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Dallas Conference on Diversity in Africa
The Internet is an amazing institution: today it enables me to speak LIVE at a massive event: the Dallas Conference on ‘Diversity in Africa’ – and this all the way from my PC at the tip of Africa – from Noordhoek, South Africa to be precise! Our friend and partner Les Kudla thought of using modern Internet technology to showcase what in many ways still is a little bit left behind when it comes to high-tech amenities that are so common in first-world countries in the Northern Hemisphere. And if we think that Dallas Airport in Texas with its massive Conferencing facilities is the 4th largest of its kind in the world – it’s kind of impressive… and a little intimidating… to say the least!

Dallas Conference on Diversity in Africa
The choice of presenting an aspect of our beautiful and diverse country – South Africa – was largely based on the fact that with the latest Semiomantics Flash Evolution Script we could develop a smashing and highly interactive presentation for Monkey Valley Resort – also based on great photos by David Turnley from New York, who holds annual Digital Photography Workshops at the “Crowned Eagle”, the so-called “Jewel of the South”, the top accommodation available for small groups at the unique South African Holiday Resort – which by the way is also home to the Green Party of South Africa, lead by Judy Sole.
There is a special ambience and a focus on people and the environment throughout this website that so beautifully reflects a very important aspect of the Rainbow Nation. There are many others… South Africa has countless faces and facettes… however, this is what I know and what I love to convey: the spirit of warm and compassionate people touching people. Just that. It’s deeply rooted in Africa… a part I sincerely love and hopefully I can pass on the spark of this flame.
Dallas meets Cape Town on YouTube
With comparatively slow Internet connections and wild African elephants marching over them with astonishing regularity, there had to be a Plan B in case Plan A would fail.
Plan A would be a direct projection of the talk accompanied by a virtual guided journey through the website from our Ycademy Online Conference Room … via Les Kudla’s laptop … straight into the high-tech Conferencing Center of Dallas Airport. So far so good…
Plan B would be a pre-recording of this that would serve its purpose in the same way – although without the same LIVE situation of course. Just a voice-over.
Well, all was fully prepared – with one little detail that changed it all: to upload this video – basically a spontaneous run-through in case the lines are dropped – well… the upload either to my server or to YouTube will take probably 10 hours.
So let’s think positive, we are ready and we think YES! WE CAN!
Once uploaded, the video will be available on this blog… but now the time is ticking: Dallas here we come! YEBO GOGO!
| Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing.
Co-Founder of YORGOO, YCADEMY and Semiomantics.
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