Projects we’ve known & loved

We partnered with a range of training providers & industry leaders to work out how to teach regional & remote Commercial Cookery apprentices live using video conferencing, niftily modified GoPro accessories & Bring Your Own Device technologies.

It’s a practical way to teach & assess practical things.

Apprentice Joel in Deloraine (North West Tasmania) gets a lesson in making the perfect quenelle from Andre Kropp, (President of the Tasmanian Chapter of the Australia Culinary Federation) in Hobart.

We made a short online video about “Beam Me Out, Scotty!” called “Live Long & Prosper” and won some awards for it. Have a look:

The clever people at the National VET E-learning Strategy also made this video that sums up some of the other great things that are going on in the world of E-learning, including “Beam Me Out, Scotty!”

You can access the full Case Study with all the details here.

“Beam Me Out, Scotty!” has as many applications as you have ideas (and we bet you have a few).

Have you got something that you’d like to show & tell? Drop us a line.
We’d love to kick some ideas around with you.

Some of the people who are into Beaming Up are from these industries:

Vocational Education & Training
Tertiary Education
SecondaryEducation
Professional Services
AgriFoods
Wine Tourism & Production
Aged Care
Community Services
Sport & Recreation
Agriculture
Retail
Hospitality
Fashion

Launched as part of the 2013 Start Up Spring Festival, which showcased Start Ups that are doing nifty things with technology, the Remote Drink-a-long: The Sparkling Edition was all about applying technology in the most enjoyable way we could think of – and inviting the world to join in!

We mixed a whole bunch of our favorite things together (technology, educators, booze enthusiasts, artisan producers, expert vignerons, leading sommeliers, hospitality venues, fast internet – & delicious, premium Tasmanian sparkling wines from 5 different vineyards) to host the first Remote Drink-a-long. 16 different enterprises collaborated in the event – & we all had such a ball, we’re planning more!

It’s like wine touring – flipped.

Remote Drink-a-long promo poster

The wines & producers come to the punters – not the other way around. Participants get to meet the people behind the products, learn about the production methods, be educated & informed, try lots of different wines – without having to get behind the wheel between drinks!

Have a look at the website at www.remotedrinkalong.com.au
or nip over to the Facebook page.

People are talking to us about The Remote Drink-a-long model as a way to:

– Connect directly with lots of people at once to do something social, collaborative, entertaining & experiential.
– Deliver meaningful, memorable & targeted workforce development to people in a range of locations at once.
– Market their unique people, places & products directly with an engaged audience.

Would you like to participate in a Drink-a-long? Get in touch

Our old mate Einstein said this:

“Creativity is intelligence having fun”

He must have been thinking of The Remote Drink-a-long.
Serious nerd fun.