I came across this video and just had to share it. It’s a powerful video from Brian Tracy (you can follow him on Twitter). If you do nothing else today watch this video. He finishes the talk with this famous poem Don’t Quit Anonymous When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road…
Read moreEU Health Prize for Journalists
Any journalists wishing to win a prize for writing on a health related topic read on. This is an email I received earlier today. Best of luck! For all journalists writing on health (even occasionally) Dear journalists, Working at the European Commission, I would like to inform you a new EU Health Prize for Journalists with deadline :…
Read moreCatholic Church in Ireland
Catholic Church in Ireland I generally try to avoid negativity of all sorts and therefore avoid the news as much as possible. During the past week the Child Abuse Commission has released it’s report into the atrocious acts of sexual, physical and mental abuse to children in industrial schools run by the Catholic Church in…
Read moreHeroes need all the help they can get
Tuesday Push – Decisions For Heroes Decisions for Heroes is an online reporting and analytics tool for search and rescue teams. eg. Coast Guard, Mountain Rescue, Lifeboat etc. This is from the companies factsheet and will explain it better than I could: Decisions For Heroes is a web application that saves lives, it does this…
Read moreBlogging by email
I spotted in WordPress’ own blog earlier a post about writing blog posts by email. So here I am testing it out, typing away on my BlackBerry (with the laptop on my lap of course). This could be extremely useful as I occasionally find myself waiting somewhere and often think “I must write about that”….
Read moreBad times can lead to Good things
Very often it is in times of crisis when we are at our most creative. We can’t afford the luxury of sitting back and allowing things to happen around us. Necessity is the mother of invention as they say. A number of new initiatives have caught my attention in recent times. Three of which I…
Read morePress releases and DIY PR
I decided to write up a Press Release to promote our new magazine Life and Fitness, and announce that it will now be available in Northern Ireland as well. For ideas and guidance I consulted Adrian Weckler’s post and Emily Tully’s ‘5 things you should know when sending out a Press Release’. When complete I…
Read moreTwitter business opportunity that anyone can do
Twitter, the micro blogging platform as it’s known, is fast becoming the source for breaking news stories. It is also a way for people to follow what’s happening in sporting fixtures, for example by following the hashtag (#) for a particular event. These give you an update on the highlights but aren’t really ‘commentary’ as…
Read moreNewstalk and Twitter
Earlier today George Hook went to Twitter to help source an item for the show regarding the use of Twitter in Primary Schools. As always the good folk on Twitter came to the rescue. As a result Evert Bopp and Josie Fraser are due on the show at 5.45pm. Of course then I heard George…
Read moreMyMunster.com Tuesday Push
It being a second Tuesday it’s time for a push. A big push. Not as big a push as my wife’s one on Saturday morning last as our youngest son was born. But that’s a post for another day. There is a connection though, so bear with me. He was born in St. Munchin’s Maternity…
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