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Francois Karstel

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Creating a Corporate Culture of Lifelong Learning

What defines culture? Culture is not what you find when you travel to some remote island and discover a near distinct ethnic tribe. A group as small and modern as a Johannesburg based family of three can submit to a culture of their own creation. Culture is the establishment and fostering of customs that govern the way in which people think, perceive and behave, as has been claimed by cultural anthropologist Conrad P. Kottak (1991:17). Yet any behaviour of this nature can only truly be classified as cultural, if and when it is shared. Shared, these behaviours will often become known to be characteristic of the specific group. 

The Basics of Content Curation in the Digital Sphere

Using curated content for populating your website or blog for the purpose of digital marketing is a great idea. It is a professional and respected way of providing your browsers with valuable and insightful information. This article was inspired by Eibhlin Macintosh’s The Content Curation Handbook – How to create curated content for your website (2012). Allow me to explain the who, what, where, and how of content curation.