Tim Longhurst's Blog

Re-connect with your best bits: start with why

August 30th, 2011 · 1 Comment

Your passions – the stuff that gets you enthusiastic – the things you’re interested in… These are your best bits. Too many of us spend too much of our lives with our best bits wrapped up by the daily grind of the what we do. In this 18 minute talk, Simon Sinek is convinced that [...]

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Category: Communication and connection

In honour of futurist, Jan Lee Martin

August 9th, 2011 · 4 Comments

Few people have had as powerful an influence on my life as futurist and educator, Jan Lee Martin. It is with a heavy heart that I write this, because last night, Jan passed away. This biography I found on the web introduces you to Jan as a professional, if you don’t already know her by [...]

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Dancin’ honey bee using dance to communicate

August 14th, 2009 · No Comments

Did you know that honey bees are able to communicate with each other using dance? I’d never seen a bee dance, but I’ve found a cool video clip showing a dancin’ bee in action. If you can embrace the ‘education video’ aesthetic of this video below, you are in for a real treat. In just [...]

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Category: Our living planet

Palin calls elected leader a dictator, AP ignores error

October 25th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Sarah Palin this week mistakenly called a democratically-elected president of a foreign state a dictator. In response, Hugo Chavez, who was in 2006 re-elected by a convincing 60% of voters, evoked Jesus, remarking, “Forgive her, for she knows not what she says.”. So now you know the story: Chavez is not a dictator, he’s the [...]

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Category: Communication and connection

Speaking Mandarin Chinese like a local – nciku edition

August 15th, 2008 · 3 Comments

It’s my second week in Beijing and my Mandarin skills are slowly improving… I can now cheer for China or Australia in Mandarin; take a cab home completely in Mandarin (as long as we don’t chat and the driver can handle my accent) and explain on the phone to a cab driver how to get [...]

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