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Virtual Speaker of the Year award 2023
Virtual Speaker of the Year award 2023 I am excited and honoured to be on the shortlist of 8 finalists for the 2023 international Virtual Speaker of the Year award! I am looking forward to attending the festive Speaker Awards dinner in London in July. My delivery of online leadership lectures and [...]
Audio Description
Audio Description One of the first audio describers, Joel Snyder, Ph.D., president of Audio Description Associates, is a true pioneer in the audio description field. I was privileged to complete his excellent AD training in association with the American Council of the Blind. Joel shared his expertise and vast experience with the [...]
Purposeful business teaching
Financial Times publication: ''Responsible Business Education – Award Winners 2023'' This FT publication contains valuable insights to challenge business leaders, business schools, students and employees. Here's a snapshot. Purposeful business teaching is the new norm. Employers and students are pushing business schools to either radically adapt their teachings and approach or risk being [...]
Lecture for the European Blind Union
I was invited to deliver an interactive online lecture to the leading women of the European Blind Union. The participants were managers in Spain, Iceland, Sweden, Finland, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovak Republic and Poland. They represented their national organisations for the blind and partially sighted and they too were blind, with [...]
Leading and Cooperating via Zoom
My presence on social media has been low key recently. Therefore, high time to check back in and share some thoughts with my network. As opposed to highlighting that I’ve been busy or working on interesting projects – both of which are true – I would like to share my insights based on [...]
Remembering Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Professor Hlengiwe Mkhize
Remembering two remarkable people. I was honoured to meet and speak to archbishop Desmond Tutu at a small dinner event hosted by professor Hlengiwe Mkhize, former South African ambassador to the Netherlands. Desmond Tutu's memorable words that revealed his strength of character and compassion as well as his spontaneity and wonderful sense of humour [...]
