Blog Posts October 2009
Creating lasting relationships
On 11 November, Central Government and NGOs will come together in Wellington for a forum on a proposed relationship agreement between the community and voluntary sector and government.
This is not the first attempt to build stronger and healthier relationships between the government and the sector, which provides services in health, sport and recreation, social service, education, culture, emergency response and conservation.
Under the previous Labour-led government, there was...
Posted by Anna Kominik on Tuesday 27th Oct 2009
Slow on the blog
Call me a bit slow to catch on – but when it comes to blogging, like many other things in life, it isn’t until one actually participates that the true benefits become clear.
Until earlier this year, when professional circumstances encouraged me to attempt my first blog, I’d considered this activity to be something geeks do, other geeks read and it all ends up as cyberspace trash.
However, I am now more inclined to see that indeed, blogging has its values.
For one, the...
Posted by Alice Taylor on Sunday 11th Oct 2009
Graffiti Crimes
Anyone living outside Wellington may not be aware of Graffiti-Gate, which has unfolded on a famous wall on a busy suburban street in the capital.
For almost three decades a couple of undistinguished retaining walls in Wallace Street, Mt Cook, have taken it in turns to be a shrine of sorts to Joy Division singer Ian Curtis who took his own life in 1980, aged 23.
When passing, we walked in silence.
The...
Posted by Mark Russell on Tuesday 6th Oct 2009
Perhaps the polished performer isn’t the most influential…
I’m currently working with a Chief Executive who every week gives 30 minutes of his time to talk with his people about matters affecting the business.
It’s a significant investment in time – but one that’s paying dividends.
This particular CE is one of the old-school – and it shows in how he talks with his staff.
He’s shy, not charismatic; quietly spoken instead of booming; and while he’s very thoughtful, he’s not polished.
Yet his style works, and his staff love...
Posted by Amanda Woodbridge on Thursday 1st Oct 2009