Michael Bolton As Good Leader

As one of the world’s leading thinkers of soul and rock musics, Michael Bolton has pioneered his musical career in the middle of the 1970s. Achieving  and receiving awards from both the American Music awards and Grammy Awards.He is one of those artists with songs that inspire, motivates as well as educating. Believe me, all his songs have massages that one can learn something from it, unlike some of nowadays artist who release songs without any message and too noisy. He established the Michael Bolton Foundation (now Michael Bolton Charities) to assist women and children at risk from the effects of poverty as well as emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. As we breathing to day,The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce  also recognised Bolton with a star on the Hollywood walk Fame for his musical and charitable contributions.

Arsene Wenger...a true leader

Leadership is plainly defined as, "organizing a group of people to achieve a common goal". One of the people I look up to in the "leadership" context is the coach of my favourite football team, Arsenal, Arsene Wenger. He is a very charismatic leader, and he stood by his decisions through thick and thin. That is a quality of leadership called taking responsibility for both wins and losses. He had also showed another quality of a true leader by admitting whenever he had made a mistake, and taking ownership of it.

workshop by Dave Daurte

Having positive people around you can change your way of thinking, with Dave Daurte that is what i learned. taking a risk means you are willing to make a mistake or likely to fail, do not be afraid to make something out of your life if it is inspiration you need go out and see what problem is there and how you are able to solve it by starting a business. taking up such a big responsibility means that your biggest challenge is time, yes time can be a very big challenge. you need to be committed to what you are about to start, you need to be dedicated to your project. i have realized if you have this big idea  and you want to take it out there, you would want everything to be perfect and you take such a lot of time to prepare it before you get to launch your business, and the hard work you put in the and money. but you need to remember  fresh idea needs to be acted upon immediately. you don't need to be Einstein to get your business started.

business model canvas

the topic for today was so fantastic, i learned about business model canvas and i also learn about different type of segments like customer segments, gender segment, income segmentation multiple segmentatione and many more. we also learn the idea on how to solve the problem on business and how to make money through on those solution.

My business model class 21/08/2012

The social media class started off with a presentation on "The business model canvass". It's a new concept to me, and I plan on pursuing further research on it. I reckon it would help when I start my own business.
I presented a quote by an american businessman, Donald "The Donald" Trump. He said:"As long as you're going to think anyway, think big". I also gave my own interpretation on the quote, which in short means that thinking big is the beginning to success.

my ideal career

i like to stay in a field related to training nomatter what hapens. i was too interested in business to work at a university, but i believe that teaching is somehow in my blood. i even been good at sales because i took the time to educate my client. now i took forward to training the hires.

about this morning...

hey !!!! everything  is fantastic.. I had a walk in this cold weather and it was realy cold but I have to adapt to it..hey I dont  know if am the only one feeling this cold..how is it with you?

A day without food

 I know,i know. Your probably wondering if I'm craze, but fact is there are people who go through this situation.Not only because they are on some crazy diet,or something.But some people really go without food because they don't have a choice.

i may have created this blog because I'm so hungry, but besides that i really think people should help others who can't afford to buy groceries.
If you think food is for weaklings try going on a hunger strike for one day if you never skipped a day,or a week if you ever did and think about how people feel every day who don't have something to eat.

with this few minutes left before lunch time , i would like to wish very body a great and fantastic day ahead, dont forget to blog about your day tomorrow, want to hear all about it .

my hobbies

ever since i was young, i thinkered with computer. it was my hobby my passion and my way of learning a computer.i was too interested in business to work at a university, but i believe that teaching is somehow in my blood.

Student of the week, I will be that.

Take it from me, second day of training and as Harder as gets, it will make you much smarter dog just Focus,Follow instructions, be committed and No playin, all from the heart to the head,Tryin to finish up this speech and get my diploma, changed up the dialogue though I keep my head in these laptop, I'm not a lame usually kinda square, I'm trying to use it for a change
Telling girls things, like if wanna get with me you gon need a lot of brains.

Awesome facilitators

uhmmm ive learn a lot from my lovely awesome facilitators...love you guys loads and keep on doing what you do best jeah!!!

my hobbies

even since i was young i jus thikered about working with a computer.

ammy's experience

I have learned alot at social media circe and i'm  loving my experience. having alot of fun with my coliques and we are all having fun.

My experiences!

for the past few days that i've been attending the social media circle sessions I've learnt so much about different socail networks that i never heard of before. I'm so grateful to be part of this circle and im so curious of the other excitig things to discover in the near fututer...

Awesome Participants!!!

Its been a pleasure working with all of you, your concentration has been amazing since day one
                                                    Good luck to you all

  

FUN at NBIC

AWESOME DAY

What a place to start a wonderful relationship with social networks. At first it didn't seem I would be able to get involved, but NBIC gives a boost of confidence. You get to explore the world from just staying seated on one spot. Using social networks really expanded my knowledge on the world around me and I'd definitely recommend anyone to just try using social networking tools, it's a lot of fun

Did I gain anything or not @ NBIC social media so far?

 yes....!I experienced a sharp knowledge on how to use different social networking tools.and I would like to knw more on how to use the Wordpress for business purpose.

Meriam's experience at Social Media Training

I experience alot that i ddnt know.  I also learned how to create my own accounts and all thanks to the training i've got an e-mail account that i so badly wanted .  I even learned different kinds of social networks that i ddnt know and i really enjoy to be here because i always learnd something everyday. 

my experience

even since i was teenage, i thinkered with computer. it was my hobby my passion and my way of learning a computer. i was too interested in a field related to training no matter what happens.

My experience at Social Media Training

I was pleasantly surprised when I received a call on 13 July to confirm my place in the second Social Media training for 2012. I consider myself to be very lucky to be a part of this class; even more happy to be trained at this prestigious organization(NBIC).

I am looking forward to being a pro at using social media tools and to be able to teach others as well.

having fun

what a nice day at NBIC it is totally awesome...this is the place to learn more about social networking and its also very fun you interact with people

My experience at Social Network Training

my first day at the training was good as I learnt something new in life..this is the social network tool like flickr, wordpress that I wasn`n familiar with it.. I find it more interesting as we learn more of other social tools every week.. thanks for this privilege and am hoping to get something out of this training...how nice!!!

greate facilitators

 Uuuumh soo far soo good... hope to gain alot more from our lovely and friendly facilitators. Ainy,Emily,Ledwina,Asnath and Mark thumps up for you guys.  loving the whole experience

libertine and my NBIC time

It has been two weeks with the NBIC. this is one of the best choices i have made so far, im loving it to bits. i thought i have done so much engaging but this is much more fun and knowledgeable, can wait to see where it leads. 

section 2 orange star

We learned that as an entrepreneaurs we need to know who is our competitors and how they are operating. We describled what will make our Digital Agencies differ from the existing one.We also learned that as an entrepreneur you have to take risk,creative and innovative by step into problems define it and solution to it.

We all have different strenght and we learned that in our group we have problem solvers, non-givaper, those strike to success nometter how big is the challenge, futhermore, we learned why our Target Audience need the toolkit and what to use them for. The business model Canvas is very inportant as an entrepreneur to see who are your partner network, your key activities, your key resources, what you are offering to your clients, your customer relationships and segment, Distribution channels and cost structure and revenue streams.

We are so determined and very motivated because we almost have the resources that we need in order to run and start progressing with our idea of taking our business plan into practical.

SOCIAL MEDIA TRAINING FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS

Our session two of the training,focused on entrepreneurship. We worked on being the best digital agency in Namibia,in partnership with Rlabs and NBIC.

We identified the problems faced by the country at the moment and each group came up with a solution to the problem. Namibia in the year 2020 was also one of the main activities. In connection with our agency,we identified our strengths,resources,contributions,partners,anti-partners and our target audience.

Our main toolkit's are the SME's, NGO's and leisure businesses.The channels of distribution,how we will get our products to our consumers.

During the training,we all did group exercises, then we presented them.

We entered the business idea competition and we are looking forward to win,first position. For this two weeks,we did alot about entrepreneur, skills and how to start your own business,from what other people see as a problem .Another important thing was doing research about other digital agencies,so that we know who our competitors are.

"Its never impossible, until its done"

Emilia

Martha

Monica

Leonard

Andreas

Steven

Social Media cirle digital agency

entrepreneur at NBIC

Today we are meeting our first client and am soon happy and can't weit.

Rural Innovation Workshop

Rural innovation generally refers to the process of improving the quality of life and economic well being of the entrepreneurs in rural areas.

The workshop was attended by people working on rural development in Namibia. They want to educate the rural entrepreneurs on how they commercialise their products and how they can scale their products in the market. They want to develop a model for rural innovation so that entrepreneurs can benefit from it and learn what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur.

They used a good example of India National Rural Development (Honey Bee Network). The Indians work miles every day to share ideas with their rural entrepreneurs, and ask the villagers what they need in their villages. Through these processes, they host village meetings, looking at survey done by students, local network and media and the use cell phones and laptop to document these surveys. People who carry out these surveys are volunteers we hope to have similar people in Namibia for the benefit of economic growth of our country.

The participants had so many questions regarding the challenges in rural areas most of them are concerned if research was done regarding this issues. Some have pointed out that lack of infrastructure and skilled people in Namibia can be a huge threat to the development of rural entrepreneurs.

The participants posted their ideas on the notice board and all these questions they had been answered by discussing all the notes posted on the notice board.

The workshop closed by discussing how they can engage Namibia rural population in innovation and entrepreneurship. We hope for more of these workshops to continue for the upliftment of rural development in Namibia.

Sourcing of ideas for change - problem solving

@Polytechnic hotel school
Topic: Sourcing of ideas
for change - problem solving
This is an amazing of
all workshops for NBIC innovation week. The speaker of the event was Mr. Nico
steyn. The workshop focused on how to discover a problem, put it in work, split
it and find different solution for it. People
from different companies in Namibia had participated and had a lot of fun by
playing idea game where first you
find problem perception and definition of problem major root and minor roots.
There were card game
played were by each group combined their ideas, and think outside the box and
come up with critical solutions. This was real great and proved that thinking
has never been this much fun! It’s very important that creativity ideas are
shared.
For
more info: http://www.intellilab.tv/
http://www.theideasgame.com/
nico@theideasgame.com

Public Talk: Sourcing of Ideas & Problem Solving

NBIC hosted a Public Talk on 13 March evening on how to source ideas to solve problems. Mr Nico Steyn from Cape Town shared more insight on the subject. He gave us a list of top thinkers and problem solvers such us Leonardo daVinci, Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Wall Disney, and Kauro Ishikawa. DaVinci, for example, lived before enternet was introduced but he managed to carry out scientific researches without any technological advantage.

One of the interesting points he raised was that 90% of our thinking is based on perception and it makes us not to understand the real causes of the problem. To overcome this, we should regard problems as a tree with roots, which can therefore be only removed by getting rid of the roots.

NBIC 2012 Mural Design Competition

 

NBIC Namibia doesn't only offer innovation opportunities for young entrepreneurs, but it also give opportunities to children from different special schools to showcase their talents.

NBIC is hosting an Arts and Design competition for Children with special needs. Two schools attended this competition: Eluwa and Dagbreck Special School. The kids have painted different paintings on NBIC's wall. There will be awards for the best painting on the 15 March 2012.

It is very impressive how these children are painting. As for one painting painted by Eluwa Special School, it is portraying Oshiwambo traditional homestead, visually attracting with green colours representing the beauty of nature.

We hope for more projects of this nature in the near future for the upliftment of children with special needs in Namibia.

Innovation Circle

Innovation circle members pinning ideas on the notice board

The Innovation Circle is attended by business people to discuss business related topics. 
These topics include; what blocks businesses to compete internationally, what is blocking progress in Namibia and what are the possible solutions to these problems.

These business people write down their ideas based on the topics they are discussing. The topic that gets more votes is chosen to be discussed. People have many different ideas based on what they think should be done to ensure that businesses in Namibia will be successfull.

Some of the topics disccussed are:
1.Improve the capacity of teachers; if students do not have the knowledge on research, it will be impossible for them to do business research.

2. Establish prototyping labs; this include clarifying information requirements or creating a demo of activities they are doing .

3. Increase research and development in manufacturing

• Do research on the unsuccessfulness of certain products.

4. Connect SMEs with distributors; there must be certain procedures to followif they want their business to be a success

5. Rural innovation

• There is need for better infrastructure in rural areas, e.g internet access, that will enable them to access information and allow them to register their businesses online.
• There is lack of skilled trainers in rural areas.

Dr Christian Toelg said "all people are born entrepreneurs. Some people do not have any educational background, but they are so productive. Training these people will help them to become successful in their business".
  

Meetings of this nature always take place at NBIC (Innovation Village). We are urging business minded people to register and experience transformation in how business is done in Namibia. To register, please visit NBIC.

NBIC Developers Circle

Developers Circle is mainly meant for people having projects related to software development, if they need help with the projects they are working on, if they have things they need to implement or anything about mobile application.

The group consists of manageble group of people but more people are welcome to attend. They will be meeting each Tuesday. It is intersting that people are working on project and it seems like so many people are eager to learn and to start new things. The programming language they will be working on is Java. The facilitator Dr. Kasper Jensen suggested that they are willing to help if anyone is having problem with the projects they are working on.

Sharing ideas in this workshop is the main key. Those people working on prototypes they want to commecialise or if they want to make a business out of it then they can go to NBIC. The interesting thing is that they want people to develop mobile applications as it will be a huge market in Namibia and for those people that want to play around with cool devices.

Fablab Namibia want people that can program chips for robots controlled by mobile phones (smartphones). But since these developers are experts hopefully they will be able to do massive programming.

Since in Namibia most of software are outsourced, they want to give these people skills so that everything can be done in Namibia and that they can pass on the skills to the next generation.