Outliers : Brett Fish

Outliers: After school programs as a safe space for learning and growth

change the world, heroes or heroic moments, inspire-ations, South Africa

Outliers: After school programs as a safe space for learning and growth

i know a lot of people in Cape Town who are involved in some exciting educational non-profit organisations doing a range of inspirational things with the young people in our province, particularly those in less resourced schools. One such group is Outliers and i asked them to share a little bit about what they are about: In South Africa, only 50% of children who originally enroll in school make it to matric. In addition, an [...]

By brettfish|2018-06-25T10:15:49+02:00June 21st, 2018|change the world, heroes or heroic moments, inspire-ations, South Africa|1 Comment

Change Cape Town: Outliers event 2017

activities, inspire-ations

Change Cape Town: Outliers event 2017

So last night was the annual Outliers event and it was incredible - six speakers, six talks, ten minutes each, with ten slides accompanying them. With my wife tbV kicking it off and setting the foundation and then just amazing speaker after amazing speaker knocking it out of the park. The edited videos will be up in a while, but i think some of the talks are already available on their Facebook page over here. [...]

By brettfish|2017-09-07T07:53:55+02:00September 7th, 2017|activities, inspire-ations|1 Comment

i Stepped Up [and i liked it] – part ii – The Presentation/Presentatie/Présentation

In the previous post i spoke about the process of crafting this presentation, titled ‘Lost in Translation’ that i did last night for the Outliers ‘Step Up’ evening, and here is the talk itself: INTRO Anyone who knows me well, knows that my default talk setting is long [51 minute wedding speech anyone?] and so short is a challenge. But i practised my talk and timed it twice on the day and both times came [...]

By brettfish|2015-10-08T07:49:45+02:00October 8th, 2015|activities, challenges, inspire-ations|1 Comment

i Stepped Up [and i liked it] – part i – The Premise

My friend Heidi asked me a few weeks ago if i would be one of the presenters at an event that her organisation ‘Outliers’ was putting on called Step Up. The idea was 9 presenters each given the space for a 10 minute talk using 10 powerpoint slides with a broad theme of Education. Not having too much – in the official sense – to do with Education since i got my Primary School Teacher’s [...]

By brettfish|2015-10-08T06:36:28+02:00October 8th, 2015|activities, challenges|2 Comments