Tuesday 31 March 2015

The Vision Board - Do you have one?

Well, how often to we page back to our Vision Boards, to see how some of our personal goals are being achieved or - action on some to improve on their reality-action? I have no answer on this one, but all I can say is, you must make it a point to have a Vision Board, you will reap its fruit - because what you do is basically plant a seed now and sooner or later, it germinates and you will be happy when you see it blossoming.

Ooh, my Vision Board.....thank you Lord - you are turning all those plights in reality!
I hope all my cyber friends have also drawn up their own Vision Board - we have to know what we aim to achieve in our lives, daily, weekly, monthly and annually.

None of your personal or professional action should be aimless or be taken for granted, e.g. when you attend a course, you must have at least one or two expectations, when you enrol for study and pay those funds or have them sponsored, you must know why you took that step and what impact it must make in your life.

No one, but no one should ever do something that does not add value to his or her live as that will be wasting of time, energy and thoughts - and ever physical resources like money - and as they say, times is money too.

Have a purpose in life - aim to become a different and better person every new day - you have the potential to improve your current status - but that can only happen it you put your mind to it ...take a few minutes, and think about what you want to change, the difference you want to make in your life, at the personal or professional level or even in the life of your loved one or colleague, community and Namibia.

Your brain is powerful, use it and don't allow it to laze around -- now, next time I read your post, I hope to see that you have acted for a purpose and that you set yourself some goals-- realistic and practical ones - remember that you can start small, and be patient, but what is important is, you will surely make it.

This post is aimed a encouraging my friends to start working on their personal plans - especially those friends who might appreciate this...

Wednesday 11 March 2015

Feeling so inspired as a Namibian Professional Broadcaster



Broadcasting at home has just become so much fun off late - the digitalisation process, multi-media, new media, social media and all the innovation of this world in our industry.

Our audiences are now able to directly interact with our producers/presenters, during live shows - giving feedback real time - and vice versa - they can text - if one of their goats has gone missing - and the message can be announced in no time - actually getting feedback right there that the goat was seen grazing somewhere near the next village ... it's a changing world in broadcasting and media in general

It's really up to as a professional journalists to enjoy our trade - and make maximum use of it.

 Live broadcasting is the trend in the world - we have to beam most if not all key events as they happen, we have to be there during the breaking news - everything is so possible nowadays, There is no more the issue of waiting for the report on the hour, you get it right there e.g. President-Elect's recent media conferences. That's what international broadcasters are doing - if President Obama is to speak - CNN and other broadcasters air that on the spot - and at the level where we are now, there is no way we delay the key message to our audience (s)


 If you do not broadcast live, you can stream your content or you can tweet or face book it - you can vlog and you can blog, you can instagram and you can YouTube, and yeah - use various new media platforms online - event print media can now go live via various web-opportunities brought about by the internet revolution. We have to be first with the news - but mot importantly, with have to be first with accurate, credible and reliable news. We have to keep on gate-keeping to ensure that our message is authentic and not misrepresenting the facts or confusing the audience (s). Professionalism, remains key.

I think it was time professional broadcasters and journalists jealously guard this unique profession as Doctors and Lawyers would do with theirs. No one should be allowed to dilute the profession, but rather growth it and raise it to the highest level. Namibia's win for Press Freedom in Africa rings a loud bell though - and credit goes to all who made that possible including the Namibian media industry as key role players.

There is so much we can do nowadays - the various platforms - TV, Radio, Mobile and Print - is just driving the industry crazy. Citizen Journalism and yeah - you mention it - it's all here right in our hand-palms on your smart phone and all - your radio services at home are not on the same NBC decoder where you find your channels - isn't that just great... ? We are in an Era that continues to unfold in terms of broadcasting and media in general.

I guess all those journalists out there who had at times dropped the profession to grow in other areas can now start make a come back and once again embrace their mother or founding profession and bring all those new talents they learnt from their new jobs - it's a value -add process --- we have to remain in love with our profession and continue to inspire the Namibian Nation - look at CNN's Christiaan Amanpour, Wolf Blitzer, Candy Crawly and all those Senior Journalists there including those at other broadcasters - they are still passionately carrying the Journalism Flag high - which means - we too can do the same and carry our Namibian Broadcasting Flag very high - as long as we share knowledge with the upcoming broadcasters who are also bringing along new skills and competencies especially in the new media... while those who have been on the block can knowledge manage the both the traditional and new media..

Aren't you inspired by the developments in our industry like me?

Disclaimer

This post is authored in my private capacity, as a Namibian broadcaster and an individual. I am just appreciating the online opportunities that are available which enable me to express myself and jot down my thoughts right away.