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Imogen Heap: How To Own Your Data Using The Blockchain

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Imogen Heap: How To Own Your Data Using The Blockchain

Imogen Heap is a multi-award-winning musician, indie superstar, musical disruptor, innovator and cryptocurrency investor. She has had hundreds of millions of her songs downloaded, sold and streamed over two decades during one of the world's most influential careers. In the latest phase of her innovative journey, Imogen Heap has quietly been stirring up a revolution with her 'Mycelia' project, aiming to democratise music and solve some of the industry's most stubborn problems: intellectual property.

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Zolani From Freshlyground Surprise Performance At Imogen Heap Heavy Chef Keynote

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Zolani From Freshlyground Surprise Performance At Imogen Heap Heavy Chef Keynote

Last night, Heap patched in from her home in Essex via Skype and delivered a seminal keynote to an enthralled audience at Workshop17 at the V&A Waterfront. As Fred Roed introduced Imogen, the audience was delighted as South African music powerhouse Zolani Mahola appeared from behind the stage wielding a guitar.

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Former Boss Of Woolworths, Truworths, SAB Shares Six Lessons From 60 Years Of Leadership

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Former Boss Of Woolworths, Truworths, SAB Shares Six Lessons From 60 Years Of Leadership

Colin Hall is a veritable titan of South African business. He has spent over 60 years managing some of the most legendary names in the African corporate world: SAB, Woolworths, Truworths and Massmart. Most recently, he's been consulting to the leaders of blue-chip clients around the world. in his remarkable Leadership Masterclass scheduled in June 2019, Colin will speak of the six most salient lessons that will truly surprise you. In this sneak preview, Colin reveals some of the highlights of the session and provides interviewer Caley Africa some food for thought.

Professor Tim Noakes On What Entrepreneurs Need To Do To Curb Bad Eating Habits

Professor Tim Noakes On What Entrepreneurs Need To Do To Curb Bad Eating Habits

Heavy Chef anchor Caley Africa spoke to A1 rated scientist and one of the most world-renowned commentators on nutritional behaviour, Professor Tim Noakes, on the notoriously bad eating and lifestyle habits displayed by entrepreneurs. Prof Tim speaks out on what people are doing wrong, and how they should adjust their behaviour or face some fairly serious consequences.

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Noha Bashir, Marnus van Heerden, Yashoda Ram, Meggan Kristiansen, Junaid Sabera: Facebook Business

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Noha Bashir, Marnus van Heerden, Yashoda Ram, Meggan Kristiansen, Junaid Sabera: Facebook Business

If you’re wondering how to get the ideal Facebook paid social campaign strategy for your business, it’s as simple as coming to a Heavy Chef session. Last week we managed to squeeze two Senior Paid Social Specialists and the Head of Training Facebook in two rooms, in separate cities (JHB and CPT) - VOILA! You’re well on your way to getting a glimpse of how to introduce innovative and successful paid social strategies, for your business. Here are some videos to whet your appetite for more Heavy Chef goodness.

How Facebook Can Boost Your Business: What I Learned On The 'Facebook For Business' Series

How Facebook Can Boost Your Business: What I Learned On The 'Facebook For Business' Series

After having attended the recent Heavy Chef “Facebook For Business” series of learning experiences, I felt compelled to write an article about some of the most salient points I learned along the journey. I think it’s safe to say that we are living in a world that is now more connected than it has ever been. The chances of a teenager in Peru making friends with a South African peer over Facebook, Instagram or WhatsApp 16 years ago are almost non-existent.

JUMO Joins Leading Global Tech Startups In Google Launchpad Studio

JUMO Joins Leading Global Tech Startups In Google Launchpad Studio

JUMO is a Heavy Chef community member and was a finalist in SA's Top 5 Most Exciting Startups in 2017. Having shared the Heavy Chef stage with this dynamic team multiple times, we are proud to relay some good news. JUMO has joined Google’s Launchpad Studio alongside some of the world’s top tech startups, such as Indonesia’s billion-dollar Go-Jek. JUMO is the first South African technology company to be selected for this programme.

Global Citizen And Heavy Chef Partner To Support Learning Experiences In South Africa

Global Citizen And Heavy Chef Partner To Support Learning Experiences In South Africa

World renowned action-based community group, Global Citizen has announced Heavy Chef as a community partner in efforts to further provide education opportunities to South Africans, with a special focus on leadership, innovation and technology. Global Citizen is the organisation that brought global superstars Jay-Z, Beyonce, Ed Sheeran, Usher, Pharrell Williams and Chris Martin to South Africa last year. The partnership will allow Global Citizen’s community of close to 300,000 members in South Africa attain tickets to Heavy Chef’s learning experiences through committing action towards good causes.

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Applications For Future Females Business School Now Open

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Applications For Future Females Business School Now Open

After the successful 2018 launch of The Future Females Business School, Future Females has officially confirmed that applications for 2019 are now open. The initiative, which exists to empower female entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs, has shown immense growth since its conception in August 2017, currently boasting a presence in 16 locations world-wide, and having run 600 events to an engaged community of over 12,000 members.

Facebook Looking For Training Provider For New 'Blueprint' Offering

Facebook Looking For Training Provider For New 'Blueprint' Offering

Many of Heavy Chef’s community members will be aware of the Social Media For Business series that launched this week in Johannesburg and Cape Town. During the sessions, senior Training Lead for Facebook, Noha Bashir, made us aware of an extraordinary opportunity during the Facebook For Business events on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Facebook have created ‘Blueprint’, an online training resource for businesses to create, manage and scale online advertising campaigns. Facebook are looking for someone to support Blueprint training in sub-Saharan Africa. If you love Facebook, you’ll love this position.

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Tim Willis: How Agritech Is Changing The World

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Tim Willis: How Agritech Is Changing The World

Tim Willis gave a fascinating insight into Aerobotics, nominated one of SA's Top 5 Most Exciting Startups in 2018, and how they are changing the world. With a presentation that spoke the power of big data and AI, Tim explained how company is creating a flywheel of agricultural data. This data is allowing Aerobotics to make more informed decisions in real time, and ultimately change the world of farmers everywhere.

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Social Media For Business: A New Series Of Learning Experiences From Heavy Chef

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Social Media For Business: A New Series Of Learning Experiences From Heavy Chef

Heavy Chef today announced a new series of events and masterclasses focusing on implementing social media advertising for business. Over the next few months, the Heavy Chef platform, which provides learning experiences for entrepreneurs will be offering evening events with experienced professionals revealing the strategic insights and technical wizardry required to build an essential and impactive social strategy for business.

Dion Chang: The Ethics Of New Leadership

Dion Chang: The Ethics Of New Leadership

Dion Chang is a strategic thinker, keynote speaker, a walking ideas bank and professional cage rattler. He is one of South Africa’s most respected trend analysts and founder of Flux Trends, which takes the unique view of “trends as business strategy”. Dion is passionate about assisting companies embrace change and embedding a culture of innovation into corporate operating systems. As a result, he is used as a management consultant for businesses facing disruption and challenged with adapting to a new world order. In this all exclusive Heavy Chef event, Dion is talking about the understanding innovation and the ethics of new leadership.

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Bronwyn Ruth Williams: How Big Brother Companies Are Shaping Society

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Bronwyn Ruth Williams: How Big Brother Companies Are Shaping Society

Bronwyn Williams is a Trend Translator and Future Finance Specialist for Flux Trends. Bronwyn has over a decade’s experience in marketing management and trend research, working predominantly with brands in the financial and B2B industries. Bronwyn managed the largest circulation of South African financial newsletters and worked closely with a network of local and international financial thought leaders, giving her access to a wealth of ‘insider’ insights on how the world of money really works. In this talk Bronwyn shares her ideas on Big Data and how Big Brother companies are shaping the society and its individuals.

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Ian Russell: Staying Relevant In The 4th Industrial Revolution

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Ian Russell: Staying Relevant In The 4th Industrial Revolution

Ian was CEO of BCX, South Africa's largest technology company, with a turnover of $2bn, and an employee base of 10,000. Ian's tenure saw a focused re-engineering of the company, simplifying the core of the business, creating new technology capabilities, and a massive shift of the brand towards innovation and disruption. BCX Disrupt was his baby. Ian is a master at transforming brands and scaling them. In this presentation, Ian talks about the importance of staying relevant in your field and evolving markets.

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Future Fit Event Report

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Future Fit Event Report

Heavy Chef kicked off 2019 with a bang. At a sold out event in Johannesburg we hosted three sensational speakers who discussed an electrifying topic: future fit. As one of our audience members described the evening, the talks were “insightful and on point” Click to read Praise Majwafi’s event report.

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Imogen Heap Returns To South Africa: Tour, Workshops And Keynote

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Imogen Heap Returns To South Africa: Tour, Workshops And Keynote

Globally renowned tech innovator and award-winning recording artist Imogen Heap, recognized for creative works including Hide and Seek and Tiny Human, has announced her first world tour in eight years, which will bring together content creators, fans and the industry in a unique and innovative format. NOTE: Keep your eyes on your inbox for details about Heavy Chef keynote, workshops and a very special surprise for Heavy Chef community members.