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  Volume 6 Number 07
August 2007
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IASP World Conference Flag handed to The Innovation Hub for 2008
65 countries were represented by the 785 registered participants at the 24th World Conference of the International Association of Science Parks (IASP), held from 1 to 4 July 2007 in Barcelona. According to Dr Neville Comins, CEO of The Innovation Hub, the conference was by far the largest to date.

Tactile Technologies distributes novel digital signage solution across Africa
MediaTile's African Distributor and resident at The Innovation Hub, Tactile Technologies, has released the MediaTile cellular-digital-signage™ product line, named Digital-Sign-In-A-Box™, for immediate customer delivery across the continent of Africa.

Innovative business idea qualifies for final round in national competition
The Managing Director of MYNEXTONLINE - a Maxum Business Incubator Company - Madoda Khuzwayo has been selected to compete in the national round of the SAB (South African Breweries) Kickstart Competition for his company's business idea.

Hub welcomes new Product Partner - The Voice Clinic
We are pleased to introduce our newest Product Partner, The Voice Clinic. The Clinic fills an essential gap in the training industry encouraged by most organisations by focusing on soft skills development and teaching delegates how to communicate their ideas in spoken English with confidence, dynamism and personal empowerment.

CoachLab Theme Braai
On Friday the 13th July 2007, Maxum CoachLabers attended a Golf Day at the CSIR Lapa. The day's activities consisted of a Braai, sports, music and more good food. CoachLabers also had a chance to mingle with their mentors outside the workplace and discuss various issues concerning their work and future expectations.

Maxum manager attends regional gathering of business incubator professionals
Manager of the Maxum Business Incubator, Dr Jill Sawers, recently attended the Africa Incubator Network (AIN) Southern Africa Workshop that was held from 8 - 10 July 2007 in Maputo, Mozambique.

Migration to Linux and GroupWise continues to gain momentum
NetCB.com, providers of business collaboration and productivity solutions based at the Innovation Hub in Pretoria, recently managed and implemented two major projects involving migration to the Novell SuSE Linux platform.

The Innovator's Dilemma - What to do when your idea becomes mainstream

Ten Questions with the author of "The Myths of Innovation"

How effective is the use of a business plan as a management tool

Hot Links

ITS South Africa Annual General Meeting

Strategy Driven Innovation - Workshop Invitation

GIBS Forum: Cutting Edge Mobile and Web Marketing

Happening @ the Hub

Pub@Hub 21 June 2007 - Science of Informational Management

People Business Group - Business Acumen Seminar