Deborah Hersman is the Chair of the US National Transport Safety Bureau (NTSB) and she is in the spotlight this week following the crash of Aesean flight 214 at San Francisco airport. American disaster press conferences, as many will remember following the Boston Bombings, really do get everyone to gather round, with each and everyContinue reading “How to press conference”
Author Archives: Amy Feldtmann
IKEA’s best design
Big corporations are being called on more and more to show corporate responsibility and give back to the community, yet often we are cynical when they do. ‘Oh, they are only doing that because…’ or ‘They are just paying that community off to get them on side…’. Unless I’ve missed something, this partnership between theContinue reading “IKEA’s best design”
Hello baby
I’m not a mother. So for me, talking about pregnancy, babies, motherhood or parenthood in public can sometimes require the skill of a Russian ballet dancer to tip-toe through a mine-field of taboos, out-of-bounds and ‘how would I know’ topics. However, on this one, I’m pretty confident to stride through like a country Victorian full-back.Continue reading “Hello baby”
The Birdee has landed
“At Birdee we believe that every girl’s opinion matters, and if given the opportunity, girls today will change the world” — Hayley Gleeson, Editor. ‘Born on the fourth of July’, as the song goes, Birdee is a newborn Australian web magazine for teenage girls and this 1990s teenager thinks it is fantastic. Birdee joins aContinue reading “The Birdee has landed”
Do not skip Fez
“To walk within its old walls is to witness a city that is heaving and claustrophobic, fascinating and frustrating, decrepit and majestic, inspirational and wondrous, and waiting to be discovered every day” — Frommer’s Often when I’ve spoken with friends planning to travel to Morocco, Marrakech and Casablanca typically score mentions on their itinerary, butContinue reading “Do not skip Fez”
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