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Upcoming
SmartNet Events - What managers can learn from
comedians |
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Terry Williams
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Terry
Williams strongly believes that managers can
use comedians' techniques to increase productivity
and improve attitudes in their teams.
Terry
is convinced because he has directly experienced
the benefits of using comedians techniques'
and humour. In addition to being a full-time
manager, Terry is also a stand-up comedian.
Terry altered the techniques that he, and
other comedians, were using and applied them
to management.
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In
particular, Terry focused on the way he spoke
to his team. Research indicates that managers
spend 78% of their time speaking and humour
helps people understand and remember information.
Additional research shows that humour makes
individuals more open and teams more cohesive.
Individuals who experience humour are able to
think flexibly, adapt, take chances, be creative
and embrace new ideas and methods. At a group
level, teams that practice humour have better
morale and are more productive. In addition,
teams members who enjoy team interaction are
less likely to be distracted or absent from
work.
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SmartNet
Round 3 - You must be joking!
Lunch session, noon - 2pm: Seriously funny
ways to be a better communicator
Workshop, 2:15pm - 4:30pm: Humour at work:
Talk it up and reap the rewards |
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Dunedin:
Wednesday, 29 November
Christchurch: Thursday, 30 November
Wellington: Tuesday, 5 December
Auckland: Wednesday, 6 December
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To register see the SmartNet
website or contact SmartNet
on (03) 3667 874.
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PriceWaterhouseCoopers
New Zealand Hi-Tech Awards
- Winners Announced |
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The
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Supreme Excellence Award
for the NZ Hi-Tech Company of the Year was awarded
to Right Hemisphere.
International judge, US based Kiwi and Chief
Marketing Officer for LogLogic, Andy Lark, says
that, "Technology innovators do more than
drive what is arguably one of New Zealand’s
most important industry sectors. Their vital
role in our economy extends to enhancing the
competitiveness and reach of nearly every sector
– from food through entertainment and into
agriculture. These awards play a critical role
in recognising the power of innovation in driving
our success here and abroad. "
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Drury accepts award for Hi-Tech Entrepreneur of
the Year |
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SUMMARY
OF AWARDS:
- PricewaterhouseCoopers Supreme Excellence
Award & NZ Hi-Tech Company of the Year:
Right Hemisphere
- Westpac Flying Kiwi Award: Peter Maire
- Rakon NZ Hi-Tech Deal of the Year:
Right Hemisphere
- Navman NZ Hi-Tech Emerging Company of the
Year: Sprite Software. Highly Commended:
Wherescape
- Microsoft NZ High Growth Company of the
Year: Endace Limited
- Enatel NZ Hi-Tech Innovation of the Year:
Jointly awarded to: Telemetry Research Ltd &
The Optima Corporation. Highly Commended Shoko
& Eurekster
- Avnet NZ Hi Tech Corporate of the Year:
Provenco Group LTD
- NZX Hi-Tech Entrepreneur of the Year:
Rod Drury
- Tait Electronics NZ Hi-Tech Company Leader
of the Year: Rod Carr - Jade Software Corporation
- Endace NZ Hi-Tech Marketer of the Year:
Gavin Wright - Fraame Solutions
- Nautech Electronics NZ Hi-Tech Young Achiever
Award: Derek Handley - The Hyperfactory
- Fronde Synergy NZ Hi-Tech Journalist of
the Year: Divina Paredes - MIS Magazine
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NZ
Internet Entreprenuers Join Forces
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Trade
Me founder Sam Morgan and Craig Meek, one of the key
creators of the Virtual Spectator technology that provided
real-time 3D graphic internet coverage of America's
Cup yachting, have joined forces to take ground-breaking
business data visualization systems into the international
market.
In
a joint statement, Morgan and Meek announced that
Morgan would become an investor in iVistra Technology,
a private company founded by Meek to develop enterprise
visibility systems for business and industry applications.
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Toll New Zealand EVS Dashboard |
iVistra
Technology has developed the first visualization system
in the world to blend outputs from geographic information
systems, location-based sensors, and global positioning
satellite tracking with other sources of operational
and financial data to generate a virtual dashboard
that shows how a business is running in real-time.
"Our
enterprise visibility system - EVS - has been validated
in a major commercial application at Toll New Zealand,
where it's used extensively to manage the operation
of the country's largest freight forwarding operation.
"We're
particularly delighted to have Sam join us as we start
taking EVS into the world market," he adds.
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Expat
Connection: Paul Feenstra - Ready to Swap Hollywood
for NZ |
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Kiwi
expat Paul Feenstra, is a veteran of the entertainment
industry in Hollywood and the founder of Terra
Vista Media, Inc. He was recently honoured with
2 Emmy nominations for his sound engineering
work. His talents extend to writing, producing
and directing and he consults on Television
and Film production and post-production. Paul
has been in the US since 1985. He's now ready
to swap the bright lights of Hollywood and bring
back what he's learned to NZ. He met with local
companies on a recent visit. Read the article
by Adrian Bathgate 'Homesick
Kiwi with a screen dream' where Paul
talks about how twenty-one years in Los Angeles
is more than enough to make a boy from Wellington
yearn for home. |
Paul
Feenstra |
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If
you are interested in connecting with Paul
or meeting him on his next visit to New Zealand
contact Sandra
Lukey the SmartNet marketing manager and
Director of Shine
Group. More on Paul
Feenstra.
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What do a bunch of west Aucklanders
selling home ventilation systems
have in common with a Wellington
company selling its skincare
products all over the world?
They’re both customer-focused
companies with an eye on rapid
growth. Welcome to the 2006
Deloitte/Unlimited Fast50.
Read the full article in Unlimited
Magazine by Mark Revington.
The
Deloitte/Unlimited Fast 50
is the index of
New Zealand ’s fastest growth
companies.
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Links
& Blogs
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Eurekster
- Eurekster
empowers communities to own and refine
site-based web search. Their swicki
technology automatically leverages the
knowledge and behavior of online communities
to add weight and vertical specificity
to search results. Features include
"buzzclouds®" of recent searches and
ranked results reflecting the expertise
and interests of the host and community.
Check out the Eurekster
site to find out how to use or create
a swicki or how to advertise on a swicki.
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Alexaholic
- "Website traffic comparisons
on steroids" is the opening
message on the Alexaholic site. Webmasters,
SEO/SEM specialists, and domain owners
(Alexaholics) can compare and
measure website statistics for up to
five domains at once, switch traffic
chart types and ranges without page
loads, and generate report pages that
are easily bookmarked and shared. Alexaholic
doesn't measure and compare traffic
for small sites, but you can have great
fun comparing traffic of the larger
sites. |
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Google
Earth - If you haven't yet used
Google
Earth, download it now (it's free)
and prepare yourself to be totally amazed.
Great for virtual trips around the world,
checking out where your friends live,
or for planning those real trips. Google
Earth combines satellite imagery, maps
and search to put the world's geographic
information at your fingertips. |
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Rod
Drury's blog - For inspiration and
insight from an award winning NZ entrepreneur
and investor read Rod's
blog. Rod is passionate about software
development and building value. He was
founder and CEO of AfterMail which was
acquired by Quest Software in January
2006 and subsequently won Best Exchange
Product at TechEd 2006 in Boston. Rod
picked up the HiTech Entrepreneur of
the Year Award at the HiTech Awards
on Saturday. |
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International
Funds Transfers -
Tranzfers.com
have great exchange rates and upfront
low flat-rate costs for sending money
between the UK, Australia, New Zealand,
Singapore, South Africa and now Canada.
Register
to use this service which was recommended
by Roger Dennis, a Christchurch based
innovation consultant who operates
globally. He also set up the Repat
group for Kiwis who have recently
arrived back home. Check out Roger's
blog Ideasport - Innovation
and emerging technology from New Zealand
and the world.
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SmartNet,
Mancan House, 236 Manchester Street, PO Box 13-577, CHRISTCHURCH
Phone: (0064 3) 366-7874 Fax: (0064 3) 366-7807
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