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#TOCS2013 talked about challenges in online communications

With our Head Agitator Peter Casier leading the discussions at Bioversity International, we started to talk about the challenges that online communications in science meet day in and day out.

If you want to learn more, follow the life broadcast HERE and join the conversation on Twitter through the hashtag #TOCS2013. We`ll be here all week so feel free to join us for a great workshop on Technical Online Communications. Continue reading “#TOCS2013 talked about challenges in online communications”

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Kick-off of the #TOCS2013 workshop @BioversityInt

We kicked off this morning in a great way the Technical Online Communications workshop at Bioversity International under the masterful hands of Peter Casier and the CGIAR Consortium. If you ever wanted to know who are the people behind those beautiful sites from the CGIAR Centers and CRP`s, here is your chance to meet them: where they are from, what they do, what are their secrets. Continue reading “Kick-off of the #TOCS2013 workshop @BioversityInt”

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A friend asked me if #FreedomOfSpeech is real

A few days ago, a friend asked me if we really have freedom of speech or we just think we do.

Let`s consider a few things before I give a definite answer.

Can I say out in the open whatever I am thinking about? Continue reading “A friend asked me if #FreedomOfSpeech is real”

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Do you want to be a superhero?

Have you ever imagined yourself as a superhero? Being able to fly, saving the world from harm? Well, I did. I imagined using my “powers” in order to save the world from war, hunger, from…everything that is bad out there. I might not be able to fly, stop a speeding train or stuff like that, but I still believe that if I put my abilities and knowledge to the use of mankind I can be a superhero. Continue reading “Do you want to be a superhero?”

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When being right is wrong in life?

You are always making decisions and communicating them externally. Some decisions are wrong, some are right.

When you are wrong about a decision you made, the right thing to do is to redefine the factors that you took into account during the decision making process and try to come up with a new conclusion.

When you are right, and if this decision is supported by all the factors you took into account, the correct way to move forward with it is to communicate it to third parties and to implement it. Continue reading “When being right is wrong in life?”