Comments for Sarah Heal http://sarah-heal.com/blog Information Management, Productivity, Business, Lifehacks Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:22:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on For and about my Dad by Phil http://sarah-heal.com/blog/?p=84#comment-248 Phil Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:02:33 +0000 http://sarah-heal.com/blog/?p=84#comment-248 Lovely story Sarah. It's so true that family isn't about blood. Lovely story Sarah. It’s so true that family isn’t about blood.

]]> Comment on Where are all the great graduates? by Sarah http://sarah-heal.com/blog/?p=83#comment-239 Sarah Sun, 09 May 2010 02:56:29 +0000 http://sarah-heal.com/blog/?p=83#comment-239 Hi Claire, Sorry, about the delay in responding. The new baby is quite a distraction! I was just doing some admin on my blog site and saw you'd made a comment. I've tried calling the School of Info Management but didn't have much luck. Thanks for the contacts you've given. I will get in touch with Alistair and Dan. Cheers Sarah Hi Claire,

Sorry, about the delay in responding. The new baby is quite a distraction!

I was just doing some admin on my blog site and saw you’d made a comment. I’ve tried calling the School of Info Management but didn’t have much luck. Thanks for the contacts you’ve given.
I will get in touch with Alistair and Dan.

Cheers
Sarah

]]> Comment on Why take drawing classes? by Sarah http://sarah-heal.com/blog/?p=73#comment-238 Sarah Sun, 09 May 2010 02:36:55 +0000 http://sarah-heal.com/blog/?p=73#comment-238 Hi Rob, Many thanks for taking the time to comment - and sorry about the delayed response. New baby in the house! One of the interesting side benefits for me was doing some travel shortly afterwards and finding a new interest in visiting galleries and looking at exhibitions. I really feel like the week I spent has made it easier and more enjoyable for me to appreciate art. On the downside, I've struggled to keep drawing. What I'd like (and I know my teacher does it for her students in Melbourne) is a place where I can go and draw for an afternoon say once or twice a month. This, I think, would keep the fire burning for me. Anyway, I hope your workshop went well. You sound like a caring tutor so I'm sure it was all good :) Cheers Sarah Hi Rob,

Many thanks for taking the time to comment - and sorry about the delayed response. New baby in the house!

One of the interesting side benefits for me was doing some travel shortly afterwards and finding a new interest in visiting galleries and looking at exhibitions. I really feel like the week I spent has made it easier and more enjoyable for me to appreciate art.

On the downside, I’ve struggled to keep drawing. What I’d like (and I know my teacher does it for her students in Melbourne) is a place where I can go and draw for an afternoon say once or twice a month. This, I think, would keep the fire burning for me.

Anyway, I hope your workshop went well. You sound like a caring tutor so I’m sure it was all good :)

Cheers

Sarah

]]> Comment on Why take drawing classes? by Rob. Meadows UK http://sarah-heal.com/blog/?p=73#comment-237 Rob. Meadows UK Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:43:35 +0000 http://sarah-heal.com/blog/?p=73#comment-237 Hi - Enjoyed reading 'Why take a drawing class?' Being about to tutor another three-day drawing workshop for adults it was good to read of the typical challenges and experiences from a student. Drawing should be an escape from the daily life demands, something to become totally absorbed in and by and a door opener to seeing the world in a myriad of new ways, adding to the enjoyment of life and I picked up on this from what you wrote. When drawing it's useful to remember that what you omit is as important as what you include; I could go on but won't! If my students gain as much as Sarah then everyone will be delighted. Thanks for sharing your experience and keep on drawing :) Rob. Hi - Enjoyed reading ‘Why take a drawing class?’ Being about to tutor another three-day drawing workshop for adults it was good to read of the typical challenges and experiences from a student. Drawing should be an escape from the daily life demands, something to become totally absorbed in and by and a door opener to seeing the world in a myriad of new ways, adding to the enjoyment of life and I picked up on this from what you wrote. When drawing it’s useful to remember that what you omit is as important as what you include; I could go on but won’t! If my students gain as much as Sarah then everyone will be delighted. Thanks for sharing your experience and keep on drawing :) Rob.

]]> Comment on Where are all the great graduates? by Claire http://sarah-heal.com/blog/?p=83#comment-209 Claire Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:49:47 +0000 http://sarah-heal.com/blog/?p=83#comment-209 Hi Sarah, did you send to Vic School of Info Management? They have a LIM students list they post jobs on. Alasitair Smith or Dan Dorner could be contacts. Cheers, Claire Hi Sarah, did you send to Vic School of Info Management? They have a LIM students list they post jobs on. Alasitair Smith or Dan Dorner could be contacts. Cheers, Claire

]]> Comment on Where are all the great graduates? by Sarah http://sarah-heal.com/blog/?p=83#comment-203 Sarah Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:06:29 +0000 http://sarah-heal.com/blog/?p=83#comment-203 Hi Pete, Yes, happy to share. See below. Your insights are useful. I would have thought we'd be swamped with liberal arts applicants. I will be contacting my old department today. I think our experience with you guys is one of the things that has made us think this is a starter. For us, three things have lined up: 1. The right raw material - enthusiastic, energetic and eager to learn 2. The right client - supportive, recognising a learning curve exists 3. The right mentor - experienced and good at helping new staff learn what is required of them. Advert below. Cheers Sarah Information Leadership has worked with over 100 different organisations in the past 5 years. Our work ranges from Knowledge Management Strategies to SharePoint design and implementation. This is a great opportunity to join a 'can do' organisation and build broad industry expertise. We offer: Flexible working Great assignments Strong support and mentoring The opportunity to start your career off the right way and then further development opportunities You will be working on our SharePoint implementations as a Floorwalker. The role involves supporting Senior Consultants and working 'on the ground' with users to help them understand and get value from new tools. To be successful you will need: A good first degree (A grade marks) - Arts or Information Systems preferred To be technology savvy An outstanding communicator - in both written and spoken English. To apply, please look at our website at www.informationleadership.com and then send us your CV and a covering letter telling us, specifically in relation to our business, why you are Information Leadership's next top recruit. Hi Pete,

Yes, happy to share. See below. Your insights are useful. I would have thought we’d be swamped with liberal arts applicants. I will be contacting my old department today.

I think our experience with you guys is one of the things that has made us think this is a starter. For us, three things have lined up:

1. The right raw material - enthusiastic, energetic and eager to learn
2. The right client - supportive, recognising a learning curve exists
3. The right mentor - experienced and good at helping new staff learn what is required of them.

Advert below.
Cheers
Sarah

Information Leadership has worked with over 100 different organisations in the past 5 years.

Our work ranges from Knowledge Management Strategies to SharePoint design and implementation.

This is a great opportunity to join a ‘can do’ organisation and build broad industry expertise.

We offer:
Flexible working
Great assignments
Strong support and mentoring
The opportunity to start your career off the right way and then further development opportunities

You will be working on our SharePoint implementations as a Floorwalker.

The role involves supporting Senior Consultants and working ‘on the ground’ with users to help them understand and get value from new tools.

To be successful you will need:
A good first degree (A grade marks) - Arts or Information Systems preferred
To be technology savvy
An outstanding communicator - in both written and spoken English.

To apply, please look at our website at http://www.informationleadership.com and then send us your CV and a covering letter telling us, specifically in relation to our business, why you are Information Leadership’s next top recruit.

]]> Comment on Where are all the great graduates? by Pete Sayers http://sarah-heal.com/blog/?p=83#comment-202 Pete Sayers Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:14:13 +0000 http://sarah-heal.com/blog/?p=83#comment-202 Hmmm....the short answer I suspect is "overseas" that's where they are heading! Interesting timing when you look at the Government's approach to bridging the gap between Aussie and oursevles in the household income stakes - that $64,000 gap is significant and perhaps one of the many predispositions that influence our ability to attracted the graduates. Having gone through the employment traps looking for suitable people, your findings are not limited to the graduates! The international candidates tend to provide generic applications to a point that they are effectively saying "don't pick me"! However your responses do highlight perhaps the shift in the population dynamics - I do see this as a take on the "Gen Y" attitude - it's all about me, not the employer - a carefree approach. Sarah, would you share your advertisement with us? It would be interesting to test that against our style - perhaps we need to change the content to attract the right people? Given the costs associated with avertising it's important to learn what we can from the successes and failures. Hmmm….the short answer I suspect is “overseas” that’s where they are heading! Interesting timing when you look at the Government’s approach to bridging the gap between Aussie and oursevles in the household income stakes - that $64,000 gap is significant and perhaps one of the many predispositions that influence our ability to attracted the graduates. Having gone through the employment traps looking for suitable people, your findings are not limited to the graduates! The international candidates tend to provide generic applications to a point that they are effectively saying “don’t pick me”! However your responses do highlight perhaps the shift in the population dynamics - I do see this as a take on the “Gen Y” attitude - it’s all about me, not the employer - a carefree approach.

Sarah, would you share your advertisement with us? It would be interesting to test that against our style - perhaps we need to change the content to attract the right people? Given the costs associated with avertising it’s important to learn what we can from the successes and failures.

]]> Comment on The Beautiful Aim by Sally Tallis http://sarah-heal.com/blog/?p=55#comment-199 Sally Tallis Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:56:06 +0000 http://sarah-heal.com/blog/?p=55#comment-199 I'm fascinated by the diverse range of views and opinions. Who's your "go to" guy? I’m fascinated by the diverse range of views and opinions. Who’s your “go to” guy?

]]> Comment on Why take drawing classes? by Sarah http://sarah-heal.com/blog/?p=73#comment-168 Sarah Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:41:34 +0000 http://sarah-heal.com/blog/?p=73#comment-168 Thanks Phil.... A challenge - I should figure out how to post my pictures on here:) No, I haven't tried Artrage. Thanks for the tip. I've got lots of travel coming up so it might help me while away the evenings in hotel rooms. Thanks Phil….

A challenge - I should figure out how to post my pictures on here:)

No, I haven’t tried Artrage. Thanks for the tip. I’ve got lots of travel coming up so it might help me while away the evenings in hotel rooms.

]]> Comment on Why take drawing classes? by Phil http://sarah-heal.com/blog/?p=73#comment-165 Phil Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:08:15 +0000 http://sarah-heal.com/blog/?p=73#comment-165 So lets see some of your work! Have you tried Artrage since you did the classes? I found it easiest to turn off the colours ie make it greyscale. Then you can add a layer and put in some colour if you want, without spoiling the original sketch. So lets see some of your work! Have you tried Artrage since you did the classes? I found it easiest to turn off the colours ie make it greyscale. Then you can add a layer and put in some colour if you want, without spoiling the original sketch.

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