Today my write-up on my recent ABW 2007 experience was published in my school newsletter. Available as a PDF download (see page 10), however I have copied the text for you to read here:
For 60 students selected from around Victoria, the recent two-week holidays were cut to one, as each of these students was awarded […]
Following our final breakfast, we had almost two hours of company meetings for final preparation on our report, trade display, presentation, and speeches.
Definitely a hard session, with nothing but adrenaline keeping me going (and possibly my overload of caffeine from the night before).
At 10am we handed in our report, and at 10.30am the mock trade […]
Our last 7am start, our last morning recreation activity, it was a good yet partially sad day.
After breakfast we started with a presentation by Andrea Sheedy, Team Leader of Student Admin Group at Deakin.
Andrea’s presentation as about Deakin University’s great features, titled “Adding Value by Degrees”, it provided interesting information about the Uni.
After our first […]
Another 7am start, followed by morning recreation and breakfast.
After a physically challenging day yesterday with the Outdoor Team Challenge, I must admit I was still feeling a little sore.
To kick off our day we had another team development session, “planning for high performance”.
Hosted by Ian McDonald and John Lindros, we learned a lot about not […]
“Two down, three to go” is all I could think when trying to get myself out of bed.
As with day two, we started the day with exercise, breakfast, and then company meetings.
At 10.15am we had our first keynote speaker of the day, Dianna Williams.
Dianna is Co-Founder and Executive Chairperson, Fernwood Women’s Health Clubs, and in […]
After an intense first day, staying up and working until 11am, I enjoyed nothing better than waking up at 7am (not).
No, I am not usually a morning person, but with so much energy floating I could not help but be motivated and out of bed in an instant.
Plus, I was so lucky to be put […]
If you have followed my previous posts about Australian Business Week (ABW) 2007, then you will know that today is my first day of the six day program.
Upon arriving at Deakin Management Centre I was a little nervous in not quite knowing what lay ahead.
Fortunately, both my parents were able to make the trip down […]