erinma ochu
Call for proposals: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/News/2013/News/WTP051542.htm
Global Media Reach: 62.4 million

See: http://www.turingsunflowers.com/results/media
“A creative social catalyst
that makes a difference to
society, helps people to
achieve their social goals
and lives by those same
values”
Getting there
•   Vision – 5 years time?
•   Reality – what’s your current reality?
•   What’s your journey to get there?
•   Your are your roles & actions in this?
•   Passion: believe in realising that vision
•   Get support – coach/ mentor/ peers
•   Help, engage & inspire others
•   Seek opportunities:
    http://www.engagement.manchester.ac.uk/re
    sources/index.html
WORK
Oblique strategies
• What most recently impressed you? What can
  you learn from it?
• Back up a few steps, what else could you do?
• Instead of changing the thing itself (i.e. you,
  change the world around it)
• Disconnect from desire to achieve
Woman with 24
problems
•Failure
•Ethics & Social
responsibility
•Telling Stories
•KISS
1.Connect & listen
2.Creative & fun
3.Remain open to influence
4.Be diplomatic
5.Give back >>>>>>>>>>>>
Thanks for listening… & good luck!

Erinma Ochu:
erinma.ochu@manchester.ac.uk

Faculty of Life Sciences, UoM Alumni, Careers Talk

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    Call for proposals:http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/News/2013/News/WTP051542.htm
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    Global Media Reach:62.4 million See: http://www.turingsunflowers.com/results/media
  • 10.
    “A creative socialcatalyst that makes a difference to society, helps people to achieve their social goals and lives by those same values”
  • 13.
    Getting there • Vision – 5 years time? • Reality – what’s your current reality? • What’s your journey to get there? • Your are your roles & actions in this? • Passion: believe in realising that vision • Get support – coach/ mentor/ peers • Help, engage & inspire others • Seek opportunities: http://www.engagement.manchester.ac.uk/re sources/index.html
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    Oblique strategies • Whatmost recently impressed you? What can you learn from it? • Back up a few steps, what else could you do? • Instead of changing the thing itself (i.e. you, change the world around it) • Disconnect from desire to achieve
  • 17.
    Woman with 24 problems •Failure •Ethics& Social responsibility •Telling Stories •KISS
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    1.Connect & listen 2.Creative& fun 3.Remain open to influence 4.Be diplomatic 5.Give back >>>>>>>>>>>>
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    Thanks for listening…& good luck! Erinma Ochu: erinma.ochu@manchester.ac.uk

Editor's Notes

  • #3 Henry Wellcome’s Cats: The death of one of the kittens, Zipper, is mentioned in Frances Larsen's 'An Infinity of Things' (Oxford University Press, 2009). The news of this event was broken to Wellcome by his trusted colleague Peter Johnston-Saint. After a post mortem revealed the cause of death to be feline influenza, vaccines for the other cats were provided by Wellcome's Physiological Research Laboratories. Piano Tuning alters brain tuning…: Paper reference: Teki S, Kumar S et al. Navigating the auditory scene: an expert role for the hippocampus. J Neuroscience 29 August 2012. Digital artist Salvatore Iaconesi hacked his medical records to put them online in a global search for the best treatments:
  • #6 Think of a situation – work, home, in which you want to have people to change
  • #14 Think of a situation – work, home, in which you want to have people aspire to a vision
  • #19 PARTNERSHIPS
  • #20 SUNFLOWER DIARIES CAMPAIGN consisted of A CALL TO ACTION – short video telling people how to get involved & how to film Web instructions on how to film and upload to youtube Fortnightly questions for people to respond to with a video Videos blogged & tweeted Final short film that included some of the videos – played at Manchester Science Festival