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Break the Patterns!
Well it's coming to the end of October which means I've nearly completed my 3 month sojourn in Europe. My partner Shane and I have spent the last couple of months traveling throughout Italy and France. Traveling is such a fantastic way to remind yourself that every culture lives life quite differently, even Westernised countries! We have marveled at the differences in between Australia and France/Italy. For starters, Shane had to get used to driving on the right hand side of the road pretty quickly! We also had to remember that most shops closed everyday from 12 - 2 so that lunch could be enjoyed with friends and family. Of course, the types of foods were completely different too; no sliced bread here only long thin baguettes everyday and no regular cheddar cheese only guyere, emmental, goats cheese, blue cheese and so on!
The differences are great because it jolts your brain out of a pattern that you're used to and this jolt can spur on great creativity. So think about the routines that you follow everyday and try something different. It could be travelling a different way into work, adding a comment on a blog post, trying something new for breakfast, going to a different networking event or watching a movie from an unfamiliar genre! Break the patterns and try something new today.
30 under 30
30 amazing young people across Australia have been recognised for their outstanding entrepreneurial achievements in the Australian Anthill's 30 under 30 awards. Check out their profiles at http://anthillonline.com/30under30-winners-2009-the-full-list/
The only disappointing things was that there weren't more profiled from Western Australia although we did have one shining star Tenille Bentley, who heads up the Global Good Foundation. I have met Tenille a couple of times and she is a dynamic young entrepreneur with great vision and determination. You can find out more about the Foundation at http://www.ggf.org.au/
Get young people to teach young people
Today I read an interesting blog post highlighting the effectiveness of young teachers in engaging Generation Y learners. You can read the article here. Obviously this interested me because since I was 18 I've been developing and facilitating leadership workshops for young people at schools and in the community. I know that one of the reasons I'm booked is that I'm closer to the age of my audience participants and can develop rapport quickly as well as utilise innovative methods to teach and engage Generation Y audiences.
The article explores how young teachers know more about how young people learn, engage, interact and communicate through mechanisms such as social media, technology and the internet. Recently I've now started to present to teachers about how to engage Generation Y in the learning environment by using all the mediums that are usually banned in schools! Such as mobile phones, Youtube, Facebook, and Twitter. I hope schools will start to see the benefits of these tools to connect with their students. I've always found these technologies often ignite young learner's passion and enthusiasm for learning topics!
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