Screening career guidance for the youth
Nu Metro and Standard Bank have joined up with communications company Orbes Media to develop and screen an informative and entertaining movie outlining careers, education, training, life skills, loans and bursaries in South Africa, for learners in grades 9 - 12. 6 May 2008 08:33

USB-ED offers conscious career strategies for women - USB-ED
As more and more women take up management and leadership positions, there is an increasing need among them for empowerment and skills to make a success of their new roles and careers. To address this need, USB Executive Development Ltd (USB-ED) will be presenting a workshop - Conscious Career Strategies for Women - in May this year. 17 Apr 2008 17:04

Executive Training finds a powerful partner - Consciousness Coaching - CCI Coaching Academy
Life coaching as an industry earns over $100 billion a year worldwide. In America, it's the second fastest growth industry after IT. 15 Apr 2008 10:58

Our services will rock you! - The Learning Theatre
The Standard Bank Client Care personnel quietly entered the auditorium. There was no sign of the chirpy conversations that echoed in the foyer just moments before the doors opened. Nobody was in the mood for a boring presentation on a Friday morning at 07:30 – management must have gone off their rockers completely! Who would have thought minutes into the so-called presentation, they would be laughing themselves silly...?! 9 Apr 2008 12:07

Neotel Telecommunications Academy launched
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] A one-year pilot skills programme in telecommunications, which was initiated in February 2007 by Neotel with the collaboration of the National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa (NEMISA), has now culminated to a full-time training academy where 27 students will be studying towards a three-year advanced diploma in telecommunications. 9 Apr 2008 08:49

USB-ED present Senior Management Development Programme in Gauteng - USB-ED
USB Executive Development Ltd (USB-ED) is for the first time presenting its Senior Management Development Programme (SMDP) in Gauteng. It aims to equip senior managers with the necessary knowledge and skills to function effectively in a uniquely Southern African environment. There are three study schools with the first study school taking place from 2 to 6 June 2008 in Gauteng. 7 Apr 2008 11:33

UCT presents media law course
Trial by media, invasions of privacy and orchestrated smear campaigns are some of the allegations hurled at members of the South Africa Media, who also face related threats of financially crippling law suits. At issue is the media's role in satisfying the public's right to know. With this in mind, the Professional Development Project at the University of Cape Town has launched a course entitled Media, its Ethics and the Law. 7 Apr 2008 08:51

IFRA events for 2008
DARMSTADT, GERMANY: IFRA, the worldwide research and service organisation for the news publishing industry, offers a highly diversified programme of conferences and study tours in the second quarter of 2008. The focus will be on new developments and latest challenges for the news publishing industry, such as media convergence, cross-media marketing, integrated multimedia newsrooms as well as opportunities and risks of digitisation. 26 Mar 2008 08:36

Understand and experience the Chinese business environment - USB-ED
USB Executive Development Ltd of the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB), in conjunction with Stellenbosch University's Centre for Chinese Studies, is launching a new, structured executive learning programme called “Passport to China”. This is in response to China's increasing global presence and rapid economic expansion that have created considerable business interest in the world's most populous nation. 25 Mar 2008 16:46

Helping business adapt to the digital age
The next few weeks will see the further editions of two new media marketing events intended to help business adapt to the digital age: the second annual New Media Marketing conference by International Quality and Productivity Centre (IQPC) in Johannesburg next week and the third Nomadic Marketing course at the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB), mid-April 2008. 18 Mar 2008 08:56

Big changes ahead for education, training system
[Alan Hammond] While many government departments are wary of launching new initiatives with a year left of the current government, the education and labour ministries have four bills between them that are making their way through Parliament. 17 Mar 2008 09:25

Web 2.0 for communications professionals
Web 2.0, blogs, wikis, social media, WebPR, user-generated content, online reputation management, folksonomies, RSS, podcasts, social bookmarking… what do these concepts mean and how can they enhance a communications strategy? 10 Mar 2008 08:47

Clios looking for future gold
NEW YORK: Applications from around the world for the 2008 Clio Future Gold | Young Creatives Programme are now open until 1 April 2008. The programme, with its mission to elevate and inspire up-and-coming talent in the advertising industry, is run by the 49th Annual Clio Awards and Festival, a global awards competition for advertising, design and interactive, in conjunction with ihaveanidea. 7 Mar 2008 09:01