Google Bombing and the Listening Post

Photo © 2007 Francesca Birks

Last year I did a bit of work for Moonbeam Films as they developed "The Listening Post," a weekly television program examining global media bias for Al Jazeera International. Since then they've done I think 15 shows (broadcast on Sky only, sadly), and today they had me in to their studio at the CBC in London to talk about Google bombing for an upcoming segment they're working on. I don't know a lot about Google bombing, but George (camera operator) and Sal (interviewer) promised they'd use the latest CGI and Hollywood editing techniques to ensure I don't look like an idiot :)

If the interview turns alright, is used and the show is uploaded to You Tube, I'll embed it here. Should happen in the next few weeks or so :)

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Project Management Training with the APC

I'm still at the Stanford Valley Guest Farm — I delivered a day of project management training and facilitated a day of workshops for the APC here over the weekend, stayed today for some follow-up meetings this morning and basically kicked back this afternoon. Tomorrow I'm heading to Cape Town to check things out there until Wednesday night when I fly back to London. Really looking forward to wrapping up the Greenpeace UK CMS project and immersing myself in Project IMPACT when I get back, but before I leave here I'm determined to swim with the penguins and climb Table Mountain :)

One of the things that came out of the training this time around was a request for a step-by-step guide to using the project management methodology I follow — a kind of HOW TO explaining which-tools-to-use- when-and-in-what-order. I've agreed to take a crack at producing something along those lines and will share it here when done :)

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Greetings from Cape Town

Landed in Cape Town this morning, caught a ride out to the Stanford Valley Guest Farm this afternoon and am in complete awe this place is so beautiful. Tomorrow I deliver my "Project Management for NGOs" training to a group of 20 or so APC staff, on Sunday I facilitate a more advanced "Tools & Techniques" workshop for a slightly larger group, and although my plan was to go immediately back to Cape Town first thing Monday morning, I'm thinking now I might stay here for an extra day or so if possible. It's just such an unbelievable place — I'm uploading my photos as quickly as I can :)

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