Last week I had the honour of being invited to the 3rd Malta Social Impact Awards at Xara Lodge, Rabat. The Social Impact Awards is an exciting initiative for Malta that is organised by the Gasan Foundation and Insirasia Foundation. The event brings together companies and philanthropists wishing to offer opportunities for organisations and individuals to ...
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Category Public Speaking
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Inspiring change through strong culture!
Last week our CEO, Nathan Farrugia was invited to give an inspiring keynote to a large corporate firm in the beautiful location of The Intercontinental Hotel. The event was a celebration of this company’s achievements over the years while setting the stage for the launch of their new logo and vision statement. With 70 plus people ...
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Pitch Like a Legend
We are pleased to announce the UP! Academy international summer masterclass taking place on the 26th July which will focus on Boosting your Presentation, Sharpening your Pitch and Improving your Networking Skills. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO Whether you're trying to explain complex new ideas, or influence prospective customers to love your work, Canadian speaker and strategist Michael Koenka can ...
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IMPROVISATION: The fun element in a professional environment
We all spend 27% of our working lives at work. So why shouldn‘t it be fun? Or if not fun at least entertaining. The vast majority of us like a good laugh, laughter releases tension and creates a bond with the people we are sharing a funny moment with. In the words of the superb comedian Victor ...
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Born to Kick Arse – Interview on Pushing Limits, Leadership & Flow
Take me to the Interview! Matthew Tommasi founder of the Australian Born to Kick Arse Podcast, scours the earth to find and interview (in his own words) “the most fascinating people on the planet”. He digs deep to get an inside look at their approach, mindset, motivating factors, resilience and secrets to success! His interviews aim to educate, empower ...
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Making an Impact with your Business
Making a (social) Impact 2016 has really been the year of “Big Ideas” for me, after participating in TEDx, Start-Up Malta, Zest and Dream Big events over the past months. It was great to be part of creating a supercharged atmosphere at these events and uplifting to see the enthusiasm of young people aiming to turn ...
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TEDx Ideas from Europe
The EU Commission is big on fostering innovation, and has created a venture with TED to host the top ideas from every EU state in a 'competition' every two years. The aim of the event is to encourage and foster innovative ideas across the EU and to give space for these ideas to be developed. ...
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Play as Therapy
We recently opened an outdoor play area for sick children on the wards at our Mater Dei national hospital, funded through the record breaking 27 marathons in 27 countries in 27 days challenge. It's been a long time coming, with legislation, health & safety audits and red tape, but we finally opened the place up ...
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The Flow State
I'm sure you've all heard the expression about a top athlete 'being in the zone' or 'on fire' during a game or event when they are just performing way above their already high performing average. It's a pleasure to watch an 'unstoppable' Nadal when he's in such a state of play, literally hitting every shot ...