Contributors
marke ri ta poutasi ��� pa cific pr ivil ege
p.30
Markerita Poutasi is Chief Executive of the Pacific Co-operation
Foundation, a public/private sector partnership that works with
businesses in the Pacific and promotes business connections with
New Zealand industry. She is chairperson of the BEST Pasifika
Leadership Foundation and a board member of Careers New Zealand.
She has a legal background, has worked as an Associate Crown
counsel on Treaty and International issues for the Crown Law Office,
and as a solicitor in private practice.
p.38
ashle y k rame r ���
eye of the tiger
Ashley Kramer is the Account Director at Auckland based Partisan Advertising,
an advertising agency that specializes in Permission Marketing, where it���s about
results, not spending up large. Ashley is also one of NZ���s most published consumer
technology writers, a photographer and a prolific blogger covering food, fitness,
health and technology.
la ur e l m c c u l l o c h ���
l o c at i o n , loc at ion , loc ation
Laurel McCulloch has been a business broker for
over seven years and self-employed for most of her
working career. Twenty five years ago, Laurel and
her husband David started one of New Zealand���s
first franchise systems, the Arano juice brand. They
are now longer involved but the brand remains.
Both were among the pioneers of the franchise
industry in New Zealand. Involved with several other
businesses, she brings practical knowledge of what
it takes to run a business. Laurel prides herself on
her professional ethics and integrity and will always
do her best to achieve the results her clients want.
Quotable
"I have zero self-discipline, it���s a
problem. Maybe that is something I
should change ��� but screw it, it���s way
too much fun the other way. "
Claudia Batten p.19
"Democratic organizations
point fingers, not in a blaming
way but in a liberating way.
They are crystal clear about who
is accountable to whom and
for what. Where there are no
secrets about accountability or
performance, everyone is able
to both take responsibility and
to hold each other to account
when things are not done or
not done right."
Viv Maidaborn p.56
p.44
"I wish these social media had been better established during my
time in politics. Facebook and Twitter were still in their relative infancy
when I left New Zealand, and they have grown exponentially since. I
find social media a very effective way to reach out to global audiences,
and convey a sense of the importance of development issues and the
work I���m doing. They also enable me to keep up with family and friends
at home."
Helen Clark, p.26
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