Education Group

It’s been good to participate in Blog Action Day this year and the focus on Poverty has produced some amazing posts and some very moving testimonials around the blogosphere.
Understandably, a lot of what has been written is about poverty in underdeveloped and developing countries.
Sparkplugging CEO Wendy Piersall reminds us that even in our richer, developed [...]

Anyone interested in acquiring an established web site and brand, with - as far as I can see - loads of upside, should take a look at HomeOfficeVoice, which owner and blogger Martin Neumann has put on the market.
The name - HomeOfficeVoice - is highly brandable and for the right motivated person, this is a [...]

In my post yesterday about Blog Action Day, I promised more information about a project we are supporting, with a focus on children.
It’s called simply The Library Project and it is about providing books for children in developing countries. Quite simply, books help their education and education empowers individuals and communities to rise out of [...]

As a founding member (and member of the Advisory Board) of the International Blogging and New Media Association (IBNMA), I was very pleased to learn today that the Association is a sponsor of Blog Action Day,  October 15.
This is the first “cause” to be backed by IBNMA.
What Blog Action Day is about
Blog Action Day is [...]

Anyone who has travelled around Australia at all by road will have noticed some Big Things: the Big Merino just out of Goulburn, the Big Guitar at country music capital Tamworth, the Big Prawn (or maybe Shrimp to you) at Ballina, the Big Banana at Coffs Harbour, the Big Pineapple near Nambour.

Perhaps even the Big [...]

Sign at Suncoast, Tweed Heads, Australia: photo copyright Des Walsh 2008
This is the sign we love to see at our local wholesale meat and seafood supplier, Suncoast: fresh Albacore tuna at AU$25 for 2 kilos - which translates on today’s exchange rate as just under US$20 for 4 pounds 6 and a 1/2 ounces.
They cut [...]

This series of posts is about working from home and especially having businesses from home as being Good Things To Do.
But even though there are millions of people working from home, whether as teleworkers or running their own businesses, my experience is that there are still people who look down on the home based worker [...]

Some thoughts about home based business.
A while ago, doing a periodic update of my resume information, I realized that I’ve had a home based business now for twenty years.
I realized also that I love it. And I know others who love running their business from home.
Of course, working from home might not suit everyone. [...]

Photo by Des Walsh copyright 2008: Seagulls at Rainbow Bay, Qld, Australia

Source: Suzie Cheel