My buzz subject area is student placements. During the financial year of 2005/2006 to 2006/2007, I have hosted the workplacement of 5 students from various educational institutions.
Including:
* RMIT University
* Monash University
* Box Hill TAFE
* Swinburne TAFE
During these placements I have maintained a receptiveness to the student’s experience, while also allowing myself to learn about them and [...]
Posted in Rainfall, Snow, Travel on May 23, 2007 | No Comments »
The good news for a brisk start to pre-winter, is that it has started to snow in some of Victorias Alpine Areas, see Mt Hotham’s snow cam. I hope they receive much more snowfall than last year. Last years snowfall levels were in comparison to the drought of about 1982 or 83 (can’t remember which [...]
Posted in Leadership on May 22, 2007 | No Comments »
Harvard Business School has a podcast on their site about Authentic Leadership. Leadership can be learnt or is already instilled in many people, but if it’s not authentic what consequence does this have on staff??
“Leadership should be from the heart” … “leadership can be taught where the leader will gain self-awareness”. Is your leadership style of [...]
Posted in Launch on May 22, 2007 | No Comments »
See my “about” section to learn about me, I won’t go into it here, but will save it for this page. (23/5 not created yet, but soon)
Also, I’m not going to go back to my beginnings, but start this blog from now, now meaning where I’m up to, my interests and readings at moment in time [...]
Posted in Launch on May 21, 2007 | No Comments »
…what is this blog about ? many things, life, thoughts, information, technology, pictures etc, whatever comes to mind.
Why the name? The *InTech* part stands for information technology, *the Verve* is about vibrancy, vitality, expression of ideas. The free dictionary defines it as, ” Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas, especially in artistic performance [...]
