by Wendy McGuinness | Nov 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
I am currently in Doha, Qatar for the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE). So far it has been a fantastic experience. Some of the videos from the day 1 sessions have already been made available on the the WISE website and I encourage you to have a look....
by admin | Nov 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
The McGuinness Institute will be running workshop on Wednesday 12 December which will bring together 20 young people to write a ‘Youth Long Term Fiscal Statement for New Zealand’. We are seeking bright and talented young people with an interest in macroeconomics,...
by Wendy McGuinness | Oct 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
I am thrilled to have been invited to this year’s World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) Summit in Doha, Qatar, in mid November. The Summit is themed ‘Collaboration for Change’ and will see over 1000 prominent education, corporate, political...
by Wendy McGuinness | Oct 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
In the past few months we have met some incredibly talented young people. For this week’s Friday night blog post we wanted to share some of the exciting things a couple of these people have been up to. Christian Silver was in Year 10 at Kirstin School in Auckland when...
by admin | Oct 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
The first Information is Beautiful Awards were recently held at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London and we have been checking out the winners. The awards are named after David McCandless’s best-selling book, and are a celebration of ‘excellence and beauty in...
by Wendy McGuinness | Oct 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
The speeches and presentations at the EmpowerNZ workshop 28-29 August are now all on YouTube. There were some fantastic presentations at the workshop – we would love you all to watch them and share them with your friends and whanau. The constitutional review is...