Future Thinker in Education, Telecommunications and Social Enterprise
New Zealand
- Current
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- Research and Alliances Manager at Telecom New Zealand
- Research and Development Board Member at Telecom New Zealand
- Senior Lecturer Postgraduate Studies at Auckland University of Technology
- Owner at Neosophy Limited
- Chair at EON Foundation
- Past
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- CEO at English-To-Go
- Manager Auckland Centre at The University of Waikato
- Lecturer at Nihon University
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- Education
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- Auckland University of Technology
- University of Cambridge
- University of Gloucestershire
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John Eyles’s Summary
I'm an ideas person, an educator and a businessman obsessed with pragmatic outcomes. My current expertise is in understanding trends, risks and opportunities in the area of Online Social Networking, E-Learning, Web 3.0 and Future Telco Services.
My Vision:
Education towards freedom for an inclusive and sustainable world though cooperation, mutual respect and understanding, supported by new communication technologies.
My Goals:
* Working to create a sustainable future through engaging, globally connected, student centred education
* Working with visionary thinkers and creators
* Working in the online learning, social media and communications space
* Working to develop visual literacy and image based learning
* Working to meld audiovisual mobile media and virtual world gaming into learning games and new knowledge systems
John Eyles’s Specialties:
Harnessing distributed groups through digital media
Creative Thinking
Strategic Problem Solving
Future Think and Imagineering
Entrepreneurship
Expertise in Computer Mediated Social Networking and Web 3.0
Online Community Building
E-Learning and Mobile Learning
Group Facilitation
Research Practice and Methods
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Design Methods
Public Speaking
Please visit http://www.johneyles.info
John Eyles’s Experience
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Research and Alliances Manager
Telecom New Zealand
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Telecommunications industry)
August 2007 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Managing of research and alliances for the research and venturing unit at Telecom New Zealand. Looking 3 to 5 years into the future for threats and opportunities for the business. Providing thought leadership, creative problem solving and strategic insights - followed through with action.
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Research and Development Board Member
Telecom New Zealand
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; TEL; Telecommunications industry)
August 2007 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Member of the Research and Development Board that reviews and provides advice and direction on future research projects for the Research and Venturing Group at Telecom New Zealand
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Senior Lecturer Postgraduate Studies
Auckland University of Technology
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Design industry)
January 2004 — Present (4 years 8 months)
Currently leading the online development of the Art and Design Postgraduate Network
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Owner
Neosophy Limited
(Online Media industry)
January 1999 — Present (9 years 8 months)
Providing consultancy in strategic thinking, new knowledge systems and e-learning.
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Chair
EON Foundation
(International Trade and Development industry)
August 1997 — Present (11 years 1 month)
A not for profit social enterprise dedicated to advanced global learning.
See website: http://www.e-o-n.org
Additional Information
John Eyles’s Websites:
John Eyles’s Groups:
TUANZ (Telecommunications Users Association New Zealand)
Humanities Research Network
CP Square - Benchmarking Communities of Practice
ParticipatioNZ - State Services Commission Community of Practice
Teaching and Learning Online (TALO)
Future of Learning in a Networked World (FLNW)
EON Foundation (Dedicated to Advanced Global Learning)
Neosophical Society (New Ways of Thinking)
Global Issues Special Interest Group (GISIG) of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL)
Global Issues Network
New Zealand Tourism Research Institute
Auckland Plus - Advisory board - leveraging international networks
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Speakers and Panelists -
EON Foundation - Dedicated to Advanced Global Learning
John Eyles’s Contact Settings
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