xoxo
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Monday, October 22, 2012
TEDx Soweto 2012
I really don't even know where to start with this post - my goodness! What a lovely eye-opening, heart-stretching, mind-numbing, thought-provoking experience.
Having seen the international talks from the TED platform, when I found out we were getting even a slither of the same thing in our backyard, I nearly fell over myself trying to contain my excitement.
TedxSoweto is one of thousands of locally organized TED supported conversation aiming to spread the ideas that matter worldwide. The talks feature innovative forward thinkers from varied disciplines - tech, language, art, architecture, social culture etcetera. It's about building a culture problem solvers and innovators that can present solutions to some of the most complex social issues both locally and globally and as such bridging the wealth divide to eradicate poverty.
I know this all sounds very la-di-da, but it really is responsibility of the youth of a given time to champion the innovation and revolution of their time. Ted is one of the few platforms that encourage that.
Throughout the day there were a number of speakers shook my very insides - bidding questions I have often shied away from or palmed off as someone else's jurisdiction. Attending the talk reminded me that the time is always now, the person is always me.
I won't go into an in-depth break-down of all the talks, I'm sure they'll have videos up on the site soon. I'll just share some pics with a couple of short descriptions on the caption and one or two of my favorite quotes for the day.
"A great country is built on literature and art, not Hennesy." - Malo8
"An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea who's time has come. - Victor Hugo
"Africa doesn't need handouts, what Africa needs is innovation. Africa needs I.C.T - Innovation, creativity and talent." - Yaron Assabi
"People look at preservation in a backward looking light. That's not how I see preservation. When we were growing up we used to create a walking path in the grass, and to preserve it we would have to keep walking along that same path. It's the same with preserving our languages and ideas, we must come up with a solution path and be the champions that keep walking it to keep it alive." - Phiway Mbuyazi
"We will tell the world how to see our Soweto" - I See a Different You
PICTURES***
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| Architect Denver Hendricks - Energy conservation and new ideas on efficient energy use within home structures. |
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| A very different view on food consumption - Miche Fabre Lewin, an Artist-cuisniere, Culinary Activist. "We must stop being food consumers and become food citizens." |
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| Some clothing on sale from Thesis - Spotted an item or two I must get. |
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| Phiway Mbuyazi, Mother tongue evangelist and one of my favorite speakers for the day. "Mother tongue education can help close the wealth gap." |
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| The Girls :) Mukondi, Nwabisa, Zintle and Cassandra... Not such a good pic though. |
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| Lively performance by Durban Hip-Hop group BIG FKN GUN |
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| The goose that lays the golden eggs :) haha I See A Different You in all their splendor. Innocent Mukheli, Vuyo Mpantsha and Justice Mukheli. |
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| "Soweto is our love - we wanted to share that with the world" - I See A Different You's Vuyo Mpantsha |
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| A spirit awakening performance by world renowned drummer Tlale Makhene Love&Light. |
Monday, October 15, 2012
Hello Real Love
Too often we shy away from beauty -We call it safety and security, we call acceptable practice, we call it sanity. It's such a shame that we miss out on the true reflections of ourselves because of a glorified fear...fear disguised as practical thinking or societally acceptable behavior. The status quo means absolutely nothing in my opinion. - it's all a matter of space and time. We should never be bound by the projections of others of what is right and fit for us. One often steers away from a decision as simple as cutting their hair because one or two people said "It's so not like you". Absurd isn't it? Are you not the only you that can say whether or not something is "you" or not?
I'm rambling...in gibberish even...it's only because I'm so ignited by a friend of mines recent change of heart. It's a simple thing but it has made me aware of her freedom from conformity. She cut her hair and it looks great! If you've read a couple of my recent posts you'll know that the hair discourse is a favorite of mine lately. That's because it really annoys me that hair has become one of those things that gets shoved down our throats as an absolute extension of our personalities - ugh! It's just hair right? Turning mere strands of DNA into a definitive just grates my cheese.
I'm just happy that some women will not be bound to the mumbo-jumbo linked to which hairstyle means what. Either it's there or not..."well-groomed" or not...that doesn't change the pink matter that makes up your mind.
Change the way you will. In a strange way I'm proud of my friend. - it's not a life changing move but it's a symbol of a little piece of freedom...Self love. I've always viewed self love as a freedom of sorts.
Here's a pic of the gorgling herself. :)
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| @TshegoMLP |
Monday, October 8, 2012
Oh Well
Have you pondered like I have?
Skipping about thoughts like river stones across the waters of topic?
Have you meandered along the winding ways of notion ?
Wondering. Wandering.
Are we brick and mortar?
Are we soil and water?
Are we mould...to be sold?
Are we strong to bend?
Or are we weak? Or malleable? Might those be the same thing?
We are women...sure.
But are we brick or mortar or soil or mould or sold or strong or weak or the same women?
Have you thought these thoughts?
Have you asked my questions?
Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
Has it never been about us?
Oh Well.
Skipping about thoughts like river stones across the waters of topic?
Have you meandered along the winding ways of notion ?
Wondering. Wandering.
Are we brick and mortar?
Are we soil and water?
Are we mould...to be sold?
Are we strong to bend?
Or are we weak? Or malleable? Might those be the same thing?
We are women...sure.
But are we brick or mortar or soil or mould or sold or strong or weak or the same women?
Have you thought these thoughts?
Have you asked my questions?
Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
Has it never been about us?
Oh Well.
Look who's getting spotted on the fabulous blogosphere :)
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| Found on Miss Vie's http://viemyselfandi.blogspot.com/2012/10/style-spotting-at-marie-claire-trunk.html |
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Hair is
Hair has become so contentious. It shouldn't be. Hair is not currency. Hair isn't identity. Hair isn't an accurate measure of how one values oneself. Hair or lack thereof is not self-love nor is it self-hate. The texture or style of it shouldn't connote or denote ANYTHING. Hair just is.
We have got to get to the point in our lives where we have built and defined who we are so well that our very essence isn't affected by the strands of protein et al that come out of our skin. It is ludicrous.
Seriously,
:/
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We have got to get to the point in our lives where we have built and defined who we are so well that our very essence isn't affected by the strands of protein et al that come out of our skin. It is ludicrous.
Seriously,
:/
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Friday, September 28, 2012
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Work ethic breeds work ethic.
The more you work, the more you can work. Like when building muscle - you work it out until you have a kind of fitness towards work. It's like the South African credit act...You need credit to get credit. - Silly as that may seem it works.
The terms of our credit act are in place to ensure that you are reliable enough to be trusted with the states/a given organization's money. The more debt you have and pay, the more debt you qualify for. It's the same as work. - The more work you do, the more apt you are to take on more work. If you keep postponing your plans because you have "sooo much work to do" you'll never know who it feels to be able to do both.
We've all heard of or know someone who is the same age as us and has a nine-to-five job, a growing enterpreneurial venture, a rigid gym schedule, an amazing social life, a stable relationship and does a formidable amount of charity work through their church! LIKE WTF And you wonder how on earth???? You have one job and a part-time degree and can barely finish that oh-so-promising business plan you started ages ago! :(
Well here's my theory: The day we decide to change our perception of time/lack thereof, is the day we'll have more time. As soon as yew stop perceiving ourselves as too busy or too tired we'll have no choice but to be inventive with our time. Not in the Sade in her King Of Sorrow music video kind of way but in the kind of way that does not accept procrastination.
I realized that on some days I stay off the streets of twitter for instance and I'm able to cover the amount of work that could potentially take me three days. And then by the time I do check twitter I realize the triviality I would have been actively participating in. Time is currency and we must be thrifty with it, there's not ever gonna be a refund of all the minutes and seconds we waste.
I know for instance I am definitely way more "work fit" than what I used to be even a year ago. It's a paradigm shift we all need to undergo and I'm by no means saying that I've metamorphosed into a an asian worker-bee, but it's a little different now the amount of the work I can do without flinching. - makes me feel a tad lazy in fact. One just has to keep pushing.
This post is entirely random - but then again so am I. I'm just arbitrarily making my way through what is called child-to-adult transition and sometimes I feel the need to share a few nuggets of info I pick up along the way.
Just try to work despite feeling "train-trampled" sometime, I guarantee once you're done you'll feel more accomplished than a virgin teen boy after prom night. (and it's an addictive feeling) *Smirk* #OrYourMoneyBack
But you guys know I'm no expert so...
#POW :)
The terms of our credit act are in place to ensure that you are reliable enough to be trusted with the states/a given organization's money. The more debt you have and pay, the more debt you qualify for. It's the same as work. - The more work you do, the more apt you are to take on more work. If you keep postponing your plans because you have "sooo much work to do" you'll never know who it feels to be able to do both.
We've all heard of or know someone who is the same age as us and has a nine-to-five job, a growing enterpreneurial venture, a rigid gym schedule, an amazing social life, a stable relationship and does a formidable amount of charity work through their church! LIKE WTF And you wonder how on earth???? You have one job and a part-time degree and can barely finish that oh-so-promising business plan you started ages ago! :(
Well here's my theory: The day we decide to change our perception of time/lack thereof, is the day we'll have more time. As soon as yew stop perceiving ourselves as too busy or too tired we'll have no choice but to be inventive with our time. Not in the Sade in her King Of Sorrow music video kind of way but in the kind of way that does not accept procrastination.
I realized that on some days I stay off the streets of twitter for instance and I'm able to cover the amount of work that could potentially take me three days. And then by the time I do check twitter I realize the triviality I would have been actively participating in. Time is currency and we must be thrifty with it, there's not ever gonna be a refund of all the minutes and seconds we waste.
I know for instance I am definitely way more "work fit" than what I used to be even a year ago. It's a paradigm shift we all need to undergo and I'm by no means saying that I've metamorphosed into a an asian worker-bee, but it's a little different now the amount of the work I can do without flinching. - makes me feel a tad lazy in fact. One just has to keep pushing.
This post is entirely random - but then again so am I. I'm just arbitrarily making my way through what is called child-to-adult transition and sometimes I feel the need to share a few nuggets of info I pick up along the way.
Just try to work despite feeling "train-trampled" sometime, I guarantee once you're done you'll feel more accomplished than a virgin teen boy after prom night. (and it's an addictive feeling) *Smirk* #OrYourMoneyBack
But you guys know I'm no expert so...
#POW :)
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Florence And The Machine
Regrets collect like old friendsHere to relive your darkest momentsI can see no way, I can see no wayAnd all of the ghouls come out to playAnd every demon wants his pound of fleshBut I like to keep some things to myselfI like to keep my issues drawnIt's always darkest before the dawn
And I've been a fool and I've been blindI can never leave the past behindI can see no way, I can see no wayI'm always dragging that horse aroundAnd our love is pastured such a mournful soundTonight I'm gonna bury that horse in the groundSo I like to keep my issues drawnBut it's always darkest before the dawn
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaahShake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaaahAnd it's hard to dance with a devil on your backSo shake him off, oh woah
I am done with my graceless heartSo tonight I'm gonna cut it out and then restartCause I like to keep my issues drawnIt's always darkest before the dawn
[ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/shake-it-out-lyrics-florence-and-the-machine.html ]Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaahShake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaahAnd it's hard to dance with a devil on your backSo shake him off, oh woahAnd it's hard to dance with a devil on your back so shake him off
And given half the chance would I take any of it backIt's a fine romance but its left me so undoneIt's always darkest before the dawn
Oh woah, oh woah...
And I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don'tSo here's to drinks in the dark at the end of my roadAnd I'm ready to suffer and I'm ready to hopeIt's a shot in the dark and right at my throatCause looking for heaven, found the devil in meLooking for heaven, found the devil in meWell what the hell I'm gonna let it happen to me
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaahShake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaahAnd it's hard to dance with a devil on your backSo shake him off, oh woah
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaahShake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaahAnd it's hard to dance with a devil on your backSo shake him off, oh woah
Here's a good version of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkOiIsEpehc
And I've been a fool and I've been blindI can never leave the past behindI can see no way, I can see no wayI'm always dragging that horse aroundAnd our love is pastured such a mournful soundTonight I'm gonna bury that horse in the groundSo I like to keep my issues drawnBut it's always darkest before the dawn
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaahShake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaaahAnd it's hard to dance with a devil on your backSo shake him off, oh woah
I am done with my graceless heartSo tonight I'm gonna cut it out and then restartCause I like to keep my issues drawnIt's always darkest before the dawn
[ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/shake-it-out-lyrics-florence-and-the-machine.html ]Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaahShake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaahAnd it's hard to dance with a devil on your backSo shake him off, oh woahAnd it's hard to dance with a devil on your back so shake him off
And given half the chance would I take any of it backIt's a fine romance but its left me so undoneIt's always darkest before the dawn
Oh woah, oh woah...
And I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don'tSo here's to drinks in the dark at the end of my roadAnd I'm ready to suffer and I'm ready to hopeIt's a shot in the dark and right at my throatCause looking for heaven, found the devil in meLooking for heaven, found the devil in meWell what the hell I'm gonna let it happen to me
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaahShake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaahAnd it's hard to dance with a devil on your backSo shake him off, oh woah
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaahShake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaahAnd it's hard to dance with a devil on your backSo shake him off, oh woah
Here's a good version of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkOiIsEpehc
****I just thought you should see this.
Laters
Monday, August 6, 2012
Drakensberg adventure
This post is so long overdue!
I meant to put it up when I touched down in JSec. Buuuuuut, cest la vie! :) Had a blazer of a time out there with the fam. Great combination of fun times and much needed rest. You know a black honey had a good time if she comes back with "Complexion". If you have some time time and a little money I'd say take the time and go right now!
#POW
I meant to put it up when I touched down in JSec. Buuuuuut, cest la vie! :) Had a blazer of a time out there with the fam. Great combination of fun times and much needed rest. You know a black honey had a good time if she comes back with "Complexion". If you have some time time and a little money I'd say take the time and go right now!
#POW
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Care for a game of Scrabbyl?
Happy days are here again,
I have stumbled apon a little piece of sunshine. Scrabbyl Fashion is a wonderful range of clothes by the darling Miss Mbali Mthethwa. Think young-fresh-and-new. I love their playful nature and heart-stealing colors. Alice in wonderland...that's what it conjures up.
I need to get my pretty paws on one of their items like last week already! If you'd like to get in touch with them just mail scrabbyl.fashion@gmail.com or visit their eff-bee page here http://www.facebook.com/pages/Scrabbyl/197677327021259
Enjoy!
I have stumbled apon a little piece of sunshine. Scrabbyl Fashion is a wonderful range of clothes by the darling Miss Mbali Mthethwa. Think young-fresh-and-new. I love their playful nature and heart-stealing colors. Alice in wonderland...that's what it conjures up.
I need to get my pretty paws on one of their items like last week already! If you'd like to get in touch with them just mail scrabbyl.fashion@gmail.com or visit their eff-bee page here http://www.facebook.com/pages/Scrabbyl/197677327021259
Enjoy!
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Anton Friedman
Hi All,
This is the work of a colleague of mine Anton Friedman. Amamzing, thought provoking, bit of a difference in the clutter. Enjoy!
This is the work of a colleague of mine Anton Friedman. Amamzing, thought provoking, bit of a difference in the clutter. Enjoy!
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Two Good Women
Monday, June 18, 2012
Keep Calm and Reboot
I've gotten to the point where I am ok with rebooting my phone. I do it like 3-7 (as a thumb suck) times a day. I have complained till I was blue in the face about how many times it hangs. But alas, I am a new woman. A woman of patience and strength.
It's the strangest thing but many of us who use BBs are fed up with them, but we simply cannot migrate. It's for a number of reasons but my biggest weakness is BBM. I am a self-proclaimed (perhaps also peer-accused) addict. - Don't ask me why, it's created a convenience in my life that I can no longer breath without.
So if you there are facing a similar predicament with your phone, hear this: It is not worth the anger and frustration, it is what it is...so Keep calm and reboot.
I have made us all a sign for the sake of camaraderie. Download sign below :) #Pow
It's the strangest thing but many of us who use BBs are fed up with them, but we simply cannot migrate. It's for a number of reasons but my biggest weakness is BBM. I am a self-proclaimed (perhaps also peer-accused) addict. - Don't ask me why, it's created a convenience in my life that I can no longer breath without.
So if you there are facing a similar predicament with your phone, hear this: It is not worth the anger and frustration, it is what it is...so Keep calm and reboot.
I have made us all a sign for the sake of camaraderie. Download sign below :) #Pow
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Female of the species - Ruyard Kipling
When the Himalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride,
He shouts to scare the monster, who will often turn aside.
But the she-bear thus accosted rends the peasant tooth and nail
For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
<3
I'm not much of a poetry fanatic but these my friends, are words to live by. Thought I'd just provide some hype to kickstart the week.
#Pow.
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He shouts to scare the monster, who will often turn aside.
But the she-bear thus accosted rends the peasant tooth and nail
For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
<3
I'm not much of a poetry fanatic but these my friends, are words to live by. Thought I'd just provide some hype to kickstart the week.
#Pow.
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Thyme Restaurant at PNP-On-Nicol
Hi buddies,
Monday, May 28, 2012
Pretty little Isabella's
I spent my Saturday morning at a quaint little part of Pretoria (yes Pretoria) that is a stolen piece of Cape Town. It's called Waterkloof Corner and boasts a number of fantastical little restaurants. My friend Lesego and I had a very girlie lunch at beautiful, pink-striped, chandeliered Isabella's.
This is the ultimate girls girl spot of all time - Let me put it this way, they do High Teas!!! You can have yourself one of their yummy home-bake sammies and lovely exotic salads. I need a whole 'nother post for their cake cake cake cake! GO!
This is the ultimate girls girl spot of all time - Let me put it this way, they do High Teas!!! You can have yourself one of their yummy home-bake sammies and lovely exotic salads. I need a whole 'nother post for their cake cake cake cake! GO!
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Team Ok Go! Darn-good-doers
Team Ok Go!
....Are a couple of young lasses in spandex suits saving the world!!! - So vintage
!...Lol Kidding, they're a couple of rad young women who are embarking on a wonderful trip into the greater Africa as part of The Put Foot Rally. The rally is a charity drive/race and although the ladies might not be in it to win it, they will be handing out as many school shoes etc along the way as possible to kids who really need them.
This is amazing....so if you have a minute pop by their blog to see where you can help.
....Are a couple of young lasses in spandex suits saving the world!!! - So vintage
!...Lol Kidding, they're a couple of rad young women who are embarking on a wonderful trip into the greater Africa as part of The Put Foot Rally. The rally is a charity drive/race and although the ladies might not be in it to win it, they will be handing out as many school shoes etc along the way as possible to kids who really need them.
This is amazing....so if you have a minute pop by their blog to see where you can help.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
On Deuschbags: The first of many.
The workplace has taught me many things, the one I'd like to discuss with you is The Art Of Dueschbagism. I have a never-ending opinion on the subject so it'll take a number of posts to get it all out really. Today I just want to share the challenge that deuschbags present and how I've dealt with it, today. Just today because I'm afraid this phenomenon extracts all sorts of volatility from me on better days.
Imagine it: You're in a room full of experienced creative people and well, more experienced creative people. You... are less experienced. You are therefore NERVOUS AS F. You fiddle with your pen and make shady doodles in your moleskin to avoid eye contact or complete transparency. (if you allow transparency they'll all see how nervous and contemplate you really are...we can't have that. Deuschbags thrive off little nervous creatives like you.) You stall for as long as possible but you know you'll have to speak eventually. Finally there's no more avoiding you can do and your big booming boss is staring at you wondering why you haven't begun speaking. You clear your throat and while you're doing that, he mentions that your idea had better be the thing that'll change his mood, after all he is in a very bad mood. The nervousness goes through the roof at this point. Ok, ok... the show must go on so being the professional that you are you deliver the idea. At this point you've spent all of yourself and he had better love it or you'll flatline.
There is a pregnant pause, and then he says "Its a little crap.". Now, if it's true that you're only as good as your last work, then your entire career has just been reduced to "crap". Not even a lot of "crap" but "a little crap". So here's what I wanted to say. You can either evaporate into tears or have a defensive outburst that will only embarrass you further, or you can react like an (and I hate to use this word) adult. Ask "Why? Why is it a little bit crap?" Then, watch and learn. The great thing about deuschbags is that they are often very talented, so listen to every single word, watch every single gesture and absorb it all. You're an awesome person so your conscience will be able to filter the really deuschbaggy things but the rest will probably be of value. If you take yourself away and treat it as criticism of the idea and not you, chances are you'll either see he's point, or be able to rationally defend your work. Truth is you can either spend the rest of this meeting hating him/her and yourself or you can have learnt something.
Today I managed to resolve it this way, tomorrow, I might hurl a sharp object at him/her. I'm just trying to keep sane.
#Pow
Imagine it: You're in a room full of experienced creative people and well, more experienced creative people. You... are less experienced. You are therefore NERVOUS AS F. You fiddle with your pen and make shady doodles in your moleskin to avoid eye contact or complete transparency. (if you allow transparency they'll all see how nervous and contemplate you really are...we can't have that. Deuschbags thrive off little nervous creatives like you.) You stall for as long as possible but you know you'll have to speak eventually. Finally there's no more avoiding you can do and your big booming boss is staring at you wondering why you haven't begun speaking. You clear your throat and while you're doing that, he mentions that your idea had better be the thing that'll change his mood, after all he is in a very bad mood. The nervousness goes through the roof at this point. Ok, ok... the show must go on so being the professional that you are you deliver the idea. At this point you've spent all of yourself and he had better love it or you'll flatline.
There is a pregnant pause, and then he says "Its a little crap.". Now, if it's true that you're only as good as your last work, then your entire career has just been reduced to "crap". Not even a lot of "crap" but "a little crap". So here's what I wanted to say. You can either evaporate into tears or have a defensive outburst that will only embarrass you further, or you can react like an (and I hate to use this word) adult. Ask "Why? Why is it a little bit crap?" Then, watch and learn. The great thing about deuschbags is that they are often very talented, so listen to every single word, watch every single gesture and absorb it all. You're an awesome person so your conscience will be able to filter the really deuschbaggy things but the rest will probably be of value. If you take yourself away and treat it as criticism of the idea and not you, chances are you'll either see he's point, or be able to rationally defend your work. Truth is you can either spend the rest of this meeting hating him/her and yourself or you can have learnt something.
Today I managed to resolve it this way, tomorrow, I might hurl a sharp object at him/her. I'm just trying to keep sane.
#Pow
Monday, February 20, 2012
How to carry oneself during a really bad briefing.
Hi friends,
Yes I owe you a million apologies for being severely AWOL. I had been swallowed by the pretty picture-ness of Tumblr. Alas, my insatiable need to praat-te-veel has returned and so the prodigal blogger is back.
Right, lets get right to it. I, generally, have a great job. In the past I have been quoted saying things like "It's not a job, it's a pleasure" and other such nauseating things. We get it right? - I love this thing.
But....
Sometimes I am cursed and a dark bad-brief cloud comes over me. *Cue the violins* It's tragic!!! And yet, like the professional that I'm trying to mould myself into, I must cope with it. The problem is, if you're me, any silly thought that rushes past your mind, rushes vividly past your face.
The last thing you want is for your clients or client service team (advertising specific) to feel like you're not, what's that word? Enthused about the work. So, here's 3 step plan on how to seem riveted and ready to rumble. (I haven't yet mastered these myself but I'm trying)
1.) Smile and nod (add the odd "ahh" here and there) - This gives off the impression that you're interested and are pleasantly surprised by the amount of detailed info they have prepared for you. (Everyone loves to feel appreciated so grin and bare it)
2.) Ask questions - The more smart you let the briefer sound, the more they love you the briefee.
3.) Stay awake!! Self explanatory nes pas?
A few other nifty tricks include complimenting the briefer, (e.g. Wow nice choice of words, I totally get it.) and referring back to a point they made earlier that you can tell they think is important (i.e. Yes, like *Stacey said...) etc.
There, I think this is pretty comprehensive. All that's left is for us to help each other get it right, yes? Yaaaay! Go team! Now go attack that nefarious job!
#POW
Yes I owe you a million apologies for being severely AWOL. I had been swallowed by the pretty picture-ness of Tumblr. Alas, my insatiable need to praat-te-veel has returned and so the prodigal blogger is back.
Right, lets get right to it. I, generally, have a great job. In the past I have been quoted saying things like "It's not a job, it's a pleasure" and other such nauseating things. We get it right? - I love this thing.
But....
Sometimes I am cursed and a dark bad-brief cloud comes over me. *Cue the violins* It's tragic!!! And yet, like the professional that I'm trying to mould myself into, I must cope with it. The problem is, if you're me, any silly thought that rushes past your mind, rushes vividly past your face.
The last thing you want is for your clients or client service team (advertising specific) to feel like you're not, what's that word? Enthused about the work. So, here's 3 step plan on how to seem riveted and ready to rumble. (I haven't yet mastered these myself but I'm trying)
1.) Smile and nod (add the odd "ahh" here and there) - This gives off the impression that you're interested and are pleasantly surprised by the amount of detailed info they have prepared for you. (Everyone loves to feel appreciated so grin and bare it)
2.) Ask questions - The more smart you let the briefer sound, the more they love you the briefee.
3.) Stay awake!! Self explanatory nes pas?
A few other nifty tricks include complimenting the briefer, (e.g. Wow nice choice of words, I totally get it.) and referring back to a point they made earlier that you can tell they think is important (i.e. Yes, like *Stacey said...) etc.
There, I think this is pretty comprehensive. All that's left is for us to help each other get it right, yes? Yaaaay! Go team! Now go attack that nefarious job!
#POW
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