Mirror, mirror on the wall…

… who is the WICkedest of them all.
This question was asked last month at the annual WIC Winter Dinner.  Three women in the ICT industry were finalists for the auspicious title of WICked Woman of the Year. Much to my shock, I was announced as the most WICked of them all for 2009! This award [...]

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Benefits of blogging

After winning a Macbook Air in a Twitter competition I was on a high!

Dr Greg Chapman of Empower Business Solutions – Australian Business Coaching was working on increasing traffic to his very educational small business blog. He offered the best three comments on his blog during the month an HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless All-in-One [...]

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Admin Bandit Online Software named nation’s best in community sector

Admin Bandit has just been named the nation’s number one software product for the community sector after its national win at the iAwards, the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) ICT industry awards. The award, seen as one the IT industry’s highest accolades, was a great scoop for the local Canberra business, when it won last [...]

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First impressions make a difference

On a very pleasant Saturday afternoon I was sitting beside the Kiewa River with some friends enjoying a glass of sparkle and nibbles while our teenage sons were a few kms away trying out the Mt Beauty BMX track. This experience was abruptly interrupted when one of the boys came rushing up on his bicycle to [...]

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Eulogy to Bil – drawing attention to yourself

As well as jumping against the glass doors Bil also loved balancing on her hind legs, particularly when she was excited. When the potential for food was involved she combined her ability to stand on her hind legs with a clapping hands/paws action. It wasn’t something we taught her and we never managed to relate [...]

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Community Treasurers’ Awards

As you may be aware, I love awards. They are such a great way to show appreciation and acknowledge the great contribution made by an individual and an organisation. Westpac and Our Community have launched the Community Treasurers’ Awards to provide an opportunity to acknowledge the work of community treasurers across Australia.
The winning organisation receives [...]

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Canberra BusinessPoint Awards update

Last week we were excited to win the Business Plan category of the Inaugural Canberra BusinessPoint awards. This award came with recognition and additional networking opportunities and some prizes from sponsors Wisdom Learning and Serani Health Spa. These prizes really suit me because as a business person it is important to be continually learning and developing [...]

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Business awards

It has been a helpful process to apply for Canberra BusinessPoint awards and then exciting to be notified that Admin Bandit is a finalist in the Business Plan category. At the awards presentation a few slides will be shown for each finalist. It has been interesting to contemplate what would be helpful in showcasing the business [...]

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Media Releases

This morning I came across Seeking Media. This is an online press release platform that enables you to send your news directly to press, broadcast and online media at the click of a button, quickly, easily and cost-effectively, from anywhere at any time. Google has listed this site as an important source of news items. Sounds like [...]

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Marketing and public relations

Yesterday I watched a show on TV which made me think about marketing and public relations. The show was called The Christ Files. It explored the historical Jesus and the supporting records and documentation about him. The supposition was to “test” the foundations of the faith professed by 2 billion people in the world. John Dickson the [...]

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