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Leaders of the jungle

What does a graduation mean to you? At DeakinPrime a graduation is a significant event. A graduation signifies a time to celebrate achievements and accomplishments. It provides an opportunity to thank those who have helped you along the way: family, friends, teachers and colleagues. ...
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Introducing Lisa Ciancio - Program Consultant

Lisa Ciancio is a DeakinPrime program consultant who is an expert in her field with real-world practical experience and a facilitation style which is adapted to suit any organisation and audience. In this short interview Lisa provides us with an insight into how she evaluates the effectiveness of training programs she writes and how she adds value to these programs. ...
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Brunswick Neighbourhood House, mark their Digital Hub territory

DeakinPrime was proud to be invited to the launch of the first Victorian National Broadband Network (NBN) enabled Brunswick Digital Hub. The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, said that the Brunswick Digital Hub and the Moreland Digital Local Government project ...
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Deakin University Alumni in profile - Jeff Rowley

I am currently ... Pursuing my career as a Professional Big Wave Surfer, travelling the world to surf at the biggest and best wave locations on the planet. I founded Charge for Charity, which is my quest to overcome my fears to catch a 50 foot wave to raise $1 000 000 for Breast Cancer Australia. If women can fight cancer, then ...
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It's not an office, it's a playing field

What games did you play when you were a kid? I grew up in the country, although these days where I come from would be called a suburb thanks to the inner city sprawl and super fast trains. My childhood days were made up of collecting bucket loads of blackberries, collecting tadpoles from our dam, racing my neighbours up hills and ...
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Linking needless disability to neuroscience

Robert Aurbach is the Director of Stakeholder Collaboration of Deakin University's Industry Engagement Centre for Personal Injury. Here he talks about his latest research on the topic of Needless Disability. ...
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Social media, love or loathe it?

Ross Monaghan is a business communication and issues management specialist with more than 17 years’ communications experience in public relations, general management and journalism. He now lectures in public relations at Deakin University. Here, he talks about changes in the social media landscape and how corporates should be aware ...
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Five minutes with: Griz Thomson

Griz Thomson is an Alliance Director at DeakinPrime. Griz has over 16 years’ experience in the learning and development field. During her career, she has worked as a facilitator, training manager and state manager of various training organisations. ...
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DeakinPrime & Worksafe - it just works!

In February, WorkSafe formally acknowledged a three-year extension to its partnership with DeakinPrime, the corporate education arm of Deakin University, to provide WorkSafe Agent employees with nationally recognised vocational education training (VET) qualifications. ...
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Inside Deakin University

Facebook becomes the new medium so the dead can live on. Deakin University’s newest researcher and philosopher Dr Patrick Stokes found it a little weird when ‘friends’ he knew had died started contacting him via their Facebook pages. ‘As users of Facebook will know ...
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Learning Leadership at Harvard

Imagine being seated in a large auditorium at a prestigious university. You are with a group of very smart, very successful people who are seeking to get better at what they do. The professor walks to the front of the room, and asks a very simple question: ‘Where do we begin?’ As people in the group shout out what they think the ...
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70:20:10: buzzword or effective learning approach?

Think of one event that has had a significant impact on your learning. Where did this event happen? In the classroom, a seminar or a workshop? Or when you were attempting to complete a task? The 70:20:10 model has gained significant momentum in Learning and Development circles both in Australia and ...
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Which way does your ethical compass point?

Greg Wood is Professor in the School of Management and Marketing at Deakin University in Warrnambool, Australia, and the Head of the Warrnambool campus. He is running a long-term research study in seven countries that looks at codes of ethics in the top 500 companies in the private sector and at what they have ...
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Five minutes with Angie Taras

Angie Taras is the Director of Client Relations at DeakinPrime. Angie is accountable for new business development, collaborative development with Deakin’s faculties, solutions consulting and market communications. Angie fosters corporate alliances with new and existing clients, contributing strategically and operationally ...
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Expert calls for greater transparency in super funds

A Deakin University accounting expert is supporting recent calls by CPA Australia for an overhaul of Australian superannuation fund reporting, and is using the situation facing the fund of which he is a member to drive home the point. Professor Graeme Wines is a member of UniSuper, the superannuation fund for Australian universities ...
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An evening with Noam Chomsky

Deakin played host to world-renowned linguist, analytical philosopher and activist Professor Noam Chomsky in his only public appearance on his recent visit to Melbourne, on 4 November. The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre’s Plenary arena set the scene for an enlightening, and at times confronting, evening ...
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Get your creative juices flowing!

New ideas for stale, dry old problems are just the ones that Joanna Maxwell likes to tackle with her ‘juicy thinking’ approach. Joanna is one of DeakinPrime’s Creative Capital facilitators for its Building Leadership Capital program, and delivered a colourful and stimulating presentation on creative thinking to our DeakinPrime staff in late 2011 ...
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We’re on the road to somewhere

People mover or Prius? Japanese reliability or European chic? Green or fun? These are just some of the choices confronting the average consumer when it comes to purchasing a car. And while we may baulk at the choice, information and imagery overload that is the car marketing world today, we haven’t even ...
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Showcasing the retail leaders of today and tomorrow

Australia’s retail sector is a major contributor to the nation’s economic health. It is a $240 billion industry, creating over 1.2 million employment opportunities. Each successful retailer benefits an entire supply chain including farmers, manufacturers, suppliers, the local workforce and consumers ...
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Five minutes with Mike Kerry

Mike has been a relationship manager at DeakinPrime for a number of commercial clients, including CPA Australia, the Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers Mike is the Director of the CPA Australia Alliance at DeakinPrime. Mike’s role is to plan, lead and manage the delivery of the CPA Australia contract in order to fulfil its ...
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Moving back home great for boomerang kids, but what about the rest of the family

For the ‘boomerang generation’, moving back home is often a positive experience, but what impact does this have on the rest of the family? Previous research by Deakin University PhD student Elyse Warner revealed that moving back home with mum and dad was not ...
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’I’ll drink to that!,’ Vintrepreneurs say.

When brands such as Lindeman’s, Beringer, Wolf Blass and Penfolds establish themselves in Asia, you know that the business is really taking off. But when your business is growing this fast, it is a challenge to know how to reach staff across three continents whilst ensuring that the brand is communicated consistently and is culturally nuanced for each country ...
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The future is here, so let’s get on board!

‘I wish that he would stop Facebooking his friends!’, the manager gasped, exasperated at what she saw as diminishing productivity in the employee’s office. When questioned, the employee said that he had simply been ‘crowd sourcing’ on the IT project that was due in a few days and was finding a quicker solution from experts in the field ...
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Six-star service at DUMCC – the inside story

Mathew Cooper is a Corporate Events Assistant at Deakin University Melbourne City Centre (DUMCC). The Corporate Events Team work hard to service both University and DeakinPrime staff, providing high-quality hospitality, events and service to clients. Before working at DUMCC, Mathew worked in some of Melbourne’s top establishments including the ...
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Business trumps politicians in determining the nation's vision

Business has become a higher source of inspiration than the political process, Chief Executive Officer of the Committee for Melbourne Andrew MacLeod admitted at the Deakin University 2011 Richard Searby Oration. Arguing for people to critically examine where public debate was now and demand a choice from their politicians based on hope rather than a choice based ...
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Kevin Rudd imagines a better future in a multi-faith world at UN forum

President Jorge Sampaio, the United Nation's High Representative for the Alliance of Civilisations and Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Kevin Rudd, discussed one of the world's hottest issues – building a society where people feel included – at Australia's first UN Forum on Social Inclusion which was hosted by Deakin University's Centre for Citizenship and ...
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Is 'grey ethics' the new 'black'?

Ever felt like you were in a rowing boat trying to slow down an oil tanker? Well, that’s how Paul Moore, former head of the UK’s HBOS Risk and Regulatory Compliance Division, described the challenges he faced at work in 2008. Moore joined HBOS (Halifax Bank of Scotland) in 2002 – it was then one of the fastest growing banks in the UK ...
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Store sense: optimising the store environment by engaging the senses

In the rapidly changing dynamics of global retail, the traditional store environment is being threatened by alternative agencies, and retailers are increasingly seeking to connect with consumers through multi-channel approaches such as direct marketing, internet marketing and loyalty-card segmentation. The vast majority of retail purchases still occur in bricks-and-mortar stores ...
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Deakin senior appointments

Kean Selway, former CEO of DeakinPrime has been appointed Vice-President Enterprise for Deakin University. In this role, Kean has strategic and leadership responsibility for the development of Deakin University's Enterprise Capital. His portfolio of responsibilities includes: Human Resources, Facilities Development, Campus Services ...
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Five minutes with: Helen Kosmopoulos

Helen Kosmopoulos is an Instructional Designer at DeakinPrime who specialises in providing program analysis, design, development, evaluation and maintenance services to ensure innovative and effective learning programs. She uses her extensive experience in education to design and develop materials which has included work in the sales, marketing ...
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Deakin Research Showcase

Deakin University and Quiksilver have entered into a research and development partnership that will push the boundaries of textiles and sportswear innovation. The five-year, $350 000 partnership will see Deakin materials scientists working with Quiksilver designers to create the next generation of action sportswear.
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Getting Retail Right

Getting things right in our perfectionistic society is a basic expectation. But getting it right in the retail sector is an increasingly 'big ask' where we see customers as savvy and well-researched, where instore shopping competes openly with online shopping and where there is a constant squeeze on discretionary spend as the economy contracts.
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Five minutes with: Colin Boldra

Colin Boldra is an Alliance Director at DeakinPrime. As the lead for DeakinPrime in Canberra Colin has established and sustained the DMO Alliance, a pivotal partnership mid way through its 10 year term. He has also recently co-authored a report on best practices in Continuing Professional Development, consulted to the Canadian Department of Defence ...
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Deakin MBA Ranked Number 1 on Business Review Australia

Deakin’s Master of Business Administration (MBA) course has received a five star rating from the Graduate Management Association of Australia Inc (GMAA). This ranking is based upon the well-respected GMAA ranking of Australian MBAs and associated business schools. The Deakin Graduate School of Business has consistently received a 5-star ranking from GMAA.
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Deakin Sets Business Challenge

Deakin University is calling on the Donald Trumps and Alan Sugars of industry to challenge its postgraduate students with their best sustainability-related business problems. Head of the Deakin Graduate School of Business, Professor Ross Chapman, said the problems would be used as part of an apprentice-style Workshop for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
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Five minutes with: Rosalyn Carr Gellie

Rosalyn Carr Gellie is a Senior Project Manager at DeakinPrime who specialises in working with organisations to deliver corporate education and development programs. She is responsible for a portfolio of leadership and management projects, in Australia and China.

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DeakinPrime and WorkSafe Victoria collaborate

DeakinPrime, in collaboration with WorkSafe Victoria's Premium Division and through industry consultation, delivered the first ever workshop of the Certificate IV in Premium Compliance qualification in March this year. It is a specific qualification for the workers compensation industry and is the result of an expressed need from the Premium ...
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Tackling employee disengagement strategically

Employee disengagement in Australia, and the rest of the world, is at an unprecedented high. Results from Aon Hewitt's Best Employer Australia and New Zealand survey show that of the 124,000 employees interviewed across 200 organisations in these two countries, overall engagement fell by 3.6 per cent this year to 53 per cent.
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Five minutes with: Terry Grant

What exactly is 'strategic customer service'? First of all we need to define 'customer service'. Everyone has a different point of view but I believe it is a philosophical approach by an organisation to add value to its core products or services that it offers to its customers (existing and potential). Therefore; what is 'strategic customer service'? It is a set of organisational cultural thinking ...
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Do you need a coach or a mentor?

Coaching is the partnership between the coach, the individual and the organisation. Mentoring is about providing support to ensure that individuals are able to achieve their highest potential for themselves and for their organisation. Both coaching and mentoring add value to people's workplace performance and productivity, but they are often confused.
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Deakin University Melbourne City Centre

Deakin University Melbourne City Centre, the University's Melbourne city premises, launched in January 2011. The Centre is located on Level 3, 550 Bourke Street, Melbourne (the Deloitte Building) and is managed by DeakinPrime. DeakinPrime is located in the same premises, on Level 4. Deakin University Melbourne City Centre provides a high quality, technology rich meeting ...
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Welcome to 2011: Perspectives from Jules Cauberg, CEO, DeakinPrime

DeakinPrime is stepping up, not just in terms of how we are engaging with our clients but also with our move to newer, more spacious purpose built premises at 550 Bourke Street (the Deakin University Melbourne City Centre).

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Collaboration with Produce Marketing Association

DeakinPrime and the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) of Australia and New Zealand have entered into a collaborative agreement to work together towards supporting and promoting the needs of the fresh produce industry. A signing ceremony took place on March 11, 2011 at the Deakin University Melbourne City Centre.
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Case Study: All in a day's work at the MFB

Ever wondered about the rigorous training that firefighters undertake? While training IS about fighting fires and other vital emergency response capabilities, it is also about learning how to manage a team of diverse people and helping them to work towards common goals. With this end in mind, The Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board has engaged ...
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Event overview: What makes people resilient?

On 23 March 2011 DeakinPrime hosted its first major public event in its new state-of-the-art facilities situated in the heart of the CBD. The captivated audience learned how Li Cunxin achieved great successes in his life with a great amount of self-belief, confidence, passion, resilience, determination, hard work and a deep seated commitment to grab hold ...
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Five minutes with: Kelly Kajewski

Kelly Kajewski, a Principal Consultant at DeakinPrime, is a learning and development professional with extensive experience and qualifications in education and business.

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Event overview: New media, new rules, new results

Social media is here to stay and – according to business communication and issues management specialist Ross Monaghan – organisations, parents and the general public should embrace rather than fear this instantaneous way of communicating. On March 15, Ross took the Deakin alumni and their guests on a journalism journey, from the ...
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DeakinPrime focuses on 21st Century L&D

Ever wondered what it takes to become a 21st Century Learning & Development (L&D) leader? On February 15, 2011 DeakinPrime Principal Consultant, Val Madsen, world-renowned author and practitioner Charles Jennings and a group of L&D professionals engaged in two workshops focusing on L&D Performance Consulting and Governance.
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Certificate IV in Financial Services - NSW

Are you a NSW workers compensation case manger, responsible for basic cases or portfolios and who has 6–12 months of field experience? Are you seeking a structured, nationally recognised qualification which has been tailor made for the NSW environment? DeakinPrime is proud to offer the Certificate IV course in workers compensation case ...
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Deakin's MBA: creating audacious leaders

A group of MBA students and their teachers have crossed the Tasman Sea and Bass Strait into Williamstown – a sea journey of almost 800 kilometres – all for the sake of learning and leadership. Deakin University’s aptly named MBA course unit, Audacious Leadership, sent 21 students on a nautical assignment, on January 17, 2011 ...
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