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Andy Stanley - The most powerful man in the room

Posted on October 4th, 2007 by Carel

Filed under Business, Leadership

[Note: ok I couldn’t do the real live blogging thing. The WiFi connection wasn’t strong enough, sorry…]
Andy Stanley started off with a confession - I’m nervous talking @ Catalyst. He said, “We are like peers. You guys are like the leaders. What am I going to talk about next year?”
Then he started his talk on […]

Catalyst 2007 - Convergence of next generation leaders

Posted on October 2nd, 2007 by Carel

Filed under Blogging, Business, Leadership

I’ll be attending the Catalyst 2007 conference at the Arena in Gwinnett County, just North of Atlanta, Oct 4-5, 2007. This conference usually draws over 10,000 people and is aimed at sharing leadership insights with young, upcoming leaders. It’s a great event with an impressive list of speakers including:

John C. Maxwell - author of […]

IT Matters and my top 10 list

Posted on November 9th, 2006 by Carel

Filed under Business, Charity, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Technology

On October 26, 2006 I had the privilege of presenting a guest lecture to the students at the College of IT at Georgia Southern University (GSU). I would like to thank Dr. Sonny Butler for inviting me. Below are the 10 main points I presented. My purpose was not to promote any specific technology […]

Reading list update incl Guy Kawasaki

Posted on October 4th, 2006 by Carel

Filed under Business, Entrepreneurship, Leadership

I started reading “Now, discover your strengths” by Marcus Buckingham and so far I’m really enjoying this book. I also look forward to seeing Marcus at the Catalyst Conference in Atlanta this week.
Art of the Start - Guy Kawasaki
I finished reading/studying Art of the Start — Wow! what a read. I highly recommend this book […]

What a website!

Posted on August 14th, 2006 by Carel

Filed under Leadership, Technology

I live in Atlanta and every October Atlanta hosts the Catalyst Conference for young leaders. The conference was birthed by John Maxwell the Leadership Guru and this is it’s sixth year. The keynote speakers include: Andy Stanley, Marcus Buckingham (First, Break all the rules fame) and Donald Miller (author of Blue Like Jazz). Very worth […]


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