I like to think of myself as reasonably media literate with a pretty good bullsh!t detector for marketing ploys. I mean, I have a Master of Public Health and I watch the Gruen Transfer every week, that pretty much makes me an expert right? This year I was honoured to be invited on the judging panel of The Parents’ Jury Fame and Shame Awards. I have followed the Fame and Shame Awards for several years, voted and keenly interested in the ‘winners’. I also refer to the apps nominated in the ‘Digital Ninja’ category as the very reason health promotion
Keep reading →Without a doubt it is a tough time to be a health promoter in Australia. Several states have severely cut their workforces. Following reviews in SA Health, my entire work unit including my position has been lost. It stings. For this reason, it is crucial to keep professional practice and networking alive. The Australian Health Promotion Association 2013 Conference brought together 450 health promotion professionals from across sectors to discuss, debate and stimulate action on contemporary health promotion issues. This conference had a strong focus on workplaces, early childhood settings, schools, and community-based interventions. This is reflective of where the
Keep reading →The Zockmelon team are big fans of The Apprentice UK, the version with the gruff-but-with-a-heart-of-gold Lord Alan Sugar. On the reality show, contestants work in teams bickering and sorting out their pecking orders in order to achieve something that would normally take months of work in an ordinary business environment. The closest thing to this for us was Unleashed Adelaide, the South Australian event for GovHack 2013. We had under 48 hours to complete a technical solution (such as an app or website) using data ‘unleashed’ by Government departments. However, GovHack represents far more than a competition. For people working
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