When: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 7:30 PM

Where: Mythos Greek Restaurant
Atholl Mall
Sandton

The Johannesburg tweet-up has always been a non-commerical focussed subtle, fun, great way to meet other twitter users in Johannesburg. Started at the heart of the true meaning of Social Media, by administrator @ryanagibson to meet other tweeple in Johannesburg.

Since the inception last year, the Johannesburg Tweet-up has become a strong family of friends, business contacts, and memorable evenings… great tweeple. To much of the surprise of new-comers, you quickly find your way with a free-drink to loosen your tweets and some food for thought.

Come join us for another great tweet-up experience in Johannesburg this September 28th at Mythos in Sandown, Sandton, Johannesburg.

To talk with Ryan Gibson, contact ryan@kbitraining.com or tweet @ryanagibson.

If you would like to sponsor the event or become involved, please also shoot over your ideas.

MAKE SURE YOUR RSVP to get your free drink!

This is a wonderful and inspirational workshop for youngsters preparing for high school or those who are in the early high school years.

Parents attend the final 30 minutes to find out what their offspring have learnt and how to implement it.

Details: Venue: Somerset House Prep School, Morkel Street, Somerset West Date: 16th September 2010 (Thursday) Time: tba (3 hours) Cost: R300 per learner. R225.00 per additional sibling. Fee includes comprehensive notes + cd with lots of useful stuff. Workshop Topics: o Change is NOT optional – Top ‘Tude o Study Environment / Note Taking Techniques o Problem Solving – Good vs Right Decisions o Managing Expectations o Diaries / Alarms / Google Calendars o Visualization o Buddy Study o Mentoring o Fertile Failure Contact: Pat Pughe-Parry or call her on 082 559 3364 to book your child/children a place.

Leading labour practitioner Ivan Israelstam is presenting a workshop entitled “Walking the Labour Law Tightrope“.

The normal cost is R1767 (incl. VAT) but if you book through us you will receive a 5% discount on the seminar cost. To take advantage of this discount please e-mail marc@rival.co.za for further information.

Details of the seminar are as below:

Workshop date/time: Friday 23 July 2010 Registration: 08H45 Close: 16h30

VENUE:   SA Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg.

SEMINAR PURPOSE AND CONTENT
In South Africa the biggest challenge for employers is the balancing act of achieving a productive workforce without infringing upon the countless powerful labour laws protecting employees.

Via a comprehensive case study laden with practical learning points workshop delegates have fun while gaining crucial insights from the wrongdoings of a fictitious company called Mile High Airlines. They receive detailed input on how to balance labour law compliance with the effective management of the following functions:

MANPOWER PLANNING RECRUITMENT, SCREENING AND SELECTION
JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND PERSON SPECIFICATIONS
JOB ADVERTISEMENTS
REFERENCE CHECKING
INTERVIEWING
PRE-EMPLOYMENT TESTING
RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION LEGISLATION
PROBATION AND INDUCTION
ACTING APPOINTMENTS AND LEGAL PITFALLS
RETENTION OF KEY STAFF
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION
CAREER PATHING AND SUCESSION PLANNING
EFFECTIVE SUPERVISION
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT, MOTIVATION AND TEAMWORK
EMPLOYMENT EQUITY AND DISCRIMINATION
DISCIPLINE AND DISMISSAL
FAIRNESS AND THE CCMA

About the presenter:
Ivan Israelstam, CEO of Labour Law Management Consulting
Ivan Israelstam has 14 years experience as a litigator at CCMA and 4 years as a CCMA Commissioner. He writes numerous labour law columns in major publications and is the author of labour law books. Ivan chairs SACCI’s Labour Relations committee and gives conference, seminar, radio and TV talks.

After some early research into the topics the research team at Rival Industrial (the owners of Bundublog) have started to put together a full interview process to look more closely at these issues and identify trends that will become signifcant in the coming year.

The following two industry reports will become available over the next 4-6 weeks and will provide insight into some of the trends and happenings in the sector as well as provide feedback from media planners, consultants, agencies and some of South Africa’s thought leaders:

The emergence of internet radio – fiction or opportunity?
Release date: Friday 30 July 2010
Delivery: Via e-mail in .PDF
Cost: R375 excl. VAT

• Is internet radio simply a passing fad in South Africa or is it a genuine media platform to become aware of and part of future media strategy?
• Which are SA’s biggest and most successful podcasts and what drives them?
• Is podcasting dead and dying?
• How do these tools fit into media planners future strategies?
• What are reasonable rates for advertising companies to consider when using these platforms?
• How much money will media planners be directing to these platforms over the next 12 months?

These are the questions this report will try to answer following interviews and data collected from industry professionals.

Social media – where is the future?
Release date: Wednesday 11 August 2010
Delivery: Via e-mail in .PDF
Cost: R375 excl. VAT

• Facebook, FourSquare, Twitter, blogs and other social media tools – what is hot and what’s going out of fashion?
• Is there a future for Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) practitioners and what price to place on their services?
• An attempt to standardise the remuneration rates of social media practitioners for their services and skills

With the run up to the 2010 World Cup there have been some shocking stories of developers and social media consultants charging what some in the industry describe as “exorbitant” sums of money for services rendered in the social media space. Short-term profits have been put ahead of long-term sustainability of the sector and this report attempts to quantify what clients feel are reasonable for campaigns and how to measure success or failure.

Payment options and bundles
To order either or both of these reports please e-mail sales@rival.co.za or contact Marc on 082-561-1585.

• There is a 15% discount if customers bundle the reports together
• Customers who order and pay for either reports during the week of 5 – 12 July 2010 will be able to receive them for R275 excl. VAT.

Banking details:
Rival Industrial cc
Standard Bank, Fourways Crossing
Branch code: 9953
Acc: 422148636

Proof of payment and requests for invoices can be sent to c@rival.co.za

Bundublog.com is challenging bloggers and search professionals to see if they are prepared to put their reputations on the line and see if they can walk the walk.

We are ramping up our efforts to gain exposure for our blog members and as an incentive, the South African blog or website who is able to score the highest ranking of the word “Bundublog” at the end of July 2010 will win a R2000 cash prize.

As it stands the blogs or sites with the highest ranking on the word are the following:

• Bad Entrepreneur blog
• African Trade Hub
• http://www.bandwidthblog.com/2010/05/04/local-blogging-startup-bundublog-expands/
• Bandwidth blog 
• Ocean Africa

The Bundublog team will announce the winner at the close of business on Friday the 30th of July 2010.

The second and third place players also won’t be going home empty-handed – because we love supporting South African entrepreneurs we will be giving away a R100 advertising vouchers from AD:Dynamo sponsored by Bundublog and a designer T-shirt from Springleap.

Speaking of Springleap and opportunities to win, one of our bloggers is offering a cash prize if you vote his design up in a competition they are running. Check out the details of his offer here:

http://geeksecret.bundublog.com/2010/06/24/vote-and-win-100

Below is the official invite from the Silicon Cape guys. Please try and get out there to support them:

Time: June 28, 2010 from 6pm to 11pm
Location: The Old Biscuit Mill
Street: 373 Albert Road
City/Town: Cape Town
Website or Map: http://maps.google.co.za/maps…
Event Type: networking
Organized By: Elodie Kleynhans

Hello clever and good looking people of the Silicon Cape (and beyond).

The time has once again come for us to eat, drink, network and be merry.

We will once again frequent the hay bales of the Old Biscuit Mill for an atmospheric evening, and this time you won’t have to queue for the cash bar.

Thanks to our friends at PayPal, drinks will be on the house, and the same goes for snacks. Not bad hey!

Now all that is more than enough reason to attend, but to sweeten the deal you will be graced by the presence of European tech investor, Saul Klein who will be sharing his experiences with us.

Oded Zehavi (PayPal Regional Director) and Chris Savides (FNB complementary Online Services, GM) will also be making a couple of very interesting (and indeed lucrative) announcements. We can’t tell you too much right now, but it does involve a competition that could get you from the Cape to the Valley.

So go ahead, etch the 28th into your digital diaries and prepare for a great night of networking.

Yours in tech start up excellence
The Silicon Cape Team

We have been waiting for so long for this day to arrive and when you look around and see the excitement and optimism on everybody’s face, you wonder what all the pessimism was about.

Things like the Gautrain have received a lot of support this week and it is great to see South Africans so keen to try it out and replace some of our dependance on traffic. This country is a MUCH better place for this event.

Don’t forget to send us your World Cup opening weekend pictures – webmaster@rival.co.za – and you could be in line to win R300!

Honk your hooter, blow you Vuvu and lets make some noise as we make this event one to be remembered!

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Director: Scott Stewart
Cast: Paul Bettany, Dennis Quaid, Lucas Black, Tyrese Gibson, Doug Jones, Kate Walsh

Bundublog did a bit of research and in most cases the reviewers rated the movie a 6 or 7 out of 10 with some questionable logic leaps. But if you want the fire and brimstone and angels weilding machine guns then this movie could be a goodie.