(The following article was first published in the January 2011 edition of the AFG Venture Group’s ‘Dispatches‘) Falling in Love is So Easy To Do You probably remember some of the lyrics from that classic song of disillusionment with love and relationships, ‘I’ll Never Fall in Love Again’. If not, here’s a little reminder: What …
Learning, Gen Y and Z
Posted Nov 20 2010 by Tony Hughes
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During the recent International Award Association’s Regional Training Workshop in Korea Michael McDonald (author and Gen Y researcher) and Tony Hughes (CEO of praxMatrix) were guest speakers. This is part of a taped conversation between Michael and Tony where they discuss the characteristics of Gen Y/Z and the particular learning strategies that can be used …
Facebook Fatigue
Posted Jul 5 2010 by Tony Hughes
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My own use of Facebook is pretty erratic. I swing between moments of great activity – uploading photos, linking to resources, messaging family and friends – and longer periods of complete lassitude when I do nothing at all with it. Facebook Fatigue – you just get tired of it after awhile. Too many other things …
Socially Unsocial Networks?
Posted Mar 12 2010 by Tony Hughes
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Parents despairing loudly about the amount of time their teenage kids spend using social networks such as MSN and Facebook are more the norm than the exception but it’s rare to hear a 22 year-old, tech-savvy, hip-hop performer slamming his own generation’s anti-social use of technology. In a recent SMH article Nick Bryant-Smith, a Sydney …
