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Jon Foster-Pedley
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Theunis Hanekom commented on Jon Foster-Pedley's group Huddlemind
"Hey All the olive room is looking for two social media individuals. please follow the links or contact me directly 021 790 5025. http://www.theoliveroom.co.za/social-media-coordinator http://www.theoliveroom.co.za/social-media-manager   Regards…"
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Huddlemind

a social network about social networking and new ways of learning, populated by geeks, gurus, glitterati and good folk
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Huddlemind

a social network about social networking and new ways of learning, populated by geeks, gurus, glitterati and good folk
Jun 15, 2011
Miles Marshall joined Jon Foster-Pedley's group
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Huddlemind

a social network about social networking and new ways of learning, populated by geeks, gurus, glitterati and good folk
Jun 6, 2011

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Who are you?
Educator, speaker, entrepreneur.
Where can you be found on the web, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc?
twitter fosterp, www.huddlemind.net, www.creategist.com
What is your current activity, project or occupation?
Innovation, strategy and creativity. establishing national innovation centre in Namibia, did the same in Southland New Zealand, co-owner of Huddlemind. Working on African leadership development. Working hard on more effective models of education, especially ones that build confidence and blend science, art, rigour and creativity

Jon Foster-Pedley's Blog

Opportunity: social network energiser, administrator, rainmaker for global business school wanted

Looking for someone technically able, brilliant at creating, building, animating social network communities, who'd love to work with a growing, top international business school on their digital strategy - Facebook, Linkedin, Ning, Twitter etc.  Working in close conjunction with a creative UK agency, reporting to the Johannesburg operation, and liaising with operations in Asia Pacific, UK, Europe and Middle East.  Part-time, could be from Cape Town, could be full-time in Johannesburg - as…

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Posted on July 17, 2011 at 21:09

Are there better uses of time than doing a business plan?

Yes there are - according to David Kirsh and Brent Goldfarb of the University of Maryland after studying 700 start-ups - see the short video. “Spending time and energy tweaking your business plan is a waste of resources. It’s a limited-use document that will in no way substitute for the hard work of actually building a business. You’re better off investing in your idea, your social network, finding potential… Continue

Posted on November 4, 2009 at 10:40 — 1 Comment

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At 9:14 on September 30, 2009, Andrew Thomas-Woolf said…
Thanks for joining, Jon. One of your students, Kirill Riabtsev, speaks quite highly of you. It's always great to add someone of calibre to the grouping.
 
 
 

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