NSA Blog Review #9: Timothy Hyde – Creating Fresh Ideas Faster
My NSA Blogroll has recently expanded to include bloggers who are members of various Speakers Associations around the world. My first international review is Timothy Hyde’s blog. Timothy is a member of the National Speakers Association of Australia (NSAA). He’s new to blogging and off to a great start.
I’d like to ask anyone who is a formal member an international speakers association and has a blog to please send me the URL so that I can add it to the Blogroll in the right column.
Blogging since: September 16, 2006
Posting Frequency: 3-4 times a week
Post Length: 50-600 words
Aesthetic Appeal: Clean and simple Typepad template. However, does not integrate with the look n’ feel of his main website.
Graphics: Witty and fun
Categories: Assumptions, Books, Brainstorming, Creative Challenge, Creativity, Film, Gen Y, Humor, Innovation, Marketing, Speaking, Travel, Weblogs, Web/Tech.
Blogroll: My blog (This is not the reason I chose his to review!)
Target Audience: Corporate employees who need to create more, with less, in a shorter time.
Comments allowed: Yes
Trackbacks: Yes
Alexa.com traffic ranking: N/A
Sites that link to this blog: N/A
Yahoo Links: 70
Google Page Rank: 0/10
Review:
Timothy bills himself as a Corporate Education & Entertainment specialist who brings creative thinking to the world of business. His blog supports this claim.
The photograph he posts of himself is a great image that immediately sets the tone.
Here’s a guy in a business suit acting goofy, a mad professor scrutinizing your organization.
He blogs on conferences in Australia where he has been hired to facilitate the general sessions, introduce guest speakers, run panel discussions and keep the delegates focused and awake using a range of creative techniques including Magic, Comedy & Interactive Ice Breakers.
It’s refreshing to read his blog for the ‘Only in Australia’ moments: the photograph of a 4′ long croc at Port Douglas in FNQ (Far North Queensland); the meeting with top Australian public speaker and cricket legend Max Walker (Max Who most Americans would no doubt ask); saying a great book is “just a cracker”.
Timothy points to a range of valuable resources, from books to creativity aids to optical illusions. He’s based in the Blue Mountain area, west of Sydney. One of his roles has been MC’ing the Australian NSA national conferences for the past four years.
I wish Timothy well as he continues to grow his blog. More reports from his Australian road trips would be appreciated. Concrete examples from his audience interactions could throw light on the cultural differences between Life Down Under and the rest of the world. After all, he’s living in a country where politician’s lambaste each other with insults like these. And you can’t get much more creative than that, can you, mate?
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