Problems with Technology

Here's just a sample of the issues I had with technology while preparing for or actually during a range of presentations in South Africa - me and technology clearly have a love/hate relationship that doesn't have a whole lot of trust!:

1. room too light so video presentations can't be played
2. microphone works during rehearsal and doesn't work as soon as I start to speak
3. clicker to change slides runs out of batteries just as I start, then cordless mic also runs out of batteries in same presentation
4. video records picture but no sound
5. Plasma screen for my video presentation is faulty and keeps turning blue then red
6. No speakers for sound
7. Speakers and projector but no-one who knows how to use them
8. Room echoing so mic of no use at all
9. Speakers provided are crackly and distorts the sound on video
10. Projector turns itself off every 5 minutes

And some people wonder why I still like to write on a flip chart during my presentations!

An update from Vanessa

Hi all!

Well, I'm back home in Sydney, Australia, after almost 2 months of travelling and spreading the truth about trust.

Here's a snapshot of what's going on in the International Movement of Trust:

Russia and Ukraine

We took a team of five, Vanessa Hall, husband Peter Draper, son Lachlan, Scott Cousins and Daniel Harris across to attend a camp in Samara, Russia, in July. The camp was run by the Kindness Foundation and throughout the camp we had the opportunity to engage with Russian children as well as to discuss and plan for the development and rollout of the Building Trust through Schools around the World Project, both for Russia and Ukraine.

Click here for more information.

South Africa

Wow! What an amazing response to the Truth about Trust tour in August. Anne lead the way, with input and assistance from Lillian and Brian to arrange an amazing 25 presentations and key meetings over three and a half weeks. Accompanied by April and Alison in the first week, the entente team produced an amazing result - a number of community projects to kick off, Monash University South Africa, Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Potchefstrom all keen to be involved and track the impact of our work across various fields, not for profit groups wanting to become trained in trust to address major issues in society, churches wanting to roll out program in their youth programs.... The best thing to do is to watch this video.

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Nepal and Jamaica

Dhiraj and Silpa Shrestha in Nepal and David Campbell and Wayne Gallimore in Jamaica are currently completing their training in the Truth about Trust and are also looking at bringing the concepts into their countries. Discussions are in the early days, so watch this space!