Belinda Vesey-Brown

  • How to create a successful LinkedIN Profile

    I have been asked quite a bit lately about how a business professional should create a successful LinkedIN profile so I thought I should let everyone know my top 5 tips on creating a successful LinkedIN Profile. TIP 1 – A Compelling Personal Headline and Photo. Firstly, your personal headline is the first thing that people…

  • Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

      Can you believe it is only two sleeps until Christmas? No we couldn’t either. This year has sped past and here we are at the tail-end of the year. We’re sure by now you are either on your way to a fabulous holiday destination or soon to be and we want to take a…

  • Dear Future Me…

    What would you say to your future self if you had the opportunity? Work harder, work less? Tell someone you loved them? Choose a different offer and see what could have been? As Steve Jobs said in his 2005 Stanford Comencement Speech: “We cannot connect the dots looking forward, we can only connect them looking…

  • Trust Me and I’ll Trust You

    I was first introduced to Amanda Mooney through her blog, We Are the Digital Kids. In the time that I have followed her, Amanda has gone from working with Edelman Chicago (including co-founding  Edelman’s global millennial agency 8095) to now working in Shanghai, China managing Eldeman’s digital team. Her insight, understanding and natural submersion in…

  • TED Talk – by Luis von Ahn – Massive Scale Online Collaboration

    Luis von Ahn
Luis von Ahn builds systems that combine humans and computers to solve large-scale problems that neither can solve alone. After re-purposing CAPTCHA so each human-typed response helps digitize books, Luis von Ahn wondered how else to use small contributions by many on the Internet for greater good. At TEDxCMU, he shares how his…

  • Christmas Apple iPhone advertising

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5qcmCUsw4EQ I love my iPhone 4 and couldn’t imagine life without it, but after watching this ad, I found myself thinking should I upgrade to the new iPhone 4S. That is the power of this soft sell ad from Apple. It doesn’t mention Siri or iPhone at all in the ad but yet the messages…

  • Christmas Stress Relief

    It’s called the silly season for a reason, right? How many times have you been pushed out of the way at the shops this year for some other greedy person to get to the bargains (which you didn’t even want anyway!)? Is all the stress of thinking about the family getting together on Christmas day…

  • A Papertie Affair

      Very recently, I and a few girls went and checked out the Twilight Boutique Markets at Portside, here in Brisbane. We were on mission to discover some last minute Christmas treats for family and friends. I will have to admit that I had finished my Christmas gift buying, but it didn’t stop a tiny…

  • Brio Group’s Christmas Gift Guide

    Do you leave your Christmas shopping til the very last moment? Never sure what to get the creative in your family? Never fear, Brio Group have put together our very own creative Christmas gift guide to lead you in the right direction. Belinda Vesey-Brown, Managing Director Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography Audiobook,$22.79USD Make sure it…