Category: <span>Voices</span>

Which Exercise Is Best for Your Mental Health? Boosts your mood: When you move your body you release endorphins – the positive chemicals in your brain that boost your mood and help you feel relaxed. “Endorphins are chemicals released by the body that provide a sense of euphoria, boost confidence, combat stress, and depression,” says Keith Hodges, certified...

Female representation in senior management and executive roles in companies around the world remains low, however in South Africa it is stagnant[i]. Worse still, women make up a mere 10% of CEOs at the world’s biggest tech firms[ii], so one can only imagine how low the number is in South Africa. This is according to...

If you recently started your own business, there’s a chance that you may have already encountered a situation in which you felt its identity changing. To many new entrepreneurs, these types of situations are normal in the world of business ownership, however these situations may also lead to feelings of frustration. As an entrepreneur, you ultimately created your...

The recent pandemic cannot be seen in isolation but as a continuum that will vastly alter the curvature of history. As we enter a new era at pace, we know that singularity is near, as is a choice of a tyrannical and regimented future or a more self-actualising Shangri-la. As we head towards both digital dictatorships...

“If you didn’t launch your new brand, product or service on Twitter, did you launch at all?” asks Cornelis Ouwehand, Sales Director at Ad Dynamo – Twitter’s exclusive ad sales partner in Africa. “Not only does news break first on Twitter, but with over 192 million daily active users and growing, brands can no longer afford to...

Does your brand tell stories? Absolutely! And podcasting is the most modern medium of the ancient form of storytelling. Welcome to the era of on-demand listening where people listen when they want to… and listen to what they want to. In 2021, branded podcasts have become an important tool in any company’s marketing arsenal. Well-produced...

Generational Marketing: How to ensure your brand lands with the right audience Did you know that, contrary to what one might think, older age groups are the fastest-growing segments of many social media platforms’ audiences? Facebook, for example, saw users above the age of 65 increase by roughly 25% over the past year, while those...

When former president Jacob Zuma appointed Mogoeng Mogoeng as Chief Justice in September 2011 – after Sandile Ngcobo’s brief term of office – there were fears that the conservative jurist from North West would be nothing but a Zuma lackey. And while Mogoeng did show some flickering of independence and fealty to the law, his...

This one is for my people making a career change or pivoting in life, especially for those of you over 30. I know many of you are stressing yourselves out over making the “right” decisions, but the thing you’ve got to know is that there is no right or wrong. Stop asking yourself what you...

What is Crisis: Any situation that is threatening or could threaten the business organisation, people, or reputation damage and negatively affect the brand’s bottom line. Furthermore we can breakdown what crisis communications management as follows. crisis communications management refers to the technologies, systems, and protocols that enable an organization to effectively communicate during an emergency situation. In...