I missed out on a week of SA Rocks because I was lucky enough to be helping introduce a brand new course – Nomadic Marketing – at UCT’s Graduate School of Business, in the company of some of our finest web.minded ones. It was a success (whew) and for those who missed out, it runs again in October. Book early this time!
I really do try to move beyond the brilliant people from the south.west shores of South Africa. I keep saying, next week, but then I always HAVE to introduce you to just one more bright Capetonian making SA rock. No exception again today.
Today I have a threefold celebration/cerebration of genius:
1. the school 2.the director 3. the course
South Africa’s oldest university – University of Cape Town’s GSB – has held the leading edge in consistently ranking as one of the Global Top 100 MBA programs by the Financial Times (London). More noteworthy though: in the Top 10 for Executive Education internationally. Did you get that?! Top TEN in the world.
The blues.singing award-winning poet, MA(cum laude) & MBA-toting director of the
Executive Education unit at the GSB is no less than a force of nature. Elaine Rumboll has cleared a path for success for UCT among the impressive old giants of business schools’ fiercely contested short-course sector. Taking risks that seem to keep paying off, primarily choosing collaboration over competition is a fairly handy strategy. One of those risks was Nomadic Marketing.
Another is this >> Business Acumen for Artists >> a 13 week program that empowers the creatively talented with the practical business skills to forge a 
successful and profitable career from their craft. Musicians, designers, writers, fine artists, photographers, filmmakers, poets, actors, animators.. whatever the artistic field this program has the potential to change the course of a lifetime. Enough with the starving artist routine.
If you’d love to dive into a more creative career; know an artist who really needs to take the 13 week journey or if you would like to gift an artist with this (go on unleash your inner Medici) call or mail Lisa Maddison for the application (each artist must have a goal & motivation to be realised from the program)
Conceived and developed by Elaine; associated costs taken up by the GSB; some of the business schools finest minds and visiting international lecturers and mentors in each field have offered their time for free : the full course fee goes to strengthening the Observatory Community Centre (incubator to SA legends like Tannie Evita and FreshlyGround). Stuff like this make SA Rock bigtime! It’s an exciting and very valuable endeavour.
I’ve created a blog for news and learning around BA4A and a Facebook event to make it easy for you to join the conversation. Come jump in >>
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