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A born and bred Capetonian, Keighley joined the Meltwater Group in 2008 and continues to work in Client Relations Management. She comes from a Communications and Marketing background and has previously worked on exciting projects like the 2010 FIFA World Cup™.
Location: Beautiful Cape Town, South Africa.
Education: Bachelor of Journalism and Media Studies, and English Language and Linguistics, Rhodes University (South Africa).
Fanatical about: Africa’s wildlife, writing and blogging, rugby, cricket and sunny summer afternoons on the beach or at the wine farms!
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Remember the first time you watched Spielberg’s Jaws? With their great, gnashing, razor sharp teeth and thrashing tail, Great White Sharks became the resident monster that lurked in the ‘depths’ of the swimming pool and on the ‘other side’ of the bath tub. I don’t know about you, but I was a scaredy cat to the core and have always had a fascination with these amazing creatures. Locals here in South Africa have an unspoken understanding with the wildlife inhabiting shared spaces. Basically, it comes down to leaving one another alone – you can admire from afar in ‘oohs and aahs’…
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With Meltwater since 2008. Began in Austin, Texas and moved to New York 9 months later as the Managing Director for the New York office. Currently in charge of Human Resources for the West and South Areas of North America.
Location: New York, NY
Education: MA, Conflict Resolution and Negotiation, St. Edward's University 2008
Fanatical about: Classic cars, vintage dresses, travel in Eastern Europe, rock climbing, and Pit Bulls
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When you hear the term “HR” what comes to mind? Let me take a guess … Policy Police? Compliance Committee? Thorn in my side? Chances are, these are some of the immediate connotations, based on a rather antiquated description of an HR professional. And trust me, I used to make the same assumptions, so no hard feelings. 
However, I feel extremely privileged to be part of a new wave of HR practice. In my mind, HR Managers today have the ability to give a company a competitive edge and significant return on investment. This comes, with no surprise, from strategic…
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Joined Meltwater in November 2006 when Meltwater founded their first Australian office in Sydney, and is currently the Recruitment Manager for Australia and New Zealand.
Location: Sydney, Australia
Education: BA (Hons), Warwick University, Master of International Studies, University of Sydney
Fanatical about: books!! red wine, running, politics, and karaoke
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What do Richard Branson, Steve Jobs and Tommy Hilfiger have in common? Yes - they are entrepreneurs that created globally recognised brands. Whilst some stories are well known, such as Branson’s rise to the island-owning level of wealth he has achieved today, most people don’t know the smaller, untold stories. Did you know that Tommy Hilfiger started out by tailoring jeans he’d bought from local stores and selling them from the back of his car?
I had the privilege of conducting a workshop at the Australian AIESEC National Conference in July, and the theme of my workshop was entrepreneurship and the elevator pitch…
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Joined Meltwater in November 2007 after completing a fellowship at the International Radio and Television Society in New York. Samantha is now the Managing Director of Meltwater News in Boston.
Location: Boston, USA.
Education: BA with high honors in Philosophy, BA in Economics; Brandeis University.
Fanatical about: raveling, fine dining, fashion, yoga, general joie de vivre.
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Last week, the Meltwater management team met in San Francisco for our annual Executive Leadership Training through Oxford University.
Meltwater’s objective is to become one of the top 100 software companies in the world within the next five years. This is a pretty incredible goal, so Meltwater is investing in external training from some of the world’s most respected educational institutions to make sure that we are prepared for the challenges ahead of us.
A major focus of this particular session was the concept of how personality affects behavior, and how to make the most of each individual’s strengths and weaknesses.
We started by learning…
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Joined Meltwater in February 2007 in Berlin and is currently Managing Director of the Barcelona office.
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Education: Business Administration at Boston University/USA
Fanatical about: running, soccer and cooking!
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After never having advanced to a football world cup semi-final before, the Spanish team or “La Roja” (The Reds) as the team is called in Spain, went all the way and secured the title of World Champion last Sunday.
“Podemos!” (“we can!”) was the anthem that accompanied them during this year’s world cup.
Millions of people around the world watched the Spanish people celebrate this historical victory in the streets all over Spain and the Spanish people never seemed more united.
With regards to unity this is not so easy in Spain. History has divided the different regions (especially Catalonia (the capital being…
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