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  • Hear and Say

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    The Hear and Say Centre is one of the leading Paediatric Auditory-Verbal and cochlear implant centres in the world, teaching children who are deaf or hearing impaired to listen and speak since 1992. The Centre aims for its children to achieve speech and language in the normal range for their age by six years of…

  • Five ways to listen better

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    In this concise TED talk, Julian Treasure addresses the concern that we are losing our hearing. He suggests that conscious listening creates understanding, and without understanding we can’t achieve complete communication and peaceful relationships. He provides us with 5 easy tricks for improving our listening skills. One of these is using the acronym RASA: Receive, Appreciate,…

  • Semi-Permanent Hits Brisbane This Friday

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

      Are you one of the lucky ones to score a ticket to Semi-Permanent in Brisbane this Friday? I hope so, because this year’s conference is looking pretty awesome and tickets are sold out! Every year in 8 cities across the world Semi-Permanent showcases the best in graphic design, film, fine art, illustration, web design,…

  • Gamification: How Games are Transforming Marketing

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Gamificiation: introducing the new buzz word for a marketing direction that takes cues from games.  Gamification in its basic form is introducing the mechanics of games and combining them with technology to deliver a unique brand experience for the consumer. These ideas are starting to be used by savvy marketers as some of the traditional…

  • Typographers Dream

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    “Designers, type enthusiasts and people who love to explore the world of typography, better take a seat before hearing – FontBook, the most complete reference guide of typography in the world, is now available as an App for iPad!” – Halex Pereira for MacMagazine Brazil (translated from Portuguese) As if I didn’t need yet another…

  • Splendid art at Splendour in the Grass

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    As one of the 30,000 or so people donning my gumboots for Splendour in the Grass this weekend, I’m getting excited not only for the big acts, but also for the inspiring Spendour arts scene. This year there will be a range of interactive, digital media, street art, sculpture, peformance art and installations from Australian…

  • The Ultimate Pleasure Hunt

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

      While checking the latest news on ninemsn the other day an advert on the side caught my attention. The words ‘Pleasure Seeker’ and ‘Streets Magnum’ made me think “yummy, let’s check this out”. What I encountered was the latest global campaign for Magnum, an engaging online game that takes you on journey across the…

  • 5 Top Tips for Styling Dinner Parties

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    I recently joined a team of creative women for a huddle in the recent event for the Saviours of the Lost Arts 2011 program run by the Brisbane City Council. The aim, to acquire new ideas for styling dinner parties and events. We have such a hoot throwing around ideas for our future events and…

  • Marian Drew curates Buoyancy exhibition in Brisbane

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Water… what does it mean to you? If you’re a beach baby, you’re probably imagining aqua blue waves crashing onto the shore. Perhaps water brings emotions of tranquility and peace if you seek refuge in being close to the ocean. Or perhaps water brings back sad memories of the Queensland floods this year. For Marian…