Early 2023 Cruising

July 12, 2023

July 12, 2023

First half of 2023 I was busy on cruise ships edu-taining the public on emerging tech early 2023

even before my AR/VR Metaverse talk began I had questions asked from the audience:-)

SB Video

January 27, 2018

January 27, 2018

Learn more about Sonja Bernhardt OAM via this video:

 

 

The impact of advertising decades later

October 13, 2017

October 13, 2017

“Tahiti looks nice” I grew up with an ad for imperial leather soap where a family are having luxurious baths and the women says “Tahiti looks nice” the husband then picks up his phone and says “Simon – Tahiti” and then the ad zooms out to a view of a plane turning around.

That ad created an impression on me, that until the other week, I have always believed.  Then I cruised into Tahiti on a luxury cruise ship and:  DISAPPOINTMENT – Papeete – Tahiti was terrible.  On the hillside were abandoned Hilton and Sheraton hotels that were decaying. The place was depressive and no signs of innovation or get up and go (e.g. why were the hotels abandoned and not turned into hospitals, schools or even housing for the homeless?).

It fascinated me how one ad could have created in me so much imagery that I retained for years. It fascinated me how something that was once glorious (I assume) allowed decay to eat away and let itself slide backwards…

Luckily Moreea and Bora Bora more than made up for Papeete:-)

Rippling waves of cruise talks

October 13, 2017

I have now completed 3 cruise ship trips as a speaker.

1st (Nov 2016): was around Australia (I did half of it and 7 topics compressed into 5 talks, with my husband doing the remainder and 7 talks)

2nd (April/May 2017): was Sydney to Seattle crossing (23 night) a shared role with my husband we both did 7 or 8 talks each.

3rd (Sept/Oct 2017) The most recent was Hawaii to Sydney crossing (19 nights). I gave 10 talks my husband 11.  That was when I started to realise that both my husband and I were starting to get into the swing of things.  It was so so so enjoyable sharing information and receiving confirmation from attendees they valued the knowledge and presentation style(s) we have.

Our MAIN goal (apart from us relaxing into semi retirement and travelling more) is to make an impact: one cruise talk at a time – and this trip it certainly seemed that was happening.  People loved to learn, think, discuss and question.

It was EXCELLENT – and we certainly have been receiving highly supportive feedback.  Plus to our surprise towards the end of the trip people stopped to take ‘celebrity’ photos of us and with them.

Here’s to many more cruise talks….