Archive for August, 2008

The 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing have come and gone, providing us with entertainment, victory, heartbreak, lashings of good old national fervour and some respite from the depths of winter.

Beijing 2008 has been lauded as one of our finest Olympic efforts. The team came home with nine medals - placing us 26th overall. But we ranked 5th in medals table on a per-capita basis. Our congratulations go to those triumphant Kiwis who contributed to the best medal haul of the last two decades. Let’s take a look at just some of the other records that were broken in Beijing:

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We thought this was far too valuable an event not to be pounced upon. A conference about the web for community, non-profit and voluntary organisations.

In or around Wellington? Mark your calendars now - 4 September 2008, Wellington at Massey University: Engage Your Community - a web conference for community organisations.

If you’ve ever wondered how the web could be better used by your organisation; or know what a blog is, but not how it could be useful; or are a little nervous about opening a Facebook account, then this is a conference for you.

If you think the internet is for geeks, or young people, or those with nothing better to do with their time, then this is a conference for you.

And if you want to move beyond using email and having a simple website, then this is a conference for you.

It’s also a conference aimed squarely and unapologetically at the community sector. At those voluntary and non-profit organisations working at the grass-roots level.

We know that you’re stretched and busy and over-worked. We know that you may even be thinking, “There’s no way I can spare a day going to a conference! I’ve got too much going on right now.”

But we also know that it’s vitally important for organisations like yours to engage with the web and to engage with those members of the community growing up online.

The Engage Your Community conference will give you an introduction and lead you to the next step. If you can use email and navigate your way around a website, then you’ve got all the technical knowledge you’ll need to get something from the conference.

Register now for early-bird pricing.

Let NZLive.com be your travel guide through the wonderful world of NZ art. There is plenty to look at in galleries and museums all over the country. We’ve got details of who is showing where, as well as links to artist’s sites, news and reviews.

We thought this month we would try a rundown of arty picks from around the country…..

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