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Carmen Schaefer
SOUTH AFRICA
Overcoming the barriers to entry for youth joining the workforce: Tangible impact is possible now - Red & Yellow

Overcoming the barriers to entry for youth joining the workforce: Tangible impact is possible now
[Carmen Schaefer] Bridging the gap between skills and finding employment continues to be a problem for South Africa's growing pool of unemployed youth, with many skilled graduates unable to enter the workforce...

Posted 8 months ago | Like
Danette Breitenbach
SOUTH AFRICA
SA One Club Creative Boot Camps kick off on Monday with who's who of the industry

Source: One Club  SA has a long history of Creative Boot Camp that stretches back to 2015. Here are the 2017 Johannesburg boot camp cohort
Source: One Club One Club SA has a long history of Creative Boot Camp that stretches back to 2015. Here are the 2017 Johannesburg boot camp cohort
[Danette Breitenbach] The One Club Creative Boot Camp takes place next week in Johannesburg, and then the following week in Cape Town...

Posted 8 months ago | Like
Danette Breitenbach
SOUTH AFRICA
New online community resource for the advertising and marketing industry

Source: © rawpixel  The School of Thought, an online community for the marketing and advertising community that focuses on knowledge sharing and talent/skills building, launched recently
Source: © rawpixel 123rf The School of Thought, an online community for the marketing and advertising community that focuses on knowledge sharing and talent/skills building, launched recently
[Danette Breitenbach] The School of Thought, an online community for the marketing and advertising community launched recently...

Posted 1 year ago | Like
Lana Hindmarch
SOUTH AFRICA
Moving from burnout to renewal in agencies

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[Lana Hindmarch] In the advertising and marketing industries there remains a level of acceptance about being always-on and rewarding people who work long hours...

Posted 2 years ago | Like
Lesley Svenson
Lesley Svenson
[Education & Training] 

Lillian Bususu, the graduate placement manager at IIE Rosebank College, takes us through the ins, outs and benefits of an excellent cover letter and CV, as well as key elements that should not be included, the importance of attention to detail and keeping applications relevant and to the point.

Posted 2 years ago | Like
Jessica Tennant
SOUTH AFRICA
Red & Yellow offers free aptitude test to unemployed digital marketers

Red & Yellow offers free aptitude test to unemployed digital marketers
[Jessica Tennant] To assist South Africans affected by the coronavirus, Red & Yellow Creative School of Business is donating R2m worth of digital marketing certifications, specifically its Digital Marketing Aptitude Test (DMAT) to 1,000 unemployed South Africans that want to prove their worth in the job market...

Posted 3 years ago | Like
Jacqueline Raw
SOUTH AFRICA
Spend your lockdown skilling up

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[Jacqueline Raw] Being homebound is our reality for the foreseeable future, but it doesn't have to spell disaster for your income says Jacqueline Raw, owner and founder of marketing consultancy, Ycagel...

Posted 3 years ago | Like (1)
Ntombi Malaza
SOUTH AFRICA
Art is the solution to SA's 'decade of action' in education and re-skilling

Vusi Mfupi at St Martins De Porres, for the Room 13 Inspiration Day in Soweto.
Vusi Mfupi at St Martins De Porres, for the Room 13 Inspiration Day in Soweto.
[Ntombi Malaza] The re-introduction of art in schools is an essential starting point to instilling the requisite skills necessary to the next entrants of higher education students being ready for the modern economy - of the fourth industrial revolution...

Posted 4 years ago | Like
Maroefah Smith
Maroefah Smith
#SingularityUSouthAfrica2019: Experts share expertise on technological advancements

A range of speakers are sharing their expertise on technological advancements and its impact on the world at the third annual SingularityU South Africa Summit, which is being held in Johannesburg on 16 and 17 October 2019.

The event is hosted by SingularityU South Africa in collaboration with the Development Bank of Southern Africa, global partner Deloitte and partners MTN and Absa.

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Posted 4 years ago | Like
Dorcas Dube - Londt
SOUTH AFRICA
Key takeouts from Global Education Skills Forum (GESF) 2019

Key takeouts from Global Education Skills Forum (GESF) 2019
[Dorcas Dube - Londt] Dorcas Dube, from Symphonia and Media Booth shares key takeouts from the Global Education Skills Forum in Dubai, which took place from 22 - 24 March 2019...

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Glenn Gillis
SOUTH AFRICA
Why character-driven animation is vital to the future of workplace education in South Africa

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Image source: Gallo/Getty
[Glenn Gillis] Thanks to accelerated technological change, no company can hope to survive if it doesn't properly equip its employees to deal with the challenges of the contemporary workplace. Workplace education is no longer a nice-to-have, it's a necessity...

Posted 5 years ago | Like
Juanita Pienaar
SOUTH AFRICA
#StartupStory: Sum of 21 addresses transformation, skills development

#StartupStory: Sum of 21 addresses transformation, skills development
[Juanita Pienaar] A closer look at Sum of 21 Academy, a creative agency that offers a 12-month training platform to young, previously disadvantaged creatives and communicators who already have a tertiary qualification and want to enter the creative industry...

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Jessica Tennant
SOUTH AFRICA
The social path to optimising your content marketing efforts

The social path to optimising your content marketing efforts
[Jessica Tennant] Your business having a social presence is all good and well, but if there's no strategy in place, you're wasting your time and potentially damaging your reputation...

Posted 5 years ago | Like
Harry Kalmer
SOUTH AFRICA
Education in SA's design and creative industries mirrors the world's best

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[Harry Kalmer] Harry Kalmer recently travelled to Denmark and while studying the Danish approach to prepare students for a career in the creative industries, he realised how SA's education compares to the world's best...

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Jessica Tennant
SOUTH AFRICA
Facebook Africa, Digify Africa launch online safety programme for SA youth

Emilar Gandhi, public policy manager for the SADC region for Facebook | Photo: Jessica Tennant
Emilar Gandhi, public policy manager for the SADC region for Facebook | Photo: Jessica Tennant
[Jessica Tennant] Facebook Africa and Digify Africa have partnered to launch an online safety programme called Ilizwe Lam, Xhosa for my world...

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Jessica Tennant
SOUTH AFRICA
Brent Spilkin and Vega introduce WTF, new course for freelancers

Brent Spilkin and Vega introduce WTF, new course for freelancers
[Jessica Tennant] South Africans are three times more likely to freelance than their global counterparts, but the freelance movement is not a millennial movement, says Brent Spilkin, also known as 'Spillly', author of What the Freelance...

Posted 6 years ago | Like
Jessica Tennant
SOUTH AFRICA
The modern marketer is a connected one

The modern marketer is a connected one
[Jessica Tennant] In the 1970s, people were served about 300 ads a day. Today it's about 5,000 ads a day. It's a product-polluted world with smart consumers, where it's no longer about differentiation, but about multiple and meaningful connections, says Carmen Murray, founder of Boo-Yah!...

Posted 6 years ago | Like
Jessica Tennant
SOUTH AFRICA
#Newsmaker: Junior Mokoma furthers his creative studies in Holland w/ Vega, FCB

#Newsmaker: Junior Mokoma furthers his creative studies in Holland w/ Vega, FCB
[Jessica Tennant] It was during his internship as a copywriter at FCB Africa in Johannesburg when Vega alumni student Junior Mokoma was offered the opportunity to study transmedia storytelling at Fontys Academy for Creative Industries in Tilburg, the Netherlands...

Posted 6 years ago | Like
Tiffany Markman
SOUTH AFRICA
Out of sight, out of mind

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[Tiffany Markman] Are there ways to break through content overload? Are there techniques for chunking what you've seen and heard in training, into manageable, usable pieces? Here are eight tips for getting more out of training or conference sessions...

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Khangelani Dziba
SOUTH AFRICA
A reimagined approach is needed to solve South Africa's social ills

A reimagined approach is needed to solve South Africa's social ills
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[Khangelani Dziba] South Africa's ability to solve issues will not only come from traditional platforms but rather from an integrated and united approach that is inclusive of different ways of thinking and solving challenges...

Posted 6 years ago | Like
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