Blue Sky Stuff

eMentoring program ..... ?

2009-07-14T23:51:00.000-07:00

a new vienna hub program under discussion

1. offer mentoring to all kids aged 14-17 in vienna and moedling.english, german, ( or romanian, arabic etc )

2. offer specially to immigrants, asyl seekers, big issue sellers etc, and help build infrastructure for internet access for their eMentoring and their education

3. expand to street kids in Indonesia, India and Romania ( Pet, Suhash, Cat )

4 extend to all unemployed youths ( 16 to 25) in austria, germany and UK - offering 1-1 mentoring and work with AMS etc and new vienna hub coaching programs to get all those kids off the dole during those critical years. essentially they report to local coach in the community and build personal plans to deliver 40 hours of local community benefit that fits their best abilities and passion

thats what friends are for !

2009-07-03T02:57:00.001-07:00

http://picasaweb.google.com/eurotut/MarksPaintingsAprilToJune09#5353453779842137874

named for me :-)

Mödling Bio Farm

2009-06-15T13:15:00.000-07:00

complete with holiday homes, tied cottages for workers to live in , onsite of planned new hospital, by wifi....

produces biod food for community, and animals for kids to pet, etc

its a flashfarm ( as in flash mob ) until the ground has another use...

- based in the happiest city on earth !

and will be advertised here http://www.wwoof.org/

International Barcamp Mödling

2009-06-15T12:49:00.000-07:00

International Barcamp Mödling

( note, a barcamp is:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp )

Description:
An idea born at the barcamp Vienna - June 13/14 (modul university):
We wanna set up a international - only english speaking - barcamp in wonderful Mödling - Happiest city on earth (near Vienna) .location: http://bit.ly/uK1ml

facebook registration here ( 64 registered as at 10.11 on 16.06 )

focus: international knowledge exchange regarding...

(1) regional/city development
(2) social web
(3) sustainable tourism

ONLY english speaking programm!

save the date: 29.-30.08.09twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bcmoe - follow!

Contact Details:- Hannes Offenbacher

Recent news
we are soon organizing the first open task force. join!

possibles/ probables to attend :- Bill Liao.Founder Neo.org and Co-FounderXING Thoma Power co founder ecademy

Press:- articles and partners
...

sponsors partners etc.
Vienna Hub , The English Room ,

accomodation ideas:- pension monika, babenbergerhof hotel, city hotel, etc

Cyprus Jazz Festival

2009-06-15T12:25:00.000-07:00

goal :- a world-class jazz and blues festival hosting Cypriot musicians, alongside guests from abroad, .

so, this event would be cyprus wide, would run across greek and turkish boundaries,support youth development and cross cultural stuff, attract multinational sponsors, ie, meet the aims of the program from eas..... !

we seek a greek born and turkish born person on the team... ? ( hmm ?- key point that )

and some ideas of good dates please ? and venues...

the top 3 objectives be to reach the goal ?
- venues, sponsors, partners, musicians, program,
- marketing, pr, adverts, audience, momentum,
- organising team ?
- clearly support youth development thu the arts.

featuring andrea charls cyprus big band
patronage / support from ..... Jon Sass ... Betty Semper ( of wetcookies ) .... Dana Gillespie ?

sponsors and partners:-
jeuness cyprus , jeuness austria ??

STeaming Kids

2009-05-21T00:47:00.000-07:00

a coaching a mentoring program designed to help kids succeed in todays world,

in groups of 20, with 2 world class coaches/mentors, program launches 1st June,

seeking 20 kids to be led by Joe Garcia, Harlem born Opera Singer , and Mark Tuttle, Santa Barbara born serial entrepreneur, the program will explore success and failure, life, goals, and other issues through artistic and sporting creativity, bringing educational and commercial awareness

starts 1st June at Alte Donau water sports canoe polo ground, and first session at IBM Sky Lobby on 2nd June

a. 11-13 year olds
b. 13-15 year olds
c. 15-17 year olds

for program fees, more information and scholarships, and sponsoring opportunities please contact nigel soonest

2009-05-20T05:33:00.001-07:00

Fundraiser Event

fun day, at alte donau, with ORFs newest star, and the featured Englishman in der standard - the man bringing Englands fastest growing water sport to Austria - Frank Honan!

from 2pm to 5pm, a training event and try-out of canoe polo, led by Frank, the trainer for the Austrian (english) national canoe polo team. with information on the sport, safety, and a practice trial game. The session lays the foundation for the new Vienna Hub & Blue Sky Stuff coaching programs, bringing artistic, sporting and educational inspiration and motivation to commerce and kids,

on 1st June, will gather two clusters of coachees - some 20 young people around age 16, and some 20 experienced people, from sport, education, commerce and arts. the coaches will be drawn from arts commerce,education and sports (ACES)

Blue Sky Stuff - Annual Report 2008

2008-12-09T23:32:00.000-08:00

at long last. the first annual report.

Blue Sky Stuff - "helping people to find and follow their passion and to become more successful, through educational, artistic and sporting activities, coaching and cross-cultural events"

Exec Summary.
papers signed in post-hof cafe, with celebratory drinks all round, on 9.12.2008 - a magical number. paperwork rushed through verein polizie, and bank account sorted on 17.12.2008, enabling members to join/donate directly ( IBAN AT92 1200 0518 5405 0355, Bank Austria - 12000 - account# 51854 050 355 ) Membership advertised at 9.95 units of local currency, allowing for local variations in cost of living. aligned to 3 pints of beer, but bringing much more long lasting benefits.

Member Benefits.
single annual membership fee ( minimum suggested 9.95, more welcome ) offers immediate benefits in 2008 - download of jingle bells from the operatwins, a Mödling Stick, and access to read and borrow books-for-kids from Blue Sky book spots.
membership also brings feel-good-factor, from knowing that money is going directly to buy more books-for-kids in bookspots.

Sponsors, Grants and Partners
such as .......
( its a bit like the "Foundation" for Vienna-Hub - www.viennahub.com , also interested in donations to above account )

Press Clippings
coming ......

More Projects
..... coming

website:- Blue Sky Stuff

Me and my Mödling Stick !

2008-12-07T02:04:00.001-08:00

Blue Sky Stuff proudly announce:-

"Me and my Mödling Stick !"

a competition for kids ( age group to follow - 9-11 years? ) with a lovely prize for the selected winner.

make a sketch of your favourite game with the Mödling Stick, and send it in to artkids by email, fax or post ( by x/x )

artkids will select the prizewinner, and paint the sketch in oil for the winner

prize (s?) donated by ViennaHub

additional financial support from :-

x y z

Opera for Change

2008-12-07T01:45:00.000-08:00

change is in the air

it has been "time for change", and now "change is here"

how about "Opera for Change!"

a concert series starting 20.1 in USA to celebrate change....

20.1 in New York ?
later in Vienna
later still in ... ?

useful materials to support this:-
The Art of Possibility
Our Iceberg Is Melting

and even... Opera on Oprah ?

( based an idea from Didem )

The Mödling Stick - Get yours Now!

2008-12-06T02:40:00.000-08:00

“The Mödling Stick”

Bring some joy to the ones you, and to your neighbours in the world, at Christmas. A present that really means something, has been proven over hundreds of thousands of years, and has recently been placed in the New York Museum of Toys having been voted Number One Toy of all time by some 35,000 Americans

It needs no batteries, lasts for years, it has immense educational and creative value. Is totally environmentally safe and recycles itself

It requires something that is in short supply, a little imagination. However many young kids have been found in scientific tests to have a certain amount of imagination – enough to make a variety of amusing toys giving hours of entertainment from this one simple thing.

See our website for more details on how to use the product, the history of the stick, videos of sticks in use
http://www.viennahub.com/ / The Mödling Stick ( or http://bss.daotec.com/ )

note:- all proceeds paid into this bank account from
Memberships, Stick Sales and Christmas TripleAHitsong will go towards the
Blue Sky Stuff – Books for Kids project
bringing great English reading books to young kids in cities in the world
( 1900 cities, 190 countries targeted 2008 – with repeat sales 2009 onwards to renew and extend ).

Small print:- in order to save on transport and shipping, we have enabled you to have a localised virtual “Mödling Stick” anywhere in the world – for example based on Palm trees in Irak. Simply print off this page, pay 9.95 units of your currency into the bank account below, and place a locally collected stick into a small paper sack with this sheet. Guaranteed to bring thousands of years of enjoyment, and in years to come will probably used as coal to keep a family warm at Xmas

A Blue Sky Stuff Project
mit unterstützung:-

womenwithpassion.daotec.com www.viennahub.com theenglishroom.daotec.com

The Mödling Stick !

2008-11-21T05:12:00.001-08:00

The Mödling Stick”

full action video

Bring some joy at Christmas and/or The New Year or any other time . A present that really means something, has been proven over hundreds of thousands of years, has recently been placed on display in the New York Museum of Toys having been voted top of the toys by 35,000 Americans. It needs no batteries, lasts for years, has educational and creative value. Is totally environmentally safe.

It requires something that is in shorter supply, a little imagination. However many young kids have been found in scientific tests, to have a certain amount of imagination – enough to give hours of entertainment from this one simple toy.

See our website for more details on how to order and use the product www.viennahub.com / The Mödling Stick !

note:- all money paid into this bank account (details soon) will go to The English Room / Box of Books bringing books to young kids in various cities. If you want to help with books locally, or provide/offer corporate stick purchase/support - please get in touch!

Small print:- in order to save on transport and shipping, we have enabled you to have a virtual “Mödling Stick” anywhere in the world. Simply print off the page on viennahub.com, pay 9.95 units of your currency ( about the price of 3 beers, but far more pleasurable ) into the bank account below, and place a locally collected stick into the page and wrap, or simply wrap the paper around the stick and tie in place. Guaranteed to bring thousands of years of enjoyment, and in years to come will probably used as coal to keep a family warm at Christmas Future.

Europe's Largest Indoor Sandpit

2008-11-08T18:53:00.001-08:00

opening 15th November in Mödling fuzo

doors open at 08:00, pit at 09:09

- Blue Sky, White Sand - since sandpits are important, so we should have one for the kids while parents etc are at the punsch stands
- Books, are also vitally important, so there are books for sharing with youngsters
- Building things is imporant, so there are CoolTools, Matador, Duplo to train small fingers

after the opening, there is also the unofficial opening of fasching in Mödling, with fun for all. also a disco and karaoke in the BuhneMayer. it promises to be a great day out. so get on down to Mödling - best city in the world - and have some fun

friendly unterstutzung :-
ednet, daotec, The English Room, posthof cafe, Krawany, CoolTool, PORR, MÖP, Mautswirthaus

Blue Sky - verein in grundung - membership @ 12 units of your currency per year. bank details to follow....

Future-Proof Yourself

2008-11-05T15:12:00.000-08:00

in a time of chaos

a short book.... designed to share recent experiences and help people prepare for change, be ready for change, and to move faster when needed to pastures new. and when its best, to move to pastures they have created themselves

this book is for vincent, and all the children in the world.
we are the future, and together we can achieve absolutely anything.

themes

1. education

2. passion

3. networking

4.happiness

5. next...

1. education

its your responsibility. make it a priority

look at your cv. what does it say. what do you want it to say.

move it all down, and add now what you want in 1 or 3 years

skills - what do you have, what do you need

experiences - what have you, what do you want?

2. passion

find and follow your passion. work at something that is your passion, and it ceases to be work. live abroad, and it seems like a holiday

try many things until you find it.

talk to people with passion

3. networking

family

friends

colleagues

world at large

find the right people for you, add value to them. netweave/ pass it foward.

never need another job advert if you know where your next role is to be found directly

start in the sandpit.

give your kids the rules. share. be polite. use the rules. set expectations - ie: we'll go in 5 minutes. never just grab them and run, they will rebel. you will get stressed. negotiate and empower your kid - let them get to 7 minutes! they decided when to leave! expect them to negotiate everyting else as well though!

4. happiness

find what makes you happy. do more of it. build the + in the + bank. prepare + to counter -

be happy. share it.

define it, measure it, compare it, increase it.

5. next

join a group of steaming foxes. find and follow your passion. explore your happiness. build bonds for mutual success. get further, faster.

pre-requisites for attending:-

- last 3 books you read, 3 people you would like to meet.

- Q&A

- Imagine your Future

- draft version for your GOST

contact:- nigel(at)viennahub.com

appendices

1. attitude

how was your day? fine?

was it fine, did you choose to say fine, or did you just reply from habit?

fine is a 5. crap is a 1, and fantastic is a 10.

lets say there is only 1 and 10. which day would you choose?

choose your day, and have the day you choose!

2. visualisation

how is the weather? fantastic, the sky is blue.!

having been lucky enough to fly above the clouds, i know the sun is shining there above the fluffy white stuff. thats where i choose to live, whatever is going on around me.

Blue Sky Stuff

2008-11-01T21:05:00.000-07:00

a not-for-profit / foundation registered in Austria (?)

"helping people find and follow their passion"

delivered through and working with:-

- Women with Passion
- The English Room ( kids with passion )
- Vienna-Hub ( people with passion ) www.viennahub.com

contact nigel(at)viennahub.com

Blue Sky Stuff

2005-10-24T22:34:00.000-07:00

Blue Sky Stuff is a life project inspired by a rock climb

http://bss.daotec.com

Three main projects :-.

The English Room - doing stuff in English - http://theblogroom.blogspot.com
Women with Passion - an infrastructure for success - http://womenwithpassion.blogspot.com
Vienna-Hub - Vienna as the Incubation and Innovation Capital of Central Europe - http://viennahub.blogspot.com