Intersection Awards (Media Group with a Difference)
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I read a story once about a great teacher who made it a habit to teach his followers using hidden mysteries.
In one of these he describes a man who gives out money to his
laborers in an effort to test them.
The first invests heavily and doubles the money, the second
does the same even if his return in not as great as the first. The third hides his money and restores it to his master.
The master on returning is thrilled at the work that is done by the first two but deals harshly with the last man. He even goes so far as to take what the last man gives him only to then transfer it to the first man.
The lesson for us is simple. We all have something to offer and we must at the very least invest what we are given to ensure that it is multiplied.
Maybe this is what the intersection awards will be about. Identifying people who take little and make it into much.
People who stand out in their ability to help those who are dealing with change and transition.
There will be many categories but here is the first.
Media group with a Difference
The new vision is a newspaper publication which seems to have been given the simple job of reporting news. They did that well but this was not enough. They branched out into local language groups, then they ventured into Television and Radio.
They did not stop here, they went on to enrich their newspapers so that it was split up into regional news features covering Uganda's territories and adding rich supplements into their daily features.
They had their ears to the ground and sensed a need to help fill the gap of unemployment. They came up with sections to fill the gaps in Uganda's most promising sector of business development and entrepreneurship. They created Pakasa (which is now hosting events of its own), later on expanded a small fashion section to include a fully functioning wedding show, they created a section in their dailies devoted to Agriculture (in an economy which depends on farming).
When others are abandoning Print and moving to Mobile and Web, my guess is that they will still make use of print and thrive.
I read a story once about a great teacher who made it a habit to teach his followers using hidden mysteries.
In one of these he describes a man who gives out money to his
laborers in an effort to test them.
The first invests heavily and doubles the money, the second
does the same even if his return in not as great as the first. The third hides his money and restores it to his master.
The master on returning is thrilled at the work that is done by the first two but deals harshly with the last man. He even goes so far as to take what the last man gives him only to then transfer it to the first man.
The lesson for us is simple. We all have something to offer and we must at the very least invest what we are given to ensure that it is multiplied.
Maybe this is what the intersection awards will be about. Identifying people who take little and make it into much.
People who stand out in their ability to help those who are dealing with change and transition.
There will be many categories but here is the first.
Media group with a Difference
The new vision is a newspaper publication which seems to have been given the simple job of reporting news. They did that well but this was not enough. They branched out into local language groups, then they ventured into Television and Radio.
They did not stop here, they went on to enrich their newspapers so that it was split up into regional news features covering Uganda's territories and adding rich supplements into their daily features.
They had their ears to the ground and sensed a need to help fill the gap of unemployment. They came up with sections to fill the gaps in Uganda's most promising sector of business development and entrepreneurship. They created Pakasa (which is now hosting events of its own), later on expanded a small fashion section to include a fully functioning wedding show, they created a section in their dailies devoted to Agriculture (in an economy which depends on farming).
When others are abandoning Print and moving to Mobile and Web, my guess is that they will still make use of print and thrive.
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