stephen blyth’s blog

There’s always something that you forget to mention when you’re doing a lecture or presentation. I’ve just got back from running a guest lecture slot with students on the stakeholder communication and image management course run through the Unitec Graduate Diploma in Not for Profit Management, and realise I didn’t talk about creative commons (amongst […]

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For government agencies seeking to bring a youth perspective into their policy work, the Internet seems to be a logical choice. Of course, not all young people are online but a high percentage are regular cyber denizens.
The 2005 Nielsen/ NetRatings eGeneration survey (2MB pdf) showed 78 per cent of people aged 6-17 had been […]

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The popularity of authors and presenters following in the footsteps of famous writers or artists, or walking the whole length of a country, mountain range, island or following some geographic feature has got me thinking about a project of my own.
Last year I really enjoyed a TV series about distinguished English actress Miriam Margolyes’ […]

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With a week to go until voting in this year’s the local body elections close, the turnout has been pretty low. The Dominion Post reported last week that just 13.28 per cent of Wellington’s 132,051 eligible votes had been received, down 2.06 per cent from the same stage three years ago.
Most of the mayoral candidates […]

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